Are you going to PAX Prime in Seattle this weekend? You’re in good company!
A bunch of excellent folks will be playing small press and independent games at the con this year- look for Fiasco at the Dreaming game store booth (#1440) and the tabletop gaming area in room 304. Demos and full sessions of many other fine games will be available as well.
For updates during the con, check Twitter @pax_indie_rpgs!
For September’s Playset of the Month we are proud to present Transatlantic!
The time is 1932, the place? Somewhere in the mid-Atlantic aboard the luxury cruise ship Leviathan, a week out of Southampton en route to New York. On this flagship cruiser’s maiden voyage, the Captain has been directed to quietly contend for the glorious Blue Riband — the accolade awarded to the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
Topside, you enjoy a salty Gibson while pulling the heavy double wool of your coat closer to your body. Friends make merry with lively talk amongst themselves — it’s a din barely overheard above the hammering engine and thresh of the ship’s mighty propellers. Spray from the bow’s cleave manages to catch your cheek even this far aft. Your gaze draws across the dull, slate waters wondering at the marvel of it all: New beginnings? Maybe this time things will be different? Perhaps your dreams are within reach? What could possibly go wrong?
Written by E. Tage Larsen, Transatlantic draws inspiration from movies such as Bitter Moon, Titanic and Poseidon Adventure, among others. Gather your friends and some classy cocktails for an evening of fun below decks!
The Internet’s own Ryan Macklin spent some time with the Game Salute gang at Gen Con, discussing Fiasco:
Ryan also talked earlier in the interview about some other little game called The Dresden Files. Apparently that one’s pretty good too!
If you’re looking to buy the print version of Fiasco right now, you might have noticed that it’s out of stock at Indie Press Revolution. We were caught off guard a bit by our success at Gen Con, but no worries- we have a new printing under way, and it will be available in the next few weeks.
Re-order Pre-order!
No need to wait, however- we have a new “re-order pre-order” deal in place at IPR. If you buy the game now, you’ll get immediate access to the PDF and your print copy will ship to you when it is available (expected by mid-September).
Check out Will Hindmarch’s crazy Fiasco playset, All the Damn Time. He needs feedback from dedicated, experienced Fiasco players, so get cracking! Elevator pitch: “Sam Howard is a man unstuck in time. Some kind of quantum-level shenanigans have him traveling to and from key moments in his life. But if one Sam Howard managed to mess things up the first time, who’s to say that even more meddling Sam Howards can make things any better? Will Sam improve his life by futzing with his own history or will he turn a life of perfectly ordinary mistakes into a paradoxical catastrophe?
Who plays Sam Howard, by the way? You all do. You play Sams from different points in time. Good luck with that…”