Yesterday we played the second playtest of a new adventure for Magonomia, “The Angry Birds of Essex” by Jaclyn Lewis.

The wizards have been volun-told to investigate a disturbance in the market town of Coggeshall in Essex. Townfolk are fleeing their homes saying the place is accursed by a faerie queen. It is time to put your hard-won arcane skills to the test. Confront the menace and save the village! Fame awaits you if you prevail, and perhaps a still greater reward -- knowledge!

This is a short, 2-3 hour adventure that will become part of a new, free Quick Start product. The playtests have gone very well: the story is solid and easy to run. There’s more than one way to succeed. Actual statistics of the titular “angry birds” need a little tweaking so they don’t cause a TPK, but that can be done without playing through the whole adventure again.

We don’t have a timeline for release of this adventure yet because the rest of the Quick Start is yet to be written. We’re aiming to get it done by the end of the year. As you can see, we have same great art by Teresa Guido!

Our next playtest event is a different adventure, “A Surfeit in Surrey” on July 31 at 1 pm EDT. Check out Community and Events page for the playtest schedule (updated monthly) or subscribe to our special playtesters’ newsletter.