I've added "Beyond the Serpentine Lock" to the upcoming product descriptions and included its summary at last. As far as timing, Kingdom of Toads will come out here in June, and Beyond the Serpentine Lock in July.

I noticed that the only review for "The Emergency Character Collection" thus far--a nice 4.5 star review, too--isn't here. So I added that.

I've also dropped an announcement about my next Paizo product, the Pathfinder Society adventure 4-23 Rivalry's End. This adventure doesn't come o...
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I've mentioned my work with Headless Hydra Games on their Viridian Legacy adventure path. Unfortunately, their adventure path has not panned out for several reasons, including Axel Carlsson of Headless Hydra taking on a separate exciting setting-and-rules-system project. I had written a full adventure for the adventure path already, and it was one I'm pretty proud of. Axel generously returned the rights of this adventure to me.

What this means for Run Amok is this: with a bit of rewrite to un-...
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Just to drop an update that's necessarily thin on information: I'm currently working on two exciting projects for Paizo. One is an adventure with some surprising developments, and the other is an article that I hope a lot of players will find useful. I can't speak in more detail about either, but you'll see both this year.  The projects are very different, so it's keeping my brain occupied.

Speaking of keeping the brain occupied, I've revised a puzzle section in Kingdom of Toads that should pr...
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I lost a bit of momentum with Run Amok in the last few weeks; we took our Christmas vacation in the middle of December, and since recovering from the holidays, I've been elbows-deep in developing an adventure for Headless Hydra Games for an author I hope will do some writing for Run Amok this year. 

Now that's past, and it's full steam ahead for Run Amok Games. I'm finishing the high-level Kingdom of Toads in the next few weeks, and I've got a few other projects in the works that will, before ...
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I don’t give my wife Stephanie nearly enough credit. In addition to the support she gives me for all my writing—and now all the work in running Run Amok Games—she also edits everything I write. Everything. Not just Run Amok products, but all the work I do for other publishers, from outlines to final adventures. Just about the only thing she doesn’t review in advance are these blog posts. I thought it high time I acknowledge her, and admit that I wouldn’t be nearly so comprehensible ...

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For anyone looking to run a great Halloween-themed game, many Run Amok adventures will serve you well on this spooky day! Teeth of the Storm is the most overtly horror-movie adventure we've released, but The Six Griffons Haunt is a haunted house/murder mystery that plays in about 4 hours--perfect for gaming on a Halloween night!

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I've made a few updates to the .pdf version of the Emergency Character collection. Primarily, these are .pdf-focused changes and not print-worthy changes, so I'm not planning to update the print versions. The updates include:

• Providing two separate layouts for Vinkia the druid: the original version with her animal companion statistics on the same page as her statistics, and a second version with the animal companion separate from her statistics.
• Including nested bookmarks.
• Providing stats for Lu...

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The .pdf version of The Emergency Character Collection is now out, along with its FREE sample version. You can get it at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com now, and at Paizo.com soon!

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As the first non-adventure product for Run Amok Games, I've adjusted my usual process a bit for The Emergency Character Collection. First, I workshopped it, asking a fairly large group of friends to evaluate the layout, find errors, and give feedback on the art (and there is a LOT of art here). Second, I've decided to produce a free product, to show off two of the 13 PCs and hopefully drive more sales by letting people know what they can get.

I needed to revise the cover art at the last minut...
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Print and .pdf are both now available for Teeth of the Storm. Enjoy our third adventure, a chilling tale of gothic horror for 1st level PCs!

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As a quick heads-up, here’s the status of the three “in the works” products:

Teeth of the Storm is fully through writing and editing. All of the art is in. I'm just finishing layout this week. I plan to release this in print and .pdf at the same time. Some of the illustrations, while great, may be a bit too dark, so I’ll be scrutinizing the print proof before approving this for public sale. Expect Teeth of the Storm near the end of July.

The Emergency Character Collection is fully w...

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I've announced a new product, "The Emergency Character Collection." It's the first non-adventure product Run Amok Games has produced, and I'm a bit nervous about its reception. I've been really lacking a stable of pregenerated PCs, either for my games or in other people's games (RIP Daremo the halfling rogue, who was eaten by a hezrou). However, lists of pregenerated PCs rarely seem to be a viable (or interesting) product on their own. I decided that my ideal pregenerated PC product would hav...
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I've already received some really great reviews and comments on The Underdelve Menace. It's now available in print at Paizo.com, RPGNow.com, and DriveThruRPG.com. If you want the print version, I recommend getting the print/pdf combo. It's only $2 more, and you'll get the .pdf file including the full-color printable encounter maps too. Enjoy!

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The Underdelve Menace is now available! Availability comes in stages, though: right now, you can get the .pdf at RPGNow and DriveThruRPG. The .pdf should be available at Paizo.com in the next day or two, print versions at RPGNow and DriveThruRPG in a week or two, and print version available at Paizo.com in the week or so after that.

I considered whether to delay the .pdf release so that print and pdf are available at all site simultaneously. I decided to get the "Underdelve Menace" .pdf out so...

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I've finished with layout of The Underdelve Menace, and I already have all the cartography--only a few more pieces of art to come in, and this rural investigative adventure will be ready to release!
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My short mini-adventure "Moso's Bluff" in Pathways #12 by Rite Publishing just got a great review; I spent a lot of time crafting that mini-adventure and working in Yakuza-themed elements, and it's rewarding to hear good things about it.

Also, I'm midway through layout of the second Run Amok adventure, "Underdelve Menace," and hope to have that out in early March. I'll also be adding a few site updates in the next few days.

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The Six Griffons Haunt is now in print at Paizo.com, so it's now in print from anyone that sells it online.  You can also get the print and .pdf as a bundle together--I recommend this, so you get the printable full-color maps for your gaming table as well as the print adventure itself.

I also have print copies for sale at Chicago-area game stores: Chicagoland Games and Games Plus, but others to come!
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I've finally negotiated the RPGNow.com print process, and you can now order "Six Griffons Haunt" in print, to hold in your very hands: http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=96249. It'll be another few days before I get print versions available at paizo.com as well, but that's coming soon. Now that I have this figured out, the lag between product .pdf availability and print availability of all of our products will be much shorter.
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I'm working through the process of getting a print version of The Six Griffons Haunt available. It looks like it'll be about a week out or so; I'll drop a message here when it's available.

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