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Central Michigan University Press

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Central Michigan University Press is a scholarly game press for Central Michigan University, a Michigan public university first established in 1892. The Press is committed to innovative, research-based, peer-reviewed, engaging pedagogical games. Our previously crowdfunded games include: Monumental Consequence, a single-session, live action game for classrooms, team building, and social gatherings that asks players if art is ever worth dying for. Players take on the role of villagers in the fictional town of La Ville, where an army has just taken possession of their centuries old church. The villagers must come together to decide whether they risk the lives of their friends and family by attacking the church to save the precious art inside or whether they simply bomb the church and sacrifice the art to save lives. 9-38 Players      30-60 Minutes      Ages 14 & Up --- It’s Spring, 1927. While Americans dance the Charleston and drink bootlegged liquor, the Mississippi Delta faces a flood of epic proportions. If battered river levees collapse, everything important to you will be washed away. Rising Waters is a cooperative board game built around area control, set collection, and variable player power mechanics where players experience life through the lens of African American plight. In the game, you will confront two forces – racism from white landowners and the power of nature. Persevere by drawing on your community’s courage and strength from your family, church, music, farming, and education.  Can you manage the rising waters to stay alive. 2-4 Players      60-90 Minutes      Ages 14 & Up
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Dias Ex Machina

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Chris Dias has been an RPG publisher since 2006, when he formed Dias Ex Machina (DEM) and published its first RPG, Amethyst D20, in 2008. DEM was the first 3rd party publisher to sign onto the Game System License for 4th Edition D&D and released Amethyst Foundations for that system in 2010. This was followed by Amethyst Evolution, Ultramodern4, Apex, and NeuroSpasta, all for 4E. Later, several books would be adapted to Pathfinder, including Amethyst Renaissance.    In 2014, DEM ran its first crowdfunding campaign, a color reboot and supplement of Amethyst for SIX different systems. Over five years, this campaign released twelve books to its backers. During the first campaign, DEM promised to include 5E support, gaining access to prototype rules before many competitors. This resulted in the release of Amethyst Quintessence in 2016 and Ultramodern5 later that year.   In 2019, DEM ran its second crowdfunding campaign, an upgrade of Ultramodern5, which raised $110,000. This was followed by the triple-setting Affinity, which raised over $128,000 in 2021.   Chris Dias has worked for Goodman Games, Rocketship Entertainment, Kids-Logic, and Oomm Games and created the board game Naramata. He also contributed to Robotech, DragonBallZ, and Brothers Bond board games.    Chris publishes most of his work on DriveThruRPG, and his titles have earned 12 silver, 5 electrum, 2 gold, 1 platinum, and 2 mithril badges. His books have an average rating of 4.5/5. Previous Campaigns AMETHYST https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/diasexmachina/amethyst-5e-fantasy-and-technology-collide-collection AFFINITY https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/diasexmachina/affinity-three-sci-fi-fantasy-campaign-books-for-5e ULTRAMODERN5 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/diasexmachina/ultramodern5-a-5e-universal-sci-fi-sourcebook

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