Note: We lost the first 3 years of news archives in the site move, but we still have the memories.
03/26/2007--We are currently in Ohio, and we've found a house! Between bouts of signing papers and meeting inspectors, we have been working. Look forward to upcoming Nevermore/True20(tm) material, 1 on 1 Adventures, Old-School Gazettes, Seeds, and Pozas Art Packs.
03/15/2007--XRP hits the road and goes house hunting! We will continue to accept order through our on-line store, but starting today, orders will be fulfilled and shipped in April. We will be checking our e-mail regularly, so submissions and communications will continue, albeit between looking at homes. :)
03/06/2007--Hope everyone had a great GM's Day. We've ended the sale, and announced the schedule for Advanced Adventures, coming soon to gaming stores!
03/04/2007--Happy GM's Day! We've put Advanced Adventures #3: The Curse of the Witch Head for sale at YourGamesNow, and we've started taking pre-orders.
03/01/2007--There are 12 new XRP products at Paizo.com, including 1 on 1 Adventures #6: Shroud of Olindor and A Magical Medieval Society: Western European Warfare.
02/27/2007--It's coming close to March 4th, and you know what that means.... GM's Day! What is GM's Day? It's the day that the gaming community tips its hat to the people that create gaming environment, pit fiendish foes against us, and let us take their treasure after they are slain. It's the day we appreciate the hard work 1 person does to make sure everyone at the table has fun.We've put all our print titles and most of our electronic titles on sale to make it easier for players to pick up gifts for their GMs. Sales last through March 5th.
02/24/2007--Seeds: Military is now available at YourGamesNow. This title is unique in that it gives adventure ideas for running military campaigns in 4 different genres: Fantasy, Modern, Sci-fi, and Post-Apocalyptic. Pick up your copy and make some war!
02/20/2007--1 on 1 Adventures #7: Eyes of the Dragon is now available at YourGamesNow.com. Designed for 1 GM and 1 monk level 7-9, the sacred relics are been stolen and must be recovered! Also look for Pozas Art Packs--Ninjas! Oh yeah. Pirates and Ninjas.
02/11/2007--Pozas Art Packs--Pirates! is now available at www.YourGamesNow.com. Pozas Art Packs are affordable sets of stock art designed with publishers in mind, although they are also affordable ways of spicing up your game! Purchase comes with stipulations for publication rights. Old School Gazette #11 is also available, containing 4 monsters and more tricks and tips from Matt Finch.
02/10/2007--We just received 1 on 1 Adventures #6: Shroud of Olindor from the printers! It should be hitting shelves shortly, but you can pick up your printed copy at our on-line store or an eletronic copy at YourGamesNow.1 on 1 Adventures #5: Vale of the Sepulcher is now available in print! Designed for 1 GM and 1 player (cleric level 9-11), explore the remote mountain town of Zuria and the depths of the Tomb of Kings!
02/02/2007--As of today, Expeditious Retreat Press products are no longer available at OBS storefronts (Rpgnow and Drivethru). If you purchased a product through those sites, we strongly suggest you pick up back-up copies soon, as the files will not be on their servers indefinitely.
We look forward to seeing all of our customers, friends, and fans at YourGamesNow.com.
02/01/2007--We've kicked off our "Elite Sale for Elite Gamemasters" to celebrate the year anniversary of the release of Fear of Girls!
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01/26/2007--A Magical Medieval Society: Western European Warfare is available at YourGamesNow.com. This 19 PDF will eventually become the 9th chapter of the second edition of A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe, but we wanted to make it available to fans while we work on additional new material that will appear in the second edition. Enjoy!
01/18/2007--I just finished editing the new chapter for A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe. On Warfare. It's good. It's real good. Look for the PDF at www.YourGamesNow.com around the end of January.
Also check out 10 questions with Joe at http://rpgdesign.blogspot.com/, a spot on Charles Rice's blog where he asks various publishers 10 questions about gaming and publishing.
01/16/2007--1 on 1 Adventures #6: Shround of Olindor is now available electronically! This 20-page action-packed adventure is designed for 1 GM and 1 player Rogue level 7-9. Although intended as a followup to 1 on 1 Adventures #2: Star of Olindor, the adventure can easily be played as a stand alone. The book will hit shelves in late February.
01/09/2007--1 on 1 Adventures #5: Vale of the Sepulcher has come in from the printers and will be hitting shelves shortly. The adventure is currently for sale as a PDF at www.YourGamesNow.com, e23, www.Paizo.com, and RPGnow.
On the e-front, we have new releases at www.YourGamesNow.com in the Seeds line, Old School Gazette, as well as our newest line-Pozas Art Packs. Stop by YourGamesNow.com tomorrow and pick up Old School Gazette #10 for Free!
01/01/2007--We have put up our 2007 State of XRP Address! We have added a new partner in distributing XRP e-products! Stop by www.YourGamesNow.com and do a little shopping.
