Foretold

07/05/2024

We hold weekly sessions at Nowhere's Store of Forgotten Lore on Mondays 6pm+ new players are always welcome!

06/23/2024

I said what I said.
Come play Strife. We hold demos every Monday at Nowhere's Store of Forgotten Lore. Pick up your own copy at Nowhere's or visit our website. https://ForetoldCreations.us

06/11/2024

Please come out and play with us!

This week for War Game Wednesdays, we're excited to announce we'll be hosting demos for Foretold's new project, Strife Stratagem! It's a tile-laying accessory for their game, Strife, where you build the map as you go. Come experience this really cool, really fun locally-made game!

06/03/2024

Another amazing year at Tremendicon has come to an end, but we'll be looking forward to next year! A big thanks to all of the staff and organizers plus all of the attendees of the convention. We appreciate all of your support and look forward to hearing the stories from everyone who has claimed their own copy of Strife.

Thank you for coming to Tremendicon and all of your support! This convention is for you all and we are so happy you came out to enjoy it with us!

06/01/2024

Amazing first day at Tremendicon / Tremendicon 2024! We appreciate all of the support and everyone who stopped by the booth. Greatly looking forward to the next couple days.

05/25/2024

Only one more week until Tremendicon! We're very excited for the opportunity and to see you there soon!

05/22/2024

05/14/2024

Please Welcome Foretold to Tremendicon 2024!
Foretold is a grass roots indie gaming company local to Springfield Missouri. The owners, Blaec Birge and Seth Phelps, are avid gamers with lifelong experience within the gaming community. Their mission is to create games which inspire creativity, player agency, and collaboration. The first creation/product to capture this mission is the TTRPG, Strife.
👉Get your Tremendicon weekend badge to meet Foretold & many others in Springfield, MO, May 31 - June 2, 2024, at Tremendicon.com!🦄

05/09/2024

Happy Thursday, everyone
The month of May is packed full of thrilling news and events that we're excited to share with you all! The most exciting and highly anticipated is our new product/accessory for Strife, but we'll save that for next week on Monday the 13th.

The first big announcement is that we've been invited back as guests to Tremendicon / Tremendicon 2024! We'll be debuting our new accessory and demoing it at the convention. This in addition to running Strife games and assisting the fine folks over at Tremendicon. If you haven't gotten registered yet, head on over to https://tremendicon.com/ and pickup your tickets. Your attendance has been Foretold and we'll be looking forward to seeing you there, May 31st - June 2nd 2024!

04/20/2024

Good morning and happy Saturday, everyone! We over at Foretold have exciting news to share with you all. The past few months, we've been diligently working behind the scenes to improve our printing and distribution of Strife to our admiring fans.

Our efforts have lead us to being associated now with IngramSpark as both our printer and distributor! This is such an incredible step to now print Strife in Hardback format, but also opens us up to international distribution! If you're itching for a copy of your own and/or our new Hardback version, please see the links below and share with your friends!

Strife Hardback
https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?9D7B8KmTP2v9X2a52deWSfkGyx2XIc4D2h6Ge766TlZ

Strife Paperback
https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?XKTCNxPQyqSVFOgQJpsiy3G6cABMRNNZnK9TGwJ3dOk

Thank you all so much, we couldn't do any of this without your support!

01/14/2024

Huge thanks to Heroes & Wizards Comics for inviting us out to demo Strife tonight! It was such an honor for you to host us and we appreciate the opportunity!

The games were memorable and everyone had such an incredible time together. We look forward to joining you again!

12/30/2023

Foretold is excited to announce our upcoming travel and Strife demo on January 13th 2024 at Heroes & Wizards Comics located in Webb City, MO!

Venture forth to support your local gaming community plus experience the cooperative story telling gameplay of Strife. Partake in a d10 vs d12 roll-off combat system and the flexibility to play within any genre. No game master required because every player shares the power and creativity! Pre-generated characters will be provided. We can't wait to see you there!

11/14/2023

We are excited to announce that the PDF for Strife is officially uploaded to DriveThruRPG!
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459902/Strife-The-Minimalists-Survival-Guide

If you were among the original supporters who purchased a physical copy, please check your email. We have sent out the 1st wave of emails to supporters.

