First off Happy 4th of July!
We ain't perfect, but there is no other place I'd rather live.
Writing
When discussing the D20 OGL I always said "Now days any idiot with a computer and a pirated copy of Adobe Acrobat can call himself a game publisher".
Yesterday I became that idiot.
I'm still all giddy about Evil DM Productions being granted a License to produce material for Savage Worlds. Now the work begins.
In addition to Legends of Steel I have several other projects to port over to the Savage Worlds system. Yesterday I managed to get in a few hours of writing. It wasn't solid, focused uninterrupted writing, it was more of the kind where you are constantly dealing with "Daddy, Nick wont play with me."
"Daddy what are you doing?"
"Daddy I'm bored."
I guess the answer would be to write when every one else is asleep. But that's when I want to sleep too. I know there are a few writers who visit here- how the hell do you guys balance things?
Gaming
Last night while writing I got to thinking about a couple of gaming combos that would be real cool.
A while back I mentioned mixing Savage Worlds with the TV series Jack of all Trades. Last night I was thinking about using Savage Worlds for spy/pulp/low powered supers campaign using the world of the Black Coat.
The Black Coat is a title from Ape Entertainment. The Black Coat is a colonial version of the Shadow / Zorro/ and the Phantom. Very cool premise.
I think Rob Rogers made mention of colonial era supers in his Devil's Cape universe as well.
I'm thinking this might also work with Precise Intermedia's Colonial Record or Colonial Gothic from Rogue games.
Another thought that occured to me is taking the Venture Bros. Cartoon and adapting it with Toon from Steve Jackson games. I haven't played Toon in years. Venture Bros. is damn funny and with the right GM a Toon version of the Venture Bros. would be hilarious!
OK back to work.
Ah, Black Coat! Excellent stuff. You may also dig Revere: Revolution In Silver (http://www.aspcomics.com/revere.php).
ReplyDeleteAs for finding time to write, I have to admit I do a fair about with one of my kids in my lap. Makes for finding some interesting typos here and there. Otherwise, I have to do it after they go to bed, or really early, or during their TV time. I don't mind, but it can be a pain when the writing bug is eating at me. or when I have a deadline. That can suck.
Oh yeah, and I took Broadsword out for a short spin last night with two players and it went rather well! The rules are very light (as I'm sure you know) so it allowed for better off the cuff rping. Good times were had and many forest creatures were killed. Thanks for creating The Awesome.
Liking the blog, man-- keep up the good work! :)
Cheers,
Steve
P.S. Venture Bros. with Toon? Shit, man, now I have to root through my stuff to find my copy... that sounds like fun.
Those Black Coat covers look fantastic. I've not heard of this before. Gonna have to check it out.
ReplyDeleteAs for writing time, my son is grown now but when he was little I tended to write after he went to bed, or on a weekend when he was playing with friends or with his mom. I also managed to borrow an hour or two here and there while at my real job.
Any chance we'll be seeing Mission:Adventure for Savage Worlds?
ReplyDeleteAny chance we'll be seeing Mission:Adventure for Savage Worlds?
ReplyDeleteYes sir. The Schedule so far looks like:
1.Legends of Steel
2.The Lost World of Hador
3.Mission: Adventure!
4. Aurora
Steve: Revere looks cool. I will be checking it out. Thanks for the heads up!
ReplyDeleteCharles: Good suggestions Charles, I'm trying to incorporate all of them. I guess I should have paid more attention during those "time management" sections in college. I'd buy a book on time management, but when would i have the time to read it??
I've been "pimping" M:A! to my gaming group. This is going to be great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kevin,
ReplyDeleteI've been getting a ton of inquiries on M:A! I'll post more as I have it available. But y'know, one man show I gotta work on one thing at a time or I'll get very little done. but each sale of the preceeding product will make the subsequent products production values that mush slicker. I hope that when I seriously delve into M:A! I'll be able to give everyone a major nerdgasm!
Any idea why the flag-bikini babe has dog claws glued to her fingernails?
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