Don't forget, our first event ever is just a week away! Friday May 2nd through Sunday May 4th. If you plan to attend and haven't done so already, please register today!

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The deadline for player-character history submissions is on Friday, April 18, 2008 at 11:59:59 PM. Character histories received after this deadline will not be considered for personal plot at the 1st event. Late histories will still be eligible to be awarded character build. We encourage all players to send in their backstories as soon as possible.

Character histories should be submitted to characters@be-epic.com. The 1st event is May 2-4.

Leading up to our first event, we're going to be running KAPS contests over on our forums. For those who don't know, KAPS are karma points that are earned by our players for completing various tasks for the game. they can be spent on character build or other, more crafty in-game rewards.

The first contest has been posted, so for the fun of it (and the chance to earn a few KAPS), I suggest that you swing on by and check it out.

X-posted to the Steam & Cinders news.

We know that many of you have already donated your time and energy to helping us get this game off the ground. Unfortunately a quick glance at our KAPS list reveals that we have not been diligent about keeping track of it all. We have a list of folks who participated in the August ‘07 War Day and the recent Camp Denison Build Day, but a number of other things have slipped through the cracks. Unacceptable! If you’ve done anything you think was KAPS-worthy (or that we told you was KAPS-worthy) please e-mail me at eben{at}be{dash}epic{dot}com. Thank you.

The site is looking pretty tight right now.

So far it has been worth the weight. I am really excited about the traffic on the forums as well.

Keep up the good work!

I think of all the aspects of the new website, this might be my favorite:



It's an interactive map of the world of Talus, with pop-up information about each of the different cultures. How nifty and useful is that?

x-posted to Steam & Cinders News.

Alongside the launch of our new website, we have announced our dates for season 1.

May 2-4

May 23-25

June 20-22

More information is available at http://www.be-epic.com

Currently the maintainers of the Steam & Cinders blog at livejournal are the 5 game directors: dystopiac, euchaotic, pooka_madness, thablueguy and sleetfall.