01/01/2007--The holiday special is over. Hope everyone is recooperativing from last night. Check back in the next couple of days for the 2007 State of XRP Address, where we do a little reflection on 2006 and talk about what's in store for 2007.
12/12/2006--We are running a holiday sale until January 1, 2007! Check out the sales prices on our Magical Society Line and Monster Geographica Line as well as our bundles of Monster Geographica and their custom Counter Collections under Specials. Pick up $50 of product (before shipping), and take home a free copy of the Gen Con Special printing of Liber Artefactorum, our first True20 title.
11/13/2006--We just got word that our entire catalog is now up at www.Paizo.com and e23! We are also in the process of adding e-products to this site as well. We also have new releases available in print, including 1 on 1 Adventures #3: Forbidden Hills and 1 on 1 Adventures #4: Sixth Cavalier.
11/08/2006--Advanced Adventures #2: The Red Mausoleum has arrived! Orders were shipped out this afternoon. We are continuing to make improvements to the site, so keep your eyes open for new features. Also just received from the printer, Liber Artefactorum and 1 on 1 Adventures #2: Star of Olindor are now available at our store!
10/31/2006--Happy Halloween all! While Joe and I are dieting, we hope the rest of you are gorging on sugary confections. We are in the process of shutting down our old website and moving the information over here. News and Reviews are up and running, to be followed shortly with our submission page. Also look for the addition of our entire PDF catalog to the on-line store.
Also, some of you might have noticed that our prices have increased at RPGnow.com and Drivethru. These two companies have mergered and notified us that our fees are being increased 40%. We have raised our prices at those sites, but our prices remain the same at www.Paizo.com and e23. We are in the process of uploading our entire PDF catalog to those sites. We appreciate your patience and dedicated support through this time of change.
10/13/2006--Look for new XRP titles at gamestores this month, including A Magical Society: Silk Road, the second printing of A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe, 1 on 1 Adventures #1: Gambler's Quest, 1 on 1 Adventures #2: Star of Olindor, and the first True20 Nevermore supplement Liber Artefactorum. These titles are also available from our on-line store and in electronic format. We are also releasing more Old School Gazettes and Seeds in October!
09/26/2006--We have received new titles at our on-line store! For the old-schoolers, we have the first title of Advanced Adventures, The Pod Cavern of the Sinister Shroom. 1 on 1 Adventures #1: Gambler's Quest is now available at our on-line store. We also have a new review for Silk Road from ENworld staff reviewer Chris Gath (aka Crothian), who gave it 5 out of 5 stars!
07/24/2006-- We are on sale! Place your bids at ebay to hang out with us before the award ceremony, sit next to us during the awards, and take home some books ($122 retail value). Support the awards and spend some time with XRP! The auction ends July 31. And for Nevermore and True20 fans, we have released the electronic version of Liber Artefactorum at all five partner sites that sell XRP products. Liber Artefactorum features complete rules for item creation in True20 as well as over 25 supernatural items of Nevermore. Look for a special limited printing at Gen Con and a book release in November 2006.
07/10/2006--The Pleasure Prison of the B'thuvian Demon Whore picks up a nomination for Best Adenture for the 2006 Gen Con ENnies Awards! Voting begins July 17th! Pick up your physical copy at our on-line store or from our 5 electronic product vendors and place your vote for XRP! We are also up for the Fan's Choice Award, so place your vote between July 17-30, 2006.
07/01/06--Stop by our online store at www.xrpshop.citymax.com and be apart of our Christmas is July Sale! Most of our titles are on sale, and we are also accepting pre-orders for A Magical Society: Silk Road and the second printing of A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe. Both of these titles will be available at Gen Con Indy (Booth 205), and pre-orders will be mailed out before they hit the shelves.
06/14/06--We are back from vacation, and all orders from our on-line store have been shipped!
06/03/06--We are going on vacation! All orders taken at our on-line store will be shipped when we return (by Tuesday June 13th). But do not dispair! The electronic version of A Magical Society: Silk Road will hit all 5 of our electronic vendors while we are gone. Soak in the Magical Society goodness while we soak in some rays!
06/02/06--Many exciting things going on in June. First, Monster Geographica: Plain & Desert hits shelves and XRP's on-line store. Second, A Magical Society: Silk Road will make its electronic debut. Last, we have our Gen Con Indy Booth number. So if you find yourself in Indianapolis in August, stop by booth #205 for a chat, and peak at our titles! Expect to see A Magical Society: Silk Road fresh from the presses, all five Monster Geographica titles with their custom counters by Fiery Dragon Productions, and more titles from the 1 on 1 Adventures Series.
05/01/06--We have announced our hosted events for Gen Con Indy 2006, featuring Nevermore, a dreamscape setting for the True20 system. Hit our front page for more information. Preregistration for events begins today!
04/25/06--All pre-orders for 1 on 1 Adventures # 6.66: The Pleasure Prison of the B'thuvian Demon Whore have been shipped! Look for the title in FLGS by the beginning of May, or order direct at www.XRPshop.citymax.com. Our email account at josephbrowning@exp.citymax.com has not been delivering new messages for the past 4 days. While it's being fixed, people can get ahold of us at josephbrowning@gmail.com and xrpsuzi@gmail.com.
