Well, I know it’s been a long time coming, but I wanted to drop a quick note to everyone who might have wanted to know what’s going on with Ultrablam. What’s going on is this: I’m still working on the playtest materials – but a couple of things happened along the way. Read more…
It’s been a long time coming, but there’s finally some movement on the playtesting front. I’m building the packet for playtesters, and that means trying out everything with my group beforehand. Lots of things have changed since the last round of playtests – even the character sheet is undergoing some serious work!
Last time, we got as far as the setting introduction, trying out the new directed preparation template, (if you want to see it for yourself, check out the Ashes setting on the wiki), and making characters with the new rules balancing Experience and Confidence at the time play starts.
It all went well, as far as I could tell. I got a lot of input on how the character sheet should work now, so I’m laying that out again. I sat down to figure out exactly what I needed for playtesters, and created the initial playtest application form, which I’ll make available as soon as the rest of the materials are ready. I’m working on those materials – the playtest instructions, the sample adventure, character suggestions, and the post-playtest report form – as fast as I can.
So. I know it’s been quiet on the blog side. I’ll try to provide more information starting again now.
How come when they’re talking about porn, they (the mysterious powers that be…folks also responsible for posting signs from “The Management”, one would suppose) talk about “hardcore” and “softcore.” But when talking about other things that have a hardcore component, the converse is “casual” instead?
The more they change, actually. Wise sayings to the contrary notwithstanding. The particular changes I’m thinking of came from Jona’s thorough and insightful readthrough. They’re all in the text now. Said text is different, and better, for them. Now it goes to Zach for more reading. I hope he leaves it in better shape than he finds it, too.
My awesome editrix is going out of town this week. And I just found out tonight that she ordered the new Batman video game to keep me company while she’s away. Jona rocks.
Well, it’s been approximately forever, or more like twelve days. But the first of my trusty editors has delivered her notes. And the news is good.
So last time, I got back on the horse. This time, I rode that pony!
You can probably tell that work on Ultrablamtacular! had slowed recently. I started work on it again today, and one of the things I knew I needed to do was to update this blog. Read more…
So…if you’re reading this blog, you probably already know that the Ennie Award voting is open.
Someday, I’d like to be up for one of those bad boys. And I’d like people to vote. For me, obviously.
So go vote. The Funzor density of the nominees is high.