Ever since we revealed the power roll, A LOT of you have been asking, “How does this affect tests and skills?” I’ve hinted at the answer to this question before over on Twitch and in the MCDM Discord, but I want to reveal the mechanics in full detail for you r...
2024-03-29 18:28:55 +0000 UTC View Post
The power roll is working! I just finished running a test for some of my coworkers and our VTT partners, and we all left it feeling pretty good! The cult of Cthrion Uronizir was put down, but not before they summoned a psionic blood dragon! We all agreed that the game really feels like it’s in a great place in terms of challenge, teamwork, and excitement. Well, at least it was for that encounter. More ...
2024-03-23 22:24:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Folks! It's James. Dael, Matt, and I are taking your questions about the MCDM RPG RIGHT NOW. We already had a LOT asked over on the announcement post for this stream, but we'll also be answering them in chat. We'll get to as many as we can, and if we don't get to yours, don't worry, there will be more Patreon livestreams in the future!
Also, if you couldn't make it live, don't worry. The video wi...
2024-03-14 22:55:24 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! You're gonna get another Live Q&A tomorrow me with me and James, hosted by Dael Kingsmill! I believe the stream will start at 4pm Pacific Time.
Dael goes through and curates your questions, looks for common threads, and of course we answer questions LIVE!
We can talk about whatever's on your mind, but probably a lot of discussion will revolve around the new Power Roll and the Elementalist. Certainly lots to talk about there. But maybe some ance...
2024-03-13 21:31:09 +0000 UTC View PostHey Folks! Matt Colville here. James is on a short but much needed break and I am happy to keep the stream train rolling all night long in his absence.
Last week we talked about The Power Roll and how it came about, what problems we think it solves, and why we’re excited about it. There has been some REALLY GOOD discussion about it in the Patrons Only channel of the Discord which I encourage you t...
2024-03-12 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHey Folks! Matt Colville here, time to talk about the latest refinement to our core die roll! WOO! Just like everything else, some of y’all will like it, some won’t, and there’ll be every reaction in-between. But it’s working for us so far, we’ve run games internally with it, the testers have had it for a while and based on the feedback we’re getting this seems like a good time to talk about it.
You folks got the first Patreon Playtest...
2024-03-05 16:31:06 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a game about fighting monsters, but that’s not the extent of what you do in it. Time to look at some of the updated rules for negotiation.
James here. I’m back to talk about some of the changes we’ve made to our old negotiation rules after looking at feedback from the first patreon survey....
2024-02-29 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Wouldn’t it be great to have encounter-building guidelines that you could basically keep in your head? That’s my goal for the MCDM RPG. It ain’t easy. There’s a lot of things to consider: number of heroes, number of enemies, the heroes’ levels, the enemies’ levels, the number of allies the heroes have, and so much more. But we don’t shy away from complicated challenges here at MCDM. We freaking love them.
It’s James again! I’m showing you the current state of our encou...
2024-02-23 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
“As you know, the question is, ‘What are characteristics, like Might and Agility, for?’” Matt asked me as we started a kickoff meeting. We knew this was going to be a long one. Even though we’d been working on this game on and off for over year, now it was funded. MCDM was officially committed to making this RPG, and that meant looking at every rule in the game the only way we know how.
It’s James, here to share with you all what our design kickoff meetings are like...
2024-02-16 23:58:15 +0000 UTC View Post
We’ve come far but have much, much further to go—that’s what the results of Patreon survey tell me. Honestly, that’s exactly where we dared to hope we were, so that’s great! We’re on the right path!
It is I, your James Introcaso, breaking down some of our biggest insights from the first Patreon playtest. While this post is going to cover some of the biggest pieces of the game we p...
2024-02-09 23:27:24 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Matt Colville here!
We’re covered a lot of ground so far on this patreon and obviously you all now have the first packet, so you can actually play the game! And I can imagine a distant future where “how we designed this game” is no longer the primary thrust of this patreon, and it’s more about sharing products at various stages of development.
But that time is not now! 😀 Looking back and what we’ve already covered I realized we’d never talked about how we...
2024-02-02 20:46:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Folks! It's James. Dael, Matt, and I are taking your questions about the MCDM RPG RIGHT NOW. We already had a LOT asked over on the announcement post for this stream, but we'll also be answering them in chat. We'll get to as many as we can, and if we don't get to yours, don't worry, there will be more Patreon livestreams in the future!
Also, if you couldn't make it live, don't worry. The vi...
2024-01-25 23:50:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! The monthly Live Q&A is happening this Thursday, 4pm Pacific Time! Actually, let's let Dael sell it.
Hello again, humans! Dael Kingsmill, back again, seeking your juiciest of questions for another Patreon Q&A.
I know you must have many a burning query given all the excitement since our last session, so please leave them in the comments here for me to peruse with my eyeballs and also frontal lobe.
We will be livestreaming t...
