Fate Accompli accepted into Bronx Film Festival
Fate Accompli, the short film we worked on last year, has been accepted into the Bronx International Film Festival. It will be showing at the Lovinger Theatre at Lehman College on Friday, June 7th, 2013. This hopefully marks the first of several festivals to come this year. Stay tuned for updates!
Fate Accompli review
Last year, we did post-production sound on a short film, Fate Accompli, which was written and directed by our friend Eric Neal. Steve did some fantastic foley work, and I handled the dialog edit, effects and mix. Music was composed by Andrew Edwards. Reviews of the short are starting to show up, and here’s a good one that came out this week.
Here’s the film’s Facebook page. Also, check out the SHOrT in Chicago Film Fiesta where the film will be shown on Jan 24!
New sounds: Drones and Atmospherics
We have a new soundpack! Drones and Atmospherics Volume One consists of two six-minute ambient drone sounds that GMs can use to underscore unsettling, creepy or otherwise dramatic scenes in their adventures. You can hear and download our new drones at toxicbag.com or drivethrurpg.com.
A blasted heath. An alien planet. Cyberspace. A distant moon orbiting a dead world. The End of Time.
Sometimes you don’t need a specific ambience. Sometimes you just want there to be something…ambient. A background, an atmosphere, a drone.
Whether you’re running a horror campaign, sci-fi opera, fantasy epic or anything in between, the Drones and Atmospherics series gives you a variety of creepy, mysterious sounds to underscore your most unsettling locations. Each drone is six minutes long. We’ve given them names, because “Drone 1” and “Drone 2” wouldn’t be very evocative. But don’t just take our titles as gospel – use them for whatever you like!
Drones & Atmospherics Volume One includes two six-minute creepy mood-setting drones.
Haunted Drone: an electronic hum supports random bursts of mystic energy that drift back and forth across an unearthly abyss.
The Ruins Drone: A wasted land? A devastated planet? The slow song of a dead people drifts across the shattered sky.
Game Masters Collection CD Clearance
Have you been wanting to pick up our critically-acclaimed Game Masters Collection sound effects for role playing, but couldn’t quite scare up the extra dough? We feel your pain, and due to tight space in our warehouse you’re in luck. We’ve got a limited supply of Game Masters (and BATTLES) compact discs left in stock, and we’re blowing them out at $1.50 per disc. The Game Masters Complete Collection –over 200 sounds on 4 CDs– is available for $5.00! While supplies last; we won’t be re-pressing these CDs, so get them while you can!
Volume One: The Twentieth Century CD: $1.50
Volume Two: Monsters CD: $1.50
Volume Three: Fantasy CD: $1.50
Volume Four: Strange Places CD: $1.50
The Game Masters Complete Collection 4-CD set: $5.00
“Are you one of those DMs who can mimic a fabulous array of voices and make convincing sound effects during the game? Me, neither. For those of us with a limited vocal range, Toxic Bag Productions has come to the rescue with a series of sound effects for your roleplaying campaign.”
–Dragon #284“The discs feed the imagination by providing the auditory equivalent of flavor text, those long passages of description found in almost every Dungeons & Dragons module. The Game Masters Collection …provide[s] GMs with just the right sound for just the right moment. Diehard game masters…are going to love this collection.” –Kenneth Newquist, Scifi.com
“A pretty creepy collection…made the hair on my neck stand on end…a must have!” –Brian’s Small Press Picks, Knights of the Dinner Table
Battles CD: $1.50
“While I’ve obviously never been in the middle of a sword and sorcery melee or a Civil War battle, [BATTLES] sounds pretty much like I imagine it would.” –Kenneth Newquist, Nuketown
“One of the best…BATTLES is a top notch game aid. This one CD has so many uses, it’s really a shame not to own it.” –Brian’s Small Press Picks, Knights of the Dinner Table
“…all the war ambience you need.” –Sorting the Loot, Nodwick
*prices apply to physical CDs only. Downloads are still at the regular price.
Specimen Kickstarter
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve launched our Kickstarter campaign for Specimen. The campaign runs until October 9, 2012. We’re trying to raise $30,000, which will go toward finishing graphics and printing the game. We have a video on the Kickstarter page that tells a bit about the game, and we’ll soon be adding more content: examples of game play, interviews with the various designers and behind-the-scenes looks at some of the game cards.
You can check out the Kickstarter here. Hopefully, you’ll dig what you see and make a pledge! Thanks!
DeLeo-Kaga Facebook page
DeLeo-Kaga, the company that employs the characters in our board game Specimen, has started a Facebook page.
You can read about the history of the company and get a look at the universe in which Specimen takes place.
New Soundpack: Dragons
Our new soundpack, Fantasy: Dragons is now available for download! Continuing in the proud tradition of our Game Masters Collection “Fantasy” sounds, we’re offering 20 dragon vocalizations and breath attacks for 99¢.
Sounds include:
• Dragon breathes fire
• Dragon breathes ice
• Ancient Dragon guards its treasure
• 16 assorted hisses, snarls, roars and growls
You can buy “Fantasy: Dragons” at toxicbag.com or DrivethruRPG.
Xmas in July sale at DriveThruRPG
Time for a sale! This week, Toxic Bag products at DrivethruRPG will be 25% off!
The 2012 X-Mas in July Sale at DrivethruRPG will start 7/23 at 10am and run until 7/30 at 10am.
Specimen: Kickstarter!
I’ve been hinting and teasing, here and on Facebook for a few weeks now, but here’s an official announcement: we will be launching a Kickstarter campaign next month to raise money towards the “Specimen” board game. There will be more details as we hammer them out, but we have some cool things planned. The campaign will launch in mid-August and run to the end of September. Watch this space, or this one!
L-R: Carly Joy, Steve Baldwin, Eric Neal, Eric Van Tassell, Ele Matelan, Alan Vuchichevich, Leena Kurishingal
