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MCDM Productions

about 1 month ago

The MCDM RPG - Backer Packet Timeline

Hey folks! We are very close to having something for you all to try out. We just sent the latest playtest packet to our contract and volunteer testers, and they’ve already st...

Jerod Bennett

2 months ago

The surveys are out.

Hey everyone, This is just a quick update letting you know that we have sent out all Backerkit surveys for the MCDM RPG campaign. If you have not received your email with your...

Jerod Bennett

7 months ago

You like us... You really like us!

So, that was crazy. Hey folks, Matt Colville here on behalf of MCDM. Last week the RPG Crowdfunder wrapped and the final numbers were basically insane. Over 30,000 of you pledg...

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Jerod Bennett

8 months ago

Human Update

Hey folks! We hope you’re enjoying the holidays! We are MOSTLY trying to take it easy over the break but we actually love working on this stuff and sharing it with you. It’s exc...

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MCDM Productions

8 months ago

Pocket Kobold - Free STL

Hi Everyone, Every MCDM mini ever produced was made by the team at Trenchworx. Heading into the holiday season the team saw Nick's design for the Pocket Kobold and went ahead a...

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Jerod Bennett

8 months ago

Revenant Update

Holy CRAP! No, that’s…that reaction is not sufficient. Frankly, no reaction is. How about…“Black gods!” 😀 Hey everyone, Matt Colville here. It’s sort of impossible to summarize ...

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PROJECT UPDATE

MCDM Productions

CREATOR

9 months ago

Project Update: In the beginning we started with Four Words.

Designing The Game: Tactical Heroic Cinematic Fantasy

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Xi The 11th Weapon

about 10 hours ago

Patreon playtest Character creation, Gameplay and Impressions

The Group over at Average Roll created their characters together live on stream, showing the pages they were referencing as they went: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o3PGU8EPUY And here's them playing the Playtest adventure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07xSCddROzQ& Post play Impressions videos from Don’t Shout Mimic Director's impression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSgFRCw8geM Shadow Impressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNGbcVkkEHU And bonus, as I was compiling this post, James went on d20play and did an interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoIxcL3WrNk Here's their run through of the Patreon Playtest materials and general feelings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c84NhaOQmfs&t=0s There's many more videos and live plays on Draw Steel on YouTube, remember this is the Patreon play test and some things you may find middling now may change somewhat by the time you get a package via Backerkit. Hope you all are doing well this week, - XI

Xi The 11th Weapon

11 days ago

The Name is Officially Draw Steel (!), How do you feel about it?

Yeah it was "announced" via the Patreon release of the newest Playtest Packet s a few days ago. We'll probably see the Backer version of the playtest hit with the logo version on it but I'd like to talk about how we're all feeling on it. I'm personally okay with it, it's classic for those who follow the MCDM brand and also evokes that classic cinematic fantasy of the bad guy or noble hero saying it before they begin what is a big dramatic fight. It may not win everyone over as it's not as evocative to some as much as others but I'm here for it either way.

PROJECT UPDATE

MCDM Productions

CREATOR

about 1 month ago

Project Update: The MCDM RPG - Backer Packet Timeline

Hey folks!

We are very close to having something for you all to try out. We just sent the latest playtest packet to our contract and volunteer testers, and they’ve already started pounding on it. If things go well, we think this will be the packet that goes to Patrons in July sometime and if that goes well, that packet will be what we send to you in August. As the MCDM Team is out of office at GenCon at the start of August, so we expect to deliver the packet a few weeks after we return. This makes it so that the packet can include the encounter that the folks at GenCon will be playing! Exciting!

That packet you get will still be a playtest packet. You folks are going to have tons of feedback! But, as you know, the stuff we send you will be “close to final.” Meaning we still expect to make changes, things like balance changes, language changes as we learn how clear our text is, etc.

You folks have been super patient so far, we’ve been VERY hard at work, we hired more designers and a new producer (Gertz! From the first ever stream we did!) and now things are happening both very quickly, and in a very organized fashion.

You know our philosophy; the backers are paying for the polished, finished product. So we want to make sure the first Backer Packet is stable, and represents what we believe in. If you want to know more about the internal development process, there’s our Patreon which has tons of juicy updates including a new 2,000 word post about our setting, but you don’t need to worry about that, you can just come by James’ weekly dev stream and ask whatever’s on your mind.

I also recommend you come by the Discord and ask how things are going in the #mcdm_RPG_discussion channel where you’ll see some of our playtester coordinators, or their players, talking about how the game plays and feels right now.

But the message is—things are getting done, tons of stuff is in and working, and we think you’ll have the first Backer Packet in just over a month! Wooo!

Thanks for your patience and support,
The MCDM Team

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