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An Alternate Script for The Play's The Thing, by Brian Engard, has just been released! It's time to put on the mask and imagine yourself changing the life of your city. This script also has a new character type: the...

Thanks for all of your support this GenCon! We joined forces with the IGDN again, this year, and we did better than ever! Marissa worked the booth while Mark and Derrick ran games all weekend. This year we had the...

GenCon 2012 This was the first year that Magpie Games was an exhibitor at GenCon! Thanks to the combined efforts of the IGDN, we were able to get a booth and put The Play's the Thing, By No Means Vulger,...

Hey folks! For those of you headed to GenCon next week (it's soooo soon!), we have an exciting announcement. Magpie Games will be hosting over thirty hours of scheduled Magpie Games' gaming at the Games on Demand room at GenCon!...

Preparing for Gaming! While we won't have a booth at PAX East this year, Magpie Games is helping out at the Games on Demand room. We'll be STing all kinds of games, including The Play's The Thing and Eternity, from...

The time has come! While we wait for the print proof from our printer (it should be here soon!), we've gone ahead and released The Play's The Thing on PDF via RPGnow.com. If you're a backer, we've gotten your PDF...

Hello Magpie Fans! We're proud to announce today that we have two new features on the site. First, we've added an online store for Print and Print+PDF Bundles of our games: http://www.magpiegames.com/products/ If you wanted to get a print copy...

As we wait for the final touches to be made to the layout for the book, we've been working on finalizing the teacher materials for The Play's The Thing. Our awesome teacher consultant, Pete Figtree, has put together an awesome...

We hope you're having a great Valentine's Day! Marissa and I are celebrating with cupcakes, and some exciting production notes for The Play's The Thing... First, we've got a special announcement about the design for the book. We are extremely...

As we get ready to release The Play's The Thing, we're working hard on the assorted accompanying materials, including the Teacher's Guide for the game. We're thrilled to have Pete Figtree, veteran geek/teacher, putting together a document for us that...

Whew! The Play's The Thing is almost done! After receiving so much fantastic support for the Kickstarter last month, we've been hard at work putting together the final draft of the book for our backers. We've still got a little...

We are proud to announce today that the PDF/Mobi/ePub versions of By No Means Vulgar are now available for sale through DriveThruFiction.com: By No Means Vulgar - Edited by Mark Diaz Truman BY NO MEANS VULGAR is a collection of...

As of 3pm EST today, all domestic, international, and teacher packages have been shipped! Whew! It was a big day. But we aren't quite done yet. Preparations are being made to send our short story collection, By No Means Vulgar,...

With a little more than two weeks to go, we've hit over 550% funding on our first Kickstarter project, The Play's The Thing! As we said in our last update, we are just totally blown away by the response we've...

Wow. WOW. We are so blown away by the response to our first Kickstarter project. We hit 100% funded in just 2 days, 200% funding in just one week, and 400% funding in less than a month! Our backers are...

Illustration by Marissa Kelly In just under two days, our Kickstarter has kicked! We've got 18 backers, including one Elder Patron of the Globe, and are well over our initial budget of $500. But it's not over yet. We're already...

Hey Magpies! Even though the school semester has kept the Magpie Games staff busy with non-Magpie Games projects, we've been hard at work on launching our first title, "The Play's The Thing." Mark has edited our Game Chef 2011 entry,...

As part of Game Chef 2011, Magpie Games is reviewing a few of the other entries and recommending one go on to the "Final Round." Our entry, The Play's The Thing is also under review and we hope to post...

We did it! Despite the short turnaround time (7 days!) and the even shorter word count (3,000 words!), Magpie Games officially submitted our Game Chef 2011 entry, The Play's The Thing. Mark Truman burned the midnight oil all week, and...

Hello Gamerati! As many of you know, the annual Game Chef contest is up and running! Since this year's theme is Shakespeare, I'm really excited about putting something together. I'll be posting notes and ideas as I think of them...