Reminder: Draw Steel Patreon Playtest Packet 3 is now available and you can fill out the feedback survey until November 12th at 8AM Eastern US time.
I'm back! Me! James!
Last week we showed off the 2024-11-06 19:41:31 +0000 UTC View Post
If you are subscribed to our MCDM+ Tier here on Patreon, you already got Marrowgnaw, the giant war spider, this is a little something extra thanks to Trenchworx. Dave and his Trenchworx team are hard at work on their latest Backerkit Campaign and asked us if we could help get the word out. We figured that as long a...
2024-11-05 01:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Reminder: Draw Steel Patreon Playtest Packet 3 is now available and you can fill out the feedback survey until November 12th at 8AM Eastern US time.
It is I, your James Introcaso, here with a quick update and a preview for you all! We here at MCDM ar...
2024-11-01 15:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! It's James here to bring you some quick surveys for the latest Draw Steel Patreon Packet.
Since we have a lot of information to gather, we created two surveys. One is for the bestiary. The other is for the rules and character options.
If you ran a game as the Director (or read the material and plan on Directing a game), we recommend you start with the Bestiary survey fir...
2024-10-30 16:44:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Update: The surveys for this packet are now available.
Let's take it up a level ... or two!
The next Patreon packet for Draw Steel is attached to this post, so let's talk about what's new and what's changed.
The biggest news is that you've got the five classes you got last time (conduit, elementalist, fury, shadow, and tactician) ...
2024-10-26 01:46:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The Undead Elven King of the Foxglove Court. This is a high-CR enemy with stats and abilities located in Kingdoms & Warfare . Demon hound and hawk companions included.
2024-10-21 21:53:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Once again it's time for our fortnightly mini release, this time we have Maelodor Rhyllearnan, King of the Foxglove Court.
Maelodor was originally part of our Kingdoms, Warfare & More Minis! Kickstarter campaign back in 2019, you can learn all about him 2024-10-21 19:27:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! Jerry here to let you know that Matt & Dael are live to discuss the Lore of Orden and other locations in Draw Steel!
As a reminder, Matt reviewed your questions on the announcement post about this stream. We'll also be monitoring the chat.
Thanks so much for supporting MCDM!
2024-10-17 23:02:07 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Matt Colville coming at you like a beam, like a ray, like a laser!
This month's Q&A we thought we'd do something different and give y'all a chance to ask questions about the setting/lore. About Orden, the Timescape, the gods, ancestries, whatever you're curious about!
We can also use this as an opportunity to ask about writing in general. We'll be live at 4pm Pacific, this Thursday the 17th.
You can ask as many questions as you want, but we're...
2024-10-15 20:23:38 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the 2nd Monday of the month of October, so we have a fresh mini for you. This week we present Ulgna the Goblin Spinecleaver. If you've used the Jagged Edge Hideaway from Where Evil Lives, you may be familiar with this particular goblin.
Download the .zip file at the bottom of this post to get your hands on the .stl file, as well as, a short video clip of this mini. The .stl file is offered in two flavors: 1. the full model and 2. Supported segments that may be easier to 3...
2024-10-14 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Matt Colville here with an update on recent changes to the game. It’s been a while since I posted about real game design nonsense! I’m excited! 😀
We had our quarterly In-person Week last month and in between all the meetings we managed to play Draw Steel a few times. I got to play AND run the game! We already play the game a couple of times a week via Owlbear Rodeo, and (fingers crossed) soon via the CODEX! But the in-person experience is still super valuable to us. 2024-10-13 20:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Folks,
Each week we try to get you all an update about how the sausage gets made. If the core rules are "the sausage" this post is probably about the bun, or perhaps the fancy mustard and grilled onions. James and the MCDM design team are heads down making changes to the core Draw Steel rules right now, so Gertz asked if anyone else might have a post to share this week, so here we are.
At MCDM we have frequent discussions about the importance of ongoing sup...
2024-10-11 21:09:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Here lies the casters kits. The dancer, the rook, the frigid, and many others who served us well, though they never truly accomplished what we needed from them. Now it’s time to bury them and make room for wards, blessings, enchantments, and mind focuses.
Hey folks! It’s James. You may have read my post from few weeks ago where I talked about the problems with caster kits. To recap,...
2024-10-03 14:31:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! James here to let you know that I along with, Djordi, Willy, and Matt are now live on YouTube with the late September Patreon Q&A. The video shall remain linked to this post, so if you don't catch us live, not to worry. The VOD lives on!
As a reminder, Matt reviewed your questions on the announcement post about this stream. We'll also be monitoring the chat.
We're talking about the...
2024-09-26 22:57:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's time for another live Draw Steel Q&A Matt, James, Djordi, and Willy! The stream will start at 4pm Pacific US Time on Thursday, September 26th! We'll post the link here on Patreon when we go live. It is for MDCM Plus Patrons only. We're all together LIVE and Matt is going to moderate.
Why are we all together? We're talking about future products and finishing up the Draw Steel core rules! That's what we're gonna focus the dis...
