Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Obsidian Apocalypse goes to print! No really!!!!

Just sent the Obsidian Apocalypse book to print so I am guessing we will hear back VERY SOON about it process (thank you Print on demand and CreateSpace.com).  So for those who have been waiting for their printed copies, your waiting has paid off. Better still, I will be sending out the survey about your address and where we are mailing them some time later this week (for all the people that supported our Kickstarter).  So with everything going on, I get to end the year 2013 on a business high note. As always, thank you for your support of this project and LPJ Design in general.  Talk to you later… 

Friday, December 27, 2013

How to do psychological horror based adventure material in a fantasy RPG setting…


So I am looking over stuff at TV Tropes and I keep thinking about doing a variation on the Cabin in the Woods for Obsidian Apocalypse. Obsidian Apocalypse is definitely survival horror, while Cabin in the Woods is torture porn. Is there some way to mix both of the concepts into a work able RPG fantasy based adventures? I have to say, this interest me about attempting something so crazy a difficult for RPGs. I mean horror is hard to pull off in RPG because the moods need to be right. Attempting some crazy cross between torture porn and psychological horror only makes it crazier and extremely difficult. There are SO MANY cool horror films I would LOVE to attempt as adventure (Hello Perfect Blue and Serial Experiments Lain I am talking to you) but how to do it right.  I might have to get additional input from others.  So what do you think: Is it possible to do psychological horror based adventure material in a fantasy RPG setting?  Let us know. Talk to you later…

Sunday, December 22, 2013

[LPJ Design] Image Portfolio Platinum Edition 29: Jack Holliday Now available

Louis Porter Jr. Design, has released it all new line for Image Portfolio, Image Portfolio Platinum Edition 29: Jack Holliday at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com.  Here is information on this product:

Image Portfolio Platinum Edition is the premier line of online PDF art resource that gaming companies can use. All the art pieces in this art resource can be used in any of their upcoming RPG ideas or projects. When a person acquires Image Portfolio, any of the art in the PDF can be used in any of their own products as if they owned it them. This is due to the limited licensing agreement of Image Portfolio. This specific Image Portfolio contains 12 full color images of fantasy genre character design images. Available at RPGNow!!!

Sunday, December 15, 2013

[LPJ Design] Obsidian Apocalypse (PFRPG) Now available

Louis Porter Jr. Design has released its long awaited post-apocalyptic survival horror campaign setting for Pathfinder RPG, Obsidian Apocalypse at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com.  Here is information on this product:

A dark star fell from the sky bringing with it the end of all things! The sanctity of the world known as Abaddon was shattered when a global apocalyptic event of a meteor impacting the planet causing a destructive ecological and eldritch change. Now there is no day or night, just never ending Apocalypse. An undead world ruled by fear and horror. Undead nightmares prowl the darkest forest with malevolent ghouls, grim demonic fiends and horrific vampires prey on a fearful populace. The world is dominated by the monstrously powerful immortal evils that reigns supreme over this world. And with all this the mysterious force known as Nightwall. Evil dominates the world to be challenged by noble heroes fighting to take back a world that should belong to them. Are you willing to take up the fight?

Inside this book you will find you’ll need to embark on adventures in the exciting setting of Obsidian Apocalypse:

• Four toolkit setting templates: Infernus Risen – Angels and Demons have been brought to this world and engage in battles all over this world; World of the Elder Gods - The meteor is actually a prison from unusual monsters that breaks open and escapes to this world; Pandemic Contagion - A super powerful virus begins infecting, mutating and killing people of this world; and World of the Undead - Undead raise due to the necromantic energy in the meteor.
• Highly detailed regions and history, new organizations to launch your campaign
• 7 new races usable as player characters.
• Over 90 new feats and over 100 new spells.
• All new monsters and monster templates.
• And much more.

Written by JP Chapleau, Kalyna Conrad, Eric Hindley, Jeff Lee, Owen K.C. Stephens, Richard Pett, Rich Redman, and Louis Porter Jr.


Friday, December 13, 2013

Obsidian Apocalypse: The circle is now complete…

A few days ago, our editor sent me the last corrections that I needed to do on the book.  I finished off the last little bit of corrections this morning and I now exporting out the high res version that I can upload so you donors can download.  

That is right people; the PDF of Obsidian Apocalypse is now 100% completed.

So how do you get you copy is your next question?

The plan is to upload the finished PDF to DriveThruRPG.com and RPGNow.com where we will send out a special code to all the donors so they can get their FREE COPY of the PDF.  I am planning to upload the interior pages of the book for Print On Demand (POD) versions this weekend, so we can start ordering the full color versions and soon as possible and get them out by the start of the new year. 


As always, thank you for your support of this project, from beginning to end. We could not have done this without you.

Monday, December 9, 2013

Suffering through Writer’s Block….

Apparently with everything going on in my life, I am also suffering through my first case of Writer’s Block.  In my entire life I have never had this happen to me so this is a quite interesting and frustration situation. I mean I can not seem to put together something that excites me to develop and write about.  I mean I get tons of ideas, but none of them seem exciting and interesting enough to get me to place pen to paper.  I mean the most interesting thing I have come up in the last few months has been doing a Japanese Samurai mash-up version of the Three Musketeers. While I am sure many of you might think that is a good start (and I agree it is a good start) it still needs more. What is the more I need? I have no idea but I am still working it out.  If you didn’t know, my creative process starts from the concept of, “It is X plus Y to equal Z”.  But it has to be more!!!  This technique gets you started, but it is the end of it. You need to develop it all the way out to pitch it to people to get their feedback.

A great sample of this is the Max Landis pitch that he didon the Nerdist. If you have not heard it go listen and then come back. 


Now after listening to that pitch by Max Landis, I bet you are excited and inspired to go work.  So am I. I just wish I could put something together to be as exciting. I guess I will have to work through this, no matter how long it takes.  Talk to you later…

Friday, December 6, 2013

The Demiplane of Gaming # 40: The Just Us League with guest host Louis Porter Jr.



Oh look I am a guest host on The Demiplane of Gaming!!! Talk to you later...

Wrapping it up with Obsidian Apocalypse...

Ok since all of you have had the Obsidian Apocalypse roughdrafts for a few weeks, I giving you all a deadline of Friday December 13, 2013 at 5PM EST with any corrections that you noticed and found in the drafts.  And once we get them back we will work on the final version to release ASP.  This is it. Thank you to everyone who donated, input and comment on this project. We could have done this without you.  Thanks for the support. And if you are wondering what we are going to do in 2014? Well I guess you will have to wait and see.

Monday, December 2, 2013

My new personal mantra...

I will relentlessly pursue new ideas. 

I will feed my insatiable hunger for innovation. 

I will expose myself to the fringe. 

I will be cutting edge and spectacular.

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