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Veronica Lake.

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

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Wonderland (The Bronx, September 2024)

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[sabekr]

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An absolutely incredible review of the beta version of Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy by review Willy Muffin on youtube, complete with visuals and actual analysis!

I'm going to also add to this post a comment that I left on the video, offering further insight into the design intentions of the game, though the comment might not make as much sense if you haven't watched the video yet.

Hey, lead writer of Eureka here, first of all I wanna say how good and professional this review is, it’s almost indescribable how it feels to see our project taken so seriously and given real analysis, complete with visuals and everything! We would be super impressed and happy with it even if you didn’t like the game—but luckily it sounds like you loved it hahaha

I’d also like to address a few things throughout the video, not as arguments or rebuttals, just further developer insight for everyone

Re: “Urban Fantasy.” “Urban Fantasy” is basically just another term for “modern fantasy”, just a fantasy story that takes place in the 20th or 21st century and deals with the intersection of contemporary life with the supernatural, and it might be an Americanism, or even a Southern-ism, since it has a lot of connections and origins in the living folklore of New Orleans, so I shouldn’t be surprised it isn’t a term everyone is familiar with. Just think of it as the kind of genre where instead of the vampire living in a secluded scary castle, his name is Phil and he’s your roommate haha. What We Do in the Shadows, Shadowrun, and the World of Darkness games are all some other good examples of “urban fantasy.”

Re: Scooby-Doo. Oh we would LOVE for you to run a Scooby-Doo-like wacky mystery with Eureka. Even though the main tone is dark and gritty and noir, we did intentionally build it so that it could run more lighthearted stuff as well! There’s even a few Scooby-Doo references to be found throughout the text, and if we hit a certain stretch goal on the Kickstarter, we’re going to be adding a bunch of Scooby-gang-inspired traits, including the option to play a Talking Dog!

Re: Combat being the largest section, even larger than Investigation. First of all, that’s kind of an illusion that is the result of the game being unfinished. I have a tendency when I write rules to use really long sentences, overexplain things, repeat myself, etc, and that dramatically bloats the rules text and page count, but that’s why we have an editor! She goes through after the fact and trims most of the fat off my bloated writing style to make it flow smoother and read faster, and take up less space. The PDF that was read for this review has had the Investigation chapter copy-edited (and cut down in size by about 25%!), but the editor hasn’t gotten to the combat chapters yet, so they still have a hugely inflated page count. When she’s done with them, you can expect each combat chapter to also be cut down in size by about 25%, so they won’t be nearly so large a chunk of the book.

Secondly, I’ll explain our reasoning for why the combat chapters and advanced combat rules are such a big chunk of the rules text, it’s intentional design which I will now explain. If anyone still doesn’t agree with that design, that’s fair, and that’s why we made the Basic Combat Rules an option.

The reason that the advanced combat rules are the default, and the reason they exist at all, is because it incentivizes and rewards Investigation. If combat is super deadly, it makes Investigation, snooping, and spying more appealing than kicking down the door and getting your head blown off. But of combat is super deadly, it also needs to be very deep and tactical, because if it’s deadly but shallow, then there’s no player agency. “Combat starts, roll some dice, okay your guy is dead.” That’s no fun. So by adding rules and modifiers for cover/elevation, distance, the difference between a pistol and an assault rifle, etc. we make it so that not only is combat its own high-stakes puzzle, but make it so that when the PCs HAVE to engage in combat, all their investigation can really pay off and save their lives. Spying on a building to find out the number of goons stationed there and how they are armed helps you plan and assess risk, stealing the blueprints to the building helps you know how to get the drop on the goons, and know the best places to attack from so that they are stuck out in the open and you are not, etc. and having rules for those things means that all the PCs’ snooping and planning makes a real mechanical difference in whether they live or die.

That’s just my opinion though, and one of the biggest reasons WHY we decided to write the combat with as much depth as we did.

Anyway, thank you again for this review and analysis of our project, our Kickstarter jumped up by about ten more backers in the evening when this video went up after several days of no new backers, and we have to assume we have this video, and all of you watching and reading this, to thank. You’re really making our dreams come true. :)

Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy is kickstarting from right now until May 10th! Back it while you still can!

