Comrades!

I have just finalised a new contract with Issaries that will allow
Firebird to produce semi-regular Companions to Mythic Russia, in
response to the not just flattering but also often truly inspired
suggestions of some of the existing buyers and players. These
Companions -- I will come up with a snappier title, I promise -- will
in no way dilute the standalone nature of the core book, but provide
new cultures and keywords, adventures, story seeds, characters, etc
to enrich play.

They will be sold as PDFs, although there will be a print-on-demand
option for those who like their hardcopy. The first I hope to release
this summer, and will focus on the Golden Horde, including a major
exploration of the Bashkorts, one of the Horde's constituent peoples.
The second is very provisionally scheduled to be released at the
Furnace gaming convention (http://www.rpgfurnace.com/) in October and
will instead look at the Baltic region, including a full scenario.
The even-more-provisional third issue, for the end of the year, will
look at either Russia in general or Kiev in particular.

The first issue is already under way, but in general I'd like to
invite anyone who might like to contribute anything (whether or not
it falls in the remit of these first three issues) to get in touch at
tsar x@x firebird-productions dot com. It could just be a quick story
seed or an interesting narrator character, it could be a full-blown
scenario, it could be anything in between. Due credit will obviously
always be given, and substantive contributions will net the author a
free copy of that issue.

This is very much just a quick heads-up; more information (including
the title -- suggestions welcome!) in due course.

Best wishes,

Mark