Lunar Cycle Games now on Discord!

Hello once again. As we continue to build up our brand in anticipation for the changes coming in 2025, we have added our own Discord channel. While there is not much to do there yet, we will be building up content and looking for feedback from the community on our tabletop RPGs, both when the new core rules launch, but also with any of our previous titles. Once everyone gets a feel for how the new system will work, then we will solicit feedback on whether or not any of our existing titles would benefit from a system change. All of these things and more can be found here.

Additionally, we have updated our links on the main website landing page to take everyone straight to their site of choice rather than having to dig around in various news articles. With our increased posting, we don’t want anything getting lost as we don’t have a good sense of whether anyone really wants to dig back through our various news posts. This way, each visitor can check out what content they are interested in or might have not seen before. As always, this site will be the main source of information, but we are ensuring that other social media sites are better aligned with major announcements.

YouTube Channel is Live!

That’s right, it’s not a dream. The studio has finally put together an official YouTube channel! This was something that was discussed over the years, but there was either a lack of ideas for content or a lack of time to create content. While our offerings are still small, we did post a video today to drive hype about the upcoming new direction we plan to take for our tabletop RPG line in the future. Here is the link to the video here.

For those of you who have been following our games, we use a skill-driven D20/D6 system and all our major game releases are compatible with each other. This allows for players and game directors to use whatever they want from any of the published games to make some truly unique worlds. Starting next year however, all upcoming games will be released using the new core game rule system. Support will continue for the existing games for the foreseeable future, including the planned release of the last True Agenda expansion this Fall.

We look forward to driving more content to everyone across more social media platforms as we continue to rebrand and revision the studio. Keep checking back for more updates!

End of Summer Updates!

As Summer starts winding down and we look towards Fall, it’s also time to start getting ready for another release from our studio! Fall, specifically November, is when the studio likes to release its last project for the year, allowing everyone to settle in and enjoy the holidays. This year is no exception as the last planned expansion for the True Agenda tabletop RPG has just finished the editing process. Over the next couple of weeks, all of the final revisions, along with confirming the art and covers, will take place and we will send everything off to our printer. After that, we will review our plans for next year and start making the roadmap until the proof copy arrives. Looking everything over one last time, we will finalize the release date and have the printer send us copies to fulfill orders directly, while the rest will be handled through Drive Thru.

One of the things we are extremely excited about is the new game system we are working on and all the extra things that entails. We are considering a Kickstarter campaign to launch this new system as was mentioned before. Everyone at the studio is talking over what could be included in the Kickstarter along with potential stretch goal rewards. Of course, we also want to make sure we build up the hype for the system, which means looking at a quick start rules set along with appropriate announcements not strictly limited to here. It is a lot to review and consider, but everyone remains excited and we all feel this new rules set will be worth the work. We will have more about that to share as we get closer to the new year after the release of the True Agenda title.

As always, keep checking back here and across social media to keep up with the latest news and updates.

Adding a Domain!

As the business brand continues to shift more and more exclusively to our tabletop game design, it was decided it was well past time to pick up another domain. Effective today, lunarcyclegames.com is officially part of our brand and currently all inquiries to that site direct to our home site here. This is just one of many steps we are taking in reimaging and reimagining the business. While the studio will not completely abandon its business branding solution aspect, it has not been what has driven our studio forward over the last seven years.

So what does this all mean? So glad you asked!

Starting around this time next year, the studio plans to make some major announcements with what we will be revealing in terms of new tabletop RPG game systems. These changes will take us in a completely new direction from what everyone has come to expect from Lunar Cycle Games over the last seven years. We will be launching a whole new core rules system, along with higher quality physical game releases, and adding additional options like custom dice. We are looking to see if Kickstarter will be part of this new launch as well as other means to get our games into everyone’s hands. This is not to say we will be leaving Drive Thru, but instead just look to build more engagement and options for everyone to find our stuff easier. We also plan to expand our digital footprint across social media and test out more collaborations which, up until this point, has been difficult to manage with our small staff.

While still a year away, work has already started now to make all of this happen. Keep checking back here and across social media for more information.

A Pre-Summer Update!

Just wanted to share a little information before the studio takes a holiday weekend. The writing for the next and final planned expansion for True Agenda was completed today. All of the art has been finished as well, so it is on to the editing process. Thanks to how quickly Wasteland Saloon was completed earlier this year, this expansion is likely to be released before the end of summer. That leaves us ahead of our schedule for the year and we will have to decide if we can push out another expansion or simply get an earlier start on the new game release for next year. Another option we are looking into is to not push out anything else this year but focus on next year and getting an expansion and a new game release. Either option is viable, but the latter would ensure the game does not fall behind schedule.

We also started looking ahead into 2026. We plan on having the first expansions for both GRID (which is long overdue) and Primal Spirit. Both are in the early planning stages and preliminary cover art has already been designed for both titles. If we do push out another release, one of these titles would be the likely one chosen. Early planning is also in the works for the next full game release we plan to launch in 2027. This title would boast a new rules system and add different elements across much of the game play. It is an exciting prospect and will require extensive play testing to ensure everything works. We are also looking at how we release games to possibly change the finished product and where they are available. More information on this will be coming, but not likely this year. As always though, keep checking back here and across social media for more information.