2024-09-23 18:54:04 +0000 UTC View PostOur General Manager said they thought the War Dogs would be a good topic for a Patreon post…and I agreed! So here we go!
Warning! Do not read this if you don’t want to see behind the curtain and learn where I steal my ideas from!
The War Dogs are a new band of monsters in Draw Steel. Not based on anything in Flee, Mortals! Or any of our other products. They are intended to be the kind of scheming, evil, intelligent humanoid you can use at any le...
2024-09-17 22:59:19 +0000 UTC View PostSome light reading for your weekend.
I wrote this on Thursday for no reason other than being inspired. I was hit by a bolt and had to get it on paper. Eventually I realized I was writing dialog for heroes who hadn't "joined the group" yet and decided to fix that.
But the thing that inspired me was the scene with the War Dog. I post it here, but I warn you: I do not know that these things (no spoilers) are true of the war dogs. And, if they ARE true, I am unsure of the wisdom of pu...
2024-09-14 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
It is I, your James Introcaso. I hope you all are enjoying the packet that we sent out to backers and yourselves at the end of August. That packet doesn’t reflect all of the feedback we received from you folks, but it does incorporate a fraction of what we learned from you all before we got to process it all. If you’re interested in providing feedback on this latest packet, 2024-09-13 19:55:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! James here to let you know that Dael, Djordi, and Willy are now live on YouTube with the early September Patreon Q&A. The video shall remain linked to this post, so if you don't catch us live, not to worry. The VOD lives on!
As a reminder, Dael reviewed your questions on the announcement post about this stream. We'll also be monitoring the chat.
We're talking about the classes, mon...
2024-09-05 22:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's time for another live Draw Steel Q&A with Dael Kingsmill and senior game designers Willy and Djordi! The stream will start at 4pm Pacific US Time on Thursday, September 5th! We'll post the link here on Patreon when we go live. It is for MDCM Plus Patrons only.
This Q&A is going to be focused on making monsters, classes, and character advancement up to 10th level. If you want a little pre-Q&A discussion with other Patrons, 2024-09-02 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
AN UPDATED PLAYTEST PACKET IS HERE.
Hey folks! It's James, here to tell you that another playtest has been created, and this one has a much wider audience. Everyone who backed the Backerkit campaign for Draw Steel just got this version. But you folks are also supporting the development of the game, so we thought we'd share it with you too!
As a heads up, this packet isn't THAT different from what you received in July. There have been some significant updates in streamlining monste...
2024-08-30 21:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Inquire with the engineer about the possibility of going to 105% on the reactor.
Hey everyone! It’s Djordi again, emerging from my post Gen Con and post COVID recovery to communicate with you fine human beings now that I feel like a human being again.
I wanted to share with y’all a bit about our experience at Gen Con, some of the learnings we took away from Gen Con, and how those learnings will...
2024-08-22 13:07:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! I want to preview some treasures for Draw Steel.
It’s James again. I’m back with a look at some of the different treasure types you’re going to see in Draw Steel. By the way, if you haven’t looked over the latest playtest packet, you have until August 27th at noon Pacific US time to get us feedback on 2024-08-16 15:08:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! James here to let you know that we are now live on YouTube with the early August Patreon Q&A. The video shall remain linked to this post, so if you don't catch us live, not to worry. The VOD lives on!
As a reminder, Dael reviewed your questions on the announcement post about this stream. We'll also be monitoring the chat.
We're talking about the latest Patreon packet....
2024-08-08 22:56:46 +0000 UTC View PostIt's time for another Live Q&A with me (James) and Dael Kingsmill! The stream will start at 4pm Pacific US Time on Thursday, August 8th! We'll post the link here on Patreon when we go live. It is for MDCM Plus Patrons only.
This Q&A is going to be focused on the packet that you all got at the end of July! If you got questions about how things came to be, why certain decisions were made, or what's to come, James has answers. As a heads up, we don't want...
2024-08-06 19:40:43 +0000 UTC View Post
UPDATE: This survey is now closed.
Hey folks! It's James here with a quick update to give you the survey for the latest Draw Steel playtest packet.
Please only fill the survey out once. It's long and covers most of the rules in the packet, so please give yourself time to go over all of it. Many of the questions are optional and you can skip whole sections abou...
2024-08-02 14:48:21 +0000 UTC View PostHere you go! Last of the ancestries in the Heroes book, this writeup didn't make it into the packet. But you folks get the straight dope!
“I fear no living thing. But the time raiders.”
-Chief Executive Admiral Lithiri Aswandala
Commander of the HOV First Get Behind Them
Memonek
The original servitor species of the synli...
2024-07-31 17:35:27 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Two ancestries' lore didn't make it into the packet, so you get it here! First, the HAKAAN, our "demi-giants." Tomorrow? THE TIME RAIDERS!
Defending the Society’s flank, the Pillar stood alone against the Bloodstone Legion. The Arrow was awestruck and afraid. She was a different person in a fight.
“COME FORTH, SONS OF ORD!” The hakaan metamorph bellowed as Ajax’s dwarven legion advanced. “AND MEET A BETTER WOMAN THAN THEE!!”
2024-07-30 18:20:59 +0000 UTC
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