I'm back publishing games with Lamentations of the Flame Princess. Details about all that here.
Right now there's an adventure available at Gen Con--In The Night Fortress. It is free at the LotFP table booth 2937.
I've playtested it a few times and I kinda love it, because it has a central problem to solve that can be got past socially, magically, with combat, with trickery or a bunch of different ways, but is weird enough that it will probably require all three.
Y'know how the tooth-sacrifice door that James wrote in Death Frost Doom was cool because every time you ran it you were like "I wonder how they're gonna get a tooth..."--well this adventure is kind of all that way. Kinda accidentally. It's very much a "Oh how are they gonna do this?"adventure.
I am very happy with it.
Also it has cheetahs. They were fun to paint.
So, yeah, there will also be some new LotFP stuff from me. Big stuff? Yeah.
One more funny piece of news:
Remember Fiona Geist from Dr Weisman's article? The one who said in the audio that she wanted LotFP to go bankrupt and she'd buy it for pennies on the dollar and then had that whole rant about how her co-harasser was a jerk?
Well she just walked up to James and Gen Con and was like "Hi!".
Not like "I'm so sorry I was in that whole hatemob and then admitted it on tape" just "Hi!".
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The cheetahs look gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and welcome back.
ReplyDeleteWatched the video. "...James is better than them..." I nearly shed a tear.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm glad that apologies are now starting to be made publicly, that things will be published and that you will be able to live a better life.
However, I won't be able to attend Gen Con. Should we expect this adventure to appear later in pdf or in a paid version? Or will it remain an artifact for the lucky ones?
@Stuart
ReplyDeleteI'll be able to live a better life when people who didn't want my life destroyed become as active online as the people who did. That's when it happens.
As for the adventure:
If y'all are good, maybe. If I'm dead: I guess it's up to James.
Oh man ITS THAT ONE. That was a mindfuck. Not sure me and Simon ever really "solved it". I'd totally go back in that damn palace though. It's the stuff of good adventures: deadly and requires creative problem solving.
ReplyDeleteWe didn't die, it's a victory in my book.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I'd totally go back there, too.
Great to see you working with James again. Very much looking forward to seeing what you two get up to.
ReplyDelete@trollsmyth
ReplyDeleteTell people.
Hell yeah! Can't wait to see (and buy) new RPG material from you.
ReplyDelete"Paint" and "manipulate photos with my computer" are a new synonym for me.
ReplyDelete@Joe Bide
ReplyDeleteWho manipulated photos with a computer?
I suppose it could be hard for people to believe that detailed and accurate art could be actually just that - art. Like those muscles and tendons in Michelangelo's statues.
ReplyDeleteThough smart people don't run around accusing Michelangelo of turning people into stone, I don't think.
Is the adventure available anywhere else?
ReplyDelete@Steve email me ( zakzsmith AT hawtmayle dawt calm)
ReplyDeleteWelcome back !! Love your content and will spread the word .
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to play this adventure - if this is what you're running in the one shot?
ReplyDeleteI think I have the map somewhere, the DPI was insane.
I am running a one-shot of this, yes
ReplyDeleteNight Fortress : Brilliant ! The scenario is very interesting (and particularly cleverly conceived as a dungeon). I really had great time reading it. Can’t wait to play it !
ReplyDelete@gannaeg
DeleteIt is one of my favorite designs. I would like to hear what people think
Will there be a reprint of this adventure in an official LOTFP book ?
ReplyDelete@peggy
ReplyDeleteI am not in charge of that, James Edward Raggi IV is
Better later than never. But, I'm very glad Zak is back on LotFP. Waiting for Nebulith.
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming back.
ReplyDeleteAny chance of getting the pdf please?
ReplyDelete@ecowatcher
ReplyDeleteEmail me
James is a far better man than I am, because I'd have told Fiona to get fucked.
ReplyDeleteIn The Night Fortress looks intriguing. Was that exclusively a convention special or is it available somewhere?
ReplyDelete@Riquez
ReplyDeleteConvention special
Was there ever being a release of this outside of going to GenCon, either as a pdf or physical copy?
ReplyDelete@Severed Fane
ReplyDeleteAsk James not me
Ah yes. Would the Lamentations discord being the best place to reach him for such a purpose?
ReplyDelete@Severed Fane
ReplyDeleteNo the LotFP Facebook pge.
Ah yes. Unfortunately as we were being talking about a few days ago, I am not available to communicate on facebook.
ReplyDeletethe absolutely batshit stuff that people do is sometimes so outlandish that it overshadows gonzo writing altogether. "Oh you're the guy i stabbed 6 times, hi! Still recovering?"
ReplyDelete"Hell sent me back" reminded me of an old TV show called Brimstone, about a cop who died and got sent back to catch souls who had escaped hell. As 'the eyes are the windows to the soul', he had to get them through their eyes to send them back to hell.
ReplyDeleteFinally, it's a good news!
ReplyDeleteGreat news, Lamentations hasn't been the same without you
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on working with James again. Your work on Lamentations of the Flame Princess is just out of this world. I can't wait to get my hands on Demon City too. And the new Cube World book. And the next thing! Onward and upward.
ReplyDeletethanks for the map. Glad to know there will be new books
ReplyDeleteA bit late to congrate you, please excuse me for this, but excellent news! I just hope that these will be affordable, James’s latest productions were out of my budget…
ReplyDeleteLotFP's booth is always my first stop when I hit GC, super glad I got my copy of this.
ReplyDeleteI have this adventure on the docket to run next week. Looking forward to it, it was a great read.
ReplyDeleteAlso looking forward to the next projects you put together.
Zak, the piece of art with the cheetahs is mesmerizing!
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