In the weeks since True Messiah released, I’ve received a fair few questions about the rules. Most of these are answered by a careful reading of the rules and cards, but one exciting report presents a situation that has never come up before. (Games, no matter how thoroughly tested, will…
Read More »You may have heard that True Messiah won the Best Tabletop Game 2018 Award at Dreamhack Atlanta; you may have heard that it was nominated for the Gamer’s Voice Award at SXSW; but did you know that you can now order a copy of True Messiah for yourself? It’s true!…
Read More »I’m pleased to write that our Kickstarter campaign for True Messiah succeeded, ending with us about 112% funded! In so doing, we hit our first two stretch goals: (1) the prosperity monolith tiles and (2) one distinct starting card for each of the four messiahs. The prosperity monolith tiles are…
Read More »New: due to a last-minute quote from a new manufacturer that hugely undercuts those of their competitors, I’ve been able to slash the funding goal dramatically (and offer a discount on the base game to boot)! Kickstarter won’t let you make changes like this mid-campaign, so doing this required a…
Read More »The time draws nigh, True Messiah fans! In one short month, I will launch the second True Messiah Kickstarter. I’ve updated the rulebook; updated the how-to-play video series; lined up another review; did an interview; signed up for showings at not one, but two conventions; and even managed to snag…
Read More »Greetings, friends–today, you’ll be getting two monthly updates in one! What a deal! As you may recall, I went to PAX West in September to demo True Messiah with Tabletop Co-op. It was a fun experience; I wasn’t on the show floor this time around, and I had a whole…
Read More »Hey friends, it’s time for another update on True Messiah! First, exciting news: I’ll be in Seattle this weekend showing off True Messiah at PAX West with the Tabletop Co-op! If you’re coming to PAX West, make sure to stop by! (You’ll be able to find me in Room 208,…
Read More »Hey guys–I have exciting news! Those of you keeping track of True Messiah progress may recall my update from March discussing the logistics of launching a second Kickstarter campaign. I’ve spent the past few months waiting to hear back from Blackbox and quietly working on a new video game engine…
Read More »This is it, folks–True Messiah is now on Kickstarter! I first started developing True Messiah a little more than 13 years ago (that’s about 3 years before I taught myself Flash and came out with Telepath RPG Chapter 1!) True Messiah was originally called “Messiah: A Game of Cult Warfare,”…
Read More »Hey there strategy fans! Wondering what’s happened since last month? You’re in the right place! Art tweaks Did you think we were done with the art for True Messiah? Well, so did I–but the tiny, perfectionist homunculus that lives inside my heart convinced me to commission just a few final edits…
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