Spring Time!

As the season once again changes, the staff here at the studio continue to work on the final planned expansion for the beloved True Agenda RPG. As of this post, writing is about 70% complete and the art is a little over halfway finished. The expectation is that editing will begin next month with an initial completion date of June. This will put the release almost four months ahead of where we expected it to be when things were discussed at the beginning of the year. This was largely because of the success in completing Wasteland Saloon ahead of schedule, since the original release date for that expansion was set for June.

What does that mean for the rest of the year? There is consideration to begin work on the first expansion for GRID, which was originally slated to be released this year. While it is uncertain whether or not the studio can complete this work before the end of 2024, getting a start on it this fall would mean a potential release in the first months of 2025. Also, as is our tradition, a new game is scheduled to release in 2025, so we must be careful when allocating resources to not impact the new game launch. We expect final decisions will be made once the work on the True Agenda expansion is complete and ready to go the printer.

Regardless of what we ultimately decide, 2024 has been off to a fantastic start, and even if we err on the side of caution, we are on pace to complete what we wanted for the year. Personally, I would like to get working on GRID because I feel we owe it to everyone who has taken a chance on our game systems and to those long-time followers and friends who want the additional content. Keep checking back here to see what is ultimately decided in the coming months and other announcements we have planned as we get closer to 2025.

Come Visit the Wasteland Saloon!

Howdy Pardner! The long-awaited, much delayed expansion for Chronofields is finally out! Wasteland Saloon is a western-themed expansion for the sci-fi time traveling roleplaying game. It is chock full of useful tools and game updates to bring the wild west into any campaign. There is also a complete scenario to launch the excitement! As always, it is available both here on our product page as well as over at Drive Thru RPG here.

While we are celebrating the successful launch of this expansion, the studio remains hard at work on our next release. Expected towards the end of the year, the final planned expansion for True Agenda is underway in both writing and art creation. Resistance will bring everything to a close that has been building in the storyline for years and will add a number of new game elements to combat and in-game timelines that we are excited to bring to True Agenda. Look here and across social media for more information this summer.

February News!

Here it is not even a month later and there is some exciting news from the studio! Last week we had sent off the proofs to our printer for the next Chronofields expansion and everything has come back positive. Because of this, it means we are looking to release the expansion about two months early! As we have explained on a few occasions before, the expansion is actually almost two years late, but the ability to get it out sooner than we projected is definitely welcome. We are still waiting on the proof copy to arrive from the printer, but as long as everything looks good, then we plan to release before the end of the month. This expansion will be available in the usual places and will be bundled with the other Chronofields titles on Drive Thru, meaning it will be even cheaper upon release for those who have already purchased the bundle.

We have already begun writing and working on the cover design and several art pieces for the last planned True Agenda expansion. However, the early release of the Chronofields title does not affect the timetable of this title, which is still slated towards the end of the year. If things change, then we will definitely update everyone here and across social media, but for now we have not made any significant adjustments to our release schedule.

Winter Wonderland

As we sit in the studio with the snow coming down, we are excited to announce our upcoming releases for the new year. First up will be the long awaited and delayed second full expansion for Chronofields. It will release this Spring and is currently in the editing and final art review phase. We plan to send it off to our printer by early March. The theme of the expansion centers around the American wild west but also builds upon the previous expansion, Haunting Fields. While there are no artist collaborations or other exciting news like we had during the Primal Spirit launch, this expansion looks to build upon the moderate success of the game title and is long overdue because of the issues faced by the studio during some of the worst of the Covid outbreak two years ago.

Another long overdue release that is currently in the writing and art development stage is the fifth, and likely final, full expansion for True Agenda. This one builds upon the already robust additions to the combat system and also looks to add additional timeline options for players and directors looking for more detailed and in-depth storytelling. We are anticipating a late Fall release for this one like we typically do, and this expansion will likely be the final thing we release this year.

While we wanted to try to push out more releases, we did not want to rush anything and overtax the studio resources, especially with us planning to release a new game system in 2025. This is not to say things couldn’t turn out differently, but we just currently are not planning any more for this year. We will have a better idea about future projects once the Chronofields expansion releases and the writing is complete for the True Agenda expansion. As always, keep checking here and across our social media platforms for more information as the year progresses.

Happy Release Day!

It is finally here! Primal Spirit, our newest tabletop roleplaying game is officially released both at our online store and over at Drive Thru RPG here: Primal Spirit - Streaming Consciousness Studios, LLC | DriveThruRPG.com This has been a wonderful accomplishment by all of the studio staff and with our amazing commissioned artists! While we celebrate this release and look forward to seeing what everyone thinks about the new game, we also are continuing working for the next few weeks on next year’s content as we had revealed in previous news articles and across social media.

Thank you to everyone who has been following us, been interested in what we do, and has contributed to our success. This has been an amazing journey and is not one we are planning to stop anytime soon! As always, continue to follow us here, on Facebook, or elsewhere and see what we plan to do next!