Hello. It's been... well, a very long time since the last post. As a general filler, I've been hellishly busy, and my life has been doing one of those "aaaaaaand everything changes" modes. Some creative projects have been put on back burners. Others are moved up. On the whole, I haven't had enough time or energy for any of them, though, so progress ( Read more... )

Players are now in process of making Characters under the 2nd Ed rules. All in all, no major hiccups, and it at least appears to be going faster and smoother than before. Will know more about this particular aspect of the rewrite in a week or two.

I have been expanding the Astral Plane for the setting, including a large build-up of different Spirit ( Read more... )

The project for the next version of the RPG is moving along. I've temporarily put the Ritual Magic revamp on hold to attack two other, interrelated areas: Motivations, and Character Creation.

I'm very excited about Motivations. Integrating the new Motivations suite of rules will lead the way to both slimming the game down and, in GNS game theory ( Read more... )

I've been quite busy working the day job, covering for a guy who was eliminated and PTO as well. On the bright side, this gives me regular (although sporadic) time to work on Factions. The revamped Ritual Magic system appears to be locked in. There is still a good deal of work to be done in converting the existing Rituals to the new system, but it' ( Read more... )

Factions 2nd EditionThe work on 2nd Ed is picking up steam. I have made several major decisions as to the reworking of Special Abilities, and am now up to my eyeballs in the Ritual Magic section. I am taking a very serious look at expanding the Ritual Schools in the "main book" to include Christian, Scicery, and Voodoo Schools, and to include the ( Read more... )

Order of Battle

The playtest went pretty well, all in all. Rules changes which we implemented from last time look like keepers. The game keeps getting smoother and easier to play, yet is still retaining the strategic/tactical elements that make it what it is. Still, it's not a done deal. There are changes yet to be made to get it into true fighting ( Read more... )

It's been a busy pile of days. Getting acclimated to a very early shift at the new job, working on ideas as they come. Sent out another Query Letter in the hunt for a Literary Agent, and thinking about doubling up and sending out another while one is still out there.

Order of Battle

Reworked the last tweaks to be ready for the next Playtest. I still ( Read more... )

Gamer's Reunion is a small local convention held in Rochester, MN. This was its second year. As with all startups, it's difficult to predict if this is going to be a long-running convention that takes off, a convention that struggles year after year, or a convention that doesn't make it past the five year mark. Still, like all startups, the best ( Read more... )

Wednesday

I packed the car the night before, so I wouldn't feel as rushed in the morning. There wasn't much free space in there. Got rolling out of the cities at 6:15 am. It was decent weather and traffic flowed well enough. I hit up the Tomah truck stop at 8:40 am for an hour-long breakfast break, as per usual. Stopped in Madison at 11:00 am for ( Read more... )

Realized that I have been neglecting this little corner of the Internets ( Read more... )