It's that time of year to click a few zillion times to cast your votes in this year's ENnies awards!
Eclipse Phase titles are up for multiple awards, so please check out the voting booth and vote smartly!
Product of the Year: Gatecrashing
Best Supplement: Gatecrashing
Best Writing: Gatecrashing
Best Production Values: Gatecrashing
Best Aid/Accessory: Eclipse Phase Gamemaster Pack
Best Electronic Book: Continuity
And we are also nominated for Publisher of the Year!
The reprint of the Eclipse Phase core rulebook is now available for pre-order through Indie Press Revolution!
This is the 3rd printing of the core book. It includes all of the errata to date, new artwork (all of the art is now Creative Commons-licensed), a heavier paper stock, 2 bookmarks, and a few other touch-ups!
We don't have a street release date just yet, but we expect to have that nailed down soon. The books are currently in transit from printer to warehouse.
The Posthumans are pleased to announce that after an incubation period of one year, we have burst forth from our partnership with Sandstorm Productions and are assuming full control of our publishing operations!
For gamers, this doesn’t mean a whole heck of a lot. You can still buy our books at fine local game stores, the chain stores that carry them, Indie Press Revolution, and Amazon. The third printing of Eclipse Phase is shipping to the PSI warehouse (we'll announce a street release date soon) and Panopticon is also at the printers. We have some electronic-only titles on the near horizon as well, so watch for upcoming street date announcements!
The only downside for gamers: our upcoming releases, such as Rimward, will be pushed back. They are in-progress, but our schedule is already behind. Instead of trying to race forwards and “catch up,” we are keeping a steady pace—and taking the necessary time to square business matters—to maintain the high quality of our games.
Game stores and distributors, our entire stock is again available worldwide through Publisher Services, Inc. We are in the process of updating all of our sell sheets and other product information and will post it online soon. We also have a new announcements mailing list for stores and distributors, please subscribe!
"After knowing Posthuman for many years, PSI is excited to be working directly with Posthuman for the first time. We look forward to supporting their continued growth and continuing to supply all channels with their high quality role playing games," said Fred Yelk Woodruff, Director of Business Development at PSI.
This is an exciting and long-term positive step foward for Posthuman Studios, but it does mean we need fan support more than ever! Please help us out in the following ways:
The publisher of Eclipse Phase, Posthuman Studios LLC (PS+) is the award-winning creator-owned game design collective founded by game industry veterans Rob Boyle, Brian Cross, and Adam Jury. Posthuman Studios believes that the future of hobby gaming is the hybridization of analog and electronic play–whether that be at the augmented tabletop or online play; that gaming has been and always will be a culture of sharing, and that we must build the creative future we want to live in. You’re invited!
Publisher Services Inc. (PSI) is a leading North American sales and fulfillment service organization enabling greater sales for small to medium-sized publishers to mass market, book trade, and specialty retail channels. Our objectives are to work with our publishing partners to optimize their presence in the broad marketplace and offer the highest quality products to our retail customers.
Eclipse Phase: Sunward is up for the Origins Award for Best RPG Supplement this weekend at the Origins game fair. We're up against some stiff competition this year. And yet based on some posts I've read in various online gaming communities over the last few years, there are probably people out there asking, "So what?"
There's a perception that because the Origins game fair has declined in attendance since its heyday, the awards presented there are somehow less momentous than others in the gaming community. And then there's the fact that some important publishers in the industry have skipped submitting their products in recent years.
I'm not personally obsessed with winning awards. I write because I love doing it. However, for better or worse, awards are a boon to us in terms of keeping the business end going. So here's why I think Origins still matters:
So if you're at Origins this year, please vote (preferably for us!), and if you have friends who are there, encourage them to vote as well. If you think our efforts have been worth it, let the rest of the gaming community know.
Thanks again for all of your support the last few years!
I doubt this post is likely to generate much controversy, but just to be clear, these are my own views, not those of Posthuman Studios. –Jack Graham