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recently, it was announced one-time only deluxified version of Food Chain Magnate (FCM) would be held on Gamefound (campaign not launched yet) featuring a different art style than the infamous Spotter Spellen game known for its retro yet functional graphic design which some felt was so bad refused to play it despite it receiving critical acclaim

• the deluxe by Lucky Duck Games on Gamefound will run concurrently with sales of the original on Splotter (prices are predicted to cost no less than the original)
• there are plans to introduce deluxe version of the FCM expansion
• there will not be an upgrade pack for owners of the original version of FCM
• English only deluxe, because of distribution rights
• this isnt the first time a Splotter game received an art refresh, Bus received an English only 20th anniversary in 2019. with another title, Ur: 1830 BC getting a re-release pending a popularity vote

meanwhile unrelatedly, a fan-made laser-cut 3D standee tiles was also released on Game Crafters earlier this month for those wanting to deluxify their copy while retaining the original's unique aesthetic appeal

question for all you Beeple and Fediversers - im curious which style of deluxe do you prefer if any? the Lucky Duck Games deluxe, or the fan-made laser-cut 3D standee tiles

• Trail of Cthulhu is a tabletop rpg by Pelgrane Press licensed from Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu
• runs on the GUMSHOE system focusing on investigations (investigations do not require die rolls and succeed)
• $18 for the entire bundle of 23 books
  • Trail of Cthulhu
  • Hideous Creatures: A Bestiary of the Cthulhu Mytthos
  • Bookhounds of London
  • The Armitage Files
  • Pelgrane Press voucher 20% off Coupon
  • Stunning Eldritch Tales
  • Shadows over Filmland
  • Arkham Detective Tales: Extended Edition
  • Rough Magicks
  • Soldiers of Pen and Ink
  • Mythos Expeditions
  • The Book of the Smoke: The Investigator's Guide to Occult London
  • Eternal Lies Suite - Music for the Eternal Lies campaign
  • Dreamhounds of Paris
  • The Book of Ants
  • Cthulhu City
  • Eternal Lies
  • Out of The Woods
  • Out of Time
  • Out of Space
  • Keeper's Screen and Resource Book
  • Four Shadows - Original Music EP for Trail of Cthulhu
  • Dulce et Decorum Est: Great War Trail of Cthulhu
• also unrelated is the Bundle of Holding for the Yellow King RPG from the same publishers Pelgrane Press
  • focusing on the King in Yellow and Carcosa
  • for $18 this YKRPG bundle contains the YKRPG core book and one YKRPG supplement "Absinthe in Carcosa"
  • the rest are novels and sound tracks which also came with the original 2017 kickstarter

• re-imagined and re-titled as Cthulhu Dark Providence set in the Cthulhu Death May Die universe
• A Study in Emerald (2013) was among the early wave of deck builders following Dominion (2008), but featured a board in addition to the card mechanic
  • in comparison Clank! came around in 2016, Trains (2012), A Few Acres of Snow (2011), Tyrants of Underdark (2016)
  • the 2nd edition changed quite a few things from the 1st edition
• based on a short story of the same name by Neil Gaiman bringing Sherlock Holmes and Cthulhu creatures together
• the new game by CMON will be reportedly tweaked to include a 2 player and solo mode
• the original was a 3~5 player game, featuring hidden role mechanic as players side with or against the Old Ones

• original YKRPG kickstarter
• this is a tabletop role playing game in the Lovecraft mythos
• runs on the GUMSHOE system, that is designed around investigations
• 20 days left,
• $17.95 for the YKRPG core book + 6 sound tracks
• $28.20 for the full bundle of:
  • 1 YKRPG core book
  • 1 YKRPG city guide handouts
  • 1 annotated version of the original public domain book "The King in Yellow"
  • 2 novels inspired by the "The King in Yellow"
  • 6 sound tracks inspired by the "The King in Yellow"

Delta Green is a tabletop rpg of modern times where government agents have to deal with the Cthulhu mythos and conspiracies

the more expensive "Handler Megacollection" level-up offer, among other books/campaign also comes with the 2021 Kickstarter's update to the original rpg source book "The Conspiracy".

• Originally a ￥5,500 ticket for Day 1 of the 3DLive virtual concert
• On the day of the concert, streaming service Z-aN servers crashed causing the stream to be rescheduled
• Cover released the concert on the 27th Aug for free on Youtube and refunded tickets
• Archive of the stream will be available until the 27th Sep
• 2023 Splash Party! Night (Day 2) going on at 27th Aug 7:30pm JST (Ticket required)

Glossary

• Hololive is a Vtuber (Virtual Idol) agency
• Cover is a tech company that owns Hololive
• Z-aN is a third party streaming platform, (like a concert venue and ticketing service but for digital)
• Youtube is a third party streaming platform
• A virtual concert is a paid live-stream (video)
• 3DLive is where the human's movement is captured and used to move a virtual 3D model

• Shadow of the Weird Wizard (SotWW) is a heroic fantasy tabletop RPG in a setting where refugees are fleeing a civil war into a strange land touched by a Wizard of godlike power who has disappeared leaving treasures, monsters and strange experiments behind
• the author Robert J. Schwalb was the lead designer of Dungeons & Dragons 5e (D&D 5e)

History behind Schwalb

• Schwalb initially proposed a streamlined system for D&D 5e but was rejected
• the streamlined system (character classes, combat etc) became the Demon Lord Engine first published in Shadow of the Demon Lord (SotDL), 2015
• SotDL is a horror fantasy tabletop RPG set in a falling world featuring Insanity and Corruption as a game mechanic that gained popularity
• not everyone was comfortable with the horror themes and Shadow of the Weird Wizard was created to fill that

Kickstarter Info

• uses one d20 and several d6
• earlier beta versions of the game featured zone combat, this has been changed to grid based combat
• free play-test found here
• pledge tier: $49/$99 (digital/physical)

a more comprehensive information on the system and differences with SotDL (may be outdated)

• https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/shadow-of-the.906887/#post-24673561

reviews for Shadow of the Demon Lord

• https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/16/16505.phtml
• https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/19/19056.phtml

other 3rd party games running on the Demon Lord Engine are Asunder, and When The Wolf Comes

• Outfit Reveal date: 2pm PDT, 5pm EDT (26-Aug), 6am JST (27-Aug)
• Fourth Outfit, previous outfits: forest fairy, maid cafe maid, tactical camping

Context about Vtubers

• Pomu Rainpuff is a vtuber, a youtuber using a virtual avatar and movement tracking
• the term vtuber was first used and popularized by Kizuna Ai (2016) starting the trend in Japan and has some influence from idol culture
• they do youtuber things like live-streaming games and karaoke
• Outfit Reveals are when a new avatar is released. due to the cost, time and effort involved in commissioning them, are a rare occasion
• NijiEN is the english branch of japanese vtuber agency Nijisanji

#nijisanji

• its been known for a long time and not a sudden decision
• original song will still be released
• last day 27th Aug 2023
• other vods besides graduation video will be privated

• https://djtguide.github.io/grammar/dojgmain.html
• https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/blog/learning-grammar#grammar-guides
• https://yonde.itazuraneko.org/index.html

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