Nov 4, 2014 1:03 pm
Last year out of impulse I picked up Enter the Shadowside for $4.99. It is a roleplaying game set in the modern day about entering the realm of the dead and gaining supernatural powers by becoming symbiotically possessed by a spirit. The game was pdf only but only cost $5 and had a sweet premise. I wasn't too fond of the mechanics of the game and never really got a chance to play, but it was a great read and had a lot of potential. One of the best selling points was that by buying the game you also bought the future editions, all for only 5 bucks. I assumed that either a new edition wouldn't come out or would be rebranded, or would never fulfill that promise. I believed that until I got the following email:
This email is going out to everyone who purchased the first version of Enter The Shadowside.
If you remember, I made a promise in the last part of the book, and I'm here to keep it: if you purchased the first version of Enter The Shadowside please send me an email to *****, and when the new version, Enter The Shadowside DESTINY comes out, I will send you a complimentary PDF copy.
When will that be? At the end of our kickstarter!
The new version is radically different. Not only is it 292 pages -it's also a complete re-engineering of the mechanics system. Where before we had fourteen (count'em!) stats, and needed basically a giant chart and a ruler (Jacob's Ladder) for dice-based combat resolution, now all math has been eliminated, entirely, and replaced with natural language. We also use cards instead of dice: cards represent your future successes and failures -you cannot choose to simply succeed forever, but you *can* choose when to fail; hence the name DESTINY. The result is a game that is much more focused on the story, on the narrative. And no, you don't *have* to buy custom cards -any old poker deck you may have lying around will do just fine.
I don't want to take much more of your time -just thank you for supporting me a couple of years ago, and if you choose to support me again now in this new adventure, then truly thank you all the more.
Please pass the word!
Marco Leon
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Enter the Shadowside is a sweet game concept, has fantastic art, and a great setting. The new card system seems interesting, unique, and a major improvement over the old mechanics. Please consider throwing a few dollars toward this project. The gentleman who created this game seems like a great guy and stayed true to a promise no one else would have made. If any game developer is worthy of success this is the guy.
This email is going out to everyone who purchased the first version of Enter The Shadowside.
If you remember, I made a promise in the last part of the book, and I'm here to keep it: if you purchased the first version of Enter The Shadowside please send me an email to *****, and when the new version, Enter The Shadowside DESTINY comes out, I will send you a complimentary PDF copy.
When will that be? At the end of our kickstarter!
The new version is radically different. Not only is it 292 pages -it's also a complete re-engineering of the mechanics system. Where before we had fourteen (count'em!) stats, and needed basically a giant chart and a ruler (Jacob's Ladder) for dice-based combat resolution, now all math has been eliminated, entirely, and replaced with natural language. We also use cards instead of dice: cards represent your future successes and failures -you cannot choose to simply succeed forever, but you *can* choose when to fail; hence the name DESTINY. The result is a game that is much more focused on the story, on the narrative. And no, you don't *have* to buy custom cards -any old poker deck you may have lying around will do just fine.
I don't want to take much more of your time -just thank you for supporting me a couple of years ago, and if you choose to support me again now in this new adventure, then truly thank you all the more.
Please pass the word!
Marco Leon
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Enter the Shadowside is a sweet game concept, has fantastic art, and a great setting. The new card system seems interesting, unique, and a major improvement over the old mechanics. Please consider throwing a few dollars toward this project. The gentleman who created this game seems like a great guy and stayed true to a promise no one else would have made. If any game developer is worthy of success this is the guy.
Last edited November 4, 2014 1:04 pm