Recent content by John Benbo

A recent update went out to backers that the Early Access PDF is coming out soon. Also, the game's Facebook page has tons of art preview. It's shaping up to be quite the cool book.

My brother gave me a copy he found at the dump on Nantucket in the early 90s. The plastic pieces were still on the spruces. Fun game to play and even my nephew raised on the newest generation of video games always enjoyed it. Unfortunately, a battery leaked inside it a couple of years ago. I'm...

For anyone on the fence, there is now a 22 page preview guide available on Paizo.com- http://paizo.com/products/btpy9i4w/discuss?Aethera-Campaign-Setting-Preview-Guide#tabs

No worries, I didn't think that. I was just making a general comment because it is a high funding goal and I've backed enough Kickstarters to realize that 50 grand ain't easy :). I'm not sure what Robert's plan is if it doesn't fund. However, Robert is never one to shy from a challenge and he...

John Bennett here and one of the designers contributing to Aethera. I've always been a fan of mixing scifi and fantasy (my round 4 location in the 2011 RPG Superstar was a robot head!) and what Robert Brookes and his core team have come up with is one of the better concoctions I've seen. I've...

Jon Peterson wrote a great article about the production of a D&D module back in the early days. It's a great look into all the work that goes into getting a module out the door which is quite significant. I'm new so I can't post a link but there's a link in Jon Peterson's blog (may have even...