Firefly - Smuggler's Guide to the Rim

The latest Firefly RPG book is now available in PDF. Smuggler's Guide to the Rim features reputation rules, a ready made setting out in the wilder expanses of the 'Verse, new archetypes and two adventures; one from Greg Stolze and another from Margaret Weis.

Firefly RPG - Thrillin' Heroics

The Firefly RPG Corebook is making its way out into the wild. Pre-orders are starting to hit mailboxes around the world. We'll also have a ton of copies at Gen Con next week, so if you're able, stop by the Margaret Weis Productions booth and I'll be glad to sign both books for you.

Both books? A Gen Con surprise awaits you after the jump.

Firefly RPG - X-Mas in July

If you're a PDF gamer, DriveThruRPG's X-Mas in July sale is a great way to stock up on great games that have come out over the past year.

If you're a Firefly gamer, the sale offers all the PDFs at 25% off, including the core book and my adventure, Bucking the Tiger. That's the adventure I'll be running at San Diego Comic-Con.

The sale runs till July 28th.

Review - Bucking the Tiger

Here's another review of Firefly RPG. Scott used Bucking the Tiger as his one shot of choice and came away with a great view of the game.

Podcast - The Signal

My Benevolent Overlordtess Monica Valentinelli and I went on The Signal to talk about our love of Firefly and our work on the RPG.

Echoes of War - Bucking the Tiger

Today is a pretty exciting day for me. The newest Echoes of War adventure is out. I'm always excited on release day, but it's a double dose because it's the adventure I wrote for the line. Bucking the Tiger features a murder mystery set at a Wild West themed casino, as an old friend of the Crew gets killed just before she's able to make good on a marker.

You can download Bucking the Tiger here.

My friends over at Plot Points Podcast asked me to come on and discuss the adventure and the Firefly RPG. The episode is split into two parts. The first part is primarily a discussion of the show and the RPG. The second focuses on the adventure. There are spoilers in the discussion, but a neat thing about the adventure is that is plays differently every time.

If you'd like to get the podcast on iTunes, click here.

If you'd like to listen in your browser, click here.

Firefly RPG - Core Book PDF

Is it U-Day? No, it's PDF day! The electronic version of the Firefly RPG is out at DriveThru RPG.

The book comes with a great Episode, What's Yours Is Mine, but surely you want more Episodes after that?

Wedding Planners: The Crew escorts a young ingenue to her wedding to a wealthy arms manufacturer - whether she likes it or not.
Shooting Fish: The Crew comes to the aid of a Shepherd by entering a no-holds-barred boat race run by an overbearing mayor.
Friends in Low Places: The Crew gets caught between a corrupt Guild trader and the Alliance officer looking to bring him down.
Freedom Flyer: The Crew helps an old friend outrun bounty hunters to put the pieces in place for a new life.

If you want to try before you buy, Serenity Crew offers write ups for the main Crew and 12 original archetypes. Add an Echoes of War Episode for a few nights of adventure!

Echoes of War - GM's Day Sale

As part of DriveThru RPG's GM's Day sale, all the currently available Echoes of War PDFs are on sale. This is a great way to pick them up to be ready when the Firefly RPG releases soon. That's four adventures in addition to the one in the corebook. I think it's pretty cool that we have a ton of support ready for those GMs taking their players out into the verse.

The next Echoes of War Episode is written by yours truly. It's called Bucking the Tiger and features a murder mystery at a casino. The next set of Echoes episodes are all lookin' pretty good, and I can't wait for Browncoats to use the full rules to enjoy them.

Firefly - Freedom Flyer

Today marks the release of the fourth Echoes of War adventure. Freedom Flyer comes to us from Nicole Wakelin. The Crew has to help an old friend get out from under a bounty on her head to start a new life out in the black. Nicole was great to work with and, as always, Monica Valentinelli and Mark Diaz Truman did a great job making this tale razor sharp.

I spoil my favorite sequence after the jump.

Firefly - The Three T's

A blog post discussing my adventure development philosophy, along with a preview of our next Echoes of War adventure, Freedom Flyer!

Firefly - Corebook Pre-Order is Live!

In case you want to skip the lines and get the Firefly RPG Corebook directly mailed to you (along with the PDF emailed the moment it is ready), you may do so here from Margaret Weis Productions directly. I did a little work on the Corebook directly, but a lot of my work from the Exclusive also carried over. And yes, it is fully compatible with our lovely Echoes of War supplements.

Firefly - Friends in Low Places

Today, the latest Echoes of War adventure in the Firefly universe goes live. Friends In Low Places puts the Crew in a bad place between a low down dirty trader and an Alliance officer trying to bring him to justice. Monica Valentinelli did a great job pulling together a plot driven by some hard choices, and Mark Diaz Truman helped me sharpen the mechanics to razor deadliness. I go into fiurther detail after the jump, which involve spoilers.

Firefly - Echoes of War Begins

Check out my first line developer blog post that discusses out first three products in the Echoes of War line.

Firefly RPG - Wedding Planners Cortex Classic Set

Today marks a big day for Browncoats everywhere. This first adventure for the Firefly RPG is available for download. It's written by Margaret Weis and Monica Valentinelli, developed by me, and packed full of hickory smoked 'Verse flavor. There's still a few weeks before the Firefly RPG sees its debut at Gen Con, but this release offers a sneak peek at the line I'm developing. It also offers a chance for fans of the old Serenity RPG to play the first adventure using that system, before hopefully picking up the new Firefly RPG.

Serenity the RPG was the most successful release in the history of Margaret Weis Productions. Serenity and Firefly are two different RPGs. Two different licenses in fact - Serenity couldn't use anything from the show, and Firefly won't use anything from the movie. It's important to let folks know who bought Serenity that Firefly is coming. This release is meant as a thank you to all those fans who picked up the game so many years ago.

So what comes in the Cortex Classic Set?

• Wedding Planners: This adventure involved Serenity being hired by Badger to escort the daughter of a rich baron to her wedding to avoid the press and some unsavory folks threatening her life. Things don't go smooth, of course, and the Crew soon finds itself caught up between true love, naked greed and Blue Sun.
• Cortex Classic Rules: This release uses Cortex Classic, which is the same system that came out of Serenity. Don't worry if you can't find your old Serenity rulebook - there's a copy of Cortex Classic included as part of the bundle.
• Serenity Crew: The stats for the best crew in the 'Verse.
• Serenity Poster: The stunning cross section of the ship perfect for printing and hanging on the wall next to your holographic bar window.

The Cortex Plus version of this adventure will show up in two places - as part of the Gen Con Exclusive (which you can order print copies here and the PDF here) and as a later release on its own. Wedding Planners is the first part of Echoes of War, which will be Cortex Plus for the rest of the line.

This is also the first release in the Echoes of War line that I'm developing. This is my first gig as a line developer, not just as a hired gun. I can't wait for people to see the stories we're going to tell.

Firefly RPG - Echoes of War

I am pleased to announce my position as Lead Developer for the Echoes of War line connected to the upcoming Firefly RPG. The line is a series of adventures that can be played either by the Serenity crew or by a crew you create on your own.

Here's the official press release, where Firefly RPG Lead Developer Monica Valentinelli says some very nice things about me.