What's Happening?
Like I've written previously, I try to stay away from the
blog-as-a-diary thing, but I guess this is another post that fits that
category. Either that, or you can file it under random thoughts.
Flying Pig Games. I have no doubt that I can ramp up this
company very quickly. Every day I thank God that I have a chance to do things
my way once again. As everyone knows, the Night of Man Kickstarter went pretty
well. I’m thankful for everyone that contributed. I/we have been on it hard and
heavy since the campaign closed, designing scenarios, tweaking rules, making
revised artist spreadsheets, and play testing. I've learned the hard way that
if you don’t consistently stay on something big, the time can get away from
you. This week’s biggest news is a Vassal module. No it’s not ready yet, in
fact, today’s significant chore is getting the files out to Roger, who
volunteered to make the module. Once complete, this will let us take on a bevy
of play testers.
Old School Tactical (OST). Shayne, Greg, and I are working
hard on OST. In all my time at LNLP, I never received a game that was this far
along. With just a couple of tweaks this system has been made ready for prime time.
Map art complete, counter art complete (with the exception of some new admin
markers), rules complete, but needing to be laid out again. Bottom line, we
hope to have this up on Kickstarter soon, and send the game with Night of Man
to the printers.
Armageddon War. Honestly, this is some cool stuff. A
platoon-level game set in the year 2020, we have tried to rethink every
platoon-level game mechanic we’ve seen in previous games. I don’t want to beat
the drum too loudly, but I believe this game takes a fresh approach to the
topic. Web page up within days. No, you won’t be able to pre-order yet. I’m
really not sure how I want to work that moving into the future. For now it’s
enough to say that we will use Kickstarter, and put up preorder capabilities as
they make sense.
Speaking of preordering making sense. The first issue of Yaah! Magazine will soon… like as soon as the layout is finished, be headed to the
printers. Now, the astute gamers among you understand that that can mean a lot
of things, so I’ll get specific. Yaah! Will soon be headed to in-country
printers. Hence, we should have it back and ship it in three weeks from the
time it leaves the Flying Pig Game megalopolis.
I write stuff. Some of you know that. Here’s a writing
update. Revelation has a professional editor. We are about 70% of the way
through the novel. Once finished, it will be released as a second edition. To
be frank, the sum of corrections comes up to about .003% of the manuscript, but
I’m tired of people, any people, finding any mistakes. I believe I’ll be able
to gift the 2nd Edition eBook to anyone who has bought the original
off Amazon.
Retribution. The true sequel to Revelation (same characters,
takes up immediately after first ends), is coming along fast. Each morning I
get up at 5 AM, stretch while the coffee is brewing, and then head to my office
with the first cup of Joe. And I write fiction. I think of this as my
pre-workday, workday. I hope to have the book in your hands by mid-summer.
That’s it.
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