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Back from the Tour

The CPG crew just wrapped up a couple crazy weeks of demoing Catalyst. Game stores across Washington and Oregon housed the "Cascadia militia" for an evening and let us sell our role-playing game. The public response was wonderful. Thanks to everyone who listened to our pitches and rolled some dice. We're always psyched to see people genuinely happy while playing Catalyst.

We'll probably do another tour soon and hit the places we missed last time (Bellingham, Olympia, Redmond, Vancouver). We've still got a second demo at Meeples Games on the 22nd. If you missed the first round, swing by. And if we missed your favorite game store, let us know. We'll go anywhere we can get an audience.

In the meantime, we're wrapping up the Catalyst stuff from the KS campaign, We just published "Fourth World", a backer-sponsored campaign set in Northern Arizona. Flagstaff is an amazing town and lends itself to an RPG shockingly well. Between the glorious terrain, railroads, Anasazi ruins, and Skydome (the best dueling arena), "Fourth World" takes full advantage of the high desert haven. Two more campaigns are being worked on now. Our conspiracy-influenced "Shadow Parliament" is going through playtesting and will likely be done within the month.

The player app is nearly ready for completion. I realize it's been on the precipice of completion for a while. Basically, when we didn't make our KS stretch goal to hire a developer, we made the decision to continue to make a complete app. This meant we have a part-time developer making a fleshed out, extremely robust and helpful app, instead of a bare-bones version.

Our next game, Drink!, should be ready for crowdfunding support by the end of summer. If you enjoy tasty beverages and want to help us playtest, contact CPG through Twitter, Facebook, or in the comments.

That's it, aside from a secret announcement pending some legal stuff. Thanks for the love Cascadia and beyond. 

--Alex

More Demos

The CPG crew is doing a tour of duty all around Cascadia. Come check out Catalyst demos at these game stores:

Come join the forces of humanity and play a couple sessions of our role-playing game, We'll outfit any new recruits with some Catalyst swag if they purchase a copy on site.

If you can't make it to one of these but want to fight some demons with us, shoot our scheduler an email. We can repeat a location or travel further if there is demand. The goal is to get this apocalypse survival guide in everyone's hands, after all.

(Past demo sites below. Thanks for the love.)

Demo Sessions

Cherry Picked Games is starting up another round of Catalyst demos to help introduce people to our wonderful role-playing game. We are still setting a lot of dates in stone, but the first demo will be at Card Kingdom in Ballard. We will be there from 6-10pm, Thursday the 25th.

So what are these demos? They are a chance to try out Catalyst in a quick, noncommittal mini-session. Players take on the identity of one of our premade characters for a brief scenario. They work together to help the Seattle militia with some threat to humanity. Whether it is sniffing out a demon-worshiping cult, quelling a riot about the plague quarantine, or driving a speed boat into a giant monster, players will get a taste for the Catalyst universe.

With everything ready-to-go for players, the barrier to entry is removed. Players with no experience in role-playing games can step up and quickly learn Catalyst. More experienced gamers are able to speak with us, the game creators, about what differentiates us from other RPGs and why Catalyst is right for them.

Whether you are already a fan or just curious about this game, you should come by and roll some dice with us. See why playtesters brought Catalyst into the world through Kickstarter.