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The Newsblade ~ Recovery
🕑 Added 2025-06-29 02:07:40 +0000 UTC[2 new Swords episodes]
There was a continuity error with Choplet but I've fixed it. Sorry to cause Eternal Chaos.
With Wellycon behind me, I planned to hit the ground running on Monday and take care of a lot of things, but I was blind-sided by some big, ikky webcomic community drama. I'm pretty offended by what I've discovered, but to give you more specific details could potentially lead to people being harassed and I don't want any part of that. I'd like to just stay in my own lane and build my own success right now and I've probably said too much already.
I know that's not very satisfying!! Sorry!! Thank you to everyone who signed up to Patreon this week!! Patreon is currently my full-time job, which was never the plan, and any money from Cut the Deck is being reinvested in the project so we don't get caught with our pants down like a lot of TTRPGs at the moment. So I appreciate you being here.
Swords is on track to reach Episode 1000 by Christmas (assuming I keep a 3 episode a week pace without any big hiatuses to slow me down).
I posted some recaps of Bread Knight and Harpe on Webtoon and I'm being accused of keeping some of the story behind a paywall - no, y'all just forgot these episodes existed. But if I'm going to get accused of made-up stuff no matter what I do, maybe I'll make some Patreon-exclusive Big Choplet episodes or something.
We've been doing some behind the scenes work for the future of Swords: Cut the Deck.
I'm currently trying to math-out if it's worth doing 50 community-commissioned-Mystery-Swords as a side-deck to help fund an expansion (we did 16 in the last campaign). 50 commissions is a lot, but over a long enough time horizon and with a few more rules to keep it timely, it might help the project get into a better position. If you're potentially keen on one, let me know so I can make a list of people to reach out to. We've also shipped 2400 copies of the base game now, getting close to finished!
I'm involved in two other non-Swords card game projects right now too - so a lot of emails going back and forth.
Some posts you might have missed:
Choplet & Friends ~ Paper Minis by Paper Golems | Patreon
[Poll] Who do you wanna check in on? | Patreon
10 swordy secrets | Patreon
I have been drinking 5 glasses of water a day, taking a vitamin and I am on day 4 of no candy. My eyes have been all bloodshot for the last few days - either I've been using copious amounts of sugar to mask all sorts of problems my body has, or I'm going through withdrawal symptoms, or both. In any case I should give my eyes a break and stay off the computer for a bit - a good excuse to maybe tidy my office.
That said, I've been up all night playing Expedition 33 (Act 2). I've decided I'm not allowed to play it again until I sell some more copies of Cut the Deck. I also watched Season 1 of Fallout this week, and am keeping up with Taskmaster UK. Did I mention I watched Crimes Of The Future a while ago?
Again, as always, thank you for being here! People are worried about me drinking too many glasses of water, so this week I will do 5 push-ups for every new patron I get. Tune in this time next week to watch me suffer. Thanks!
Newsblade out!
Comments
Matthew Wills
I'll increase it next week and we'll measure the impact
Racheal
5?! New Patreons are worth more than that! We demand at least 6!