04/06/06--Monster Geographica: Plain & Desert is now available in electronic format; look for the book to hit shelves in June 2006. We will be taking pre-orders at our on-line store shortly. We are currently taking pre-orders for 1 on 1 Adventures #6.66: The Pleasure Prison of the B'thuvian Demon Whore, with a shipping date of April 28, 2006. Last but not least, the manuscript for A Magical Society: Silk Road is done! It is currently in editing with a tenative release date of July 2006 (estimated 144 pages at $25 MSRP).
03/23/06--Lots of news for XRP. First and foremost, we are complete out of the first print run of A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe. There may be copies scattered on bookshelves of FLGS, but XRP headquarters has sold all their stock. Second, we have released the electronic version of 1 on 1 Advertures #3: The Forbidden Hills, designed for 1 GM and 1 player (level 5-7 barbarian or ranger). We also added more titles in to the World Building Library. Lastly, we are rapping up development on A Magical Society: Silk Road and 1 on 1 Adventures #6.66: Pleasure Prison of the B'thuvian Demon Whore, so look for teasers in the upcoming weeks.
02/22/06--We have preview covers for our upcoming releases on the front page-A Magical Society: Silk Road and Monster Geographica: Plain & Desert. We have also decide to move our boards to EN World's hosted publishers forum. We did not delete the boards, so those who've bookmarked and want information from the boards can still access them. But from now on, if you have questions or want to chat us up, hop over to our new boards here.
02/21/2006--They're here! Monster Geographica: Hill & Mountain has arrived and preorders are being mailed tomorrow. They should hit the shelves late this month or early March. For those who prefer to buy direct, stop by our on-line store as www.xrpshop.citymax.com.
02/16/06--We have just heard from our printer, and Monster Geographica: Hill & Mountain is on its way. We apologise for the delayed shipping date for our customers who preordered the book, but the good news is that you will still receive your copy before it hits shelves in gamestores! We have also released some new titles in the Seeds Line and the World Building Library Line. Hope everyone had a good Valentine's Day!
02/02/06--We've spruced up the site a bit and added some big news items and press releases on the front page. We are up and running at Paizo, our newest vendor for electronic products. We are proud to announce XRP has joined the True 20 family with Joseph Miller's Nevermore! And we are hard at work on the 1 on 1 Adventures: The Pleasure Prison of the Bthuvian Demon Whore.
Thanks to everyone that participated in the sale. We mananged to knock a sizable chunk from the ER bill (roughly 1/3), and now we must write more!
09/25/2006--We got a new review for A Magical Society: Silk Road from ENworld staff reviewer John Cooper. 4 out of 5 stars!
09/14/2006--We received a new shipment of Silk Roads! We are also having a sale on Ecology and Culture to move overstock. On the electronic front, we just released Seeds Compilation: Post-Apocalyptic I-V at all 5 sites.
08/26/2006--Listen to a Gen Con interview with Joe and the fine folks at Dwarven Tavern! After the interview, they peruse our newest book, A Magical Society: Silk Road, and give it 5 axes all the way around, naming it as the "definitive source on commodities". Check out minutes 5-31 for the interview and review at the Dwarven Forge radio, issue #97.
08/18/2006--The "Couldn't make it to Gen Con" Sale is on. Stop by our on-line store and pick up some exclusive copies of Liber Artefactorum (a True 20 supplement with over 25 supernatural items from the world of Nevermore), 1 on 1 Adventures #1-4, and Fiery Dragon Counter Collection tins. The sale is on while supplies last.
08/16/2006--We are back from Gen Con and with goodies! We had a blast, caught up with old friends, met new ones, and took home the silver metal for Best Adventure. We sold out of 1 on 1 Adventures #6.66: The Pleasure Prison of the Bthuvian Demon Whore late Saturday afternoon, but do not dispare! It is available at local gaming stores and our on-line store. Starting August 18 (Friday), look for our "Couldn't make it to Gen Con Sale" where we will sale our remaining stock from limited print runs made exclusively for Gen Con, as well as some bundles for Monster Geographica books and their custon Fiery Dragon Counter Collections (tin and all)!
08/05/2006--We will be out of town for Gen Con August 7-15. Any orders placed on our on-line store will be shipped August 16 (except for pre-orders), and communications via e-mail will be delayed.
08/01/2006--It's August, and so ends our Christmas-in-July Sale. Hope everyone had a chance to pick up some great XRP titles on the cheap. Our dream date auction has closed at a whooping $76.00, and voting has ended for the ENnies. We are counting down the days to Gen Con......
07/29/2006--Only a few more days to vote of the ENnies, bid for a dream date with XRP at the awards ceremony and books, and place your order at our on-line store for our Christmas-in-July sale. We are also taking pre-orders for OSRIC (TM) Advanced Adventure: Pod-Cavern of the Sinister Shroom at our on-line store.
