Hello, RPG fans. After many years of work, I’m thrilled to announce that we now finally have a release date for the procedural team management strategy RPG Together in Battle on Steam! You’ve come to the island kingdom of Dese with a mission: enter the gladiatorial games, find loyal fighters,…
Read More »I’m pleased and excited to announce Sinister Design’s next game release: Telepath Tactics Liberated! For those who never played Telepath Tactics, Telepath Tactics Liberated is a deep and engaging strategy RPG built upon the combat mechanics of Telepath games past, albeit with layers and layers of tactical depth poured on.…
Read More »Love True Messiah–maybe a bit too much? Are your cards getting dirty, worn out, or lost? Good news: now there’s a way to order a replacement deck, custom-printed just for you! Get back to smiting nonbelievers like the beneficent savior you are: head on over to the True Messiah Replacement…
Read More »I’ve been making video games since 2006; my last video game, Telepath Tactics, came out in 2015. It took me 5 years to create, and by the end, I was exhausted and in need of something quicker and easier–so I took a board game I’d been working on since 2003,…
Read More »Sometimes art imitates life–and sometimes, it’s entirely the other way around. With our society collapsing in real life and most of us stuck indoors, now seems like just the time to put True Messiah on sale. After all: if we have to live through the apocalypse, we might as well…
Read More »Today, I am pleased to announce Sinister Design’s next video game: Together in Battle! Set in the Telepath universe, Together in Battle is a strategy RPG and team management game of love, friendship, and turn-based tactical combat. You’ve arrived in the island kingdom of Dese with a sack of coins…
Read More »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…
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