S2E7 Godsend Agenda

Alien gods walk among us. To further their agenda, we’ve jumped forward in time to praise their machinations … and promote the new edition of Godsend Agenda, now on Kickstarter.

• Introductions
  • Today we’ve got a guest, coming all the way from Las Vegas, Nevada, Jerry Grayson.
  • He’s a friend and here to talk about his latest Kickstarter project: The new edition of Godsend Agenda, a game of super heroes and the conspiracy of aliens who pose as deities.
• Campaigns inspired by myth and conspiracy?
  • Lots of possibilities for eras
  • Modern era
  • Atlantis
  • The Phantom Time
• Tell us about Godsend Agenda. What is it?
  • Jack Kirby’s Fourth World saga from DC Comics, and his Marvel Comics creation, the Eternals.
  • Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
  • Daniel Keys Moran’s The Long Run and The Last Dancer
• What was your inspiration for the setting?
  • Being able truly shape the world.
  • Use superpowers to improve the world; characters operate at a saga level as well as at a higher, more meta level with a character that personifies their agenda.
• Powered by the Omega System
  • Uses 2d10, with doubles that explode.
  • This lets you have exceptional, superheroic results.
  • Distilled skill system.
• How did you get into game design?
• What advice would you give someone getting into game design?
  • Make a lot of bad games.
  • Don’t try to make a game for everyone.
  • Go hard on whatever it is that you’re interested in.
  • Feeds your soul to make a thing, even if it’s a bad thing.
• Distribution Plans with Kickstarter and Covid
  • Focuses on meat and potatoes – core product, no stretch goals.
  • Get the product done ahead of time, so folks know that there actually is a thing
• Where to find Jerry?
  • Godsend Agenda campaign on Kickstarter
  • Khepera Publishing
  • @khepera_rpg on Twitter
  • Also: invoke Jerry’s name and he shall appear.

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Cover art for the Godsend Agenda.

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