17 Sep 2012
For Immediate Release
4 Winds Fantasy Gaming announced today that Sean O’Connor has been named as their Pathfinder-compatible line leader and CJ Ruby has been named as their Exploding Aces line leader. “Sean and CJ are perfect to handle these two lines for us, freeing up Connie and I for other things as the company grows,” said 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming co-owner and publisher Robert Thomson.
Sean O’Connor is a resident of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, but has been an integral part of 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming since its inception in March 2009. His name is on the cover or in the interior credits of eight of the nine print products released so far by 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming, and Sean was the lead designer of four of those products. He has also written or contributed to several of 4 Winds’ PDF-only products.
“4 Winds Fantasy Gaming gave me my first opportunity to work on RPGs on a professional level. They had a lot of faith in me and let me go in unconventional directions with some of my ideas,” said O’Connor. “In addition,” he added, “the owners of 4WFG are some of the nicest, most decent people I've ever met and they've become good friends.”
“Pathfinder-compatible products were our start and remain our bread and butter,” said Robert Thomson. “Though our release schedule on print products has slowed in the past year, we have exciting plans to continue our presence.”
O’Connor also added, “The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game by Paizo is a great toolbox for 3rd party publishers. By keeping the tenants of the OGL and by streamlining from the 3.5 system, you have a lot of options to implement concepts that can be fine-tuned so that they're neither game-breaking nor wildly impractical, and that's great for the developers and the players.”
In addition to his work for 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming, Sean O’Connor has also contributed to Dungeonaday.com and Purple Duck Games.
CJ Ruby is a resident of Great Falls, Montana, and has been a playtester and designer/developer on several 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming Products. With the upcoming release of CJ Ruby’s Exploding Aces, 4 Winds’ first fully original roleplaying game, CJ is being moved into the logical position of line leader for that system.
“4WFG's products have been well received for the quality of content and editorial design. I'm glad to have had a very small part of 4WFG's Luven Lightfinger's Gear & Treasure Shop and a slightly larger part in Inkantations,” said Ruby. “And,” he continued, “4WFG must have seen something they liked when they approached me about producing Exploding Aces.”
“It just made sense to us that we should put CJ in charge of the product line for the very system he is developing for us,” said Robert Thomson. “We know the Kickstarter will be successful, and we’ve already had some interest from other companies in producing Ace Content material for the system, so CJ will take the lead in developing not only our in-house supplements and expansion, but working with other companies on compatible material.”
Speaking about Exploding Aces, CJ said, “My hope for Exploding Aces is that it'll give folks an easy to learn, easy to play, game system with a mechanic that makes it unique and adds to the atmosphere of a distinct gaming experience. For myself, the turn of a card has always been a magical moment as the tension builds before it is revealed. I hope some of that magic has made it into Exploding Aces.”
In addition to his work for 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming, CJ Ruby will have his first published short story, The Sewing Room Witch and Uncle Kitty, appear in Sky Warrior Books' anthology The Mystical Cat later this month.
© 2012 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming. 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming, 4WFG, the 4WFG compass, CJ Ruby’s Exploding Aces, and Ace Content are trademarks of 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming. See http://4windsfantasygaming.com for more information.
Pathfinder and associated marks and logos are trademarks of Paizo Publishing, LLC, and are used under license. See http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG for more information on the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.
The Mystical Cat and The Sewing Room Witch and Uncle Kitty are © 2012 Sky Warrior Books. See http://www.skywarriorbooks.com/ for more information.
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Congrats!
Very cool... now where's the next product? :)
Soon, soon! We have things in the works!
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Thanks for the well wishes, all of you. We do have several products in the works, but we're going to hold back on making a formal announcement until we have multiple works ready for release. This is so we can keep a more steady rate of publishing in a timely manner. I can say that if you've enjoyed our products to date, you should find our new batch of Pathfinder-compatible works up to the same standard.
Sean
4WFG
Last night, I had a nice 1.5 hour conversation via Skype with our new Pathfinder-compatible line leader Sean O'Connor and we hashed out a rough production schedule. We've got 4 print products in the pipeline - that have been in the pipeline for sometime now. You'll still have to wait a bit longer on them, but they ARE coming. We promise. We also have some more PDF-only products in the pipeline, and you'll be seeing them sooner than the print products. More details to come later!
How many involve Alchemy? :D
Less than 50.
How many involve Alchemy? :D
Two specifically will deal with alchemy in some form or fashion - the long awaited Tyranny & Manipulation by Ryan Costello and the long awaited Apothecary's Handbook by Connie & Robert Thomson and Patricia Willenborg.
We aren't giving out dates to expect them right now, but they WILL be done.
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Do you mind providing an update on the Mutants and Masterminds book?
It is in the final stages of layout right now, Marc!