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Kickstarter Progress

November 4, 2020

The Dee Sanction Kickstarter has crashed, bashed and smashed through our initial goal and continued right on through the first NINE Stretch Goals. Given that this has happened in the first three days, we’ve been bowled over by your support. At this point in the campaign — when we hit … Continue ReadingKickstarter Progress

Kickstarter

Kickstarter Launches

November 1, 2020November 1, 2020

The Kickstarter for The Dee Sanction core book launches today — at 3PM (GMT), 1st November — and runs for 21 days. This Kickstarter is the culmination of weeks of effort getting the building blocks of production, publicity and pledges in order. It is also the satisfying conclusion to seven … Continue ReadingKickstarter Launches

Actual Play

Ex Libris Actual Play

October 31, 2020October 31, 2020

Just posted, there’s a special episode of Orlanth Rex’s Gaming Vexes, including an interview with me and an Actual Play of ‘The Dee Sanction’. The Actual Play is a brief sampler and introductory investigation, currently called Ex Libris. If we start hitting stretch goals in the upcoming Kickstarter (1st November … Continue ReadingEx Libris Actual Play

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Experience — RPGaDay #31

October 29, 2020

Similar to The Cthulhu Hack, experience in The Dee Sanction is less about an accumulation of power and more about furthering the campaign. The value of an adventure lies in the impact it has on the setting, a little bit like a TV serial where the arc plot is the key and the … Continue ReadingExperience — RPGaDay #31

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Strange — RPGaDay #26

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020

As with Cthulhu Hack before it, I have sought to find something strange through the use of as much original source materials as practical. Thankfully, the existence of contemporary material makes this possible, alongside the commentary of more recent academic considering the prevailing belief in the supernatural through varies lenses. … Continue ReadingStrange — RPGaDay #26

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Portal — RPGaDay #30

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020

The game timeline is intended to be a portal to alternate states of potential investigation, activity and adventure. The road from the sighting of Halley’s Comet in the early 1530s to the death of Queen Elizabeth in the dawning of the 17th century is a winding one. Following the break … Continue ReadingPortal — RPGaDay #30

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Lever — RPGaDay #25

September 4, 2020September 4, 2020

The system for The Dee Sanction provides a very basic combat system and approach with the levers and pulleys to make a formidable opponent terrifying and a weak one, necessarily, a pushover. At the same time, I have been trying to find the best way possible to make it pseudo-compatible with other … Continue ReadingLever — RPGaDay #25

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Edge — RPGaDay #23

September 4, 2020September 4, 2020

The players and GM of The Dee Sanction have the option to play on the edge of the unknown. By that, the intent of the game is not to know everything in advance of every session. However, that isn’t to say that a lot of things can’t be handled intelligently … Continue ReadingEdge — RPGaDay #23

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Rare — RPGaDay #22

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020

In The Dee Sanction, a clear victory should be rare. Nevertheless, I didn’t want success itself to be rare. When you’re dealing with the supernatural and dabbling in the occult, you’re already dealing with a grey agenda, murky with heresy. The Agents have their own livelihood and service preservation to consider, … Continue ReadingRare — RPGaDay #22

Setting

The Sanction of Magic

August 31, 2020September 1, 2020

When Elizabeth Tudor succeeded to the throne in 1558, she found herself under assault from all sides, paying for the arrogant machinations of her father. Henry VIII enraged the Church of Rome and made himself an enemy of Catholicism. But worse, that collapse in solidarity of faith combined with the … Continue ReadingThe Sanction of Magic