If you have not yet received your email, we will either soon be reaching out to ask for your email or please feel free to contact us as well with your email address. We appreciate your support and patience!

Strife: The Minimalist's Survival Guide - Strife is a fast-paced collaborative action TTRPG intended to be run by players and without the need for a Game Master (

11/07/2023

We're happy to announce we've officially launched our website https://foretoldcreations.us

10/31/2023

Come join us on our discord! Feel free to tell your friends!

10/31/2023

We have some excellent news, we're about to launch our website! If you're excited about Strife, feel free to help support your local indie developer (that's us.) via Ko-Fi.

10/13/2023

Setup at / VisionCon! Stop by if you can to support the vendors, the convention, and come see us!

10/13/2023

Greetings adventurers and happy the 13th! For this spooky and historically unlucky day, we bring you misfortune in the form of Vampires! These undead and supernatural beings are not to be trifled with lest you find yourself drained or life or a thrall under their sway.

Vampire

Once the subject of terror in Romania, vampires lately within popular media have been portrayed in many iterations. The commonality among these beings is that they all thirst for blood, have supernatural powers over mortalkind, are set aflame by being in the sun, and are often depicted to be just as beautiful as they are deadly. Vampires drain the blood of their victims; if the poor being is not outright killed from over-engorging then they are subjected to a brutal transformation. This alters not only their physiology, but their mentality as well causing them to take actions that would not be in their normal nature out of thirst or hunger. Vampires may be able to glamor their opponents, turn into mist or bats, display supernatural strength and agility, raise the dead as thralls, and influence Beasts. This is our take on the classic Vampire.

Features given to Foes or Beasts are not part of the standard ruleset. However, if you feel your creation is too strong and needs its canonical weaknesses or ones you have thought up on your own, feel free to add them.

(Passive)(Feature) Sunlight Hypersensitivity: If exposed to sunlight in any natural or magical form, the vampire is immediately inflicted with Burn 1 (1d4). Every subsequent turn exposed to sunlight increases the Duration by 1 and Intensity by 1 die size.

(Magical)(Reaction)(Ability) Bat Dispersal: Damaging a Vampire is incredibly difficult to do. Upon taking damage the Vampire may reduce that damage by half, rounded down. The Vampire remains in the form of a bat swarm until the beginning of its next Turn. While in this state, Techniques with the (All-Target) tag automatically have their dice explode. Single target or (Multi-Target) attacks or Techniques deal half damage, rounded down. APC: 6

(Physical)(Ability) Vampiric Bite: The vampire’s thirst for blood is unquenchable and their desire is ever longing. May only be used against beings who are not affected by the Undead Condition, have no neck armor, and have zero Current Action Points. With supernatural speed, the vampire bites into a being's neck with a +1 attack bonus. If successful, the being becomes inflicted with Weaken (Enduring | -1) until the Rest and Recovery downtime activity is completed. Reducing the Enduring Approach retroactively reduces the being’s maximum HP. If the being’s Enduring Approach is reduced to zero, the being immediately becomes inflicted with the Dead Condition. APC: 3

(Magical)(Ability) Summon Beasts of the Night: The vampire draws to its aid all manner of nocturnal beasts. The vampire calls an event to summon either wolves or bats. Randomly roll to create either Pushover or Competitor beasts. These beasts count as the vampire’s pets and act accordingly. Usable once per combat. APC: 4

(Physical)(Attack) Slash: The vampire slashes at a being with its razor sharp claws. If successful, the vampire will always attempt to first aim for neck armor hit location. Even if Hardcore rules are not being used, the damage dealt by slash will be dealt directly towards the neck armor in an attempt to break it. If the neck armor is already broken, the attack deals normal damage to AP or HP. APC: 3

Bela Lugosi as Dracula, anonymous photograph from 1931, Universal Studios / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain

10/12/2023

Hey, everyone!
Quick heads up that Foretold and Strife will be attending / VisionCon this year from 𝗢𝗰𝘁. 𝟭𝟯-𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 at the Springfield Expo Center! Your presence was Foretold and we'll be looking forward to seeing you there!

