Greetings, Steamgifters! We’d like to present our role-playing game, The Age of Decadence, recently released on Steam Early Access, and give away 50 copies for your enjoyment.

It's always hard to describe an RPG to people. It has like fights and story and you'll die a lot and probably rage-quit because you've never played this kind of RPG before. So, instead of copy-pasting a boring feature list, we'll copy-paste what some guy said on the forums today (if that doesn't sound legit, I don't know what will) and call it a day:

"AoD is tough. What seems like a perfectly normal reaction in an RPG usually ends up with you on the floor, bleeding profusely, moments away from a tragic early death. And while many find this infuriating and way too hard to be fun; I love it!

It is a little infuriating, I'll admit, but the blow is softened by the usually humorous tale of how you end up dying afterword. Often blatantly pointing out how taking on 4 armoured professional killers wasn't the smartest idea, and how there were OBVIOUSLY better options which you foolishly decided to ignore investigating. Then you end up nailed to a wall and used for target practice by some less than accurate thugs.

So why do I love it? Because it's real. You aren't Killzor, Conqueror of Boars, Finder of Magical Maces, Scourge of Evil. You're Bob; Brash young man deciding to pick up a sword and try your hand at mercenary work. You understand the pointy end is supposed to go into the bad guy, and that shields are most effective when raised, but that's about it.

This game ditches the standard formula of an easy beginning where the first few fights are against half blind, deaf, one armed bandits trained in accuracy by Imperial Stormtroopers. No, you are against an actual bandit. A man trained to kill, practiced in the art of killing and raiding, and obviously been "on the job" for longer than you've been playing swordsman. And that is real. Not everyone you meet in life is going to be inferior to you, and this game makes that pretty obvious from the get go.

So here is your amazing, game winning, free secret tip: Stop making decisions like your ZeusThor, God of Pwnage. Start making decisions like the highly unskilled, lowly trained, combat inept turkey you are. See 3 highly armed bandits, one of which has a crossbow with an bolt big enough to take down a mammoth ready to fire? Maybe you should avoid that fight. Trader offers you a sweet deal if you'll venture with him out into a forest? Maybe that's a little too far from screaming distance to be considered a good idea.

In AoD, you aren't awesome. Even when you choose to be the awesome guy, you are only awesomely geared, and awesomely inexperienced. You're not born a hero, and you aren't going to die like one. You are ___, new adventurer, about as skilled with a sword as you are with a pool noodle in a fight. Expect no mercy, give none in return, and never, ever, trust anyone closer than a spear length."

Best of luck, and enjoy the game!