Happy Valentines Day everyone!

So I finally got Black Tokyo released late last night.  It took forever to upload because it’s such a large project.  I am very pleased with how it has turned out.  I am also glad to have it “off my plate” so I can focus on some more upcoming releases.  I think the conference call with Chris Field for the Publisher Audio Commentary turned out good also.  (I was worried as this was the first time I have used that feature to capture an interview. You’ll hear a windows sound somewhere in the commentary from my computer!)

I have plenty of projects lined up; including the 80’s decade from Otherverse, the Innocent D7ACU as well as some Epic Spells and the North Side Spiders Drow street gang for your Modern Arcana campaign.  All that and more are on deck.

I am also still waiting for some final development on [SECRET PROJECT] to be finished.  I expect to hear back any day on that, and will be ready to unveil it to the world[wide web]!

I’m taking my wife and daughter out for dinner and a movie tonight, and tomorrow night I am hitting the gun range with some of my friends to try out several new guns I got at fire-sale prices recently.

So I finally got around to adding a blogroll to the right hand side of the site. (Down below the “Where To Buy” section.) I only included gaming-related sites I check regurally. I check others but many of them are only updated sporadically, so I left them off.  I am sure the list will grow as time goes by. I also included a link to my other blog, www.horridmischief.com, which deals more with politics and gun rights.

I heard about Jericho the same way I heard about Firefly; after it was already canceled. I watched a few episodes online and purchased the DVD set of season one when it came out so my wife could watch it also.  We thouroughly enjoyed it.  So naturally we tuned in last night to see the begining of season 2.

*SPOILERS AHEAD*

I felt the resolution of the big firefight between Newburn and Jericho was a bit rushed.  It felt to me like they were just trying to get the conflict over with so they could move on to the new story-line.  Hawkins used the tank to stop the train, the military came in and stopped the firefight.  (Using A10 Warthogs!) And now we have troops everywhere keeping order.  (Obvious shades of Iraq; with the fine people of Jericho playing the part of the Iraqi’s.)  The military officer in charge of keeping order is played well; he isn’t a military dictator or trying to ‘crush’ anyone.  He’s a professional doing his job.

I wasn’t really into the whole “Blood Fued” thing between the two towns, and kept thinking to myself that “revenge is a dish best served cold” so why not wack the guy six months later when his guard is down.  Hawkins then comes out and sez the same thing I was thinking; which was great.  They weren’t debating weather or not the guy should get wacked, just the best way to go about it.  Refreshing.  (Though Hawkins does get to do some stupid things with a pistol later in the show.  Apparently the producers think stalking around in the dark with a pistol looks ‘cool’ so they let him do it whenever they get a chance.  Get a good consultant to help with gun handling.  Maybe you could hire someone from Ravenwood!)

The new government is restoring order, power and supplies so things are getting back to a new sort of ‘normal’.  While I see where they are going with this I do miss the whole “Jericho is on its own” feel of the first season.  But on the whole I am interested to see where the new direction leads.  Hawkins and Co. are attempting to prevent the new government from consolidating power, which gives us a much better look at how the whole world is changing, not just this small town in Kansas. The new government is attempting to consolidate power, and they do a pretty good job of showing the double-edged nature of such ‘help’ using Mimi’s character. Jake is gonna be (literally) the new sheriff in town. (This part reminds me somewhat of the online novel Light’s Out by Halffast.  Worth a read.) Heather is going to be the liaison between both towns and the military.  It looks like it is going to be an interesting season ahead.

*UPDATE* Publisher Audio Commentary added.

You can see the front and back covers below:

Front Cover

Back Cover

Check out the Flash Flip-Book preview of everything in between HERE! (With all the naughty bits blurred out, as this is a somewhat kid-friendly site!)

I am still editing the Publisher Audio Commentary, which should be done today. I hope to have this product uploaded to OBS and YGN later today.

*UPDATE* I uploaded the Publisher Audio Commentary this morning.  Feel free to listen to it by clicking on the player below.  The bookmarks on the PDF were giving me a few issues, so I am currently tweaking that and will post the product as soon as I can.  Look for it some time today.

 

 Black Tokyo: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Black Tokyo is almost done.  I did a conference call with the author, Chris Field, on Monday and am currently editing the conversation.  The page layout is done.  It still needs a few tweaks like a table of contents (which I can finish now that the final layout is done!) and some bookmarks.  I may even try something new with this one and throw in a BACK cover!

I got a manuscript in the other day for AE: Iron Rations!  (Or Trail Rations, if you prefer.  But cuz I am ‘Old Skoole’ Red Cover D&D I prefer the term Iron Rations.)  Look for it soon.

More info soon.

Saw this over on ENWorld:

From Gamer Radio Zero episode 27 (12:20):

Mike: Why is Wizards of the Coast calling it the OGL when it really doesn’t seem quite open?

Linae Foster: We decided that yeah, OGL isn’t the best name for it. So we’re going to call it The Game System License from now on or GSL.

I can’t say I am too surprised they are getting away from the OGL model that allowed complete games to be made (such as True20 etc.). But it is interesting to see them come out and say it. Still can’t wait to get a look at the new OGL er I mean GSL so I can see what is and is NOT allowed.