Demo Schedule:
- Friday 10/13: 7pm
- Saturday 10/14: 4pm
- Sunday 10/15: 10am

https://visioncon.net/

10/06/2023

Happy , everyone!
As alluded to earlier in the week, we have 4 spooky creations to share with you during the month of October! The first being a rather fitting foe during the Halloween season; the Skeleton!

Skeleton

Commonly associated with death and decay, the animated bones of those who have passed from the mortal realm are linked with evil or villainous characters. Typically the servants of a powerful necromancer or magic user. Empowered by magic, these formidable undead creatures possess unnatural grace and coordination.

- (Physical)(Attack) Armaments from the Grave: Skeletons are proficient and deadly with most weapons. A successful attack with a weapon saps vitality from the victim and inflicts Weaken 1 (Defense | 1). APC: 3

- (Physical)(Passive)(Technique) Skeletal Structure: Due to having gaps and smooth bone, piercing or slashing weapons against Skeletons are far less effective while bludgeoning weapons are extra effective. Attacks made with a piercing or slashing tag are treated as if the Skeleton was granted the Guard Condition. Attacks made with a bludgeoning tag are treated as if the attack was granted the Precision Condition.

- (Magical)(Passive)(Technique) Endurance of the Undead: When the Skeleton is reduced to 0 LP, roll a d20. If the result is higher than the damage taken, the Skeleton is instead reduced to 1 LP.

- (Magical)(Passive)(Technique) Undead Nature: Being an undead creature, the Skeleton requires no rest or sustenance to survive. The magical connection between them and their summoner protects the Skeleton from various Conditions. The Skeleton is passively granted Immune to Charm, Poison, Unconscious, and Wound.

(French reference photo of Le temps et les squelettes guerriers, Vers 1750, Collection de la Cinémathèque française is published under the https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en license by the author Ji-Elle with no changes made. )

10/02/2023

In the spirit of Halloween and “spooky season”, which creepy crawly and horror themed Beasts/Foes would you like to see created with Strife?

Send us your thoughts/ideas and we’ll create at least 4 and post them during ! Speaking of which, check out our “Horror Movie Villain” posted last year on July 15th for inspiration! 👻 🎃🍂

09/26/2023

With much excitement and exhilaration, we're officially able to announce the finalized copy of Strife: The Minimalist's Survival Guide! Huge thanks to everyone for their continued feedback and the months of playtesting to get everything just right. Thanks as well to the wonderful folks at Nowhere's Store of Forgotten Lore for hosting our playtesting sessions!

What's our plan going forward you may ask? Well, the PDF is being made more user friendly. Once complete, we'll be notifying all purchasers/backers of Strife to receive their free PDF copy! In a couple weeks, physical copies will be available for sale at https://foretold.square.site/

Thank you all, have a wonderful day!

07/07/2023

Foretold is setup with Strife over at Tremendicon! Stop by to say hello, check out Strife, and enjoy your time at the convention. We’ll be here all weekend.

06/23/2023

Who all is excited? Only 2 more weeks until Tremendicon! If you haven't already, head over to their page to Like and Follow for updates.

Wanting to know what there is to do at Tremendicon? Check out the https://www.tremendicon.com/events page.

More interested in the card, board, and table top games? Check out the https://tabletop.events/conventions/tremendicon-2023 page and signup for your favorite games! We're looking forward to hosting demos for Strife: TMSG too!

06/20/2023

Tremendicon supports all creators and we couldn't be more thankful for the opportunity to be invited as a guest this year! https://www.tremendicon.com/foretold

If you missed Tremendicon's debut last year, we highly recommend stopping by this year! Come on out and support everyone in attendance and leave with newfound knowledge, inspiration, and relationships.

Foretold is a grass roots indie gaming company local to Springfield Missouri. The owners, Blaec Birge and Seth Phelps, are avid gamers with lifelong experience within the gaming community. Their mission is to create games which inspire creativity, player agency, and collaboration. The first creation...