Copperhead County

Devlog

• Return to Copperhead County
  August 28, 2023 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, Exciting news out of Coppperhead County HQ this weekend. My Sunday gaming group, which assembled some years ago to play a complete Copperhead County campaign (weathering the ups and dow... Continue reading

  
• Adventure Hooks + Media Roundup
  July 29, 2023 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, As both I, the human man, and Copperhead County , the acclaimed independent TTRPG, rumble back to life, I'd like to get back to updating the devlog regularly. Here we are! Site & Social... Continue reading

  
• Advancing the Clock
  July 05, 2023 by Jason Eley

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  Hey outlaws, This is just a little "signs of life" update. You know, life moves a little slower down South, and sometimes it moves very slowly in Copperhead County. As I mentioned in the last devlog o... Continue reading

  
• Visit Scenic Tortuga County
  February 13, 2023 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, If you've read any of these posts before, you've probably read my rambles about Tortuga County , an expansion of the Copperhead County Extended Universe set in the deserts of Southern C... Continue reading

  
• Copperhead County January Check-In
  January 16, 2023 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, This is just a brief check-in to follow up on last month's baleful update . I'm happy to say that 2023 has been very productive so far. I and a few members of the Copperhead County brai... Continue reading

  
• Catastrophe County
  December 22, 2022 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, I want to apologize for my radio silence over the past few months. Sometimes, no news is good news, but not this time! Without getting into it, suffice it to say that life over here at... Continue reading
• Copperhead County Experimental Update 3 + Updated Downtime Chapter
  August 22, 2022 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, The updates are flying fast and hot this August. After another round of testing, I've uploaded another update to the Copperhead County Experimental Branch playsheets. At this point, the... Continue reading

  
• Copperhead County Experimental Update 2
  August 10, 2022 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, I've updated the Experimental Branch again, as discussed in my last post . I was lucky enough to get to test these experimental changes last night, and I was very happy with them. I fel... Continue reading

  
• Copperhead County August + Experimental Branch Update
  August 08, 2022 by Jason Eley

  Hello outlaws, I just uploaded a new version of the Copperhead County sheets, named Copperhead County Sheets 08.08.22 (Experimental Branch) . Since this is an Experimental Branch update, it doesn't ye... Continue reading

  
• Copperhead County Decoration Day News
  May 30, 2022 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, It's Decoration Day, and I've a mind to post a news update. May has been a productive month, in stops and starts. I've spent a good chunk of the month on the road, traveling the Southla... Continue reading

  
• Copperhead County March Sheets Update + News
  March 14, 2022 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, I've uploaded an updated version of the Copperhead County sheets, and also updated the online sheets . The changelog is not that extensive: I extended the crews' Income tracks to allow... Continue reading
• Online Sheets Update
  December 16, 2021 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, The Copperhead County online sheets have been updated and should now be fully compatible with the current game version. Someday, I'd like to do a larger overhaul of these sheets, but th... Continue reading
• Copperhead County Standalone Update + Bundle of Holding!
  December 06, 2021 by Jason Eley

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  Howdy outlaws, Today is a big day in Copperhead County history! Most relevant to you, if you are a Current Copperhead County Owner, is that last night I published a Major Update containing the game's... Continue reading
• Copperhead County on +1 Fwd
  September 21, 2021 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, The Gauntlet's Rich Rogers and Rach Shelkey were kind enough to host your favorite TRPG, Copperhead County, on their podcast +1 Forward as part of their summer Forged in the Dark interv... Continue reading
• Copperhead County September Check-In
  September 17, 2021 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, It's been a minute since the last update, so I wanted to drop a brief note. Work continues over here, although unfortunately the past month and change have been pretty shitty—between... Continue reading

  
• July Sheets Update + More Art
  July 09, 2021 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, I've just uploaded a small update to the game sheets, and have more art to show you. Sheet Changes The biggest change to the sheets is pretty important: I decreased the length of xp tra... Continue reading

  
• Copperhead County June Chat + Art Post
  June 13, 2021 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws , Nothing big to report today! It's just been a bit since I jawed on in this devlog, and after a very fun second session of my group's Copperhead-turned-Tortuga County campaign today, I... Continue reading

