Update #13: AMA with Mark Diaz Truman
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 09:12:51 PM
We are so excited to see how far we’ve come! We’re so close to our next stretch goal and can’t thank you enough for your support. We never could have imagined this kind of excitement for the second edition of Urban Shadows!
Just a brief update today!
We’re Live: AMA on Reddit!
Join Mark Diaz Truman on the Magpie Games subreddit today to answer your questions on Urban Shadows 2E or anything Magpie Games! He’ll be there today from 12 pm - 2 pm Eastern! Come ask your burning questions and see what others are eager to know!
You can check it out here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MagpieGames/comments/jsx7ye/urban_shadows_2e_ama_with_mark_diaz_truman/
Thanks so much for all your support and we hope to see you at the AMA!
Update #12: AMA and Design Diary
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 07:26:42 AM
Thank you for your continued support! We’re moving ever closer to our next stretch goal of a Circle pin set! Which Circle are you part of? Whose symbol will you wear?
In the meantime, we have a few announcements that will help you dig into Urban Shadows even more.
Design Diary: Morality vs Mortalis
Join Marissa Kelly, co-founder of Magpie Games, and one of the core designers behind Urban Shadows for a designer diary. In this diary, Marissa discusses the change from Mortality to Mortalis!
You can check out the diary here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MagpieGames/comments/jru3ed/design_diary_mortality_vs_mortalis/
AMA with Mark Diaz Truman
We know you have burning questions and we’re excited to get you answers! This Thursday at 12 pm Eastern we will be hosting an AMA with Mark Diaz Truman. Mark is the co-founder of Magpie Games, designer of Cartel, co-designer of Zombie World, Urban Shadows 1st Ed, and one of the core designers of Urban Shadows 2nd Ed.
Join us on the Magpie Games reddit, Thursday, November 12th to ask questions and have them answered by one of the main designers of Urban Shadows 2nd Ed!
Log on to our subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MagpieGames/
Places to Play
We’re excited to hear people are trying out the Urban Shadows 2nd Edition Quickstart! If you haven’t started your campaigns yet, here are a few ways to get connected with a group to play!
Our Discord community has a games day on Nov 14th. The Urban Shadows games are currently filled, but there is a waitlist available! Our community regularly has games happening, so stop by, play some games, discuss the game, and run games with us if you feel like GMing!
Discord: https://discord.gg/RUFWCbC
Our Curated Play Program also regularly features Urban Shadows 2E games every two weeks. Try out a game run by paid professional GMs who receive training! We release a new schedule twice a week and often have Urban Shadows two-shots and campaigns!
Curated Play: https://www.magpiegames.com/curated-play/
And now, our upcoming stretch goal:
LOCKED - $150,000 Urban Shadows Pin Set
At $150,000, we’ll create a full set of four pins for you to showcase your devotion to Mortalis, Night, Power, or Wild...or you can wear all of them to keep your admirers guessing to which Circle you belong.
Spread the word and help unlock these amazing Circle pins.
Backers at the Core + All Stretch Goals pledge level and up receive the Pin Set for free!
Get the Word Out
We can’t thank you enough for all your excitement and support! Because of you we can create a new, refined game with more hubs, playbooks, and content! Thank you for being here, being awesome, and spreading the word! Let’s keep it up!
Update #11: The Witch Playbook Unlocked!
over 3 years ago
– Sat, Nov 07, 2020 at 12:26:42 AM
We have finally added the Witch! This journey has been incredible and because of your generous support, we have reached yet another milestone in the campaign. We can't thank you enough for your support and for sharing the project, and we're so excited to bring this game—and so many cool stretch goals!—to life with your help.
Urban Shadows has always been filled with provocative supernatural creatures and crafty mortals. The Witch now joins the lineup, as our first new playbook for Urban Shadows 2E...
UNLOCKED - $125,000 PDF The Witch Playbook
At $125,000, we’re creating a brand new playbook for Urban Shadows 2E: The Witch (Mortalis). Heartfelt and burdened, the Witch is a solitary practitioner of hedge magic and forgotten alchemy, a mortal who has mastered magic in an attempt to heal and comfort those wounded by the shadows.
The Witch is our first brand new playbook for Urban Shadows 2E! We are thrilled to expand Mortalis with an awesome new playbook, and The Witch will allow you to play characters like Chloe (The Last Witch Hunter), Sophie Deveraux (the Originals), the Halliwell sisters (Charmed), and Constantine (DC Comics).
Backers at the All PDFs pledge level and up receive a digital copy of the Witch playbook for free!
Upcoming Stretch Goals
LOCKED - $150,000 Urban Shadows Pin Set
At $150,000, we’ll create a full set of four pins for you to showcase your devotion to Mortalis, Night, Power, or Wild...or you can wear all of them to keep your admirers guessing to which Circle you belong.
We’ve long wanted to give fans a way to declare their allegiance to Mortalis, Night, Power, or Wild. For each Circle, we’ve created a unique symbol to represent that community, one that members of the Circle might use to mark a building as a place of power or tattoo on themselves to show their allegiance to a supernatural group. We hope you love them as much as we do!
Backers at the Core + All Stretch Goals pledge level and up receive the Pin Set for free!
Cash in a Debt with Your Allies!
Thank you so much for your ongoing excitement and support. We’re grateful for every share, back, and shout out you’ve given us! Let’s keep it going and continue unlocking stretch goals!
