October 23, 2012
October 19, 2012
October 9, 2012
ESSEN, INTERNATIONALE SPIELTAGE SPIEL - LUCCA, COMICS&GAMES
Dear friends,
Winter Tales release day is now near!
We are proud and excited to finally touch this game, which required many years of work. We'll all attend Lucca Comics and Games but, thanks to Heidelberger, Winter Tales will be present (without its parents) at the convention in Essen.
ESSEN - INTERNATIONALE SPIELTAGE SPIEL: hall 9 booth 108 (Heildelberger Spieleverlag), 18th to 21th October!
LUCCA COMICS&GAMES 2012 at RAVEN DISTRIBUTION booth and in the games area, from 1st to 4th November!
We will be at the RAVEN booth and in the games area for the 4 days, all day long, to try Winter Tales together with you!
See you soon!
WT Team
Winter Tales release day is now near!
We are proud and excited to finally touch this game, which required many years of work. We'll all attend Lucca Comics and Games but, thanks to Heidelberger, Winter Tales will be present (without its parents) at the convention in Essen.
ESSEN - INTERNATIONALE SPIELTAGE SPIEL: hall 9 booth 108 (Heildelberger Spieleverlag), 18th to 21th October!
LUCCA COMICS&GAMES 2012 at RAVEN DISTRIBUTION booth and in the games area, from 1st to 4th November!
We will be at the RAVEN booth and in the games area for the 4 days, all day long, to try Winter Tales together with you!
See you soon!
WT Team
September 15, 2012
September 1, 2012
Rules: Background & Components
We are finally ready to disclose more details about WINTER TALES' mechanics.
Starting from today, we are going to post the game's contents.
In the document above, you can read the first pages of the game's rules, which contain details about the game's setting, components and the important "Authors' Notes", where we explain the philosophy behind WINTER TALES!
Soon other news about the contents!
Starting from today, we are going to post the game's contents.
In the document above, you can read the first pages of the game's rules, which contain details about the game's setting, components and the important "Authors' Notes", where we explain the philosophy behind WINTER TALES!
Soon other news about the contents!
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| Matteo Santus |
August 4, 2012
"Amadeus Cypressus' Tesimony" Oz Bulletin no.90
“My name is Amadeus Cypressus, I have been working for Wintertown Cemetery for 45 years. Our cemetery boasts some of the most impressive and beautiful funerary sculptures of the whole land of Fables. My job is to preserve this place, keep it unvaried and look after it with love. I love my job. I remember the disappearing of the fireflies 5 years ago, a bad presage, according to some. Since then, the cemetery has fallen into a total darkness, especially during the moonless nights. Then came the war, and the fireflies never came back. For years, the cemetery remained in darkness, suffocated by a blanket of gray snow. One night though, while I was trimming the grass, I saw feeble lights gleaming in the southern part of the cemetery. I first thought of the return of the fireflies, and cried. Cried out of happiness. As I looked more carefully, I realized those weren't fireflies, but little lamps, taking over the tombstones, out of control. In less than one hour, the whole cemetery was illuminated by a warm and reassuring light, and my heart filled with marvel. I stared at the lights, spellbound.
Suddenly, I saw her.
I saw the little silhouette of a girl, i saw her appear and disappear over every tomb, i saw her lighting up the little lamps. As I approached her, a little afraid, she looked at me for a second. She looked at me with her big, sad eyes, our looks crossed for one moment, illuminated by the light of the little lamps. Then, suddenly, she disappeared. But the lamps were still at their places.
I don't know if what I saw was real and I don't want to find out. I want to believe she will come again every night, this little match girl, and will lit the cemetery once again and give hope and comfort to those who lost their beloved ones during the war.”
Source: Oz Bulletin, no. 90, p. 25, Year II A.A.C. (First year after the Autumn Conflict)
quote: “Amadeus Cypressus' testimony”.
Suddenly, I saw her.
