🌈🚀 Reliable wonder engine. I make narrative role-playing games that imagine a weirder, queerer, more connected world.
happy new year from one buzzing particle to another
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Hi Reader, Welcome! Happy New Year! Please, come in. Let's shake off that snow. Make yourself at home. The candles on the table are set up for Hanukkah. Tomorrow night's the eighth night—the big one! I haven't had you over for a while because I've been heads-down in the text for Defy the Gods, trying to finish it so I can hand it off to Rue Dickey, the copy editor. Now that the Christmas brouhaha is over, I'm putting every spare hour into this. I'm preparing to launch a Kickstarter for Defy the Gods in March! In advance of that, I'll soon start marketing the game more actively. Once I can get my head out of this manuscript, I'll make a hard pivot from total introvert to total extrovert. At least, that's the plan. Here's the logo that Cris Viana came up with—not final-final, but getting there. Isn't it awesome? The book is starting to feel real! And here are the color versions of the character portraits! Aaaah! They're so cool! Thalie did such amazing work—as she always does. But! While all this has been happening, a new batch of raccoon dice arrived from Poland! Ros is planning to come over this weekend to assemble the last 170 or so Raccoon Sky Pirates games. I'll ship most of them to Indie Press Revolution and have a few to sell from here, Hectic Electron Central (that is, this table, when it's not Dinner Central). Probably as soon as Monday. In other news, Udo now wears a harness all day every day, so we can help him down the stairs and up into the car, because he's been getting more tottery. I have to say he looks quite sharp in it. He's an old dog, but he's hanging in there. I'm glad he gets to experience the snow. What he really wants to do is lie on the bed, ideally with us, and we try to maximize his time there. What are you up to? How have your holidays been? Are you ready to brave the new year? Because I have to tell you, it's here. Cheers, P.S. Quick poll! I'm still trying to land on a tagline for Defy the Gods, so people know what they're getting into when they pick up the book. The current contenders:
What do you think? Would you want to know up-front that it's queer-focused? That it has romance in it? I'd love to know. Okay thanks! I'll check in again soon! |
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🌈🚀 Reliable wonder engine. I make narrative role-playing games that imagine a weirder, queerer, more connected world.
Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in. It's getting blowy out there. On the table, we've got flame-orange dahlias. The Raccoon Sky Pirates Kickstarter is doing well beyond my wildest hopes. But, for once, I'm not here to talk about that. I recently read Lin Codega's diaries of their experience playing Over/Under, the massive, 30-day game on Discord that started a year ago. Here's what I said about it on Bluesky: Me when O/U was happening: Man I wish I had time for this. Me after it ended: Man I...
Hi Reader, It's All-Raccoons Eve! Tomorrow at noon Eastern, assuming nothing wacky happens in the meantime, the Raccoon Sky Pirates Kickstarter will launch! I've just finished (whew) the free Haunted House Map that goes to everyone who backs in the first 24 hours. I hope you'll be one of them! Here's a low-res screenshot from the first floor. There's a second floor, an attic and of course a basement. It has its own Disaster Track and over a hundred cursed items to steal! If you haven't...
Hi Reader, Imagine it's after dark on the eve of All Hallows. Your car broke down, and now you're tramping through the woods in search of shelter. Ice-cold rain soaks through your too-summery clothes and into your bones. A sudden shock: Lightning outlines a looming manor house. Deafening thunder—or is it the manse's baleful façade?—roots you to the spot. Brambles choke its walls. Mazy gables top narrow windows from which fell figures stare out. And then...like an ill omen...a Chevy Bluebird...