The Spirit of 77 Guys are headed to Gamestorm 18 in Vancouver, WA! Not only will they be on hand for several Q&A panels, they’ve got some games planned for the occasion: Friday March 18, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM – Cruise Ship of the Damned Saturday March 19, 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM – Wrath of Cons Saturday March … Read More
Spirit of 77 and Gaming for a Cure
Spirit of 77 is proud to have contributed to Gaming for a Cure – a non-profit group that sponsors local gaming tournaments in Northern Michigan. Our buddy Jodie Brandt told us about the game – a cutthroat, Casino Royale style poker match and a band of Japanese Yakuza thugs determined to use business fronts in New York as outlets for their hallucinagenic … Read More
Spirit of 77 Update – 5.31.15
We don’t know what your May looked like, but ourselves involved a lot of packing materials and visits to the Post Office. Both the core Spirit of 77 book and Wide World of 77 are now available via DriveThruRPG in both PDF and physical print format. In addition to that, we managed to mail out everyone of our initial Kickstarter Backer rewards … Read More
Spirit of 77 Update – 11.14.14
Whew! Okay, now we’ve caught up! We gotta say, we did not expect such an amazing turnout for the Spirit of 77 Kickstarter campaign – an amazing $37K raised! If you backed our campaign, we owe you a debt of gratitude. If you were unable to contribute, no worries! Through the magic of BackerKit, you can still pre-order our core book, … Read More
Spirit of 77 Update – 09.10.14
Our Kickstarter has been live for a week, and it’s been quite a wild ride already! We managed to meet our original goal of $7,777 in nine hours. Wow, you guys are amazing! And since then, it’s been continuing at a steady pace. In one week. We’ve been trying to keep up with our thank you’s, stretch goals, correspondence and … Read More
Spirit of 77 Update – 08.17.14
Wow, is it August already? Seems like we were just talking about the new year only a few months ago. Lots of stuff on the horizon – our Kickstarter campaign, Strategicon’s Gateway 2014 over Labor Day weekend and more. Trust us, you’re going to dig what we got going on. First let’s talk about Kickstarter…
Spirit of 77 Update – 07.11.14
Happy National Slurpee Day! Oh we got a LOT to tell you about. First of all we’re very happy about the positive response we’ve been getting from Cruise Ship of the Damned. Reddit loved the download, the good folks at Strategicon had a blast and we even took the game up to EndGame in Oakland for a special game. … Read More
Spirit of 77 Update – 06.01.14
Strategicon was a success! We couldn’t believe the positive feedback everyone had for Spirit of 77 and the “Cruise Ship of the Damned” adventure, so much so we opted to run a second performance on Sunday. As you can see, the Captain’s hat was a rousing success as well. (Shut up, I thought so.) Saturday’s game was truly amazing – … Read More
All About Cruise Ship of the Damned – The First Spirit of 77 Adventure
Here in the MonkeyFun laboratory, we’re really excited about debuting Cruise Ship of the Damned at Strategicon this Memorial Day Weekend. But here’s what’s really exciting – after the convention, Cruise Ship will be available for download so you can try out the Spirit of 77 framework before our Kickstarter campaign later this year. Here’s what you should know about Cruise … Read More
Spirit of 77 at Gamex 2014 in Downtown LA!
We are confirmed! We will be debuting the standalone adventure, “Cruise Ship of the Damned” at this year’s Gamex 2014 in downtown Los Angeles. This will include pre-generated characters and a How-to for the adventure. In addition, we will be demonstrating the game on Saturday, May 24th! It’s the perfect introduction to Spirit of 77.