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Mark Diaz Truman

Cambridge, MA

Co-Founder of Magpie Games. Mark hopes to inspire a new generation of roleplayers to create emotional, expansive stories…without rolling too many dice. Last year, Magpie Games launched a successful Kickstarter for The Play's The Thing, which is now available through the Magpie Games website.

  1. about 12 hours ago
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    Mark Diaz Truman
    commented on a project update

    @John/KatKat - Thanks, guys! We're excited that you guys are excited! :)
  2. 1 day ago
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    Mark Diaz Truman
    Posted project update #26

    Playsets and Hard Copies Production Update

    Hello backers!

    After much waiting and working (thanks again for your patience!), we've posted our first Alternate Script, WE ALL GO A LITTLE MAD SOMETIMES. This Horror themed playset includes new Parts, Plots, and Props for your regular stories, as well as new rules for running Horror games of The Play's The Thing. Check it out at on the Magpie Games website:

    The Play's The Thing Downloads Page

    This first playset took a little longer to playtest and develop than planned, but we are now planning on releasing one Alternate Script per month for the next twelve months (through May 2013). In fact, it's time to vote on the June Script. Please vote below in the comments or on our Facebook page:

    https://www.facebook.com/questions/442730452404478/

    Options for June Script:

    - Put On The Mask (Superheroes)

    - Meet Cute (Romantic Comedies)

    - It's All Greek to Me (Greek Plays)

    In addition to publishing our first playset, we have also ordered the first printing of the short story collection BY NO MEANS VULGAR. We're headed to Origins this week, but expect to have all those books out to eligible folks at the beginning of June! If you didn't pledge high enough to get a copy from the Kickstarter, we will have copies for sale through the Magpie Games website.

    Thanks to everyone for your support!  We'll see you at Origins (and GenCon)! 

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        John Skotnik about 14 hours ago

        Put on the mask (Superheroes), please

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        Katkat about 13 hours ago

        Put on the mask! I love superheroes! :)

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        Mark Diaz Truman about 12 hours ago

        @John/KatKat - Thanks, guys! We're excited that you guys are excited! :)


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  3. on May 2
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    Mark Diaz Truman
    commented on a project update

    Hey Katie! Yes, we will be ordering a few additional prints of "By No Means Vulgar" for sale through our website. We'll update both here and on our Facebook page when we get the books in! Thanks for your support!
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    Mark Diaz Truman
    Posted project update #25

    Release more hounds! I mean...PDFs!

    We are proud to announce today that the PDF/Mobi/ePub versions of By No Means Vulgar are now on their way to all of our backer's inboxes. Thank you again for all your support.  

    We'll be sending the book off to the printers this week, and we expect to have hard copies out to backers before the end of May. We'll keep everyone posted on how that goes.

    We're so excited to share these stories with everyone, so please let your friends, fans, and followers know that the electronic copies of the book are now for sale on DriveThruFiction.com:

    http://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/101792/By-No-Means-Vulgar

    Thank you again for all your support.  Please let us know what you think of the anthology!

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        Katie Harwood on May 2

        This looks awesome! I was wondering if there'd be print copies of By No Means Vulgar available for purchase? I didn't have the money to up my bid at the time, but I'm super interested in getting a hard copy now.

        Thanks for all your awesome hard work!

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        Mark Diaz Truman on May 2

        Hey Katie!

        Yes, we will be ordering a few additional prints of "By No Means Vulgar" for sale through our website. We'll update both here and on our Facebook page when we get the books in! Thanks for your support!


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  5. on April 25
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    Mark Diaz Truman
    backed a project

    curse the darkness - a roleplaying game by Matthew McFarland

    curse the darkness is a postapocalyptic roleplaying game about identity, memory and hard choices.

    • 173% funded $8,679 pledged
    • 196 backers
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  6. on April 22
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    backed a project

    Full Moon: An RPG of Life on the Lunar Frontier by Paul Stefko

    Full Moon is a roleplaying game about life on the lunar frontier, powered by a streamlined version of the FATE system.

    • 150% funded $6,010 pledged
    • 269 backers
    • Funded Apr 23, 2012
  7. on April 21
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    Mark Diaz Truman
    backed a project

    Farewell to Fear: A Progressive Post-Fantasy RPG by David A Hill Jr

    A self-aware fantasy RPG about tearing down fantasy's legacy tropes. We're telling stories of revolution and optimistic change.

    • 467% funded $18,696 pledged
    • 420 backers
    • Funded May 20, 2012
  8. on April 19
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    Mark Diaz Truman
    commented on a project update

    Final tally: WE ALL GO A LITTLE MAD SOMETIMES wins it. Thanks for voting!
  9. on April 15
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    Mark Diaz Truman
    commented on a project

    @Keith - Thank you! We really appreciate your support. Glad that the package made it to you safe.
  10. on April 14
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    Mark Diaz Truman
    commented on a project update

    @Colin - Great! We're about to close the voting, and that one is far ahead. :)