If you want to try before you buy, you can download a free demo of the prerelease version from our website or our itch.io page!

If you’re interested in a more updated and improved version of Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy than the free demo you got from our website, subscribe to our Patreon where we frequently roll our new updates for the prerelease version!

You can also support us on Ko-fi, or by checking out our merchandise!

Join our TTRPG Book Club At the time of writng this, Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy is the current game being played in the book club, and anyone who wants to participate in discussion, but can’t afford to make a contribution, will be given the most updated prerelease version for free! Plus it’s just a great place to discuss and play new TTRPGs you might not be able to otherwise!

We hope to see you there, and that you will help our dreams come true and launch our careers as indie TTRPG developers with a bang by getting us to our base goal and blowing those stretch goals out of the water, and fight back against WotC's monopoly on the entire hobby. Wish us luck.

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Veronica Lake ( November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973)

[uptoolateart]

After months of swearing I wouldn't write this fic until I finished all the other ones...I present to you the first chapter of Catlantis, written as part of the @mlbigbang2024!

Beta-ed by @cardiac-agreste and @wehadabondingmoment, artwork on its way from @i-wiggle-i-squirm-bc-i-am-a-worm, @jademoon2u and @ohwwhuvcreations

Summary:

12,000 years ago, Atlantis sank, taking the black cat miraculous with it - along with the story of how the mighty civilisation fell. But when Marinette discovers that she's switching bodies with the Atlantean prince Adrien, she has a chance to change the past. There's just one problem. She might erase the future. Only one thing is certain - whatever happens, the boy she's fallen in love with is ancient history. * Inspired by the anime Your Name, but it's very much its own story *

Chapter 1 Preview:

Dropping the duvet, Marinette staggered onto her feet. The floor was warm, inlaid with silvery blue tiles so clean and smooth that they reflected the morning sunlight. Steadying herself, she took a single, cautious step across the room. Then another. And another – until she halted at one of the transparent windowpanes. A shriek worked up her throat, and she threw her hand over her mouth to stifle it.

She was surrounded by sky – an aqua colour so blue, it was like looking into the Caribbean Sea. In places, it was smudged with clouds, their edges almost glowing in the morning sunshine. But the glass had been tempered so the light was easy on her eyes.

Dark shapes in the distance snatched her attention. One was an…an airship? The other was some kind of bird. A seagull, maybe. But it was black, with a long toothy beak that looked almost….

Prehistoric.

Her heart thumped hard in her ears. Yet her hands were moving against her will, her fingertips brushing the glass. It felt tough and solid. Emboldened, she leaned in a little, letting her nose touch the glass. In her peripheral vision, she could just about make out another tower. And if she looked down….

My god….

Was that a city? But it – it was so small! It was like looking down from an airplane during ascent. How high up was she? And how had she got here?

More importantly, how did she get out?

Read at AO3

[raihanijulie]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! Also Happy anniversary to Lemniscus <3

Oughhhh drawing group picture sucks!!! But i guess i finally did it!! It wasnt so bad... Thank you so much to my friends and followers for sticking by, im glad to have you guys and i hope to continue this in 2025☆

Alsooo extra fun fact about Hertz :3

Every change of year, Hertz's quills shines brighter, just like a shining star. This is apart of the Radiant Dynasty's/Hertz's family gen. It symbolizes hope of brighter and better future. He is also warmer, hehe....

[trashart00]

Now we know where Aspik and Snake Noir’s hair went…

[traurigtoby]

tokyo, japan

[neonfeel]

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

[stuffaboutminneapolis]

Hennepin Avenue at night, Minneapolis (1937) via Minnesota Digital Library

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Guys do you want to hear more about Lemniscus please please please please please please please pl-

ANYWAYS THE SILLY LITTLE GUYS IN OUR SILLY LIL STORY BUT IN AN ALIGNMENT CHART!!! Hey… if ur reading this… send me more alignment charts to put them in!! It’s so fun!!!

Btw if you know me already, this is from our world, Lemniscus, so NOT QUITE “Mobius” /Sonic’s universe. They’ve kinda developed into their own story at this point so um. They’re very different. YOU GUYS SHOULD ASK MORE ABT IT!! DROP AN ASK!! Or find out more posts under the #Lemniscus tag

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