And Beer Barrel Poker was the more normal one, that week. Whatever ‘normal’ means, in this context. Sometimes I don’t know, either.
And Beer Barrel Poker was the more normal one, that week. Whatever ‘normal’ means, in this context. Sometimes I don’t know, either.
I more or less gave away “Children of the Candy Corn” for free on Patreon because I felt bad about being paid to flat-out trying to scare my Patrons. It’s one thing when I’m being paid to write fiction, or I’m submitting it for publication. But to just have this come out of nowhere… well.
I am totally serious. If my Patreon gets up to $150/month by this time tomorrow, I will run this sucker at a convention. Presumably Washingcon – which means I’d be running two games there, because if I sign up to run Honey Heist at that con then I’ll do another one.
HONEY HEIST is a free one-page roleplaying game where you you are a criminal bear with two stats: CRIMINAL and BEAR. https://t.co/qajk6tAyxO
— Grant Howitt (@gshowitt) March 13, 2017
Your move, Internet.
You should totally check it out. I put short stories and gaming fiction on it. There’s a couple of free pieces at the site; peruse them. Succumb to your dark urges and give me a dollar a month…
Moe Lane
PS: Yeah, I know my existing readers already know, but will the person who happened to come across the site using Google? …Nope!
Below are the Patreon files that I did for Columbia: City of Secrets. Columbia, Maryland is a fascinating place. It’s an artificially constructed city that doesn’t feel like a city, lots of people live there but there’s no real overarching vibe coming from the place, and you can absolutely stick an occult conspiracy or secret cult somewhere inside city limits and nobody would ever know. It’s perfect for a certain type of RPG campaign, in other words.
‘Canaries‘ illustrates something that I’ve long thought: to wit, that folklore ascribes natural magical talent to a whole range of creatures who are, frankly, as dumb as posts. Have any of these people ever have cats? Show a cat a magical hovering flame and it’ll chase it right into the wall.
Alas, no creative stuff tonight: I have been prescribed a muscle relaxant, and even the anti-inflammatory is making me drowsy. Luckily, I have an entire Patreon campaign reward for you folks to look at! War of the Mountain King: alternate Earth, Conanesque fantasy world meets Roosevelt-era America, neither enjoyed the experience very well. Tell your friends! Sign up, yourself! It’s fun!
The Drake legend fascinates me, basically. “Listening for the Drum” is merely the latest iteration of that. Heck, there’s an entire campaign setting in there.
Found here: one buck a month will get you early access to stuff, and I’m seriously considering putting up Patron-only material in the near future. Tell your friends! :dryly: No, really. We just got the bill here for the replacement washer/dryer. Good Lord, you’d think that these things were made of platinum or something.
Moe Lane
PS: We are neither starving nor in danger of doing so. But I went from five figures last year to the Patreon being the only thing keeping me from dropping down to three. I say this not to preen, but as an explanation for why I’m rattling the jar more. So… tell your friends!
Although, to be honest? The situation in “Read the sign” is too unstable. It’d eventually blow up in people’s faces. Or rain fish. Or blow fish up in people’s faces. One of those.