I saw the little silhouette of a girl, i saw her appear and disappear over every tomb, i saw her lighting up the little lamps. As I approached her, a little afraid, she looked at me for a second. She looked at me with her big, sad eyes, our looks crossed for one moment, illuminated by the light of the little lamps. Then, suddenly, she disappeared. But the lamps were still at their places.
I don't know if what I saw was real and I don't want to find out. I want to believe she will come again every night, this little match girl, and will lit the cemetery once again and give hope and comfort to those who lost their beloved ones during the war.”
Source: Oz Bulletin, no. 90, p. 25, Year II A.A.C. (First year after the Autumn Conflict)
quote: “Amadeus Cypressus' testimony”.
July 7, 2012
June 27, 2012
Patient N367-A Oz Bulletin, no.33
Patient N367-A
Weight: 34 Kg
Age: unknown
Ethnicity: hybrid
October 12, I AAC
Time: 10.15pm
Medical history: The Faun shows an altered state of consciousness, probably due to a former head injury. He claims, evidently without realizing the absurdity of his assertions, that the troops of the Regime treacherously pulled down his forest by command of the White Rabbit, that they killed all the animals living there and that they persecuted and chased him until he was arrested. Pure mental illness. The patient has then been moved to the confinement cell, where he will benefit from the prodigious healing effects of electricity. The confinement in our institution will last until this poor individual will be able to live clear of his persecutory ideals. I do recommend to pay particular attention to his political deliria and I urge the paramedic to pay attention to his words, trying to make him accept our, and his, reality. Winter is reality.
Source: Oz Bulletin, no. 33, p. 20, Year I A.A.C. (First year after the Autumn Conflict)
quote: medical report taken away from the Mad Hatter, during a night raid.
Weight: 34 Kg
Age: unknown
Ethnicity: hybrid
October 12, I AAC
Time: 10.15pm
Medical history: The Faun shows an altered state of consciousness, probably due to a former head injury. He claims, evidently without realizing the absurdity of his assertions, that the troops of the Regime treacherously pulled down his forest by command of the White Rabbit, that they killed all the animals living there and that they persecuted and chased him until he was arrested. Pure mental illness. The patient has then been moved to the confinement cell, where he will benefit from the prodigious healing effects of electricity. The confinement in our institution will last until this poor individual will be able to live clear of his persecutory ideals. I do recommend to pay particular attention to his political deliria and I urge the paramedic to pay attention to his words, trying to make him accept our, and his, reality. Winter is reality.
Source: Oz Bulletin, no. 33, p. 20, Year I A.A.C. (First year after the Autumn Conflict)
quote: medical report taken away from the Mad Hatter, during a night raid.
June 12, 2012
"A survivor's report" Oz Bulletin no. 146
“It was one May as we hadn't seen for many years, freezing cold and with no sun, sporadically lit by ghastly rays of light that fell disconsolate from narrow cracks among the imperishable clouds. Clouds brought by the Great Winter, by the war. I used to go out only when I was compelled to, to buy a pack of flour at the market of the dwarves in the neighborhood of the cemetery. I will never forget that day, though. I'd been stopped by a patrol of the soldiers of the regime, fierce wolves in uniforms, dreaded because of their custom of assaulting anyone, even before interrogating him. I started running then, and I got lost among alleys I had never seen. I could hear the panting shouts of the soldiers gaining ground behind me. I ended up in a dead end, no way out.
I thought I was lost, when suddenly a passage opened in the floor, under the snow. I saw an old woman with lively blue eyes, exhorting me to follow her. Without thinking twice, i jumped into the secret passage that was closed again right over my head. We started walking among the entangled underground streets of the town, the howling of the soldiers far and far away. I could finally sigh with relief.
I thanked my saviour and I asked her were we were going.
- To a special place, where we can talk. The last safe house in Wintertown – she said, in a reassuring way.”
Source: Oz Bulletin, n.146, p.4, quote: “A survivor's report”
Year IV AAC (fourth year after the Autumn Conflict)
Source: Oz Bulletin, n.146, p.4, quote: “A survivor's report”
Year IV AAC (fourth year after the Autumn Conflict)
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