Vigilance Press is proud to make our press materials available to any websites who would like to talk about Tianxia: Blood, Silk & Jade, our currently-running Kickstarter Campaign. For a direct link to the kickstarter campaign, click here. For press materials, contact me through the website and I’ll send you a link for our background materials!

As always, we’re happy to participate in podcasts and video interviews to discuss Tianxia. Contact me for scheduling arrangements!

-James Dawsey

Public Backer Update 03 Summary: THANK YOU!!!! Also, for those just joining us, instructions on how to download and read the Playtest PDF. If you have no idea what this post is about, check out our Kickstarter here!

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With the grace and speed of a kung fu master, head to Kickstarter to back this amazing book!

Here’s the link. Go! Go! (I’ll edit this post later with some more handy info)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/326055564/tianxia-blood-silk-and-jade

We have submitted our Kickstarter project to the folks at Kickstarter.com, and are awaiting their approval. During this process, I thought it might be nice to let you folks know what we have in store for you. So this link will take you to the current draft of the Kickstarter page. If you have any feedback, please feel free to leave it on the Kickstarter page using the feedback tool!

The Kickstarter is not live yet, so you can’t pledge now. As soon as the Kickstarter does go live, we’ll be sure to let everyone know!

Edit: I’ve just posted a podcast I recorded with the author, Jack Norris. I think this will answer a lot of questions about the project, and hopefully give you something to think about while we wait for Kickstarter’s approval process. 🙂 http://vigilancepress.podbean.com/2013/10/11/tianxia-kickstarter-draft-page-is-up-check-it-out/

We’re very excited to tell people about Tianxia: Blood, Silk & Jade. We hope you’ll join us for this journey, our very first Kickstarter campaign.

May your Kung Fu ever be strong!

-James Dawsey

Vigilance Press will be hosting several Mutants and Masterminds game sessions this weekend!

Thursday: 6-10pm “Kaiju Kultists Attack!” Hosted by Aaron Sullivan, 6-10pm “Where There’s Smoke…” Hosted by James Dawsey

Friday: 1-5pm “Kaiju Kultists Attack!” Hosted by James Dawsey

Friday 6-10pm “The Price of Freedom” Hosted by James Dawsey

Saturday: 6-10pm “Where There’s Smoke…” Hosted by James Dawsey

Sunday: Noon to 4pm “The Price of Freedom” Hosted by James Dawsey

All our games are full, but if you really want to play, stop by and see if anyone decides not to show. We kept all our entry prices at the bare minimum, so $4.00 of generic tickets are what you’ll need to get in. Hope to see you there!

Additionally, you can find author Jack Norris spending a great deal of time at the Green Ronin booth showing off the Dragon Age and M&M games. Check for the Dragon Age panels this weekend as well!

I’ll be buzzing around the con for the rest of the weekend, meeting fans and being a fan. I’m so excited, I can’t wait to get this party started!

-James Dawsey

Vigilance Press, Gen Con 2013

Fans of our Beacon City Podcast adventures from last year will recognize Nero the Newshound as the talking dog from Beacon City who likes to sniff out a good story. He’s featured on Green Ronin’s website today as part of the “First Appearances” series of PDFs, free for download! You can find his First Appearance (along with Michael Schell’s “Ogre Bear”) at this link!

The First Appearance PDFs collect characters submitted by Mutants and Masterminds fans as part of the Hero’s Handbook 10th Anniversary Kickstarter from earlier this year. We’re happy to join Green Ronin in bringing you this first, fully-statted out appearance of Nero, by Vigilance Press mastermind Jack Norris!

The Christmas in July Sale is on, and we’re participating! Check out this link for our products at RPGNow.com to snag some great deals on our digital products!

While we’re about ready to get Tianxia: Blood, Silk, and Jade ready to head to layout, I thought this would be a good time to share with you the cover art! But I can’t just show a single picture, we should really show you a little more about how we got from concept to the final illustration. This article will cover that process, and show off some never-before-seen concept sketches from myself and Denise Jones. I’ll let you decide which ones are better (hint: Denise’s). Click the “More” tag to head to the article!

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To celebrate the opening of giant monster mayhem movie Pacific Rim (go see it! It’s awesome!), we bring you our own cadre of gi-normous super-villains… the Kaiju Kultists! The manuscript (by Jack Norris) is still in final edits and playtesting, but we wanted to show you the artwork that has come in so far. Artists on this project include Denis Loubet (a veteran illustrator in the gaming industry, and a personal hero of mine!), Alex Williamson, and Denise Jones! Check it out by clicking the picture to the left, or this link here!