The Lady Afterwards
"You’ve been summoned to Alexandria, a city of coloured lights and curious histories. An old friend needs you to track down a woman. She’s probably in trouble. Probably trouble herself. Plus ça change. Mirrors glitter at the Cecil, Berbers whisper in the El Bab Cafe, and statues keep their secrets in the cold depths of the bay. Something’s in motion, from the Arab Quarter to the Rue des Soeurs. Somewhere, the Serapeum stirs. The Hours have taken an interest. Cherchez la femme, the saying goes. But what does the lady look for?"
Cultist Simulator's long-awaited tabletop RPG is finally here, in physical and digital form!
| The Lady Afterwards Boxed Edition | The Lady Afterwards Digital Edition |
|---|---|
| Copies: 100 | Copies: ∞ |
| Price: £150 | Price: £30 |
| Available: Thursday 21st October | Available: Thursday 18th November |
| Store: Our Etsy shop | Store: Our Etsy shop, Steam, DriveThruRPG, OpenGamingStore, Indie Press Revolution, Amazon |
| Includes: The Secret Histories Rule Book, The Lady Afterwards Game Runner’s Guide, character sheets, character badges, Essential Hours tarot deck, Serapeum candle, artefacts, map, two dice sets in velvet dice bag, merchandise coupon, Cultist Simulator Steam key, Spotify playlist, full digital edition of the game | Includes: The Secret Histories Rule Book, The Lady Afterwards Game Runner’s Guide, character sheets, artefacts, map, Spotify playlist (PLEASE NOTE ALL OF THE ABOVE WILL BE DELIVERED IN DIGITAL / PDF FORM. NO PHYSICAL ITEMS INCLUDED!) |
The limited physical edition launches on Thursday 21st October at 6PM BST / 10AM PDT. We're only making 100 boxes, so keep a sharp look out! (Though we have contingency plans if they sell out in an instant.)
We can't share many photos without spoiling the game, but here's a smattering of non-spoilery previews:
You can play (almost!) all of Cultist Simulator's characters: the Aspirant, the Bright Young Thing, the Dancer, the Detective, the Exile, the Medium, the Physician and the Priest. Every character has a unique character sheet and questionnaire, helping you flesh out your creations. The above is the Exile's questionnaire. DOES CRIME PAY?
Each box also contains eight unique character pins in silver and gold.
The events of The Lady Afterwards take place in Alexandria, Egypt in 1920-something. You'll need a detailed map of the city, its main attractions and some genuine photos from the era to get you in the zone.
Finally, about 70% of the contents of the box! I can't wait to photograph the whole thing together. For now, you can read more about The Lady Afterwards here.
Developer AMA
We’re running an AMA on the Weather Factory subreddit on Thursday 21st October at 6.30PM BST / 10.30AM PDT. Join us to celebrate The Lady Afterwards‘ release, ask us about That Damned Library Game and wonder at AK’s ability to avoid answering lore questions!
We’ll keep the AMA ticking over the whole weekend, so if you can’t make it on Friday feel free to leave a question and we’ll answer as and when.
We’ll be back in person on the subreddit on Monday 25th October at 4PM BST / 8AM PDT to wrap the weekend up. A weekend-long AMA!!!! No, we don’t have anything better to do with our lives. 🤩
Steam Freebies
Steebies? Freams? Whatever their name, we're releasing a bunch of fun free things on Steam to celebrate Cultist's evolution into a tabletop game. Right now they're a mix of freebies, semi-freebies, a special Skeleton Songs and some news – so keep your eyes on our Steam page, developer page and/or social media. If you’re signed up to our mailing list, you’ll get it all direct to your inbox.
Cultist Simulator alpha build
We've uploaded a new and only slightly borked build of Cultist Simulator, reflecting months of back-end work we've been doing to prepare the codebase for BOOK OF HOURS. It's about an 80% complete rewrite, but there are a couple of important things to note:
- The modding community has been asking for a DLL loading hook, for a long time. It’s in there, and it might even work. Check MODDING_README.TXT for details.
- There's no backwards save compatibility right now. To fix some horrible, stubborn save bugs that have been in there from the beginning, we needed to change the format completely. We'll (95% certainty) write a save format converter before it gets to the beta branch.
This is particularly relevant for those who've contributed to our Steam Workshop or downloaded a mod. (We have jolly modding plans for BOOK OF HOURS, and our work starts with Cultist Sim.)
The new build is on the GATE_OF_IVORY_ALPHA_UNSTABLE branch, and AK wrote a horrible blog about it talking about “a sort of quasi-digestive self-immolation” because of course he did. Please send bugs and feedback to [email protected]. Thank you! ♥
World Mental Health Day
Finally, we're big on mental health (cf. “Everything is remembered somewhere” or “Living with depression that isn’t yours”). Today is World Mental Health Day, so we’re donating 100% of our revenue to mental health charity Mind.
If you’d like to donate by buying Cultist Simulator for a friend, today’s a good opportunity to make a difference!
Now... GET HYPE FOR THE LADY AFTERWARDS!
