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The Barren Age: Yesterday’s Mistakes, Today’s World

The Barren Age: Yesterday’s Mistakes, Today’s World

by Edward | Nov 6, 2025 | Deep Dive, Design, Development, Errata, Overviews

In our last post we discussed the Age of Sovereigns and how corridor control turned survival into a contract. We followed how water and dispatchable energy set the map, how gates set prices, and how cities lived or died by whether their seats could keep power flowing...
The Age of Sovereigns: When Corporations Became Kings

The Age of Sovereigns: When Corporations Became Kings

by Edward | Oct 27, 2025 | Culture, Deep Dive, Design, Development, Errata, Visual Arts

In our last post we discussed the Collapse and how climate and economic fluctuations drove the people into a state of emergency. We talked a bit about who responded to that state, and why it was corporations, and not governments, who ultimately found authority in the...
How Errata Wears the Symbols of Empire to Tell a Story (Part 3 – The Dryrunners)

How Errata Wears the Symbols of Empire to Tell a Story (Part 3 – The Dryrunners)

by Edward | Sep 29, 2025 | Culture, Deep Dive, Design, Development, Errata, Indigenous, Visual Arts

One group that will be often talked about, but seldom seen in town, are the Dryrunners. They are a mobile people organized around Runs, which are multi-wahka caravans that move from the Great Dust Basin to the Highlands on routes that are unpredictable to outsiders.....
How Errata Wears the Symbols of Empire to Tell a Story (Part 1 – Clone Kings and Janissaries)

How Errata Wears the Symbols of Empire to Tell a Story (Part 1 – Clone Kings and Janissaries)

by Edward | Jul 26, 2025 | Branding, Deep Dive, Design, Development, Errata, Visual Arts

One of the first questions I’m asked when folks take a look at Errata is: Why do the Clone Kings and Janissaries wear turbans and suits if the game is about Māori culture? Where are the Māori? This is an important question for two reasons: First, It shows an...
Designing the Pōwhiri: Why the First Custom in Errata Had to Be Real

Designing the Pōwhiri: Why the First Custom in Errata Had to Be Real

by Edward | Jul 2, 2025 | Deep Dive, Design, Development, Errata, Overviews, Visual Arts

When I first began creating Errata, the first challenge was this: how do I depict Māori culture in a fictional world without misrepresenting it? I’m not interested in scattering bits of Māori culture through a game environment like set dressing. I also know I can’t...

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  • The Collapse: The Day the Bygone’s Debts Came Due
  • The Bygone Era – The First Steps Away From Earth, and Towards Errata
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  • How Errata Wears the Symbols of Empire to Tell a Story (Part 2 – Using Stereotyping as a Mechanism for Tension)
  • How Errata Wears the Symbols of Empire to Tell a Story (Part 1 – Clone Kings and Janissaries)

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