Hello, backers!

Since the end of the crowdfunding campaign for The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game, Monte and the design team have been quietly plugging away at the game’s design. Most of the work so far has gone into the two largest chapters: Monsters and NPCs, and Running the Game. But mechanics are being hashed out and playtested for a variety of new systems, including stress and damage and the process of crafting a statement (which Monte previewed during the campaign in this article).

Everything’s on track—fortunately we planned for design to go a bit slower for this than for one of our typical projects, because there's so much research involved. The design team practically has the podcast transcripts memorized at this point!

We’ll have a more comprehensive look at some of the other items next month. (We can’t wait to show off the design for the Boneturner’s Tale dice box—it’s really spectacular. We’ve just passed it over to the Rusty Quill team for their approval; we’ll give you a look when we have their thumbs-up.)

In the meantime, have a wonderful holiday season! Speaking of which. . .

It’s a holiday tradition at MCG: we give you $10, and you can use it to get something at the MCG Shop—or donate it to charity! 100% of the donation goes to the chosen charity, and over the years we’ve given thousands to some really worthy causes. So take $10 off a gift for a loved one (or yourself!) or tell us which charity you’d like us to give it to. It’s the MCG Holiday Gift!

Thanks again for such a fantastic campaign!
—Team MCG