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The next project from Cosmos Cameo Studios is live on Kickstarter! We're playing Animon Story, a Pokemon and Digimon inspired game by Zak Barouh.
Join Misha, Syd, and Alexis as they go through the mirror to the mysterious City Spectacular, meet their reflections, and help avert a disaster coming for both worlds!
Support the Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peachgardengames/afterschool-wonderland
Check out Animon Story at
https://www.animonstory.com/
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DId you know that if you squint, I Came Here to Win can be used to play a Halloween party that goes horribly wrong?
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
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In an enormous nest lined with soft tawny feathers, the Prince of This Island sits, knees drawn close to their chest, watching the sea. They close their glassy black eyes and begin to hum, rocking side to side as the sounds of the waves beat a backing track against This Islandâs stony beach. It brings back a pleasant memory.
âYou will come to understandâ the Prince repeats out loud. They canât help but wonder if this prophecy has come true for their visitor.
A storm is brewing in the distance. The Prince cannot hear its voice, but they know it has a powerful will and a mind of its own.
The Eagle comes home to his roost, and the Prince moves aside to make room for his huge, warm body.
At the end, all we have is one another.
Welcome to Sword of Symphonies.
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
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âI understand this must be confusing,â says the soft little human in the robe, and the Ambassador in Pearl hates that thought.
âIt is not.â She moves her head, and she can feel the movement ripple down the cloak of javelins covering her back. Any one of them would end this uncomfortable encounter.âAh. My apologies for assuming. But, itâs about time you and I discussed the terms of your agreement with us, right?â
âIs it?â She has no sense of time. Some of the humans in the robes seem to know this, and some do not.
âLetâs. May I start by asking what it is you want?â
She casts her gaze back at the Mountain, where her kin writhe and slither over a world too crowded for them.
âTo be left alone.â
She looks back at the human, whose expression has changed. From what, and into what, she couldnât say. Whatever this little creature is feeling, she thinks, it had better include fear.
Welcome to Sword of Symphonies.
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
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The Emerald Duchess approaches the city of Stageport, surrounded by a flurry of daemons. She takes the first step from the soft grass of the Veldt onto the fabricated stone roads of this gray world. A cloud of poison whirls around her, and her very breath is plague.
The sky above her is darkened, and amid the thump of massive wingbeats, the Clocktower Baroness herself descends from the sky to land on the road, face proud and tail lashing. Any humans nearby flee to their homes.
The Baroness will protect this city.
Not out of obligation, or necessity, or obsession.
Out of love.
Welcome to Sword of Symphonies.
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
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The Ambassador in Pearl stops in her tracks, and her hounds circle in close to her as everything in the clearing becomes still.
"There you are. Do you have a moment?â
She turns to see a human, one of the ones in the robes that comes to talk to her sometimes. He is small and slow and soft and round at the edges. This one is unarmed, but they arenât always. Someone elseâs daemon follows at his heels. The sight is disgusting, but somehow she swallows her irritation.
âWhat do you want?â
âThe same as always. Just to talk. Are you all right?â
The Ambassador looks at the Mountain. From here, she can hear the cries of her despised kin.
But something is missing in her heart. She can feel it. The primal hatred that has always driven her is waning like a silver moon.
And this little human, this tiny creature, knows it.
Welcome to Sword of Symphonies
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
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Does Cat really deserve to rule as Host King? Letâs play the new game Descent in Silver and Glass to find out!
Check out Solo But Not Alone here!
Journey SRD and Beneath the Wishing Tree here!
Mastering by Kathleen - thanks a ton!
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I have no idea what happens in this one. Iâve been working hard on stuff for our new network, and so I left them to their own devices and this is what they sent me.
Join our Discord!
Music by Kathleen!
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She is hungry. She is always hungry.
Surrounded by a chill mist and the infinite darkness of the southern ocean, she waits, hungry, for her next prey to approach.
A ship drifts past her, and faintly, she can hear singing from the deck. For a second, she is no longer hungry, but curious about the sound, compelled to learn more.
The Princess of the Southern Isles shakes her head to clear it, ignores the music, and drifts through the mist toward her next meal.
Welcome to Sword of Symphonies
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
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The ironclad Invincible drifts up Amylteâs coast, casually knocking aside the ice floes that decorate the surface of the ocean this far northeast.
The Admiral of the Glacier Legion stands on the deck, looking out over the shoreline, a hot drink in his hands. He can see a glint from the coast.
