Feeling lost?  Want to be powerful, important, belong to a group and have a real sense of purpose?  Enjoy wearing robes and chanting around eldritch fires?  Well there’s good news for you – The Cult of the Black Goat is now recruiting!

For a limited time, we’re offering a special pre-order rate for induction into the Cult.  $50 for your lifetime membership includes a t-shirt, exclusive figures, and a newsletter filled with all variety of Strange Aeons fun.  Check out our new Black Goat info page for all the details, but join before Spring is upon us if you want to take advantage of the special rate.

2012 is upon us, and it should prove an interesting year in the world of Strange Aeons, even if it ends a bit early!  We’re currently hard at work on a new supplement entitled “Morbid Adventures”.  We’d initially intended this as a small add-on with some new scenarios, but as all things in Uncle Mike’s lab seem prone to do, it expanded in size and has now consumed us.  This is a project we’re very excited about, and we very much want to make sure we get everything just right.  That means a little more playtesting, some fresh art, and generally a bit more work than initially anticipated.  Our effort and your wait will be worth it though, we assure you.

So our Morbid Adventuring (along with some other “projects” we’ll let you in on later) has kept us quite busy.  As a result, we don’t anticipate having any new miniatures ready for release over the next few months.  We will, however, be offering up something new and different shortly.  Check back here in a few weeks for details on your opportunity to be inducted into the ranks of the Black Goat…..

It was a nice treat today to discover a brand new holiday scenario from Uncle Mike in my mailbox, which I now pass on to all of you.  Have fun, watch out for those kids, and get your Maniac Santa now if you don’t already have one!

Download “Nightmare on 34th Street”

Let's see what's under the tree....

At long last, here’s that special holiday miniature we’ve been nattering about but not showing you. Santa might have something for you in that sack of his. You just need to axe nicely!

One “Maniac Santa” will be included with every order placed in December and January, just to add a little holiday uhhh….cheer?…to your gaming table.

December has arrived, which means BrushOff! 2011 is at an end.  We received 28 entries this year – a 50% increase over 2010, which we’re tremendously pleased with.  Thanks to everyone who took the time to paint up and photo a pack of models.  We had quite a number of strong submissions this year, but, alas, we have to choose only three of you to step up onto the podium.  Well, we don’t really have a podium.  We do have this altar though, so step on up as we call your names.  Try not to slip on the blood – we used this thing last night…

  1st Place – Chris Smith’s Argyle-Clad Threshold Agents II
  2nd Place – Dana’s Blood-Splattered Madmen
  3rd Place – Jim Cockburn’s Elder-Sign-Toting Threshold Agents III

Human models for the win this year, it seems.  Last year was all beasties, but we assure you no dark conspiracy is afoot!  Congratulations to the winners – we’ll be contacting you individually to get your winnings sorted out.

If you’ve visited our online store in the past week, you may have noticed that Shocking Tales #2 has vanished from the shelves.  The first printing of our highly successful second expansion has run out, and will be unavailable for a few months.  We haven’t set a firm timetable for the reprint yet, but next spring looks to be the most likely window at present.  We’re also working towards a PDF release of Shocking Tales #1, which will probably happen at the same time as the ST#2 reprint.

The absence of expansions has put a bit of a crimp on our usual bundle offers, so we’ve come up with a new one to fill the gap.  The “Because we Needed a Bundle” Bundle includes a splashy new third-printing edition of the Strange Aeons Rulebook along with three miniature packs of your choice for $59.95, and is now available through our online store.

One last note – December orders will be receiving a free festive bonus, which we can’t show you just yet…. because we don’t have it painted (how embarrassing!).  Check back in a few days for a look, but rest assured that any order placed this month will include an extra little horror.

Apologies to anyone who encountered difficulties trying to view the site over the past two days.  We had some technical issues, which we now hope are entirely behind us!

One week remains to get your entry in for BrushOff! 2011.  If you’ve been keeping an eye on the gallery, we already have quite a number of challengers.  Still need some motivation?  How about a full reveal on that secret grand prize kit.

Behold, the Dark Puppeteer!  Sculpted from a concept created for us by comic artist Nat Jones, this monster kit stands well over 6″ / 15cm tall assembled, and includes the scenic base (with horrified agent) and clear acrylic stand.  He won’t be available for sale until Q2 of next year, so the contest winner will be getting one well ahead of schedule!

Two weeks left to get your BrushOff! entry in.  Head over to the gallery to check our your competition.

And what about that top-secret grand prize kit?  Poor Agent Lovecraft doesn’t seem to know what he’s got himself into….

The Horror!

Yup, it’s that time of year again! But before we get to contest stuff…

The price of our sanity-blasting Godling kit has been reduced to $180. If you ordered a Godling at its original price, we’re pleased to offer you a free standard pack of figures with your next order – just let us know what you’d like when you place it.

Now, BrushOff! It’s a new year, but the rules remain the same: paint any one pack of Strange Aeons miniatures and send us a picture by November 30. We’ll pick our three favourites and hand out some prizes:

3rd Place – Miniature pack of your choice
2nd Place – Two miniature packs of your choice
1st Place – The Grand Prize: a top-secret yet-to-be-released monster kit

The grand prize kit will be previewed in a few weeks, and will not be available for purchase until Spring 2012. You can be the first to have this hideous beast, but you’ll have to impress us with your fancy brushwork to get your hands on it! Pictures can be sent to contests@strange-aeons.ca, or posted on the BrushOff! 2011 thread at the Lead Adventure Forum. JPG, GIF or PNG format are preferred, with a resolution no greater than 1024×768. We’ll be adding all entries to our gallery as they come in.

Now, get painting!

As promised, a special Halloween goodie for you all. Now available for download, a free quest scenario: The Problem with Dead Things. Battle the zombie onslaught as you attempt to unlock the crypt and recover a page of the dreaded Necronomicon! Download here or snag it from the Resources page.

Our final printing of Shocking Tales of Madness & Mayhem, Issue No. 1 has sold out, and will not be returning to print. We’ve always intended ST as a sort of long shelf-life periodical, which is to say each issue will only be available in print for so long. Not to say they may not appear in some other form in the future….

This obviously has an impact on our bundle offers, and the old Ultimate Seduction and Expanding Chaos bundles will no longer be available (until we resurrect them when Shocking Tales #3 is released next year). For now, we’re offering “Seduction #2″, containing the core Rulebook, Shocking Tales #2 and a pack of miniatures for $54.95.

Only a few days left to take advantage of our Roctober! special offer. The free Zombies are starting to smell, and we’d like to get as many out of here as possible by the end of the month. And don’t forget to check back here on Monday for a special Halloween treat!