Abney Park

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Free Board Game

Gold Members and higher have just been given a new board game.

If you'd like to play this game, and/or add to the design of it, just upgrade to the gold level!

Crash (beta) - The Micro Board Game!

For this months Gold Level Gamer Content, I give to you an early beta of the micro boardgame that that will be included in our upcoming album, Crash. 

Download the two files below, and print them. Follow the instructions to play. 

If you have any trouble, post here, so I can make improvements. 

If you have any suggestions for a new card for the game, comment here. If I...

This week I'm going to give you a new board game. Want to help me make it fantastic?

Our new album "Crash" will contain a mini board game in the liner notes. To play test this thing, I'm going to give it to all your Patreon subscribers at the gold level and higher. Try it out, and tell me if anything about it doesn't work. Also, suggest a card for it that we use, and I'll list you as one of the game designers! We can make this game fun, together!

Abney Park's next CD is also a board game!

This fall Abney Park will release a new album called "CRASH".

In the liner notes of the album will be a minii-board game. Play the game, while you listen to the album, and certain cues in the album will trigger events in the game. 

Also, open up your smart phone, tablet or computer to the accompanying site to random view randomly selected event cards. To draw a new card, just refresh!...

FREE SONG: Hired Gun

Here is a western I wrote called “Hired Gun”. I wanted to write a song that sounded like it was from a Tarantino flick. 

Underneath the Lamplight

Gold members, here is your next gaming content! a 241 page full color supplement to the Airship Pirates RPG I gave you when you first signed up.

"Under the dull lamplight, in eternal stasis, lies the Neovictorian world." 

Trapped in great cities, crafted more like prisons than homes, live the survivors of the Great Rectification. They toil under the shadow of the Change Cage, forever ...

Exclusive Release - "Captain Ulysses"

Two nights ago I slept uneasy. I keep waking, worrying about bills and money, and lost income, and the way the industry had changed into something that no longer paid for music.  Things that always feel out of my control, that could end everything I have made. I'd wake, and worry about something for an hour, and then fall back asleep and dream another nightmare...

The final nightmare w...

Airship Pirate Chronicles, Chapter 6!

Sorry this took so long, but its a really long chapter with like 8 characters, so it took me FOREVER!  I hope you enjoy it!

NEW EXCLUSIVE ABNEY PARK SONG RELEASE!

This song is exclusive to just you, and Patreon patrons!

"Beaten Battered and Abused."

I feel beaten, battered, and abused.

you either treat me like a king,

Or else I'm misused. 

can’t say it means a thing 

the way you spin me around

Its either your praise

or you're tearing me down.

You say you love me, <...

DIY Steampunk Home - Idea #1

I spent the last three days making victorian trim for the house. I've still got a ton to do, but I thought you might like to see my technique for getting designs from my computer into wood.

Things you'll need:

Jig saw: $35 -$59 bucks

Wood: $10 - $50, depending on quality

Carbon paper

Printer / computer (or, if you can draw, just draw on the wood.)

Feel free to ask q...

"The Wind"

Rebecca Yarber, one of our Admiral Lev el Patreon supporters,  asked me to read a poem her daughter wrote before cancer took her. I made her this video. 

The music is by Abney Park. The song is "Victoria". from the album Aether Shanties.

You can buy that album here: 2017-06-05 01:14:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Abney Park Video Game (Vintage Style RPG?)

How would you guys feel about an Abney Park themed video game, in the style of a vintage RPG? Abney Park writing, world, music and sound effects, possibly even voice acted (not sure this is in-scope, so I'm not making any promises.)

Noël Frodelius-Fujimoto suggested a development platform called RPG Maker...

HOW TO HOST A STEAMPUNK MYSTERY PARTY!

Okay all you gold level subscribers, here is another great downloadable game! I thought I had given this to you earlier, but apparently not, so here it is.

"How To Hoast A Steampunk Murder Mystery!"

Instructions are simple:

1. Download the file, and unzip it.
2. Print the PDF
3. Read the instructions you just printed, and follow them.
4. Invite 4 or more friends ove...

Poor and Free, And Lost At Sea

Being in my boat has a weird emotional effect on me. First off, there is pulling out from the dock. Here I go, walking past million dollar yacht after million dollar yatch, to get into my beat up old speed boat. They, the millionaire captains, sip wine in the foyer of their teak and brass portable mansion, while I'm trying not to notice the peeling paint, and worn carpet of what they likely see ...

New (free) Album : Forgotten Or Lost

Today is my birthday. So for my birthday, I am giving all of you a free album!

Its a compilation of 14 Abney Park songs that I feel have become Forgotten or Lost. (the playable track is just one of the songs.) 

