10 Days Until Star-Spangled Squadron II

It's the Final Countdown Dah-na-na

The launch of Ascendant: Star-Spangled Squadron Vol II is a mere 10 days away. In the lead-up to launch, I'm excited to share some new Ascendant news and art.

First off, I was invited onto The Week in Geek YT show to discuss Ascendant. It looks like we won some converts to the system! I hope you’ll check it out because we had a great discussion.

Second, we decided to change up the cover of the new graphic novel. While the prior cover was delightfully humorous and flirty, it didn’t really convey the action-packed tone of the actual book. This new cover is a bit more on point:

As part of BackerKit's Comictopia event, we've been invited to participate in an "Exquisite Corpse" story event which follows the protagonist as they bodily hop through the different universes of comics participating in Comictopia.  Here's our contribution to the Exquisite Corpse:

I hope you like what you’re seeing of the graphic novel. If so, be sure to sign up to support Ascendant: Star-Spangled Squadron Volume II!

The Grey Brotherhood has Returned!

Since the last newsletter, we’ve published another episodes of the Grey Brotherhood. You can watch the new episode below:

If you’re not familiar with the Grey Brotherhood, it’s an Actual Play series that I record with my brother and my old friends from the US Military Academy. The eponymous brothers are members of the Thin Grey Line and have grey hair.

A Short Message

I’ve posted my next set of shorts on the Arbiter of Worlds YouTube channel. These short clips distill the essence of my approach into one-minute soundbytes. Check out the playlist of shorts or watch the latest set.

The Autarch Emporium

I get a lot of questions about which platform is the best choice for supporting me. The answer is the Autarch Emporium, where I sell my print runs as well as t-shirts and accessories. Since we’re celebrating Ascendant today, be sure to check out:

• Ascendant: Rogues Gallery RPG sourcebook

• Ascendant: Star-Spangled Squadron graphic novel

• Ascendant: Star-Spangled Squadron limited edition foil cover graphic novel

• Ascendant Trading Card Pack

• American-made Star-Spangled Squadron t-shirt

Best practices of newsletter marketing demand that I ask you to buy now because supplies are limited. Seriously, though, the graphic novel is awesome if you enjoy superhero stories and the game is a simulationist masterpiece.

ACKS on Substack

Be sure to check out our flourishing Substack community:

If you have a blog or third-party product that supports ACKS or Ascendant, please let me know and I’ll be happy to include you in my next round-up.

Support the Community

Once you’ve pledged for the Discord, head on over to these community links:

• Autarch Discord with one of the smartest, nicest gamer communities around

• Autarch Reddit with a sub-set of the aforementioned smartest, nicest gamers

• ACKS Patreon with sneak previews of ACKS II every month

• Ascendant Patreon with a new character and story hook every month

• Autarch Facebook page with news and updates about our projects

• Autarch Twitter channel with brief comments and witty quirks

• Ascendant Comics Facebook page with sneak previews of the upcoming comics

• Ascendant Comics Instagram page with tons of art and cosplay

• Ascendant Comics Twitter channel with short messages and quirky wit

• ACKS Forums with discussion for the game

• Ascendant Forums with FAQ and Errata for the game