The tundra surrounding a small ancient shrine is no longer bare â now, it is covered in steel grass and flowers sprouted by the Princess Of The Shrine of Blades. Just like the scouts reported, she has left her shrine and taken up arms against the Swarm for the first time.
He does not know what to do with the idea that the Princess will no longer permit herself to be predicted.
Welcome to Sword of Symphonies
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
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In an abandoned hall half-buried in the Veldt, the emerald Duchess opens her eerie green eyes to the sight of light filtering in through the one window that remains.
This is her place, and until now that has always been enough for her.
But, this morning, she emerges from the hall and stares out over the world of green that surrounds her, moved by a longing she doesnât understand. Or rather, by a longing she used to understand but had forgotten.
Her venomous daemons swirl around her on the air, in the shapes of birds and beetles and any number of shining green creatures. Idly, she thinks what a long time it has been since she has been in the city.
So she begins to walk.
Welcome to Sword of Symphonies.
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
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The Radiant Prince hops off his altar, in the darkness of the shrine called Escape Route of the South Wind, content to be the only light in the stone ruins. His odd little courtiers watch him as they go about their business sweeping up the shrine for him, and all is right with his world.
He runs a hand along the carved surface of the shrineâs walls, and a memory startles him, as if waking him from a deep sleep. Visions of the past, of the people who carved these walls, of the offerings once laid upon the altar where he sits, a magic spell meant to convey to him the value of the place and its memories.
When the spell was cast, he hadnât really understood the idea that history was a treasure, and somehow today he does.
Welcome to Sword of Symphonies.
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
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This week on Catâs Cradle, hop in the car with us! Weâre joined by Bappy from The Eternity Archives! Weâre going on a roadtrip, and itâs time to answer the eternal gamer question:
What should we play?
Join our Discord!
Music by Kathleen!
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The sky over the eastern desert is enormous. Standing on the sacred plateau where the remains of the deilith Benevolent Zhuge are collected, one can see from horizon to horizon, an endless world under an endless sky.
The torches that adorn the plateau flicker.
Moved by the sight, and terrified by the thought of being moved by the sight, the Chosen Emperor places his face in his hands and begins to weep.
Welcome to Sword of Symphonies.
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
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The moon is full over the Silver River, and for the first time in ages, as the tide recedes, the sound of a flute echoes over the area.
One by one, they emerge from the cave, dressed in layers of seawater-soaked silks embroidered with gold. One in violet, one in blue. In teal and green and yellow and orange. Six beauties wade through the ocean to approach the Silver River and the city of Celres, moving as one being and staring around at the world again.
Welcome to Sword of Symphonies.
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
Thanks for joining us, Dillon!
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What is the purpose of power?
There are countless answers, of course, from countless people, ranging from obvious to esoteric, from benevolent to craven. But for many people, power is its own reason, and they donât stop to consider why.
In Amylte, there are Noble Demons, and there are Horrors, and there is a wild world hostile to humanity. In the face of this, many want power to help others, to protect the things they see as worth protecting.
But in the face of the Noble Demons, the Horrors, and the mistakes of the past, it can be hard to imagine power as a good thing.
Welcome to Sword of Symphonies.
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
Thanks for joining us, Dillon!
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For better or for worse, chaos reigns in Amylte. The gods are asleep, the kings dethroned, the land unruled except by its own nightmares.
For better or worse, the age of order in Amylte is over. Nations and institutions melted with the mountains, sunk into the Veldt with the rest of the ruins. People are left deciding on their own how to take care of each other, how to live their lives, and how to rebuild.
And whether this is for better or worse is now for them to decide.
Welcome to Sword of Symphonies.
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
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This week Kathleen did the intro, as is tradition! So, enjoy!
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
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This week on Catâs Cradle, Cat has finally done their best to write a Golden Sky Stories!
Itâs called Dragons of Amylte, and itâs a sweet little family-friendly game about being baby shapeshifters and learning new ways to interact with the world.
So, Nick and Kathleen agreed to playtest! Join Newt and Rhododendron as they use their very best manners when meeting a new friend.
Join our Discord!
Music by Kathleen!
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Listener, about two weeks ago I knocked a bowl off my kitchen counter onto the floor, where it shattered. I swore a little, and then set about sweeping up the pieces and safely disposing of them to prevent future injuries.
About a week ago, I saw something in the bedroom, stark white against the rug. It was a piece of porcelain, a jagged little blade about the size of a fingernail. I have no idea how it got there.
When things break, there is no telling where the pieces will end up.
Welcome to Sword of Symphonies.
Original music by Kathleen~!
You can find the Heroic Discord here!
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