Entries by Steve Kenson

Rose Petals: A PDF Preview

February 22, 2021 in , , /by

While the technologies of portable document format (PDF) files and print on demand (POD) has allowed us to bring The Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide to you in spite of the current pandemic and limits on book printing and distribution, not having the book in stores does rather limit the ability to look through it when […]

A Wolfenmoot Gift

February 15, 2021 in , , , /by

Some time ago, Green Ronin staff were introduced to the wonderful notion of Wolfenoot, a holiday created by a boy in New Zealand as “a celebration of canines, kindness, and humans who embrace both.” We were so charmed by it, that we incorporated our own version into the world of Blue Rose, the holiday of […]

Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide: Call It a Humble-BRAG

February 3, 2021 in , , /by

It’s here! This week marks the release of the 5e-compatible Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide, or “BRAG” as we call it around the Green Ronin company Slack and e-mails. If you didn’t know that BRAG was coming, well, we need to network better, because we have talked about and anticipated it a lot: Aldean Arcana (October […]

To the Moon, Heroes!

January 27, 2021 in , , /by

In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Far Beyond the Stars” there is an imaginary sequence involving science fiction publishing in the 1950s. The magazine’s editor presents the cover for the next issue and asks which of the pool of writers wants to write a story to go with it. The genesis for “To […]

Steve Kenson’s Top Five Green Ronin Picks!

December 15, 2020 in , , , , /by

When Troy Hewitt (the disembodied host of Mutants & Masterminds Mondays, amongst other schemes) asked me to compiled a list of “Steve Kenson’s Top 5 Green Ronin products“, that constituted a challenge, because I’m terrible at self-promotion and felt like it would be disingenuous to pick products I’d written the majority of, or had a […]

Bite Club – When High School Really Sucks

October 23, 2020 in , , /by

Astonishing Adventures: Bite Club, is available now! High school – so many of us couldn’t wait to escape it, and yet, it’s one of the most popular settings for superhero adventures. Perhaps because the alienation and angst felt by a lot of teenagers matches up so well with the secret identities and soap-opera melodrama of […]

Aldean Arcana in the Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide

October 19, 2020 in , , , /by

While The Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide makes use of the core Fifth Edition spells and spellcasting classes, it does make a few adjustments to reflect the nature of magic and the Arcane on Aldea. Aldea is a highly magical world, where adepts not only wield considerable power, but have transformed the world through its application, […]

Aldean Classes – Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide

October 12, 2020 in , , , , /by

Last week we took a look at Ancestries in Aldea, so this week we thought we’d focus on Aldean Classes. All of the core 5e classes exist in the world of Aldea, and The Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide looks at each, how they fit into the various nations and lands, and offer new class-feature options […]

Aldean Ancestries in the Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide

October 5, 2020 in , , , /by

The Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide talks, not about “race” but ancestry, as the Aldeans consider “personhood” a matter of the mind and soul, the souls of the Eternal Dance, given physical form by the gods to save them from being lost to the hunger of the Exarchs of Shadow. Ancestry is a matter of the […]

Welcome to Aldea: A Blue Rose Primer

September 21, 2020 in , , , , , /by

Whether it is the announcement of the Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide, the release of some recent Blue Rose products, or just general curiosity, if you are unfamiliar with the setting for Blue Rose, you may be wondering: What is this “Aldea” place and what is it like for playing games and telling stories? Walk across […]