Hey folks!
Welcome to our State of the Cataclysm update for Summer 2023.
Here's a quick summary of what Beyond Cataclysm has been up to as a company, and then a little about Dave and Chris' exciting lives too!
ISBN COFFEE
It's been an exciting few months here at BC HQ as we launched the pre-release page for ISBN COFFEE.
ISBN COFFEE is a beautiful bag of coffee beans selected for easy, enjoyable drinking, with a companion book dedicated to the fusion of coffee & culture.
We are still looking for art, games and poetry submissions, so check out the submissions page!
Want to know more? Click here to follow the pre-release page for ISBN COFFEE.
Operation S.A.N.T.A.
We also got Operation S.A.N.T.A back from the printers! PDFs and print have been sent out to our Kickstarter backers, and you can check it out yourself by clicking below:
UK Games Expo
We also recently had an amazing time attended the UK Games Expo at the Birmingham NEC, where 190 people bought something from our stall including 77 purchases of our daft one page rpg Bar Fight!
Our next two planned conventions are Tabletop Scotland and Dragonmeet - hopefully we will see some of you there!
Dave has been...
Playing: Ten Pin Bowling. I recently hung out with some very competitive friends at the bowling alley. I decided that instead of getting caught up in the constant one-up-manship I'd bowl a perfect zero. So I did! Proof on …
A special episode of ‘What is Roleplay?!
In this episode CM Lowry wanders around the UK Games Expo to pick up tips on how to enjoy RPG at (and generally survive) these massive games conventions.
We chat to lots of awesome people about games, roleplay and the weird world of gaming cons, including:
Chris Samson of
Magpie Games - and mostly getting distracted by their amazing dice rings from
Crit Success!
Anna Molla from
Mottokrosh Machinations and the beautiful Hypertellurians game!
Matt Sanders representing the awesome
Soul Muppet publishers!
Zachary Cox, whose claim to fame is being the "&" in
Rowan, Rook & Decard.
Cat Evans, from fellow micropublisher
Ex Stasis Games!
Links to cool stuff we saw:
Root RPG
Zombie World RPG
Hypertellurians
Mini B/X
Cantrip
Brave Zenith
Manse
Apparition
With music generously provided by:
Powerplant & Imploders.
Transcript:
[00:00:03.890] - Dave
Beyond Cataclysm presents for your listening pleasure 'What is roleplay?'
[00:00:15.410] - Dave
Welcome to What is roleplay? A podcast from Beyond Cataclysm that explores the very basics of roleplay, roleplaying games and what it means to be part of this awesome hobby. We'll be exploring the nuts and bolts of how to play roleplay - even if you know literally nothing about roleplay games currently, this podcast is always aimed at a level that assumes no prior knowledge. This is the first of two special episodes recorded LIVE at a gaming expo by CM Lowry that we have dubbed Surviving …
