The best games are a mix of gritty and cinematic elements. The player characters (and major NPCs) are cinematic beings with abilities beyond normal men and women. But the world they are in? That world is realistic. It’s the difference between a hero punching a mundane in a comic book and they go flying back […]
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The Hurt Locker: The Bloodblade
This shield is powerful, but carries a stiff cost. . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – January 2023
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Thieves aka Marl Ankh-3 is being edited! YAS. I’m still working on the novel I want to finish this year. Pushing it back to the second quarter now though. Wibbling on size, but the outline is pretty solid. Still projecting at least 120,000 words. GURPS Whatchamacallit is at […]
Continue readingThe Hurt Locker: St. George’s Shield
This shield was used in the infamous battle between St. George and the infamous dragon… . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – December 2022
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Thieves aka Marl Ankh-3 is in the hands of Steve Jackson Games. I think it is next up in the queue for editing. I have outlined a novel I want to finish in the first quarter of 2023. It’s the “Book One” of my NaNoWriMo novella. Projecting at […]
Continue readingThe Hurt Locker: Van Dorian Industries UV-8 “Kite”
The Kite is a transport craft from my AEON campaign for ferrying about superheroes to where they are needed most….. . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – November 2022
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Thieves aka Marl Ankh-3 is in the hands of Steve Jackson Games. I think it is next up in the queue for editing. I finished NaNoWriMo 2022 a day early. It is done. It came out okay. It is a lot of ground work for an actual novel […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – October 2022
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Thieves aka Marl Ankh-3 is in the hands of Steve Jackson Games. Hopefully edited and laid out soon. I finished outlining my superheroes for NaNoWriMo 2022. I’m excited about it. We’ll see if I finish this year. GURPS Whatchamacallit is currently at 95% done for the first draft. […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – August and September 2022
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Thieves aka Marl Ankh-3 is in the hands of Steve Jackson Games. I continue to outline a novel about superheroes. Can’t decide if I want to do a single viewpoint or multiple. Both have merits. GURPS Whatchamacallit is proceeding at a pace and is currently at 86% done […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – July 2022
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Thieves aka Marl Ankh-3 is in the hands of Steve Jackson Games. Ichored Veins aka the novella I wrote for self-pubbing has been edited by myself and some others and is now in the cooler. I still want to pub it…but I might go the traditional route. Some […]
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