Category Archives: Spark

Spread the Spark

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I love Spark, and I know that many of you share this love. I want to help foster a community of people who learn, play and appreciate the game as well. The best way to do this is to run games at local game stores and conventions.

The problem is that I have limited opportunities to travel and run games outside of my own city. That’s why I’m running a little promotion and would like to ask for your help. I would like to invite you to run demo session of Spark at conventions and friendly local gaming stores. The three Quickstart bundles Here do all the preparation for you might need, including pre-generated characters. Just print and play!

In thanks, I will offer you each a free copy of the beautiful new Spark Setting written by Brian Engard. Carriers is a cyberpunk zombie game, where cybernetically-enhanced runners travel between corporate arcologies while trying to avoid the zombie hordes. I am really excited to share this with you, but this setting won’t be available for sale.

All you need to do is email me at genesisoflegend at gmail.com with “Carriers” in the subject line, telling me where and when the game is to be run. I will be happy to send you a pdf of the awesome new setting from Brian.

Help spread Spark among the masses.

Become a Carrier.

 

The Arboreal Squid

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I recently realized that I never really described one of the fun features of the NeoNihon setting. As an ecologist by trade, I tend to love creating flora and fauna that fit the world. Shi-Tateyama is often described as a world of sweltering temperatures at sea-level, wtih frequent, harsh and corrosive tempests. Cyclones and tornados are common occurences, with commensurate effects on the native organisms.

The Plum Willows:

These are the native tree-analogues that spread across the planet. According to terran classifications, they are half-fungal with hyphea and thick, rubbery “wood,” the colour of ripe  plums. The countless drooping branches are tipped with photosynthetic “flowers” that most closely resemble pink cherry blossoms, each of which produces a single nut. When the tree is struck by strong winds, the entire organism bends rather than breaking, with flowers and seeds flung great distances.

The Squiderrels:

These are football-sized, arboreal squid that live in the Plum Willows. They fill the same ecological niche as squirrels, harvesting the Plum Willow nuts. They are remarkably adaptive critters, who may or may not have mastered basic tool use. They can change colour for no discernable reason and make an audible chittering noise when they form their highly-social colonies in stands of trees. When threatened, they have been known to swarm their attacker and excrete hydrochloric acid.  When wind strikes their tree, they choose to cling tightly to the branches, or to be safely flung into a long-distance glide.

I love worldbuilding. Just a little bit.

Meet me at GenCon!

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I would love to meet up with as many of you fine backers as possible during the madness that is GenCon. I wanted to let you know when I was free and where you could find me.

Thursday:
9am-Noon: The Indie Game Developer Network booth #571 in the Marketplace
Noon-2pm: Games on Demand, running games including Spark (ICC, lvl 2, Room 237)
4pm-6pm: Games on Demand, running games including Spark (ICC, lvl 2, Room 237)

Friday:
10am-1pm: The Indie Game Developer Network booth #571 in the Marketplace
2pm-4pm: Games on Demand, running games including Spark (ICC, lvl 2, Room 237)
11pm+: Launch party at the Embassy Suite, near that bar after the Ennies.

Saturday:
10am-Noon: The Indie Game Developer Network booth #571 in the Marketplace
2pm-4pm: Games on Demand, running games including Spark (ICC, lvl 2, Room 237)
4pm-6pm: Games on Demand, running games including Spark (ICC, lvl 2, Room 237)

Saturday:
10am-4pm: The Indie Game Developer Network booth #571 in the Marketplace

Hope to see you there!

-Jason

First Quickstart Bundle – NeoNihon

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As part of a Kickstarter stretch goal for the Spark RPG, I offered to prepare quick-start bundles of the game that people could print at home. These bundles would have pregenerated characters, a premade gm sheet and everything else needed to run a one-shot scenario with the book in hand.

The first one is ready for your enjoyment. Especially for those of you who might have just recently gotten their copies of the physical book. Just download the NeoNihon Quickstart Bundle

With luck, most people should either have their books in hand relatively soon. The vast majority of packages have shipped, and I will be hand-delivering many of the remainders at the two launch parties for Spark.

Cheers!

Spark is on the Way!

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I have been lax in updating the website, and I appologize for that. I have been working away at fulfilling the rewards for my Spark Kickstarter backers and the details involved in producing and shipping books has taken most of my time. In any case, I have sent out the vast majority of the rewards for my backers and you will soon be able to find copies of Spark from the retailers who backed me including….

Other than that, I intend on formally launching the Spark RPG to the public at GenCon 2013. I am eager to share it with the world, once my loyal kickstarter backers have had a chance to enjoy their copies of the book.