As anyone who has visited this website knows, it has been dormant for quite some time. I last published a book in 2013, which was a decade ago, and the last time I posted was in 2018, which was five years ago. Despite my lack of recent activity, the storefront, d20 modern character generator, and Tiamat tile mapper have remained active. However, the software running all these tools is quite outdated and poses a security risk. I'm faced with the choice of either upgrading everything or taking the site down. Frankly, upgrading will require too much time and money, neither of which I have right now. So, I plan to bring down this website in the coming months.

If you're reading this post, please log in and download all your ebooks, maps, and other files. I won't be deleting anything; instead, I will replace this site with a placeholder that includes contact information so customers can still access their books. However, it won't be as convenient for you or for me.

You will still have the option to purchase ebooks from DriveThruRPG.com and print books from Amazon. I may consider setting up a new storefront for selling books, as there are many software solutions available for that. However, the character generator and mapping software present a different challenge as they are custom-coded.

Regarding the d20 Modern Character Generator, I may consider making the code open source on GitHub. Although the code is quite old, it has the potential for improvement, and perhaps someone else can modernize it or individuals can run it locally.

As for Tiamat, please refrain from buying any additional tiles or maps that you cannot use immediately. There is no viable upgrade path for this tool, and it costs more to maintain than it generates in revenue. There are numerous other excellent mapping tools available, making open-sourcing the code (excluding the tiles) seem unnecessary.

I hope to publish again someday. I have numerous adventures, settings, and other games that are mostly complete, waiting for me to finish when I have more time. However, I've been saying that for years. :)

So, to reiterate, please log in and download all your ebooks, maps, and other files.

My servers will offline for about 24 hours starting Aug 30th to the 31th.

As mentioned it in my previous blog:

The last time I posted news to this site was the end of 2013. That’s over 2 years. In case you’re wondering, I still exist!

Back then I had just released a new Darwin’s World adventure and it was also the time of many personal changes, many of which have prevented me from doing much on the game front. First, I left my full time job and became a freelancer. It’s been a big success for me, but I took on a lot of projects over the last 3 years, so time for games has been short. Also, I had another kid, my fourth, so there’s that.

Despite my lack of time, the site has remained in operation and people continue to buy games and use the web apps I developed years ago. I’m really surprised how active it remains despite that I haven’t released any new books or added new features in nearly three years. Thanks everyone!

Now that I’m firmly back into self employment mode, I’m hoping to get back to games. But I also need to change this site to reflect my current life. RPGObjects is not just my publishing name, it’s also my business name, as well as the identity of most of my online activities (github, g+, etc...). So my immediate goal is to clean up this site and have a place for everything that matters. While I hope to post new blogs about gaming or some new book I’m editing, I also want somewhere to post about android development or an upcoming event I’m speaking at (like Devfest MN).

I have some goals I hope to achieve in 2016 both in publishing as well as for this site, but I’ll leave that for another post.

In the meantime, just a reminder, I still exist.

I ran my second event today. But before that, I managed to get to the main hall and take a few more pictures. I didn't catch nearly enough cosplay.

My event went great. Three players from Jon's Woodland's Savage World event filled the three empty spots.

Photos on Google+

Day 2 I was suppose to run an event, but not enough people showed. Maybe I should take that as a sign to stop running d20 modern Darwin's World events. Jon's Savage World's Darwin's World games are both sold out.

With my free time I collected Ore and Sheep playing Aeroplanes and Lords of Vegas. Both games are worth buying.

I also visited the miniature gaming hall. The pictures I took aren't close enough. Going to try and visit again tomorrow for more close ups.

Photos on Google+

Didn't take a ton of photos today. I explored the exhibition hall and then got waylaid in the Mayfair Games gaming tables. I felt compelled to get all the Mayfair gaming ribbons (sheep, brick, wheat, stone, wood). I got three of the five Day 1. Played Urbania, Alchemist, and Star Trek Catan. Of those there, only Urbania was worth buying.

One very odd trend. Lines to get into the booths of some gaming companies, like Fantasy Flight. And those lines were long and slow. Seriously, a line just to see stuff to buy? Sort of ridiculous.

Photos on Google+

I'm off to Gencon 2013. You can catch all my daily posts on google+. Summaries with links to photos here nightly (I hope).

Events Run by Chris Davis:

To Kill a King (RPG1347404)
Darwin's World d20 Modern
You're troublemakers who have made a mess of one too many failed ventures and are captured when your last caper goes wrong. Enroute to your execution, you are given an offer to earn your freedom.

Hellhole (RPG1347405)
Darwin's World d20 Modern
You've been mustered for a daring raid into the lands usurped by the despised NuChurch, a warlike cult risen from the ashes of Salt Lake City and slowly conquering the peoples of the mountains.

Events Run by Jon Woodland:

Necropolis Nightmare (RPG1344043)
Darwin's World Savage Worlds
The Necropolis holds amazing treasures of the Ancients and terrors that can make your blood boil. Post-apocalyptic adventurers delve into the ruins of Los Angeles, in search of ancient technology.

Bow to the Master (RPG1344067)
Darwin's World Savage Worlds
Post-apocalyptic mutants are ambushed by Doomriders while traveling home with newly purchased Fraxx Steeds. Will they escape alive, or bow to the master?

I've had a few registration bugs since the site tweaks. This is mostly due to old code that uses the Prototype javascript. I've been migrating all the javascript code to jQuery, but it takes time. Anyhow, the registration page should work properly now. Sorry for any hassles. Please let me know if you encounter any other issues.