http://twoscooterspress.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:09:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Things are going really well for the text of Blowback. I finished writing the final section of the players' guide, and have started The Agency Handbook. In the meantime, I'm running a contest over on Story Games asking people to stat up their hometown. The coolest town wins you a ... http://blowback.twoscooterspress.com/2010/03/update-also-a-contest/ Hey guys! It turns out I'm running Blowback on Sunday morning, not Saturday. Sorry. You can still get in touch with me about playing in it, though! Here's the latest version of the Blowback document, and it includes Mission: Blowback: Playtest document 2 Enjoy! http://blowback.twoscooterspress.com/2010/02/blowback-new-playtest-preview-dreamation-correction/ Hi guys! I'm running two official games of Blowback as a part of Indie Games Explosion at Dreamation 2010 in Morristown, NJ (February 18-21). The first game is Thursday night at 8 PM, the next is Saturday morning at 9 AM. These are "playtest track" games, so you can get ... http://blowback.twoscooterspress.com/2010/02/blowback-at-dreamation/ Happy new year, folks! I just wanted to give everyone an update on my progress. Timeline I am 49 days away from my first deadline: a polished playtest document. I'm halfway through writing it, and I've done some more playtesting, including a really fun game with Epidiah Ravachol, Emily Care Boss, Vincent ... http://blowback.twoscooterspress.com/2010/01/blowback-for-1k-progress-report/ The first real playtest of Blowback went off with flying colors. In fact, you can read an AP report by two of the players over here on The Forge. As I told the players during a break: I'd played through Analysis twice, talked through Mission once, and sort of had ... http://blowback.twoscooterspress.com/2009/11/jiffycon-playtest-wrap-up-and-ap-report/ With thanks to Shreyas. You can download it in PDF form here. http://blowback.twoscooterspress.com/2009/11/new-character-sheet-just-in-time-for-jiffycon/ I emailed them to ask if I could perhaps purchase a copy of a full-color book they've printed in the past, as I was concerned because I'd never seen their work. The rep mailed me back 15 minutes later to let me know that a full-color children's book and a guide ... http://twoscooterspress.com/2009/11/1k-and-heres-a-point-in-360digitalbooks-favor/ Here are the quotes I've gotten from various printers, and how I feel about said printers. Unless otherwise specified, the quote is for a 50-page, perfect-bound, full color book, at a quantity of 100 books. My plan is to cover half the cost of the print run with money from ... http://blowback.twoscooterspress.com/2009/11/blowback-for-1k-printer-roundup/ For some reason, comments aren't working for me-- I can't seem to be able to comment, and I don't know if this is a just-me thing or if it's something other people are having issues with. (I think it must be a wider problem, because the spam comments have slowed ... http://blowback.twoscooterspress.com/2009/11/blowback-for-1k-response-to-comment-gbsteve/ Just as it sounds. The DSRPG is ready for playtest; comment or email me [eshoemaker AT gmail] and let's see if we can get it going, either for your friends at home, or if you'd like me to run it for you on IRC. http://twoscooterspress.com/2009/10/looking-for-playtesters-for-the-diesel-sweeties-rpg/