A New Spin of Telling Stories in the Known Wolrd

This blog is called the Book of Dooms because we believe the arcana are the most crucial and unique part of Artesia: Adevntures in the Known World. Not that a fantasy set of tarot cards is unique, but how the tarot are integrated into the setting and system spins a central focus that completely supports the philosophy of the setting. This sort of thing speaks to me. It's my opinion that in the world of roleplaying GAMES if a theme or aspect of the setting isn't part of the rules it's just window dressing and the play group is welcome to ignore it. Mark has done a great job integrating a lot of the setting into the rules making the flavor of the setting come out in full color during play.

We will be spending much of our time talking about the Book of Dooms. We will be covering it's themes and meanings, developing an expanded deck beyond the major Arcana, exploring how players can drive story centered around their character's Arcana and even a new game that allows you to tell rich and epic stories set in the Known World.

Anyone in the NY/NJ/PA region can join us in playing Adenvtures in the Known World and Artesia Tales at several local gaming conventions (as spring mentioned) such as UberCon (1st weekend in Nov), PhilCon (3rd week of Nov) and Dreamation (last weekend in January).