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07/03/2020 Progress Report, FERMI RESOLUTION RPG: 25,600/37,800.

I’ve decided to go with a 64 page supplement, roughly 15 of which will be made of rules. That means that I have to shore up existing word count in a few places and add a few more pages elsewhere. The good news is, if I keep hitting the 1K words or so I managed today, it’ll be done by the middle of the month. Then it can be made coherent.

You can see the various snippets of progress on my Patreon:

…and I am sorry to say: this is going to be a month of fulfilling obligations, sorry. I got material that people paid for to chew through, and that’s going to take priority. You know how it goes.

More material for the FERMI RESOLUTION RPG up on Patreon.

I may start putting more stuff up here, too. Anyhoo, here’s the second part of the stuff on the Universal Dominion. Kind of weird to be finally getting back into all of this, really.

Material for the FERMI RESOLUTION RPG worldbook up on Patreon.

Found here. I realized that, if I did nothing else, I’d have to get some stuff up on the Universal Dominion itself. Gonna be working on that for the rest of the weekend, then decide whether or not to go from 48 to 64 pages. I need to think about this now, because next week I’m going to be busy…

The ‘Casting The Runes’ Kickstarter.

Casting the Runes (GUMSHOE roleplaying in the world of MR James ghost stories) is tempting. Oh, so tempting. Unfortunately, my budget these days has one line item on it: book expenses. Art and editing ain’t cheap*. But check out the below anyway!

(Via @GenevieveCogman)

Moe Lane

*Speaking of which: Patreon!

In the Mail: The Dragon Age RPG Core Rulebook.

I’m going to look over it for a week or so and decide whether to run a game in it for WashingCon. I’m not sure that I’m familiar with the actual rule set that the Dragon Age RPG uses, for one thing. I also don’t know whether I want to run a slugfest, which may be the tacit default option here. I’ll mull it all over for a bit.

That moment when you realize…

…that the RPG supplement whose used-book price you’re looking at ruefully is actually a second edition of a previous supplement, under a different name. And that the picture on the cover looks awfully familiar. And then you go look on your shelves, and lo! There it is.

Yes. THAT moment. That f*cking moment.

[UPDATE] For clarity: I didn’t spend money on this. Just an hour and a half of frustrating shopping time.

Alas, waiting on confirmation…

…that a particular game line is cool with fan-based materials being published on public sites for non-commercial use. I know that they typically are, but I’m trying to get back into the industry. Better safe then sorry when it comes to other people’s IP, you know what I mean?

My PJ Lifestyle piece on not being a jerk in a online roleplaying game is up.

Found here. Short version: remember that you’re not some sort of special snowflake. Also, learn the fine art of shutting up.

That’s a generic ‘you,’ of course. I have only the nicest and sweetest of readers.

My PJ Lifestyle post on food and gaming is up!

Found here. Short version: when you game, eat properly. You’re probably not 21 anymore. Heck, eat properly even when you’re 21. And no cheese curls; the powder wrecks the books.

Need some game system advice.

I may be running a game for my group soon. Looks like it’ll be steampunk; vampires have been requested, but not horror vampires. I imagine that it’ll end up being something like The Parasol Protectorate series, only with Martian aether ships because dammit I want to have those.

I can easier put something together with 3rd edition GURPS, but I thought I’d check to see if people had opinions on a game system that might be specifically designed for such things already. I have Castle Falkenstein, Space: 1889, Savage Worlds, GURPS of course, enough of the Hero System to work with the rest, Deadlands basic, and God knows what lurking in the PDFs.