It’s the end of an era for Silven Publishing, but the beginning of a new partnership with 12 to Midnight. In light of Silven Publishing’s closing this month, the company has chosen 12 to Midnight to continue stewardship of their titles. Needless to say, we at 12 to Midnight are excited and honored to have been chosen to carry forward Silven Publishing’s work. The titles will be listed under a new "Silven Crossroads" imprint in 12 to Midnight’s catalog. With the name change, Silven returns to its roots. Silven Crossroads was the name of Silven’s online gaming community in its earlier incarnation, and now the name will serve as 12 to Midnight’s banner for outstanding fantasy titles.

Silven Crossroads titles will be available at 12 to Midnight’s own Midnight Cellar, as well as RPGNow, DriveThru RPG, and e23. 12 to Midnight will be publishing new titles under the Silven Crossroads imprint in the coming months. Previous Silven Publishing freelancers, or those who haven’t worked with Silven but would like to continue one of Silven’s product lines, are welcome to contact Eytan Bernstein and Preston P. DuBose to inquire about writing under the Silven Crossroads label. Please send any such inquiries to both Eytan and Preston.

PINEBOX, Texas — RPG publisher 12 to Midnight is launching a monthlong charity initiative called the Midnight Charity Project. This year the initiative, which runs from midnight December 1 to midnight December 31, will raise money for the Autism Research Institute. 

12 to Midnight is offering several ways for gamers to participate. First, they can bid in an online auction to win a guest role as an NPC in the upcoming college-horror RPG campaign book, “ETU: Degrees of Horror.” You can also bid on an official City of Pinebox death certificate or an autographed copy of 12 to Midnight’s adventure “Bloodlines.” Finally, when you purchase products from Midnight Cellar, 12 to Midnight’s store, the company will donate 100% of the purchase price of Last Rites of the Black Guard, Brainwashed and Skinwalker, as well as 20% of the proceeds from all other titles, to the Autism Research Institute.

Anyone who participates in the charity project is invited to further help raise awareness by using the html or BB-code snippets found on the Midnight Charity Project home page. Also, throughout the month of December, 12 to Midnight will post articles about autism at 12tomidnight.com.

Other RPG publishers, podcasters, bloggers and everyday gamers are invited to participate in the Midnight Charity Project and help grow it into a hobby-wide, focused campaign. If you would like to donate merchandise, airtime, space on your blog, banner ads or anything else, please send an e-mail to mcp at 12tomidnight.com.

The Autism Research Institute (ARI) is the hub of a worldwide network of parents and professionals concerned with autism. ARI was founded in 1967 to conduct and foster scientific research designed to improve the methods of diagnosing, treating and preventing autism. ARI also disseminates research findings to parents and others worldwide seeking help. The ARI data bank, the world’s largest, contains over 40,000 detailed case histories of autistic children from over 60 countries. 

12 to Midnight has been publishing RPG materials—primarily adventures for modern horror campaigns—since 2003. The company also publishes the works of two game design studios, Dirty Unicorn Games and Fabled Environments. This year marks the inaugural year of the company’s Midnight Charity Project.

The Game’s the Thing podcast has posted part 2 of the interview with Fabled Environment’s Charles White. Give it a listen, then come discuss it in the newly renamed Midnight Haunt forums.

With Halloween just around the corner, we couldn’t think of a better time to announce the grand opening of our online store, the Midnight Cellar. Come join us for our annual Halloween/Day of the Dead sale with 35% off all the titles in our store.

This project has been a long time in the works, but we are very proud of the end result. We feel like our store will give you easy access to a great selection of RPG material in an enjoyable, secure shopping experience. Your credit card payment is handled by Google Checkout, so you can shop with confidence knowing that your financial data is 100% secure.

Look for 12 to Midnight’s complete line of RPG e-book titles, as well as exclusive physical products like the black 12 to Midnight t-shirt, signed print editions of our RPGs, and full-size, laminated Modern Floorplans maps. In the coming weeks they will all be added to the Midnight Cellar.

With Halloween just a few weeks away, this is a great time to stock up on horror adventures and supplements. We hope we’ve made it even easier, with 35% off your purchase. And if you have any ideas for ways in which we can make the Midnight Cellar even better, please drop us a note on the new forum created just for that purpose. Happy Shopping!

Our very own Charles White of Fabled Environments was recently interviewed by podcast The Game’s the Thing. What’s even more cool is that the interview went so well that they made it a two-parter. You can catch the first half now, and we’re all waiting anxiously for the second part. Way to go Charles!

Incidentally, you don’t need an iPod to listen to podcasts. Just download the mp3 file to your computer and play it like you would any sound file.