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That's interesting!! I'll look into it in the copies I have around.

Hi there! Nothing in the book is explicit exactly, but there's some horror and some abilities that have pretty challenging themes for young people (some intense violence, some sexual undertones.) I'd say the book itself is pg-13 but it expects the output to be pretty adult. Triangle Agency is also structured in an atypical way, and expects players to do a lot of interpreting the text for themselves and examining the consequences of their choices. We don't currently have plans to put up community copies! 

Thank you!!! I hope you enjoy it! 

Typographical edits and vector art were mostly done by Michael Shillingburg or Ben Mansky in Adobe Illustrator! 

Sure thing! Shoot me an email at team@hauntedtable.games!

Intention is that there's no sharing! 

Triscendence: No upper limit. :) All Hands adds any number of 3s they can name, but they have to name the number (It can't literally be "infinite.") A common thing in games I run and play is looking at the actual consequences of it in the fiction of the abilities, though. For example: Growth's "I'll cover you" can be used to add 10,000 layers of protective flesh, but that means you've added 10,000 layers of protective flesh. You're going to be big, and different. Even without that, though, the busted/broken feeling you're describing is intended here. (Though, I should say, it's also intended to be not-obvious, and expected that some tables will ignore it if their players aren't doing a close reading of the text.)

All Hands Adjustment: Yes, it counts as an adjustment--All Hands "adds" threes. Triscendence cannot create the effect you're referring to that's received at code U2 -- the U2 ability just "counts" as Triscendence for purposes of its effects. The ability at U2 is intended to be extremely rare prior to further advancement down that track. I could see an argument at a table as you describe about Triscendence leading into U2, but I think that's both unfun and thematically inappropriate, given that Triscendence exposes everything you do to the entire Agency. Maybe that's my actual ruling: sure, you can do it, but you're revealing enough you won't be employed for long.

Thanks for the close reading!! And if you ever need quick responses, we have a great community over at discord.hauntedtable.games that is always talking about stuff like this.

-Caleb

They're still coming! We had to swap the team working on the project, and it's an even more enormous project than we knew to get there, but it's all hopefully coming at once in the next month or so.

Yes! Just one of each for the whole group, unless you're doing something specific with that mission and the GM gives them extra.

Hey! We need to look at getting set up with bits and mortar (I've been moving slowly because of a big workload) but for now if you email your receipt to team at hauntedtable dot games I can help out!

Yes! Those are coming with our accessibility update, in progress.

We probably should do that! In the meantime, I recommend checking out some of the community-made options, like the Google Sheets character keepers or Foundry module. You can find links to stuff in our Discord, as well!

Hi, Harvie! Thank you for this. Do you mind making it clear on the subreddit's description that it's not an official subreddit, and isn't monitored or controlled by Haunted Table?

No active plans, but we are looking into it!

Yes! This has been delayed a little beyond our expected time, but we're working on some extensive accessibility overhauls.

These are not free for use in other games!

I'm not sure what exactly you're asking about! Our bonus games are being delivered separately (or already have been and are now available online for purchase), but this book's stretch goals were all art-related, and that's included. If there's something else you're wondering about, let me know!

I definitely want to make this kind of thing happen eventually! I don't have a set timeline for it, though, and it may be a little while. I'll bump it up my to-do list!

I wouldn't worry about the Playwall if the players are different every game, but if Agents might recur at all, let them keep track of their Time! It's totally fine if Agents are misaligned in total Time spent. 

You can read to whatever level makes you feel comfortable -- If you want the most to work with, I usually recommend GMs read through the Work/Life Balance paths to have an idea where the game is headed! It's fun to let players surprise you with their abilities, though.

We're working on getting our European fulfillment partners set up on our website for now, but: after physical release this year, we'll be distributed in European retail (and online) with Modiphius, and we're also currently working with an Italian translator for a version published in Italy!

If you're looking for a physical copy, you can preorder one here: http://preorder.hauntedtable.games/ and it comes with the same digital files!

If you received your download from the links sent to Kickstarter backers, you might not have connected it to your account--you still can, through that email, and you should also be able to download these updates from the original itch.io email as well!

They already are! 

Got it down to about 1/3 the size last night! Hope this works better for you!

I am sure it's possible! Manipulating PDFs without removing features and reducing art quality is not something I know a lot about yet, but now that the game is in people's hands we have a long checklist of stuff like this to research and improve! Thanks for asking!

Thanks so much!

I hope so!! We are in an era of such fast iteration and innovation in ttrpgs. I hope we can inspire some people to make their games weirder!

This is so kind!! Thank you.

Thank you so much!!!!

If you're talking about Anomalies (to capture), homebrewing those is easy! If you mean Anomalies (Character piece) those are a little tougher. In the final game, each of the 9 Anomalies have 21 abilities total. Making a new one is a pretty big undertaking, but it's possible!

Overall, I think TA has lots of room to add stuff in, but homebrewing it with a full reskin/overhaul is going to be challenging. The mechanical design is tied pretty closely to its specific story world. I'm interested to see what people come up with, though!

There are some abilities mixed throughout the Anomaly options that concern this stuff, but not a dedicated Anomaly. The final rules have the same 27 character pieces as the Delta Test does.

Hi there! High-pressure situations like combat are primarily narrative (whoever has something to try does it) but there is some guidance for how GMs can best keep it flowing in the GM Toolkit part of the Delta. There's a little more guidance in the upcoming full version as well, but combat doesn't require turn order.

Thank you!!!

Hi, Flux! Triscendence only activates when you roll three 3s naturally. Adjustments can make the roll stable (no chaos is generated at three 3s) but not Triscendent.

To answer your question while avoiding spoilers: It activates it! That effect causes death, which means it specifically triggers that policy.

If you ever have questions about GMing, join us on the Discord! Our community discusses rules a lot and both designers are there to answer questions.

Thank you!!! I'm so glad you've enjoyed the game so far.

You can now order the book on its own on our pre-order page: https://triangle-agency.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

There's going to be a solo game in the Triangle Agency setting created by Alfred Valley! This particular game, featuring Field Agents and General Managers, is in part about the relationship between those two groups, and so a direct translation of this game to solo wouldn't really work for our goals. I hope you'll enjoy the new solo game when it comes out next year, though!

Not any time soon! Right now our focus is entirely on getting the full book finished. I bet you wouldn't be alone looking for something like this, though, and I recommend asking around our Discord if someone has made something like that for their home games.