I’m no Akanri Lorekeeper, but I know how things operate in dark, light, and anywhere there’s a coin. I pay attention to any opportunities that weigh more than the blades leveled against them. I see with whom I can do business, on whom it’s safe to turn my back, and against whom I’d be fish bait for doing either. If you want to learn what I know, ( Read more... )

27 hours to go until the end of our fund-raising drive at Kickstarter-and we’ve picked up a surge of new backers in the past few days, for whom we’ve deeply indebted and grateful.

Head on over to Kickstarter for a quick update and a few links of information on the Akanri or Secrets, like Dragons…

Inside that link are the guest posts I did over at ( Read more... )

This will eventually become a second book trailer/teaser for Secrets, like Dragons, but I wanted folks to get another taste of Kharndam before Sunday’s end of our fund-raising drive. Hope it intrigues a few more people into pledging the project over the line to its successful completion.

The Pegasus Throne symbolized a Golden Age.

The Pegasus ( Read more... )

Originally published at Kharndam.com. You can comment here or there.

If you wish to understand Kharndam as it is today, you must know its history. You also must acknowledge that Kharndam is but a name attached to the lands by history and hopes of its peace returning again. For far longer, the lands of which we speak were called the continent of ( Read more... )

If you wish to understand Kharndam as it is today, you must know its history. You also must acknowledge that Kharndam is but a name attached to the lands by history and hopes of its peace returning again. For far longer, the lands of which we speak were called the continent of Rokhal, the largest and earth-dominant continent of Dharual.

Now, ( Read more... )

This week’s going to see a flurry of activity around Kharndam as the Kickstarter campaign to fund Secrets, like Dragons… winds up this coming Sunday. If you’ve been curious about the project but haven’t yet pledged, please do so this week.

We’ve added another reward stage for those who would like to leave a creative stamp on the world, so go to ( Read more... )

Just a quick drop-in that's NOT a repost from other blogs.

First, a quick and hearty HAPPY BIRTHDAY to tagthewhaleSecond, I'm trying to get a lot more folks interested in the Kickstarter project that'll launch my publishing venture, and it's got 10 days left to meet its fund-raising goal. Please help me spread the news to all or any who might be interested ( Read more... )

For those patrons of our Kickstarter campaign at Stage Five and above, an extra for their pledge level is a very limited edition leather badge identifying its bearer as a member of the Akanri Order.

Our prototype for the exclusive badge (available to a maximum of 40 patrons, 10 of which have already been claimed) has been made by Eric Joseph, an ( Read more... )

I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m all too nervous.

Don’t get me wrong-I’m ecstatic as well about the support and patronage of 33 individuals who’ve brought us up to 21% of our funding goal. It’s a great start, but it’s also a distraction while I juggle far more balls than I can without a good Dexterity check.

Until the Kickstarter funding ( Read more... )

Originally published at Steven E. Schend. You can comment here or there.

Today’s the day you’ll all want to head on over to Atomic Array and give a listen to podcast #55. It’s all about Gaming Paper Adventures, the latest release from the folks at Gaming Paper.

I’ve not had the time to sit and listen to the podcast, but Ed & Rone interviewed a ( Read more... )