/kəˈbal/, Part 3: The Society of Simon
The following is an extract from an article Alexis wrote decades ago, in 1996, for British roleplaying magazine Valkyrie. It’s juvenilia, and some bits make him wince – but it’s an insight into his early style and fiction which later became Fallen London, Sunless Sea and Cultist Simulator. [ Part 1, Part 2 ]
March #2: FOLIO
Ongoing BoH dev and Skeleton Songs episode 3.
February #2: DAR AL-‘ILM
Ongoing BoH dev. Our February newsletter goes out.
February #1: CURIA
Cultist Simulator: Initiate Edition launches on the Nintendo Switch on Tues 2nd Feb! GET HYPE AND GET CURSED. Also, BOOK OF HOURS furniture.
CULTIST SIMULATOR: INITIATE EDITION OUT NOW!
Cultist Simulator: Initiate Edition bundles the main game with the Dancer, Priest and Ghoul DLCs as standard. It usually costs $19.99 / €19.99 but there’s a 30% launch discount to whet your appetites (and, potentially, sacrificial knives).
January #2: BEITOU
Hey everyone! LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO ‘TIL CULTIST IS OUT ON SWITCH. Thumbs at the ready, people!
How It Happened To Happen
Jack Cohen is a reproductive biologist who gives talks on speculative xenobiology. I once heard him explain how we had happened to evolve from a species of fish that kept its reproductive organs next to the pipes it used to eliminate waste from its body.
January #1: APELLICON
Happy 2021, everyone! This year is the Year of the Ox, the Year That COVID Might Go Away, and the second year in a row that we’re likely to have to put off our wedding. BUT LO! It’s also the year we get to properly share ongoing BOOK OF HOURS development with you, so I’m feeling pretty chipper about that.
The Gift of Music
appy nearly Christmas, everyone! I’m old enough to have had a LiveJournal back in the day.
November #2: XENOPHON
Happy Black Friday! It’s terribly consumerist, I know, and I sort of hate it. But it’s a good opportunity for a SALE and who doesn’t like a sale?
THE SIBYL’S LEAVES OUT NOW!
The long-awaited newest edition to the Church o’ Merch is finally here! The Sibyl’s Leaves: Playing Cards for Divination, Fortune-Telling and Augury is now available in the shop!