An exciting new RPG of adventure, language, and liturgy from the mind of Richard Rohlin and the people of Strange Owl Games.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
January 2025 Update
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 07:18:40 AM
My dear friends,
2024 started with a lot of promise – we were well on our way to having Amboria out the door. Then, a long series of illnesses and emergencies (and also a lot of wonderful events) basically sidelined things and delayed our delivery of this project in a massive way.
Just to give you a taste of how 2024 ended: On December 15th, my beloved wife gave birth to our 6th child and 4th daughter, Olga Marie (or “Ola Mae” as we say in the American South). Then, on December 27th, two days after Christmas, our house flooded, and we were forced to relocate to a hotel with all 6 of our kids including a newborn while an army of contractors strips more than half of our family home down to studs.
Yeah, it’s been a lot.
The good news is that it really forced me to kick other projects into high gear: Over the last two weeks, I have built and moved into a new recording studio + home office, which gives me a quiet, dedicated place to write again, something I haven’t had for several months now.
Behold, the barn of writing (and podcasting)!
The Barn of Writing
And with that, it means that I am once again returning to The World Under Starlight. Here is the gameplan for getting the books finished:
· The core book will be done with edits and back to layout by the end of this week.
· Our artists are finalizing the art for the book, as well as the incredible cover art.
As soon as the core book is done, we’ll get Thunder in the North to editing and layout. In the meantime, I will have the PDF adventure rewards finished by the end of February.
I want to thank you all so much for your patience with us as we work on getting this project finally into your hands. In the meantime, if you’ve been playing with our playtesting documents, I’d love to hear more about your games over on the Strange Owl Discord. Let’s make 2025 a great year for gaming!
Richard
Thunder In the North Written!!!
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 08:30:50 AM
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The Midnight War Resumes!
almost 2 years ago
– Mon, May 20, 2024 at 10:17:30 AM
Makevia!
My dear friends, I wanted to reach out to our Knight Errant backers in particular with a thank you for your support and patience. The core book for Amboria: Roleplaying in the World Under Starlight is in editing and layout, and you will be receiving the draft of Thunder in the North: A Grand Campaign in the World Under Starlight in the next couple of weeks. The latter has involved a lot of difficult creative decisions about what to keep and what to cut, but I’m really proud of what it’s become.
At long last, it’s time for us to resume The Midnight War. Life has conspired to make it difficult to find time to schedule and run these games, but I am finally getting far enough ahead on my planning, and you all have waited long enough! The last few times I have tried to schedule them, it’s been hard to get enough people to run sessions, so hopefully this is far enough in advance that people will be able to clear their schedules.
Below you will find a link for the next 5 games of the Midnight War. I need at least 4 people per session, so please find a time that works for you and sign up! The sooner people put their names down, the easier it will be to make sure you get your game in. In August, we will schedule the final round of games.
Once at least 4 people have signed up for a timeslot, I will reach out to that group about character creation and catch them up on the story so far.
I know it’s been a long road, but I am really looking forward to sitting down around the virtual table with all of you!
February Update - Part 2
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 02:32:16 PM
All,
J-M clearly needs more coffee. Here are all three images talked about in the previous update.
Strange Owl Games
February Update
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 01:27:28 PM
Hello, beautiful people!
Richard, here. I wanted to reach out to you all and let you know where we are at in the process of getting the Amboria: Roleplaying in the World Under Starlight kickstarter delivered.
The Amboria Core Book: Is in layout! The art is about 80% completed, and we hope to have a preview of the bestiary chapter for you all to look at soon. In the meantime, here’s three of our favorite art pieces from that chapter, to whet your whistle for what’s to come!
Thunder in the North: Is nearing completion! As we speak, I am putting the finishing touches on some of the poetry for the book. This book is… it’s gonna have a LOT of poetry, I decided. Hey, you didn’t back this campaign for less poetry, did you? In March, those of you who backed at the appropriate levels will be receiving a draft of the book, and we will begin the process of having art and layout done for it.
Knights Errant Games: Are still coming! We’ve scheduled a few of the first “wave” of games, but if you backed at one of our Knights Errant tiers and haven’t gotten to play in a game yet, don’t worry! We’ll be scheduling the next wave of games in March and April! So, keep an eye on your email inbox!
Everything is humming along here at Strange Owl Games despite a few things taking longer than we’d hoped, but we’re excited about getting all of these books delivered to you, and already making plans for future releases. You can keep up with some of my work in progress over at the Strange Owl Patreon if you’re curious.