2024-01-23 07:57:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: This post contains some new rules we're testing internally. If you're running the current playtest packet to provide feedback to us via the survey, please use the rules in the packet so all our feedback is consistent.
“Minions—way too swingy.” I’ve been staring at this message I wrote to myself at the top of one of my many notebooks for a few weeks now. We have bigger fish to fry in terms of feedback from our playtest coordinators and you folks, t...
2024-01-19 13:10:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Do your opinions change the game? You betcha. Let’s talk about how and why.
Hey folks, James here. Ever since we put out the first MCDM RPG Patreon playtest packet and survey, I’ve gotten a lot of really great questions from folks about how we analyze your feedback, how we put it into action, a...
2024-01-13 02:42:23 +0000 UTC View PostHello illustrious patrons! O ye who sip the tea and sit upon the patio of the sausage factory, considering the makers in their work. We come bearing the straight dope.
Things are, obviously, insane now, with some stupid amount of money raised and a nearly-as-staggering number of backers. 25k+ people is a lot, but consider these are the people who believe now when the evidence is the most thin. So you gotta imagine there’s probably MORE people out there ready ...
2024-01-04 19:04:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe survey for Patreon Packet 1 of the MCDM RPG is here! You'll have until January 23rd at 11AM Pacific US time/2PM Eastern US time to fill it out.
Survey: https://forms.gle/q2TJhRivxZiCUyLZ6
Thank you so much for filling out the survey!...
2024-01-02 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone,
Last month members in the MCDM+ Tier participated in a Q&A stream with Matt and James hosted by Dael Kingsmill. We figured we could share an edited down version of that Q&A with everyone here in the free tier a month later.
Enjoy!
Hey Wonderful Patrons,
Welcome to the very first Patreon playtest packet for the MCDM RPG. The packet attached to this post contains just a very small piece of the game: a short adventure with five premade heroes and the rules, maps, and tokens you need JUST to run that adventure. There is a lot more game to make and what you have is still a work in progress.
In about a week, we’ll also put out a survey through Patreon to get your feedback on this packet. The survey will be open...
2023-12-26 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons,
It is I, your James Introcaso, bringing you tidings of great cheer. In two days hence on the 26th of December at 2PM Eastern time, the first MCDM RPG Playtest Packet will be released.
This first packet is focused mainly on combat and a little on negotiation, because that’s what we’ve really been working on so far! There is lots more game to make, including rules for crafting and research, NPC contacts who owe the heroes some favors, a system for tracking renown, a...
2023-12-24 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Our first-level heroes are just a little too complicated. I mean that literally—it’s just a BIT much. If we could slim down the complexity a TINY bit, things would be better. That’s what a lot of playtests were telling us. Luckily, we had a solution that went hand-in-hand with another problem we had to solve—players wanted kits to be more impactful.
Hey, it’s James again! I’m currently hard at work on the playtest packet for Patrons, which should be coming soon. By the way, ...
2023-12-19 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
"Presentation is part of design." Matt says this all the time, and he's absolutely right. Things have been busy the last few weeks at MCDM. As I'm sure you all know, we have our BackerKit campaign for the MCDM RPG going on right now. (If you want the game but are only interested in getting the core rule PDFs, you should read this announcement<...
2023-12-16 06:29:16 +0000 UTC View Post
THE FURY IS BACK, BABY! That’s right, it’s time to show off another class from the MCDM RPG to you all, and this time it’s the fury previously known as the reaver (and yes, before we called it the reaver, we called it the fury … hence the title of the post).
Hey folks, James here! I want to share another prototype class with you. All the caveats from Matt’s post where he shared the tactician 2023-12-08 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everybody,
With the launch of The MCDM RPG crowdfunding campaign, we wanted to let you know what that means for you.
When the Heroes book in PDF format is released, everyone who is an active MCDM+ Tier Patron and has been for the 5 months prior to when we release the PDF will get a copy of the PDF. The same will be true when the Monsters book is released in PDF format. We do not know when this will occur as the production schedule is st...
Greeting Hellknights! We have a little surprise for you, a little pre-Christmas present. The Illrigger Revised is attached to the original Illrigger Patreon post and available in the MCDM Shop.
We originally released the Illrigger, our first custom class, waaay back in Apri...
2023-12-05 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Folks! It's James. Dael, Matt, and I are taking your questions about the MCDM RPG RIGHT NOW. We already had a BUNCH asked over on the announcement post for this stream, but we'll also be answering them in chat. We'll get to as many as we can, and if we don't get to yours, don't worry, there will be more Patreon livestreams in the future!
Also, if you couldn't make it live, don't worry. Th...
2023-11-28 23:28:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, this is Dael Kingsmill!
In a few days I’m going to be moderating a Q&A with Matt and James about the MCDM game, so you can drop your burning questions in the comments on this post and I’ll sort through them for the stream. Make ‘em good, coz I want to extract the juiciest of deets! We’ll be doing this live, so you’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions in chat. Can’t promise we’ll have time for every question, but we’ll try to get to...