  
• Goodbye, Slayton Hospitality
  April 19, 2021 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, This past Sunday, my primary Copperhead County gaming group wrapped a complete campaign. This was a long-term project; we started this campaign in July 2018, and keep it going until now... Continue reading
• Art, Eggleston, + v10f Update
  March 04, 2021 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, My main topic today is art. Over at Copperhead County HQ, we've slowly been working our way through several full-page art pieces for the book—all of them created by official Copperhea... Continue reading

  
• Funded in Three Years! & other March news
  March 01, 2021 by Jason Eley

  Hello outlaws, For the past week or so in Copperhead County , we've been celebrating the "Funded in Three Years" sale—to celebrate being here on Itch.io for three years, our humble game will be 20%... Continue reading
• v10e Update + The Fundraiser Fandango
  December 28, 2020 by Jason Eley

  Hello outlaws, I've just uploaded a small v10e update for the Early Access PDF. Most of this was just touching up a few things. The only big update is that, following some very satisfactory playtestin... Continue reading
• Fallout & Downtime & Art
  December 08, 2020 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, I've just uploaded an experimental new PDF to the game files: the Fallout & Downtime reference sheet . This is a test replacement for the core Downtime reference sheet you all know an... Continue reading

  
• Copperhead County Sheets + Pregens Update
  November 12, 2020 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, I've completed my long-term project clock to update the Copperhead County playbooks + other sheets, which are now uploaded for your use. Also, the Pregens are back! Copperhead County... Continue reading
• Happy Hell-o-ween Sale + General News
  October 27, 2020 by Jason Eley

  Hello outlaws, Happy scare-a-days! Copperhead County is celebrating the next week with the Happy Hell-o-ween Reverse Sale , in which the game is a frighteningly fair 13% more expensive than normal... Continue reading
• Copperhead County v10 Update
  September 24, 2020 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, The Copperhead County v10 update is now live. This is a medium-sized update and will most likely be the final update to the EA version of the game! Read on if you care to learn about... Continue reading
• Homecoming + Labor Day Sale & More
  September 04, 2020 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, Today marks the beginning of a dual sale: the Copperhead County Homecoming + Labor Day Sale ! Why is this? It's a Homecoming sale in honor of my recent return to Tennessee, the home... Continue reading
• Exit 86 Has a New Home
  August 13, 2020 by Jason Eley

  Hey outlaws, If you downloaded Exit 86: An Official Copperhead County Unofficial Fiasco Playset from the CC page, be aware that I've moved it over to its own page . All future updates to it will occ... Continue reading
• Insomniacs!
  August 10, 2020 by Jason Eley

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  Hey outlaws, Do you like the artwork of Team Copperhead County 's Adam Schwaninger, but wish you could see more of it, in a game he designed... in space? Well, today Adam has released his long-awaite... Continue reading

  
• Copperhead County Free RPG Day: The Collectible Card Scheme
  July 25, 2020 by Jason Eley

  Hello outlaws, Happy Free RPG Day! I have just uploaded a bonus free Copperhead County job module: The Collectible Card Scheme . The Collectible Card Scheme thrusts your crew into the cutthroat busi... Continue reading
• v9 Online Sheets Update
  July 10, 2020 by Jason Eley

  Hello outlaws, The wait is over. The official Copperhead County online playbook sheets have been updated to v9. You may now play online in all of the v9 glory you deserve. I also fixed a couple of s... Continue reading
• Copperhead County v9
  July 05, 2020 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, Happy holiday weekend! Copperhead County v9 is now available . This is a major update! I'm very excited for you to see it because it reflects a ton of really excellent development over... Continue reading
• Copperhead June: Factions!
  June 06, 2020 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, It's been in the oven for a long time, but I've finally uploaded a substantial preview chapter from the final game. This is a big chunk of the Factions chapter, focusing on the Local... Continue reading
• May Update: Exit 86, An (Official) Copperhead County (Unofficial) Fiasco Playset
  May 10, 2020 by Jason Eley

  Hey outlaws, It's been a spell since my last update, because there's been little to update on. Life under quarantine, for me, is not conductive to writing an RPG text. I write for a living, and gettin... Continue reading
• March Mini-Update: Ouch
  March 24, 2020 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, Here's a belated small update for March. I was hoping to have a larger preview done by now, but it hasn't been happening in this quarantine. (If you've been able to get creative work do... Continue reading

