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August 31st, 2009
09:39 am - Digital Death Knell It seems that my Lappy's heart gave out last night. Booting up emits a *twong* sound over and over from somewhere in the vicinity of the hard drive. The little guy would have been starting first grade this September. There's probably not too much important data loss though. I'm relatively between projects at the moment, so it's not like I'll have to rewrite a book or anything. So it goes. Current Location: Couch Current Mood: peaceful Current Music: The fan in Amy's laptop
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August 29th, 2009
05:16 pm - Out Of The Frying Pan Amy and I put up a card game, Out Of The Frying Pan, for sale on thegamecrafter.com. You should all check it out, at least to see the silly restaurant names! Also, tell everyone you know.
Current Mood: hungry Current Music: 9th Street Traffic
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May 10th, 2009
02:25 am - #3. What should it be? Larp. Zam! Pretty smooth night. And I'm not totally exhausted.
Now I have to write another book in the next six weeks. Time to put the knuckle down!
So the name of the third book was going to be American Grit, but my editor would now like to call the trilogy's setting American Grit. This means I need a new name for the third book. The first two books are Northern Steel and Southern Gothic. The third takes place in Washington DC, 1936.
What should the third book be called? Capital... something? Who will win this book-naming contest? It could be you! Current Location: Grace, Namibia
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April 24th, 2009
01:13 am - The ZSG - more of a splurge than a post, but you might enjoy it anyway Amy any I ran another play test of the Zombie Survival Game this evening. It was a slightly more comedy-oriented tone than most, which was cool. We had a good crowd for it, Scott, Margot, Esom, and Boris.
Our survivors fought their way through a resort space station. A meteor struck the station and drove the survivors to the lower decks. They tried to barricade themselves in 'little Venice,' the source of the zombie outbreak. But hundreds died when the zombies made a surprise attack from the canals. They holed up in the replica of San Marco's cathedral for a while. Then they found an escape pod and jettisoned all but five of the survivors, a Mila Jovavich look-alike, Captain Dashell "Dash" LeRon, and three others. Finally, they were driven from their refuge, and made a last stand in the green house, where Captain Dash went mad, killed the others, and let the zombies eat him.
There were other narrative details, but Amy and I also learned more about how to improve the mechanics of the game. We'll ditch the dice pool idea, since it didn't make much difference, and simply give 2 story dice for the reaction proposal, and 1 die for the result proposal. Voting should be done in secret, to avoid all the wacky influence that knowing who's in the lead has. We need a better end-game mechanic; something that the players agree on when choosing the setting. This may involve a 'game over' clause in the result proposal, and a final resolution proposal phase that only happens once per game at the very end. And we're thinking of ways to clarify what needs to be in a reaction proposal; specifically, players could be required to end their reaction proposals with a question, which can be answered in the result proposal phase.
Finally, we need better terms for just about everything in the game. Tragic Fate Bonus Dice... seriously?
I'll buy some shoe polish tomorrow. Anyway, thank you, play testers!
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April 10th, 2009
01:42 pm - Poooooooooh Today, I finished writing the second adventure toolkit, Southern Gothic. Now I am busy with larp and a field of countless dandelions. What kind of dandelions, you ask? Dandelions of opportunity and responsibility. They are hard to tell apart.
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April 4th, 2009
02:42 pm I have reason to believe we all will be received by Rosie, the queen of corona.
Frickin' ear worms. Current Location: The feat section of book 2 Current Mood: Almost on the ball Current Music: All of it
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December 14th, 2008
02:50 pm - I'm a spawn
| Which creature of the night are you? Your Result: Cthulu Spawn You are really an alien thing, aren't you? I can't describe you because you are beyond. We say "left field" and you say "Krn Grth Thchrang." You are the wild card of the bunch, the unknown quantity | | Sorceror | | | Ghost | | | Vampire | | | Demon | | | Incubus/Succubus | | | Werewolf | | Which creature of the night are you? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz |
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November 16th, 2008
05:08 pm - I've got the gils to pay the bills. Gils for kills, Titus. Gils for kills.
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November 14th, 2008
11:16 am - It started off well...
1. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother's & father's middle names) Caulley Roger 2. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad) John William 3. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 2 letters of your last name, first 4 letters of your first name) Gostua 4.DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Pumpkin Chocobo 5. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you live) William Minneapolis 6. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite alcoholic drink, optionally add "THE" to the beginning) The Roan Old Beer Plank 7. FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name) Stan 8. GANGSTA NAME: (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite cookie): Cookie Dough Raisin Oatmeal 9. ROCK STAR NAME: (current pet's name, current street name) Kitchen Mouse South 9th Street 10. PORN NAME: (1st pet, street you grew up on) Zaphod 24th Avenue South
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October 7th, 2008
07:16 pm - This Just In Far and wide, all should rejoice! A very snazzy RPG is available for free: Suzerain. It's a very sleek universal system for anyone looking to expand their horizons. Give it a gander. It'll cook your goose!
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July 18th, 2008
08:00 am - How'd I miss this one? Okay, cool new word: Cowpuncher -- cowboy or cowgirl
I don't know how this one was able to fly under my radar for so long, but now I know it, and my life is that much more awesome for it.
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May 30th, 2008
May 4th, 2008
11:59 pm - Arson Check out my new game:
Out Of The Frying Pan

The download option is down the page on the right, assuming you don't want to use yoyogames' stupid instant play thing. Also, if you are going to play it, click the 'how to play' button for the tutorial before you play a game.
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December 12th, 2005
04:46 pm I'm lame and have no friends!
And my fiancee is hot!
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November 19th, 2005
07:36 pm - Empty My friends page hasn't changed in over 24 hours. Weird. Such a syzygy of silence. So, tell me what's new. Current Mood: confused
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November 10th, 2005
09:04 pm - Takin' a Break
I'm pausing for a moment to regain a little direction. My main characters have just taken up temporary residence in a green VW van in the parking lot outside a Grateful Dead reunion concert (Henry Rollins is filling in for Jerry Garcia). The owner of the van is presumed to have passed out somewhere else, on whatever drugs those people at Grateful Dead concerts take. I'm planning a short narrative history of the van, and I'm trying to decide whether it's a ghost van that follows their concerts ever since its devoutly Dead-Headed owner died in an absurd tie dying accident, or if the van is more like Kit from Nightrider with an artificial intelligence that just happens to be infatuated with Phil Lesh. I'm leaning toward the latter, since the last chapter was about escaping from a haunted circus. Maybe there have been enough ghosts already. Only time will tell. Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: Punk Rock
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November 5th, 2005
October 8th, 2005
09:25 pm - Peer deeper into the depths of Stuart
( Read more... ) Current Mood: Cold Current Music: woo woo wah wah
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October 3rd, 2005
04:56 pm - First Lines Meme
That band wagon doesn't seem to have a flautist yet...
Arimaspea
Upon my death I traveled north in raven shape, Accompanied by sun-struck Phoebus God of light. We rode his heaven's chariot with him at reigns, And I atop his shoulder, cawing to the wind.
Kester the Hylopath
In a way, he lied copiously. Not all the time, and not necessarily to excess, but most of the time. It had become habit, due to his gift.
Serity and Menny (working title)
Serity was born on drugs, but then so are most people.
Donovan's Best
He was a hellish font of brute and marrow. Despicable phrases erupted from his throat and teeth, bent into awful sounds by his tongue. Current Mood: Recuperating
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September 27th, 2005
07:24 pm
Peer into the depths of Stuart: ( Read more... ) Current Mood: Memetic
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