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Creator’s Corner: Orbital Intelligence

Welcome to the fourth installment of Creator’s Corner!

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This is where we let another small RPG publisher or freelancer loose on the blog in the spirit of supporting each other and spreading the word. The RPG scene is filled with amazing creatives and products and this is me doing my part by trying to help ‘raise the tide to lift all boats’.

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If you want to post in Creator’s Corner and let the good RPG folks in my feeds know about you and your products, then drop a message to glynn@monkeyblooddesign.co.uk with the subject: Creator’s Corner submission.

Thank you for stopping by and supporting the creatives in the scene, Glynn

In the spirit of transparency, Sean and I have worked together previously.
Without further ado, over to Sean Christopher Richer and a look at some of the awesome stuff he is putting out there! —


Super Weird, Super Strange, Extremely Playable.

Find Sean and his products at…
Website:
http://orbitalintelligence.co
Products: DriveThruRPGExalted FuneralMelsonian Art CouncilItch.io

by Sean Richer

HELLO I’M SEAN, FOUNDER OF ORBITAL INTELLIGENCE, LLC. We formed to start bringing ridiculous ideas to life. We focus on super weird, super strange, and extremely playable, content.

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How’d we get here? Let’s jump back to when I was a child, back when satanic panic was a thing. I wasn’t allowed to play Dnd, and couldn’t tell you what edition it was in the 90s in Canada. (but somehow I played spellfire… I don’t know how that worked)

I did however hit the library hard, and going through Robotech art books I eventually stumbled into the palladium stuff. Which became the first game I’d run. This led to RIFTS, which pretty much raised me (and all things palladium for that matter). I wanted nothing more than to make a sourcebook for RIFTS (Siembieda if you’re reading this, HIT ME UP).

So what do we do now? We are trying to crank out as many zines as possible, while maintaining quality. It’s difficult, but we wouldn’t be able to do it without frequent collaborators. MonkeyBlood Design has done all of our layout so far, and I plan to keep it that way! Endmusik (Michael Weeks, friend and frequent musical collaborator) did our company logo!

Let’s dive into what we currently are doing!

Ongoing Zines

Stratosfiend; tentacles and sorcery. (DCC & TROIKA)

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(Satellibat Drone, by Chin Fong | Stratosfiend Magistrate Gladiatrix, by 2headedgiant.com | Acceptance, the Root Organ-Fractal, by Shane O’Neil | Stratosfiend Delver, by 2headedgiant.com)

A setting that focuses on “the drop”, an event where giant tentacled aliens burst forth and set up shop on earth (or wherever). It’s super Gonzo, and you can play 20 foot aliens from the get go. It was initially going to be savage worlds, then MCC, but DCC seemed like the correct home for over the top Aliens and Bat gods. Just about everything mutates, and has a separate tentacle die that levels with them.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A ZINEQUEST KICKSTARTER IN FEBRUARY FOR STRATOSFIEND ISSUE 2 WE WILL BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT IT IN DEPTH!

Necrotic Edifices; surrealist nightmares with a focus on playable mechanics (TROIKA)

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This setting is a mess of collage art, mind-rending art, and layout to match it. It contains new character backgrounds (including sentient gravel), new bestiary entries (including a demonic elf on the shelf, and sentient toast), and A NEW ADVENTURE WHICH FOCUSES ON A WORLD THAT IS SLOWLY TURNING INTO CHITIN WITH EVERY DAY THAT PASSES AND DOOR THAT IS ENTERED. Glynn KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK on this one. Matching each piece of art, with even crazier layout.

you wouldn’t last a minute on the creek

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(Ultrabasstrodon, by Sean Richer)

This one is equal parts cosmic dread simulator, 1 player funnel, and a love letter to *cough* Dawson’s Creek. I used to put every new character background that I see for Troika through its paces. How many seconds did YOU last on the creek? In some cases you may be hit in the face by a frisbee, in other cases the sentient creek consumes you and everyone you know. In other cases, perhaps you just didn’t do your homework? Or lost your love.

If you have itch troika products, let’s talk and get a bundle going! I’d love to pair up!

The tragedy that begot ternwillow; a love letter to idyllic fields through the lens of [Redacted] of Green Gables and end of [Redact]-elion (TROIKA).

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(Jackknife, Brains, and Ironsights (Ronnie) by Chin Fong)

Come spring 2020, you will start to hear about the town of Ternwillow, and how these brave pilots helped fight back horrors of humanity itself. Spoilers, they perish. All stories and play are told in the form of flashbacks, and stories of what happened. As players try to piece together what exactly the tragedy was.

