Lady Blackbird on Here Be Gamers podcast
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Episode 4 of the Here Be Gamers podcast features a lengthy review of Lady Blackbird and some AP notes. Thanks to Nathan and Marty for saying such nice things about the game. The whole show is good, but if you just want to hear the LB part, it starts at 50:24.Lady Blackbird Age of Sail Hack
Man, this makes my day (week? month?). Richard Lacy has made a new version of Lady Blackbird set in the Age of Sail. Check it out. It's really, really good.Lady Blackbird
Friday, April 24, 2009
I have a new game project, a free steampunk adventure module called Lady Blackbird. It's designed as a quick-start game set, so you can run a fun game with no prep for 2-5 other people. It has rules, situation, setting, and pregen characters all ready to go. You can get the PDF at the game website (or by clicking on the button in the left column over there).
I plan to update the PDF as it gets refined in play over the next few weeks, then lock it into a final form. I also have some plans for selling a printed version of the module, as well as add-on modules with new situations, characters, and rules bits.
Stay tuned for more. And if you play, please head over to Story Games and talk about it.
GenCon Seminar: Layout & Art
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Matt Snyder and I did a talk at GenCon about layout and art for small press publishers. It's online now thanks to the Sons of Kryos:http://www.sonsofkryos.com/GC08sem06.mp3
Check it out.
Little Game Chef '09: The Mustang
Thursday, April 09, 2009
I participated in Little Game Chef this year. It was fun and there were a lot of cool games in the mix. And... I won the darn thing. Which is pretty sweet. My game is called The Mustang. You can grab the PDF by clicking on the image below.
The judges said nice things about it, which I really appreciate. I think it turned out rather well. But I agree with Eero (the EVIL judge) that it's not a "game" exactly. I don't know what the heck it is, really.
Anyway, I really like Jonathan Walton's entry, Mare Caspium. You should check it out. It has Khazars and everything. That was my pick for the winner.
Here's the Game Contest Thread and Judges' Results Thread.
EDIT: Oh yeah! They had an award named for me as part of LGC. The Harper Award went to the game that used the 2-page restriction well and had good layout. The winner went to the very cool looking hand-written game, Redemption Night by M. Jason Parent.