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ACKS II Promotional Tour and the Grey Brotherhood Continue!

Adventurer Conqueror King System™ Imperial Imprint (ACKS II) will be Kickstarting on October 24th. ACKS II is the new edition of my acclaimed bestselling fantasy role-playing game. Within the pages of ACKS II you'll find everything you need to enjoy epic fantasy campaigns with a sweeping scope. Whether you want to crawl through dungeons, experiment with alchemy, crossbreed monsters, run a merchant emporium, raise an undead legion, or conquer an empire, ACKS II supports your playstyle.  

The Kickstarter Preview page is now live. Be sure to sign up to be notified when the campaign launches. There will be an exclusive Day One reward so make sure you back it on October 24th!

The ACKS II Promo Tour

I’m doing an online promotional tour to get the word out!

If you have a podcast, stream, or show that covers RPG topics and you’d like to have me on as part of my ACKS II promo tour, please reach out via email or Twitter (@archon).

• Completed: Interviewed by @ZSum716

• Completed: Stream with @Nerdcognito

• Completed: Stream with @Howard_RyanGreg

• Fri 10/13: Stream with @DunderMoose

• Sat 10/14: Stream with @thetshirtedone

• Fri 10/20: Stream with @legionofmyth

• Sat 10/21: Stream with @MrMaxBoivin_RPG

• Sun 10/22: Stream with @MildraTheMonk

• Wed 10/25: Stream with @WeeWheaton

• Fri 10/27: Stream with @UandURPGReview

• Wed 11/1: Stream with Tenkar's Tavern

• TBD: Podcast with Roleplay Rescue #OSR #RPG #DnD

The Grey Brotherhood Returns!

It's time for episode 12 of the Grey Brotherhood campaign! In this episode the Brothers continue to delve the Buried Temple of Sakkara.

There is also a rap. The mage Tirenius, clearly under the influence of the wicked imp Zahak, secretly recorded me freestyling, auto-tuned it, and incorporated it into the episode. I apologize for nothing.

Actual Play of ACKS

There are more people playing ACKS today than at any point in the game’s 12-year history. It’s incredibly gratifying to me as a designer and it gives me hope that ACKS II will reach an even broader base.

With the help of the Autarch Discordians, I compiled some links to some other ACKS campaigns:

• Acksen Vul

• Brigadungeon

• BDubs and Dragons

• Long Florida

• The Phoenix Tome

And here’s 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.

ACKS II Update

This October, Adventurer-tier backers of my Patreon have gotten the sneak preview of the ACKS II Revised Rulebook, Conqueror-tier backers will get a sneak preview of the Judges Journal, and King-tier backers will get a sneak preview of the Monstrous Manual. If you’ve been wanting to check out how ACKS II is shaping up, you can head over to the Patreon now.

If you haven’t already, don’t forget to subscribe to the YouTube channel, then head over to the links below for others ways to get involved in my recently-declared Simulationist culture movement. If you’re already a fan, be kind and spread the word!

• Autarch Discord with the smartest, nicest gamers around [fixed!]

• 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