Update #10: Updates, Designer Diaries, & Interviews
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 06:42:31 PM
It’s been an amazing journey with you as we get ever closer to unlocking the Witch at $125k. Thank you so much for your support and enthusiasm. Like you, we can’t wait until we officially add a brand new playbook to Mortalis! Read on for a brief summary of why we’re so excited about the Witch and a bunch of new interviews and designer diaries about US2E!
LOCKED - $125,000 PDF The Witch Playbook
At $125,000, we’ll create a brand new playbook for Urban Shadows 2E: The Witch (Mortalis). Heartfelt and burdened, the Witch is a practitioner of hedge magic and forgotten alchemy, a mortal who has mastered magic in an attempt to heal and comfort those wounded by the shadows.
The Witch is our first brand new playbook for Urban Shadows 2E! We are thrilled to expand Mortalis with an awesome new playbook, and The Witch will allow you to play characters like Chloe (The Last Witch Hunter), Sophie Deveraux (the Originals), the Halliwell sisters (Charmed), and Constantine (DC Comics).
The Witch is an important playbook to us because it speaks to the community focus of the game, the way in which archetypes are always in conversation with the people around them. The Sworn has an oath of fealty; the Fae has a Faerie Court. The Witch could pursue a position in the Power Circle, but she’s committed to helping people everyone else might overlook. So spread the word! We’ve got less than $1,000 to go before she’s unlocked!
Backers at the All PDFs pledge level and up receive a digital copy of the Witch playbook for free!
Marissa & Mark on Plot Points
Ben Riggs of Plot Points recorded an episode with Marissa Kelly and Mark Diaz Truman, co-owners of Magpie Games and the core designer team behind Urban Shadows 2E. Check out what they had to say about Urban Shadows 2E here:
https://plotpoints.libsyn.com/urban-shadows-2nd-ed-is-happening-ep-214
Designer Diary: Factions vs Circles
We’re excited to share some of the behind the scenes design process with you! We’ve started sharing Design Diaries on our official Magpie Games Reddit. The first one from Mark Diaz Truman talks about the change from Factions (1E) to Circles (2E). Take a look and join our Reddit community for rules clarifications, AMAs, Designer Diaries, and more!
https://www.reddit.com/r/MagpieGames/comments/jpav2i/design_diary_factions_vs_circles/
Wanna try Urban Shadows 2E? On November 14th, we’re hosting a community play day on our Discord! You can join our Discord and check it out! Spots are limited so join the Discord and sign up for your chance to play in a one-shot of Urban Shadows 2E!
https://discord.gg/RUFWCbC
Rules Questions?
If you have rules questions or feedback on the Quickstart, we would love to hear from you! We encourage you to jump into our Discord (https://discord.gg/RUFWCbC) for a live conversation with other fans and our design team or join the Magpie Games subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/MagpieGames/) for clarifications and design diaries.
Consult Your Contacts!
We can’t thank you enough for all your support! Your enthusiasm and excitement have helped get us this far! Keep sharing the Kickstarter so we can unlock the Witch and reveal even more stretch goals waiting in the shadows!
Update #9: Skid Row City Hub Unlocked & Quickstart Update!
over 3 years ago
– Tue, Nov 03, 2020 at 01:40:41 AM
$110,000!!! This is so exciting! We never thought your support would keep going and get us this far. It’s so amazing to have all of you as part of our community, sharing our own excitement and enthusiasm for expanding the world of Urban Shadows 2E.
It’s important to us that Urban Shadows 2nd Edition be filled with evocative places to explore, dynamic characters to play, and compelling stories to tell. Unlocking new City Hubs is part of that, giving you and your players new ways to engage the game.
Thus, we give you...
UNLOCKED - $110,000 PDF City Hub: Skid Row
At $110,000, we’re creating a new City Hub you can add to any campaign of Urban Shadows 2E: Skid Row. The urban slums next to the railroad tracks don’t look like much, but—for Night—they are the perfect hunting grounds, hiding place, and trafficking territory. What will you do to control what’s yours on Skid Row? And who will you hurt to keep it?
Each of these new City Hubs greatly expands your game, offering new neighborhoods and institutions around which you can build a game. If you’ve ever wanted to run a game of Urban Shadows in the rough part of town, the spots where Night and Mortalis contend to hold sway, Skid Row is the City Hub for you!
Backers at the All PDFs pledge level and up receive a digital copy of the Skid Row City Hub for free!
Upcoming Stretch Goals
LOCKED - $125,000 PDF The Witch
At $125,000, we’ll create a brand new playbook for Urban Shadows 2E: The Witch (Mortalis). Heartfelt and burdened, the Witch is a practitioner of hedge magic and forgotten alchemy, a mortal who has mastered magic in an attempt to heal and comfort those wounded by the shadows.
The Witch is our first brand new playbook for Urban Shadows 2E! We are thrilled to expand Mortalis with an awesome new playbook, and The Witch will allow you to play characters like Chloe (The Last Witch Hunter), Sophie Deveraux (the Originals), the Halliwell sisters (Charmed), and Constantine (DC Comics).
Backers at the All PDFs pledge level and up receive a digital copy of the Skid Row City Hub for free!
Updated Quickstart
We’re so grateful for all your feedback thus far on the Quickstart! It has just been updated with corrected typos thanks to your help! You can download the quickstart from DriveThruRPG! New changes will keep arriving as the campaign continues. If you have feedback on the Quickstart, please email it to [email protected]
Hit Those Streets!
Thank you for your enthusiasm and support for the project! We are so excited to watch it grow and bring you more incredible stretch goals. Please share the Kickstarter far and wide!
