I just popped the copy of The Freecity of Haldane that Christian had send me into the mail, marked up with my red chicken scratching that I hope he can read. Just some grammar-Nazi editing. There are no problems that a real human would notice. Just English teachers.
I am incredibly impressed with The Freecity of Haldane. Christian has done a great job. It's the portrait of a fantasy city - full of just the stuff you need and none of the stuff you don't. In many ways, it's the perfect complement to Zak's Vornheim, covering little tidbits I frequently forget - like that members of the watch carry whistles, and a link-boy could be a very valuable friend to have at night.
I have scarfed copious ideas from it for my Vayniris campaign.
So get it. I mean that. Get it.
- Ark (Staggering off to go read the first Vayniris Anthology submission.)
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Horn Tooting
I was going to just sit back and smile to myself and bask in my own glow over here all alone, but after three days - I've decided to say 'screw that.'
My 'Old School Rocks' logo is at GenCon! It's sitting right there, staring at people's knees! WOOT! I'm so proud of it. When it was a baby, it spit up a lot and nobody thought it would amount to much of nothing - not even me. But then it grew up, eloped with old Joe Browning, and went to GenCon without me to be a 'booth bunny' at the Old School Renaissance Group Booth.
What a heartless little punk-ass logo! I haven't even been to GenCon yet - and I've been waiting 30 years!
And you can see here it is hanging out with all the cool people that I don't get to meet! I bet they are going to go buy it beer and get it drunk tonight. What an ungrateful little logo.
I refuse - simply refuse - to post it's bail money when it tears up Indianapolis after the bars close tonight.
I suppose it's just empty nest syndrome. I wish it all the best - and thanks for big taking it places Joe. I appreciate it. :)
- Ark
My 'Old School Rocks' logo is at GenCon! It's sitting right there, staring at people's knees! WOOT! I'm so proud of it. When it was a baby, it spit up a lot and nobody thought it would amount to much of nothing - not even me. But then it grew up, eloped with old Joe Browning, and went to GenCon without me to be a 'booth bunny' at the Old School Renaissance Group Booth.
What a heartless little punk-ass logo! I haven't even been to GenCon yet - and I've been waiting 30 years!
And you can see here it is hanging out with all the cool people that I don't get to meet! I bet they are going to go buy it beer and get it drunk tonight. What an ungrateful little logo.
I refuse - simply refuse - to post it's bail money when it tears up Indianapolis after the bars close tonight.
I suppose it's just empty nest syndrome. I wish it all the best - and thanks for big taking it places Joe. I appreciate it. :)
- Ark
Finding a Path
I picked this up today. I'm not sure what that means. Been debating it for a couple of years.
But, you know what curiosity killed, don't you?
My wallet!
<tin hat>
- Ark
But, you know what curiosity killed, don't you?
My wallet!
<tin hat>
- Ark
Friday, August 5, 2011
The Boy's New Thundercats Review
We just sat down and watch the first episode of the New Thundercats series on Cartoon Network.
The Boy says, "It's a cool series and I want a sword that shoots giant lasers too!"
I think that about sums it up.
:)
- Ark
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Dungeonspiration: Umm . . .
I detest Erin Palette. She got on this kick about My Frikkin Little Pony. Over and over and over again. This pony thing was the complete antithesis of cool when I was a teenager. While I was trying to watch the Zentradi acquire PROTOCULTURE, my sister was fighting me for control of the remote to watch those ponies with combs.
So This Erin Palatte lady is writing and writing about these dog sized horses being perfect for an RPG and I'm ignoring her posts over and over and then she posts the last one - so I breath a sigh of relief and hope she goes back to talk about guns. But I look at the pony pictures and think - hmm - those ponies don't look like the ponies of my youth. Actually, I kind of like the art. At least it doesn't make me vomit. So . . . curiosity reared it's ugly head and I loaded up the first episode on YouTube.
Shit. Shit shit shit. I watched the next two. Shit. I'm not saying the episodes were shit. I'm saying shit because I LIKED IT. SHIT.
I am a god-damned BRONIE.
Crap. It's a good show. I like it. I even like it when they sing.
I'm so embarrassed. Somebody please kill me now. DAMN YOU ERIN PALETTE!
Um, it's chock full of all kinds of cool ideas for a D&D game. I won't get into it beacause I'm too embarrassed about the whole thing. Don't let The Boy know, okay? I'll loose any street-cred I ever had with him. Not that I probably had any to begin with . . . but still.
Actually, Erin Palette is pretty cool. But still . . . I feel dirty. Ugh.
- Ark
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
If Everyone Rolled Their Dice Off A Cliff . . .
Yes, apparently I would too. :)
These are most of my dice - except the ones sitting in game boxes, lost under couch cushions, or still stabbing painfully into the bottoms of my feet.
Whheeeeeee!
- Ark
These are most of my dice - except the ones sitting in game boxes, lost under couch cushions, or still stabbing painfully into the bottoms of my feet.
Whheeeeeee!
- Ark
Vayniris Anthology Project Writing Guide
Wow. My whole brain hurts. I finally completed a rough draft of the Vayniris Anthology Project Writing Guide. For those interested and have an email address that I could find - you should have it in your email now.
Some of you - like Jeremy and and Taketoshi - I couldn't find contact info. Well, other than spamming your blogs with the pdf. Comment here with your email, or grab my email from that blogger profile thing and email me your email so that I can email you the email. Yeah. Did I mention that my brain hurts? ;)
And for anyone else interested in submitting a story for the Vayniris Anthology Project, let me know and I'll get you the Writer's Guide.
- Ark (off to do copy-editing for Christian's awesome Freecity of Haldane! Woot!)
Some of you - like Jeremy and and Taketoshi - I couldn't find contact info. Well, other than spamming your blogs with the pdf. Comment here with your email, or grab my email from that blogger profile thing and email me your email so that I can email you the email. Yeah. Did I mention that my brain hurts? ;)
And for anyone else interested in submitting a story for the Vayniris Anthology Project, let me know and I'll get you the Writer's Guide.
- Ark (off to do copy-editing for Christian's awesome Freecity of Haldane! Woot!)
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