  
• The Nashville Tornado
  March 03, 2020 by Jason Eley

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  Hey outlaws, You might have heard that, early this morning, a tornado tore through Middle Tennessee , including Nashville, the hometown of both myself and Copperhead County . At the time of this post... Continue reading
• February 3: Playbook Sheets v8.5
  February 14, 2020 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, Another update in February? Yes, shit is going down over here. This is a partial update of the playbooks and other sheets to version 8.5, halfway between the current game version and th... Continue reading
• February 2: Map Update + Factions Preview
  February 13, 2020 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, Big things have been afoot in Copperhead County lately, and I've just finished two projects that have occupied a lot of my time for the past couple of weeks. Maps First, I've completed... Continue reading

  
• The Official Text AP Begins!
  February 07, 2020 by Jason Eley

  Hello outlaws, As I mentioned last month, I'm running a new campaign which I will be recording via text APs on the Copperhead County forum. We completed Job #1 last night and I've just completed the w... Continue reading
• February: Unraveling 2017
  January 31, 2020 by Jason Eley

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  Hi outlaws, Here's a February update, one day early! January has been a very frustrating month for me, personally and Copperhead County -ally, and I am glad to be rid of it. But even though 2020 is l... Continue reading
• January: Captains & Heathens
  January 02, 2020 by Jason Eley

  Hello outlaws, Crimesmas is over, and we bid fair farewell to our own sale, as well as the Forged in the Hearth bundle. It was a great pleasure to join forces with my fellow Forged-on-Itch designers,... Continue reading
• Merry Crimesmas Sale + FORGED IN THE HEARTH BUNDLE!
  December 19, 2019 by Jason Eley

  Ho ho ho, outlaws! Merry Crimesmas! To celebrate the Itch Holiday Sale, Copperhead County is 20% off for the next two weeks. But more importantly, Copperhead County is merely one of seven games in... Continue reading

  
• Copperhead County December: Elections, Actions, & Jams
  December 12, 2019 by Jason Eley

  Hello outlaws, This month I want to talk a bit about the political side of Copperhead County . Then if you read (or skip) down to the end you'll be rewarded with another preview spread and some gener... Continue reading
• CC November 2: The Vital Connection is Made
  November 19, 2019 by Jason Eley

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  Hey outlaws, A second November update? In my devlog? Yes, it can happen here. Today I want to write out loud about a couple of topics I'm mulling over, and at the end there is a bonus faction preview... Continue reading
• Copperhead County November: Trouble Sandwich
  November 04, 2019 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, Happy November! Today I want to talk about two topics: one gameplay-related and one world-related. TROUBLE Copperhead County 's Trouble phase is a big departure from the Forged in the... Continue reading
• ⛰️ Official Copperhead County Forum ⛰️
  October 18, 2019 by Jason Eley

  Hey outlaws, Did you know that itch.io has community tools? Hm, I should probably use those, huh. Well, starting now, you can visit ⛰️ THE MOUNTAIN ⛰️ the official Copperhead County forum. D... Continue reading
• Copperhead County v8 + EL CAMIÓN SALE + Progress Update
  October 11, 2019 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, There's a lot of news to share today. Most of interest to non-owners: COPPERHEAD COUNTY PRESENTS: EL CAMIÓN: A COPPERHEAD COUNTY SALE You may have heard that today is the premiere of a... Continue reading

  
• Copperhead County Sheets Update
  October 01, 2019 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, I've just uploaded a small update to the sheets, fixing a few typos and formatting issues. This update also introduces a secret seventh playbook... the Outlaw . The Outlaw is a blank pl... Continue reading
• Copperhead County September Update
  September 23, 2019 by Jason Eley

  Hello outlaws, Hail September! I'm sorry this update is coming pretty late in the month, but I had a topic in mind which had to be figured out first. Now I've done so and can talk about it! This month... Continue reading
• Copperhead County Salutes Labor Day (also it's 20% off)
  August 28, 2019 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, You are cordially invited to save 20% on Copperhead County in observation of Labor Day. If you do not own the game yet, why not buy it now while it's $3 off and I am hard at work writ... Continue reading
• Copperhead County August Update
  August 25, 2019 by Jason Eley

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  Howdy outlaws, Happy August! I apologize for making a monthly update so deep into the month. The truth is that there's not many interesting things to say about the state of the game right now—I'm st... Continue reading

