It’s been a heck of a week here in my head! I feel more like crowing than confessing today. Nevertheless: Forgive me, Foresworn, for I am psyched! It’s been one week since my last confession. My goals for last week were to prep and run the playtest session at Southern Exposure. To prep for that … Read more
I took Foresworn’s resolution system for a little spin with Kat and Michele last night. It was … insightful. The parts I thought would be fun weren’t. There was a tiny glimmer of potential fun in a part I never suspected. The whole thing crashed and burned in less than an hour. For an initial … Read more
Work is bad. What else is new? Several poor nights’ sleep have also taken their toll. Although it’s not progressing fast, it is progressing. Forgive me, Foresworn, for I am a snail. It has been one week since my last confession. My goal for the previous week was: Write up a five-character space opera scenario. … Read more
… I want to look away, but I can’t.
The project at work that was keeping me there so long a few weeks ago returned on Wednesday demanding tribute in the form of hours. It’s supposed to be back for 3 days of the coming week, also. I’m not exactly swimming in time these days. Thus: Forgive me, Foresworn, for I have slipped. It’s … Read more
Whole bunch of jumbled, disorganized stuff to throw out there. Watch out for the mess. I read Dictionary of Mu this week. Probably the greatest setting book I’ve ever read. Why? Not primarily for its red, testosterone-soaked sands and evocative prose (although Marr’d is definitely chest-beatingly cool and the prose does say more in a … Read more
It’s been a tough week here in my head. I very nearly shelved Foresworn this week. I debated how much of this struggle to put online, and reminded myself of the three reasons I’m doing these confessions out in front of God and everybody: To get me to the keyboard every week. Motivating myself is … Read more
I worked more than 55 hours this week. Plus the standard “taking care of the family” obligations. And my temptress of a wife is upstairs saying “there’s a retelling of Taming of the Shrew on BBC America.” These are the things that stand between me and a finished game. But the overtime is the truly … Read more
I’ve been thinking about what I’ve commited myself to: Reporting on my progress week after week. It brings flashbacks of my Catholic boyhood. And thus: Forgive me, Foresworn, for I have slacked. This is my first confession. In the past week I have: Announced my intention to design and publish Foresworn Devised a schedule of … Read more
I heard so many exciting little bits of stuff at GenCon. One that stuck with me was someone (I forget who) complimenting Luke on how good Dictionary of Mu looks. Luke’s response was something like this: “I didn’t do anything. All I did was send Judd an e-mail every week asking how it was going. … Read more