Thursday, April 24, 2008

Deadline Blues

Hey everyone, just wanted to let folks know that a looming deadline has caused a delay in updates to the Hellstrom Voyage.

In May we should return to our usual broadcast schedule.Thanks to everyone for their patience and readership.

Chuck

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Chapter Eight: The Storm

Chapter 8 of the Hellstrom Voyage has been posted in the official forums.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Spotlight on HMS Constant

The first character profile for Hellstrom Voyage has been posted in the new forums, focusing on the novel's silent character: HMS Constant.

Announcement #3

Chapter 8 got temporarily delayed on the isle of the Near-Men during the shenanigans that were recently announced. Tune in next week for the exciting continuation.

Announcement #2

Coming soon from Empty Room Studios: Voyage of Discovery d20!

Empty Room Studios and Charles Rice have teamed up to bring his popular web-novel, the Hellstrom Voyage, to life as a d20 RPG.

This setting will detail the devastating war of the Mad Emperor in his bid to conquer the world, a war waged on land and sea, as well as the nations who struggle for freedom against an unstoppable military machine.

Chuck says, "Hellstrom Voyage is a project I'm particularly passionate about and one I have a lot of plans for, as a novel, comic and game setting. Empty Room seemed uniquely suited to help develop the line in each of those areas, so I couldn't be happier about partnering with them on this project."

Setting information will include the former nations of the Continental Kingdoms, now ruled by the Mad Emperor as the Mandelieu Empire, as well as the Island Kingdom, the lone free nation left to stand against tyranny, protected by the wooden wall of her navy.

"I've had a chance to work on Steampunk Musha with Chuck, and can't wait to start really turning out work on this setting. I've been reading the Hellstrom Voyage web novel since the first post, and honestly get more excited about this project with every post and discussion," said Rick.

In addition to the setting, the core book will include new character classes, rules for naval warfare, mass combat and an all-new magic system. Future supplements will include adventure locations and battle scenarios.