BYE 4 NOW!

Find Sean and his products at…
Website:
http://orbitalintelligence.co
Products: DriveThruRPGExalted FuneralMelsonian Art CouncilItch.io

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F**king Manic!

It is, and continues to be, quite fucking manic here… and I love it.

The City of Great Lunden kickstarter production is going very well. I’ve laid it out with some art placeholders, and it’s part-edited already. It’s going strong, and I’m excited.

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So I can label up the roof terminology

 

The original intention was for the main book to include the short story and a small adventure, but those have moved out into the stretch goal product because I wanted to keep the core of the city information in the main book. So, Adventures in Great Lunden is looking like it’ll be over half the size of the main book, albeit print-on-demand.

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Oh, and Midderzine 3 is in tentative start mode…

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Midderzine 3 Cover WIP

Have an awesome weekend folks, and don’t forget to pass by the City of Great Lunden Preorder Store!

Glynn

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Crypt of the Science-Wizard & Terror of the Stratosfiend (KS)

I’m involved in two Kickstarter projects this month that I’d like to bring to your attention:

Crypt of the Science-Wizard

Check out the video here: A 5E and S&W adventure by Skeeter Green of SGP. Skeeter has previously worked for Frog God Games, and you can laugh along with him on Goddamnit Zach! and Swords of Jordoba.

I’ve worked on art for the accompanying art book (just like the old S1 – Tomb of Horros days). The Kickstarter will go live on February 19th 2019.

Also…

Terror of the Stratosfiend : A DCC RPG Zine

If you enjoyed the recent Phantasmagoria Issue #1 zine from Chance Phillips, I think you are going to like this too. Sean Christopher Charles Richer is launching this, and it’s looking solid.

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Check it out here… it’s doing very well on Day 1 :).

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1278106631/terror-of-the-stratosfiend-a-dcc-rpg-zine

 

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Merch’ in the Mail

So, I’ve been pretty remiss about some things I have received over the last few months, and wanted to shout some out… Some I have been lucky enough to be involved in, and some… just because!

Stuff

Halls of Judgment
Gaming Ballistic – Doug Cole

For the GURPS Dungeon Fantasy system. I did some cartography for this project. I also did some later maps for a revised Dragon Heresy version released soon. It looks lush, and it’s always great to work on projects with Douglas Cole and Juan Ochoa.

I did some maps. Check it out here: https://gamingballistic.com/product/hall-of-judgment-print-pdf-bundle/

Familiars of Terra
Angry Hamster Publishing – Elizabeth Chaipraditkul

By the fantastic Elizabeth Chaipraditkul, of WITCH: Fated Souls, and Afterlife fame. She has also worked for some established publishers on big IP’s, such as She Bleeds (LotFP), and 7th Sea (John Wick Presents).

Familiars of Terra is a tabletop roleplay game set in Terra, a fantasy world in which every person has an animal familiar. As a heroic Seeker you travel the lands with your familiar healing the devastation of a war which left nations scarred and people scattered. Be a beacon of hope ushering in a new era for Terra. Help restore the land to its former beauty, bond with your familiar and discover your joined destiny, become a hero people will sing about for years to come!”

I did the map. Check it out here: https://www.angryhamsterpublishing.com/fot/

Phantasmagoria Issue #1
Apollyon Press – Chance Phillips

You might of heard of the talented Chance Phillips. If you haven’t, commit his name to your emery. An OSR rising star. This issue of the ‘Sword & Planet ‘zine’ for DCC has such legends as Jarrett Crader, Matthew Adams, Luka Rejec, Jim Magnusson, Stefan Poag, Jeremy Hart and Penny Melgarejo.

I did the layout! Check it out here: http://apollyonpress.limitedrun.com/products/634324-phantasmagoria-01

Hobbs & Friends of the OSR Zines Issues #1 and #2

Jason Hobbs is the all-round great guy, zine dude, and 2018 Best Cartography Gold ENnie Speech Deliverer. He also did these awesome zines. Lovely to see great maps as always by Matt Jackson.

  1. Excavation of the Tomb of Lorninane
  2. Welcome to Bettlebee Ridge

No involvement here, other than a well-deserved shout-out: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/13020/Rock-River-Games
Support the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OSRnHobbs

The Midderlands Stickers

Well, why the hell not!
https://www.redbubble.com/people/glynnseal/works/34383072-the-midderlands-2d

Stickers

MonkeyBlood Logo T-shirt

Like a removable tattoo, this t-shirt reveals your loyalties.
25% off apparel if you use OUTFIT code today (31st Jan).
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