City of Solstice: A Setting for OSR Fantasy Campaigns
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A fantasy game setting for OSR games, set in a city run by criminal gangs. Think a fantasy version of the Untouchables.
Backers: 53
Average Pledge Per Backer: $41
Funded: $2,163 of $3,000
Dates: Oct 11th -> Nov 10th (31 days)
Project By: Apocalyptic Games
Backers: 53
Average Pledge Per Backer: $41
Funded: $2,163 of $3,000
Dates: Oct 11th -> Nov 10th (31 days)
Project By: Apocalyptic Games
$2,163
current pledge level
Last Updated: November 10 @ 13:04 -0500 GMT
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Latest News
Couple of new threads posted for the last 48 hours of the campaign 
November 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello again! Having posted about some creative direction-y stuff, now it's time to hawk my wares like a 1/2 orc Mercari in a dusty stall. I've posted new threads to rpg.net and enworld. If you frequent these places and are so inclined, maybe post... (Read More)
Three more classes, new spells, getting close
November 8th - via: kickstarter.com
So I've decided to add at least three more classes, which are in various stages of development. First is the Elementalist, which eagle-eyed readers of the Quickstart will probably remember some references to. These are human cannons used by the Royal... (Read More)
A request, and a few magic items
November 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Because a good DM knows to properly bribe their players. The request is, as we come into the final few days of the campaign, share it with any of your RPG-loving friends and help them discover the awesome that is the City of Solstice. And now the... (Read More)
Old School vs. New School Crime Fiction OR the City as Megadungeon
November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
I get asked a lot about the "Untouchables" angle to City of Solstice. Some don't see how crime noir and fantasy gaming mix at all, others find OSR fantasy and crime fiction, especially with the PCs as the cops, to be a strange brew. There's a... (Read More)
Final five days!
November 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to everyone who's donated so far! I appeared on the BAMF podcast, and while I was promised I'd get to talk Babymetal, I somehow wound up talking about Solstice instead. Hope that's ok with everyone else, it wasn't ok with me! (Read More)
Saturday Gaming
November 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
It's so hard to come together as grups (/star trek reference) but last night I managed to return to Solstice. The players descended into a swamp crypt, dealt with some humorous goblins, managed not to catch typhus from an Otyugh, and defeated some... (Read More)
Game Day!
November 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Today is game day! The Vigilant head into a swamp temple, in search for a magic weapon they can use to take down a Wrath Demon. Will provide an update tomorrow on how that went! (Read More)
First look at a Solstice Deity: Mother Moon
October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Now that we're looking at the take on classic fantasy tropes in the City of Solstice, it's time to talk about the gods, I love to involve the gods in my fantasy adventures, and I've been putting a lot of time and work into making every god (and their... (Read More)
Magic in the City of Solstice plus a Q&A!
October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! Mark over at the Crossplanes blog got a look under the hood at magic in the City of Solstice and seems to have liked what he saw! Check it out! Also, I did a Q&A with Dan Davenport at GMShow and the transcript is up! It was a... (Read More)
Playtest Session!
October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
I ran part of the introductory adventure for Walt Robillard and the Babies with Knives. We had technical difficulties the first time we tried to record this, so rather than play the earliest encounters again and leech all the spontaneity out we... (Read More)
Interview with the Manaburnt Podcast
October 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello citizens of Solstice! I recently did an interview with the Manaburnt podcast! We talked about gaming likes and dislikes, GMing, founding city myths, being theater nerds, and all sorts of other great stuff. Oh yeah and we talked about City of... (Read More)
A new map!
October 24th - via: kickstarter.com
For this week's update, courtesy of Chief Imagineering Officer Jan Willem v.d. Brink, I bring you, the Forest Ward map! Again remember there will be more than a dozen such maps in the final book. One last thing, if you know someone you think would... (Read More)
Gods and a Magical World
October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
As I continue to do interviews and talk about City of Solstice, I'm realizing my messaging might be a bit off. In talking about things that differentiate the city from other fantasy settings, I invariably focus on the crime noir and "Untouchables"... (Read More)
Citizens of Solstice Unite!
October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
In the earliest days of the kickstarter, I posted the Quickstart file as a plain text file. Thanks to layout genius Ade Smith, we now have something snazzier to show you. Please share this with all your friends who you think might be interested in... (Read More)
Solstice Character Creation Video!
October 20th - via: kickstarter.com
The fine folks at Babies With Knives were cool enough to generate a couple of Solstice characters! They went with a pair of dwarves, Alice played a Martial Artist and Brandon a Mercenary Captain. And btw, this is the first look at the Mercenary... (Read More)
Chat about City of Solstice video!
October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! So as I mentioned earlier, we recorded a live play of me running the introductory module for the fine folks at Babies with Knives, but the recording didn't uh, record due to internet gremlins, or the machinations of an evil European... (Read More)
First Look at a Noble
October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
So we're recording a first look playtest session tomorrow! When it goes live, I will definitely post a link to that. In the meantime, one of the players wanted to play a Noble/Magic-User, so I thought it would be a good chance to let folks see the... (Read More)
Thinking about timelines and Chatting Tonight!
October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
I continue to go back and forth about adding a timeline to the book. Still thinking about it. Also, if you do the irc thing, I am in the Random Worlds chat room this evening for a bit, so come give me hollar, or ask about the game!... (Read More)
The Mystic
October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Looking at the second of our new classes from City of Solstice, I bring you, the Mystic. So for the longest time, there was no class called the Mystic. I had a class called the Alchemist and I really liked it. They had four different concoctions... (Read More)
Playtest Report: Thoughts on the Bard
October 14th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Tomorrow is Game Day!
October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Tomorrow is game day, which normally means I'd have a Solstice update for everyone, but I've been so busy plugging the Kickstarter launch, I'll be playing(!) instead. One of my players has a TORG campaign, so I'll be playing Vinnie, my reality... (Read More)
Quickstart Guide
October 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello early adopters! You were all promised a Quickstart guide when you backed, and here it is! If this doesn't work for anyone, please sing out. Also, to the players, don't read the adventure, you'll enjoy it more. ... (Read More)
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