  
• Copperhead County July Update
  July 22, 2019 by Jason Eley

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  Hello outlaws, There's not a lot to share yet, but I would be remiss to let July go by without a general update. Copperhead County @ Go Play NW At the beginning of the month, Copperhead County assoc... Continue reading
• Copperhead County v7 Update + SALE EXTENDED
  June 30, 2019 by Jason Eley

  Hello outlaws, Copperhead County v7 is up . The main update in v7 is a total revamp of the playsheets! This has been a huge effort, undertaken with the aid of star designer Calum Grace , whose work y... Continue reading
• Copperhead County v6.5 Update + SUMMER SALE
  June 21, 2019 by Jason Eley

  Hey outlaws, I've put up a small update to Copperhead County , consisting of just updated playsheets (which you can also just download solo from the game page). The biggest change here is a redesign... Continue reading
• Copperhead County June Update + Go Play NW
  June 14, 2019 by Jason Eley

  Hey outlaws, Here's a bit of Copperhead County news for June. COPPERHEAD COUNTY @ GO PLAY NW Most importantly, Team Copperhead County will be at Seattle's Go Play NW in force. This con takes place o... Continue reading
• Copperhead County May v6 Update
  May 15, 2019 by Jason Eley

  Copperhead County v6 has been released. This isn't the big standalone release yet, but I felt there was enough new content that I should update the Early Access game rather than continuing to sit on... Continue reading
• Copperhead County April Update
  April 01, 2019 by Jason Eley

  Hello outlaws and the outlaw-interested, Welcome to a Copperhead County general update for April! I want to provide regular updates about stuff I'm working on as this game shambles towards a final s... Continue reading
• Copperhead County March Update
  March 08, 2019 by Jason Eley

  Here's a general State of Copperhead County update for March! Work proceeds on the next version of the game, which will abandon our EA format and embrace the final 6x9 book format. It will also be a s... Continue reading
• Copperhead County v5 Update
  January 13, 2019 by Jason Eley

  Copperhead County v5 ! This is a big update, bursting with new pages. GM support . Most of the new content is related to the Game Master section. We now feature all-new exegesis of GM goals, principle... Continue reading
• Copperhead County v4 Update
  December 06, 2018 by Jason Eley

  Copperhead County EA v4 is available. v4 is a large update with many new pages- find all-new action descriptions! Player best practices! Widespread polish! All this and more as we near final release... Continue reading
• Copperhead County @ Big Bad Con
  September 04, 2018 by Jason Eley

  Are you going to Big Bad Con ? Join Team Copperhead County 's Michael Crowley as he runs The Two-Snake Sashay , a dive into the cutthroat world of local politics!... Continue reading
• Copperhead County v3 Update
  September 04, 2018 by Jason Eley

  Happy Labor Day! As a holiday surprise, I've uploaded Copperhead County v3 for your enjoyment. What is v3 ? If you saw my last update, you may recall that I said I was holding off on major changes... Continue reading
• Copperhead County General Update
  August 10, 2018 by Jason Eley

  Hey outlaws, It's been a spell since the v2.1 release, so I wanted to put up a general update for those who have looked over here since. The v2.1 EA PDF is close enough to final that my focus is now j... Continue reading
• Copperhead County v2.1 Update
  June 21, 2018 by Jason Eley

  v2.1 : This is a small update focusing on quality-of-life for the playbooks: clarifying language, balancing abilities, optimizing items, making the bubbles bigger. Hey, these playbooks are pretty good... Continue reading
• Copperhead County v2 Released
  June 11, 2018 by Jason Eley

  v2 is out! This is a pretty big update. Most notably, the PDF is now longer as writeups for each area of the setting have been added. There have been a few rules tweaks throughout to better focus spe... Continue reading
• Copperhead County v1.5 Released
  May 07, 2018 by Jason Eley

  v1.5 is a bridge to a larger v2 update. v1.5 is designed to make onboarding into the game easier: the Best Brands Heist has been updated for better quickstarting, and you'll find pregen PCs an... Continue reading
• EA v1 Released
  April 27, 2018 by Jason Eley

  Copperhead County is now in Early Access ! A lot of material has been added to the previous free PDF: more game guidance, more setting info, more faction stuff. There have been some slight modificatio... Continue reading
• Intro v0.5 Released
  March 25, 2018 by Jason Eley

  Copperhead County Intro v0.5 released . This is an intro / quickstart of the full game, with character playbooks, rules references, some setting/faction info, and a "module", the Best Brands Heist . T... Continue reading