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Sitting down with the Star Anvil Studios team to go over the latest on the Secret World TTG. Join by Joshua Doetsch (Secret World RPG Loremaster), Ross Watson (Secret World RPG Lead Developer), and Brandon Verhalen (Secret World RPG Art Director)

Brandon Verhalen - Star Anvil Studios Founder and CEO, Secret World RPG Art Director - RPG enthusiast for over 30 years. A lifelong fan of all things sci-fi and fantasy, Brandon was inspired by the Alternity RPG to create his first foray into the gaming world with Saints & Synners, a gritty sci-fi setting for the TinyD6 system. Creating Saints & Synners led Brandon to the foundation of Star Anvil Studios in 2017.

Ross Watson - COO, Secret World RPG Lead Developer - Origins-award winning Writer and Game Designer with over two decades of experience in crafting immersive stories, creating memorable characters, and designing worlds for roleplaying games. He has worked on numerous high-profile titles for game lines including Darksiders II, Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Star Wars: Edge of the Empire, and Savage Worlds. He was the lead designer for several tabletop RPG game lines, including Rogue Trader, Deathwatch, and Wrath & Glory. Ross is a published author, with work featured in short story anthologies and dozens of tabletop supplements/rulebooks

Joshua Doetsch - Secret World RPG Loremaster - Joshua Alan Doetsch is a sentient word virus spreading across the collective unconscious through the vector of human language. It has taken on many forms, from short stories, to screenplays, to tabletop roleplaying games. It spreads through print, digital, and audio mediums. It coalesced as the novel Strangeness in the Proportion and shaped itself into an anthropomorphic guise as Lead Writer of The Secret World

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April 8th, published on StarAnvilStudios.com - We are getting the Secret World RPG Backerkit ready to go! The weekend of April 21st will be the smoke test for the Secret World backerkit. What this means is, some existing backers get notices as we test the system to make sure everything works correctly. Once we know everything is 100%, we will open it up to our original backers as well as late backers. If you’d like to get in on the action for the Secret World RPG–and get an opportunity to grab some of the collector’s edition covers–stay tuned for more information coming soon!

Posted today 4/13/2023 on Discord - Just so we don't miss anyone, the Smoke Test for the Secret World has gone out. This means about 100 people or so will receive their surveys etc. This allows us to evaluate if there are issues before going live to everyone. So keep your eyes peeled, check your emails, etc. If you didn't get a notice don't worry, that will come soon.

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