The Thousand Arrows BackerKit preorder is now closed. You can still pre-order books via the GalileoGames.com website, or PDFs via DriveThruRPG.
We have a new art piece to share with you! This illustration by Rachel Quinlan will go with the Fox playbook. Take a look!
The primary author on Thousand Arrows, James Mendez Hodes, has spent the last week talking about the design process, what it means to be an Asian working on a game set in Asia, and how to approach material with cultural sensitivity. This is all really important to us here at Galileo Games, and we think Thousand Arrows will be an approachable, fun game that doesn't tread on too many toes along the way. We'd like to share his thoughts on the topic for backers and others who may be curious about this.
Listen to Mendez's guest spot on the Asians Represent! podcast. It's a really interesting conversation with Daniel Kwan, one of the hosts on that program.
http://oneshotpodcast.com/asians-represent/metatopia-thousand-arrows-ft-james-mendez-hodes/
Mendez also wrote two long articles on his blog about these topics. The first is our approach to Thousand Arrows and sensitivity:
https://jamesmendezhodes.com/blog/2018/10/31/thousand-arrows-and-sensitivity-part-1
The second is a more general post about best practices when it comes to approaching historical settings in gaming:
https://jamesmendezhodes.com/blog/2018/11/10/best-practices-for-historical-gaming
We've been featured on a couple of podcasts!
First, the Critshow ran a full one-shot session of the game, from character creation through battle, and you can find the episodes here:
Part 1: https://thecritshow.podbean.com/e/thecritshow-thousand-arrows-part-1/
Part 2: https://thecritshow.podbean.com/e/thecritshow-thousand-arrows-part-2/
Part 3: https://thecritshow.podbean.com/e/thecritshow-thousand-arrows-part-3/
Brennan Taylor was also interviewed on the Gauntlet podcast +1 Forward. You can listen to the full interview, including a quick system demo, here:
We've hit a big milestone today! We are 50% funded, and we have 300 backers. That unlocks the first of our special goals, the Fox!
China calls you 狐狸精 húlijīng, “fox spirit.” In Korea, you’re 구미호 gumiho, “nine-tailed fox”—or you will be, when you grow up (if you ever grow up). But like every fox, you can transform into a beautiful human, or something between human and fox—though relatively few foxes bother with such things. What fascinates you about humans’ strange ambitions and bizarre customs? Perhaps you have sworn yourself to the service of Prince Inari, god of agriculture and industry. Perhaps your wicked heart urges you to bewitch humans for fun. So, fox, what do you say? The game’s about to begin, and you very much like games.
The fox is a complete character template, counting as both allegiance and role. That means you get two special moves from the fox template. The fox template also provides everything an allegiance or role provide as well.
As the fox, you also always have one to three schemes, evil or otherwise, in play. Pick a goal for each one: someone cute you want to seduce, a treasure you want to steal, a clan you want to topple, etc. These get marked off as you work your way toward them, culminating in your scheme's success or failure.
Check out the full version of the Fox in the Google Drive folder shared to backers!
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