Hey Folks, 

Ian here again with your monthly update. The holidays are upon us, but game designers never really take time off. Or sleep. Or….

 

I don’t have much to announce on the book front, other than that the PDF of the core rulebook is now available on DriveThruRPG. (Tell your friends!) However, I do have some other news that may be of interest.  

 

First, we’ve got a few things brewing for The Expanse RPG on Roll20: 

Be on the lookout for a special SECOND December Update, entirely focused on our VTT progress.

Second, the PDF adventures and new systems from the crowdfunder are at various stages of writing and development. I expect the adventures to be ready for editing sometime in January.
 
Finally, although not Crowdfunder-related, I’m working on an Expanse project for the Atomic Think Tank that I think will make some GMs happy. I want to make sure all my asteroids are lined up before I say much more, but expect something soon! More details in the next update. 

 

On the Diamond debacle front, there seems to be some movement, and with any luck, we’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. 

 Here is an excerpt from Chris Pramas’ latest Diamond update:

“At the hearing, they announced their intention to convert to Chapter 7 bankruptcy. That’s the liquidation kind, so we are entering a new phase. We are done dealing with Diamond’s lawyers (hooray!): Now the court will appoint a trustee to liquidate the assets, pay creditors (mostly JP Morgan Chase I’m guessing) and close it all down. There are now more hoops to jump through, but our lawyer believes that ultimately, we will get our stock back free and clear. There are ways this could go wrong, but she considers the odds of the trustee pursuing them to be low."

In other news, we have secured new book trade representation. Not having that for most of the year has blown a hole in our budget, so we are glad our products will be getting back into bookstores. It is nice to see movement after months of frustration.”

I can’t even begin to say how much stress this has put on all of us, and we’ll be glad to have it behind us. We really appreciate your patience with us over the past year. If you want more details about the Diamond lawsuit (which has affected a bunch of companies besides just us) , you can find more details here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-green-ronin-in-critical-legal-defense

 

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday! May your air recyclers be clean and your water pure. 

 

Ian Lemke

Developer for The Expanse RPG