Land of Phantoms

This week I was on a podcast with the guys from  Spellburn . It should be out soon. There was a lot of focus around the new character classes and the rule enhancements in Transylvanian Adventures . Moreover, there were some comments directed at the "crunchiness" of  Transylvanian Adventures . Something that surprised me because, frankly, it hadn't translated to play. And here's why I think that is... First, the rule enhancements introduce "crunch" of two varieties: situational and optional. Situational crunch covers rules like Ruin, firearms damage, Fear, and damage recovery. These only rear their heads every now and then. Ruin enters play 3 or so times a session when a character is dropped to 0 hit points. Fear, once -- maybe twice or not at all -- at the Judge's discretion. Optional crunch represents rules like the different approach to Luck spends and the bonuses and penalties around the "Mad Libs" section. This is crunch that a group ca...

Sorry it's taking so long to get the print-on-demand books together. Here's the whys and wherefores... I'm getting some edits in. I'm taking care of a few of the issues that have been raised over the past month or so. The PDF should be updated around the same time as the POD is made available. I misunderstood how Lulu handled discounts, coupons, etc. I know I've gotten coupons in the past for specific titles or authors. But, apparently, I can't offer them as a new publisher for some reason. I'm currently in the process of getting POD set up through DriveThruRPG/RPGNow so that those who have the PDF can receive a discount on the hardcover as promised. Canadian folks can contact me directly if they don't want to pay across-the-border shipping costs. We'll work something out. The extended kerfluffle at Lulu dovetailed nicely into the need for me to clean up a couple of items. If it wasn't clear, there will be a hardcover version available at...

Proof copy of the hardcover and softcover just came in today. Looks good so far... Doug's art looks amazing, by the way. And yes, that wall in the background is really that color green.

I've gotten more than a few heads up regarding the non-printability of the character sheet in the PDF. I'm still unable to track down why the character sheet in the big book doesn't want to play nice yet the same character sheet in The Winter Home  looks fine. Score one for Adobe. I've put together a  PDF Character Sheet  that I'm hoping will do for now until I can track down the reason for this rascally situation. Sorry for the craziness. I promised there wouldn't be any Sanity Checks...