Guillotine: Crown of Blood

Last Chance to Back Guillotine!
about 2 years ago – Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 06:09:07 AM

Hi everyone,

Thank you, again, for your continued support. This game started as a Google Doc between two friends, and it has grown into so much more than we would have imagined.

We're entering the last 48 hours of the campaign, so we wanted to ask: if you enjoy what you've read so far, please consider sharing the campaign link with your friends (or to your enemies--after all, the opposite of love is indifference, as they say.)

Thank you again for your support. We can't wait to see what stories you all tell with the Guillotine system, and we're so excited to start working on those bonus features thanks to hitting our stretch goals. We will update you with more news on production and shipping when we have that info! 

If you'd like to hear about some of the exciting aspects of Guillotine, check out this wonderful video by the folks over at Telling Tales and maybe you'll find some other zinequest gems along the way.

We also wanted to share some exciting news about another TTRPG by the folks at Telling Tales we're really hyped for: 

The Soft: A TROIKA! TTRPG Setting Zine
Journey to The Soft, A vast rambling pillow-fort of uncertain origins. A claustrophobic world of cushioned fabric-bound weirdness and gonzo cosmic horror. Built around the wonderful Troika rule set and including adventure locations, NPCs, Backgrounds, a Bestiary, spells, equipment and random tables to help you bring this world of titanic, soft furnishings to life.
 

Next Stretch Goal Annoucement
about 2 years ago – Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 04:34:45 PM

Thank you all for waiting slightly longer than expected! We are beyond excited to announce that our stretch goal for $6,666 will be a series of pre-generated settings and starting situations! Perfect for if you want to jump right into the action or a one shot without needing to do all the prep work—or if you just want some inspiration and examples to assist in shaping your version of the Crown. No matter how you play, the pre-generated adventures can be slotted into any Guillotine game to help you tell whatever revolutionary stories you like! 

Stretch Goal #2 Reached & Other Amazing Projects
about 2 years ago – Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 02:57:31 PM

Stretch Goal #2 Reached

We are astonished to announce that -- thanks to you -- we've made our next stretch goal. At $4,000 you have unlocked NPC Generation Tables: great for oneshots, convention games, or days where you didn't feel like doing prep for the game!

These NPC Generation Tables will allow you to roll on a series of tables to quickly generate unique Crown agents, Cause members, neutral parties, or anyone else who might come up in your Guillotine game. You can roll on tables for qualities such as appearance, approach, personality, allegiance, or other quirk.

Never leave home without them! Just roll whatever dice you have on-hand, and you'll never be caught without an NPC again.

As an extra bonus, we'll include a Rumors Table. This can help you to jump-start Missions, or to begin inquiries into relevant arms of the Crown. A any time you deem it appropriate, have your characters roll on the Rumors Table, and see where the element of randomness takes them! 

In the next few days we'll be posting another update announcing the next stretch goal and sharing another preview of playbook art! Let us know if there's something you would like to see added to Guillotine if we reach $6666. 

We also wanted to share some other super cool currently running campaigns!

Other Amazing Projects 

 The Magus & The Oracle

For those looking to take a more personal approach to magic and its many wonders and follies, check out The Magus & The Oracle. In this solo journaling RPG inspired by Thousand Year Old Vampire, you'll reminisce about your days of magic and explore the relationship between power and the self. You'll tell new and surprising stories each time, as every roll of the dice or pull from the oracle deck can shape your story.

Includes a beautifully-illustrated oracle deck to help prompt your writing and inspire you throughout your journey.

Dimday Red 

Dimday Red is a mid-apocalyptic tabletop role-playing game set in a bleak, socially fragmented world, where you can play as a mutant or a faction member, during the last 52 years of life on Earth. It expands on the Powered by the Apocalypse system with custom designed mechanics, meant to give the freedom to live your final days the way you choose!

In this new zine campaign, Nodus 02, the second of five zines about the Center, will be exploring the infamous Fleisch District and featuring an exciting adventure in the Hochburg Slum.

First Stretch Goal Reached!
about 2 years ago – Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 12:16:21 PM

Hi, all! We wanted to thank you again for helping us reach our first stretch goal in the first 48 hours! We are overjoyed by your support, and excited to bring you a game with even more to offer than what we originally planned (which was already over 100 pages to start with!)

By unlocking Mission Generation Tables, every copy of Guillotine will come with a series of tables to help you generate missions or twists on the fly, or to add an element of randomness and spontaneity to your mission prep. Whether you're infiltrating an extravagant noble's gala to disrupt a nefarious ritual, pulling off a heist against a train and its increasingly-unstable automaton guards, or taking out a particularly odious Crown agent, these tables will bring variety and depth to any Guillotine session.

Thanks again for all your support! We can't wait to see what's next for Guillotine.

Funded in 6 hours!
about 2 years ago – Sat, Feb 03, 2024 at 01:40:55 PM

Hi everyone! We just wanted to express our amazement and shock (in a good way) — Guillotine made its goal within the first six hours, and surpassed it by 176% in the first twenty-four hours alone! That’s amazing, and we couldn’t do it without you!

With that, we also wanted to say that we’re so excited to be approaching our first stretch goal mission generation tables: a set a tables to help you come up with missions or twists on the fly or to add some randomness to your mission prep. And who knows — depending on how much we make, we might be able to make new stretch goals, like new playbooks, or ideas based on your feedback. So let us know what you’d be excited to see—and, again, thank you for all your support.