ArneCon is Imminent

In just under two weeks I’ll be heading to ArneCon. On Friday 10/10 I’m running ACKS II at 6PM; then on Saturday 10/11 I’m doing a Special Guest Meet and Greet at 5PM and running Ascendant at 6PM. Please let me know in the comments or direct messages if you’ll be there - I’m looking forward to meeting up with everyone! My brother ArcanistWill, one of the stars of the Grey Brotherhood Actual Play series, is also going to be there.

To celebrate ArneCon, I’ll be livestreaming tonight with Griffith Morgan, co-creator of The Secrets of Blackmoor documentary and co-organizer of the convention. Griffith and I are going to delve into the…secrets… of Blackmoor, the origin of ArneCon, and more!

I’ll be making a special announcement about Before All Others tonight on the livestream, so be sure to tune in!

If you don’t know what Before All Others is, I have a failed as creator. BAO: The Cyclopedia of Elven Civilization launched on September 15th on Kickstarter with a $10,000 goal. We funded in two minutes; in two weeks we’ve reached $116,969. BAO’s sister book, By This Axe, only reached $51,636 while our most recent sourcebook, ACKS II Treasure Tome, only raised $116,957 in its entire month!

If this is your first time hearing about Before All Others, check out the special 16-page full-color sneak preview of the book. It has three sample lore entries, one sample class, and one sample monster. The full book will be this, but an order of magnitude more!

You can see almost everything that’s been written so far for BAO by becoming a Conqueror-tier member of the Autarch Patreon. If you can’t wait to start fighting the Bitter War for real, emperor-tier backers in our Patreon have already gotten full access to Domains at War: Battles computer game and are playtesting it now.

All the Videos, All The Time

Coming up I’ll be interviewing Jeffrey Talanian (author of HYPERBOREA) on October 6th, while Brian Niemier will be returning in November.

Our friends at Black Lodge Games have also launched a new ACKS Solo Play Speed Run series called I Have No Arms But I Must Conquer. The first episode has been unleashed and its a must-watch! Floyd the Fighter and his band of henchmen seek to raise an army, conqueror the continent, and get absolutely ripped to shreds in this epic adventure series where no character has plot armor. The BLG gurus break down how to use some of ACKS II’s novel systems and show how it goes way beyond typical D&D.

Support the Community

Once you’ve signed up for the crowdfunding campaign, head on over to these community links:

• Autarch Discord with one of the smartest, nicest gamer communities around

• Autarch Reddit with a sub-set of the aforementioned smartest, nicest gamers

• ACKS Patreon with sneak previews and new content every month

• Ascendant Patreon with a new character and story hook every month

• Autarch Facebook page with news and updates about our projects

• Autarch Twitter channel with brief comments and witty quirks

• Ascendant Comics Facebook page with sneak previews of the upcoming comics

• Ascendant Comics Instagram page with tons of art and cosplay

• Ascendant Comics Twitter channel with short messages and quirky wit

• ACKS Forums with discussion for the game

• Ascendant Forums with FAQ and Errata for the game

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