Instructions:

1. Download the zip file attached to this post

2.  unzip it

3. drag it to iTunes. (or whatever you've got.)

4....

Here is what you guys have received so far, for being a Patron

Okay, thanks to you guys being Patrons of Abney Park, we've been able to do more in less time then ever before.

Here is a list of the stuff we've given you so far. If you are new, I believe you can get all of this stuff, just by scrolling down through the posts, and collecting it all!  :) 

RADIO DRAMA:
6 chapters of the Airship Pirates Chronicles, Abney Parks fully dramatize...

EARLY RELEASE: "The Clock Yard" (Official Music Video)

Just for our Patrons, we are giving you this early release of our new music video for The Clock Yard.

The idea for this video has been in the back of my mind ever since this song was released all the way back in 2000...whenever, on the album Aether Shanties. My animation skills finally caught up to the idea, and so, thanks do you guys and the time that allows me, I finally made it!

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In The Studio

Okay, so I decided you guys deserved a music video for The Clock Yard. As classic as the song and lyrics are, the original arrangement and mix was weak. But the performances, especially mine and Jody's, were really really good! I didn't want to lose them by starting over. Well, today I lucked out and found the old tracks!! Here, let me show you

The Airship Pirate Chronicles, Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of the Airship Pirate Chronicles.

This chapter features the voice talents of Sky Warden (yes, Abney Park's guitar player) as Tanner and Danny Knutson as Daniel, and of course Kristina, as herself. Narration and the roll of Robert is played by yours truly, Robert Brown.

COMING THIS MONTH!

Escape The Cage!

For our Patrons atthe gold level or higher, we've got a special treat coming in the next few days. A "you-print" board game, called Escape the Cage. This is a fun, wacky, budget dungeon crawl, card and miniature game you are going to love. 

This is a game we have been developing for years, and never released. But we'll be giving it to our Patreon patrons! (2017-05-08 21:08:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Yeoch!!

Sorry I've been radio silent for the last week or so. We did a little U.K. Concert, and then I had a major surgery on Wednesday, and I'm still drugged up. I'll tell you about that in a second, but first let me tell you about the free stuff coming up this month to you fine patrons! • "Escape The Cage", a never released board game that you can download and print yourself! It'll take me a wee...

Live Streaming Saturday Cancelled

Hey guys, Friday I mentioned the possibility of streaming the show from Whitby Gothic Weekend. Looks like it's technically impossible this time. Still, it much better live! Come!

ABNEY PARK : LIVE REHEARSAL STREAM

Okay, so it looks like Patreons streaming services are down...or something.

Instead of canceling, we are going to stream from Facebook!  Join us here at 8:00pm, pst

https://www.facebook.com/CaptianRobert

LIVE STREAM REHEARSAL, TODAY!

Tonight, and 8:00pm pst we'll Live Stream a band practice for all our Patreon Patrons.

Look for that stream to appear on our Patreon stream, and 8:00!

Are Any Abney Park Patreon Patrons going to be at Whitby Gothic Weekend?

Are any Abney Park Patreon Patrons going to be at Whitby Gothic Weekend? If so, we want to plan a little get together just with you guys. 

Let me know ASAP, as we start traveling in two days!

The Airship Pirate Chronicles, Chapter 4.5!?

Ta-Da!  There latest episode of the Airship Pirate Chronicles!  

Wow, I'm so proud of how this one turned out!  Let me know what you think, because I'm very excited.

In the novel series that these radio dramas were based on, the Captain just sort of disappears. Its implied he's been murdered, but you never really find out. This chapter was written recently, to answer ...

Live Concert Stream! <-- not happening

EDIT: looks like we won't be able to stream this event. I'll  try to set this up in the future, but for now, come join us at the show!

No promises, but if I can find wifi, we'll stream our Whitby Gothic Weekend concert for you! It'll be around 11:00pm, UK time, on the 22. Make your calendars!

ABNEY PARK, STREAMING LIVE, right now!

Abney Park is currently doing a live interview in promotion of Whitby Gothic Weekend, were we will be performing on Saturday, April 22. (Just Two Weeks away!) Head over to my Facebook now, to watch!

Live Streaming Abney Park Interview

SUNDAY, NOON pst (8pm in the U.K.) Members of Abney Park are going to be doing a live broadcast "fishbowl" interview for Whitby Gothic Weekend. We'll start a live streaming session ON FACEBOOK and post the link here, then pull questions out of a fishbowl and answer them. Should be a wacky good time, so don't miss it! This whole event is to promote our show at Whitby Gothic Weekend, in just a ...