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The lead designer of the Adventure Conqueror King System, Alexander Macris, talks about its forthcoming mass combat system, Domains at War, in a news story recently posted at EN World. The piece does a great job of getting into a number of interesting topics, from Alex's background in wargames to the ways a wargame battle system can exist within a role-playing game.

Here's an update on the status of the Player's Companion, and some glimpses of what the PDF will look like when it arrives in September! As you know if you've been following the internal development closely, we released the final manuscript for download by our Kickstarter backers and pre-orders at the end of June. We expected we'd take some time catching errors in that manuscript with our backers' help, which is always time well spent.

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I've been running a lunchtime sandbox campaign with my co-workers for the last few years, and I've found that ACKS is the best system to handle such small chunks of gaming time. Other systems either have combats which take too long, or are over way too fast, leaving the Judge (me) scrambling to come up with content to cover the remaining break. (Nobody wants to go back to work early, that's crazy talk!) With ACKS, I can have a fight, some exploration, and some pleasant roleplaying all happen in the same one hour session.

We're pleased to say that you can get the Adventurer Conqueror King System in hardcover at your local gaming store! Here are a list of locations we know ordered copies of ACKS; it's possible they've since sold out, so you may want to contact them first to make sure they re-order if necessary.

Why are magic items so expensive to make in ACKS, and why is it so hard to sell them? That's the topic of today's blog post.

When veterans of other fantasy games, particularly D&D 4th Edition and Pathfinder, begin to play Adventurer Conqueror King System, almost all of them express shock at how expensive and time consuming it is to create magic items. A simple potion of healing, for instance, requires 500gp and 1 week to create. The exact same item in D&D 3.5 requires 50gp and 1 day. Magical research in ACKS is 10x as expensive! 

We're pleased to confirm that the Adventurer Conqueror King System books have been shipped. To everyone who has a hardback or softcover coming from the Kickstarter or pre-order: it is in the mail!

We're working with Game Salute to fulfill these orders. Questions about your shipment can be best answered by contacting Game Salute  - although don't hesitate to communicate with us through Kickstarter or at support@autarch.co either.

We've gotten glowing reviews on the cover for the Player's Companion. The piece, called "Inheritance," was created by Michael C. Hayes. While you've doubtless seen his work on books, games, and Magic cards, today we thought we'd introduce you to the artist himself.

AUTARCH: Many RPG players are influenced to buy a book based on the cover artwork, but cover artists don't get as much recognition for their work as the designers do. Could you please tell us about yourself?

The Lakeys have completed another round of illustrations for the Adventurer Conqueror King Player's Companion. The one shown above depicts a class created by Patron Deity Jeffrey Binder, who described the iconic image thusly:

I'm glad to announce that the files for the limited edition pre-release softcover of the Adventurer Conqueror King System Player’s Companion were sent to our printer, McNaughton & Gunn, yesterday. Thanks to the miraculous speed of 21st century printing technology and the hard work of Autarch's production team, especially Carrie Keymel, this means we will have them in hand for GaryCon IV. Backers at the King level and above who are fortunate enough to be in Lake Geneva next weekend will get their copies signed by us at the convention; we'll send the others immediately afterward.

After months of assembling the kind of collaboration that characterizes the best adventuring parties,I am proud to outline the rewards that Autarch will be helping Grognardia Games make available to supporters of our Dwimmermount crowdfunding campaign.