[How We Came to Live Here] Update

Quick update on HWCTLH:

I have a rough draft of the basic rules done, and I am doing some editing based on quick review feedback from Jason Morningstar. It's always great to get a second pair of eyes to look at your design. I had a number of things in the rules that were basically just a legacy from an earlier version. These were rules that solved a problem I had, but as the rules evolved the underlying problem disappeared, yet the solution lingered on. I should have an alpha playtest version ready in about a week or so.

I've also been talking with Jonathan Walton about doing a character sheet for the game, and he also expressed interest in doing a cover. I will be consulting with him on this over the next month or so and we'll see what we get.

I'm excited to have some motion on the project! This one has been a seriously long slog, thanks to increased pressure at my day job, and the fact that IPR has sucked up all of my out-of-work time.

Mortal Coil Cover!

It has arrived!

Mortal Coil Cover

I'm practically jumping out of my seat with excitement! I got semi-final sketches from Jennifer today on the Mortal Coil cover. Looks awesome! I can't wait for it to be done so I can post it for all to share.

It depicts the bar from the Old Gods game, with Odin and Juno on the front cover, and Venus, Anubis, and Sedna playing cards on the back cover (Thor is in the background tapping a keg, and there is a drunk leprechaun under Venus' chair on the back, too).

Artwork for Mortal Coil

For Mortal Coil, I decided to have a unified look in the art. To achieve this, I'm working with one artist, Jennifer Rodgers. She's pretty charged up about the project, and so am I.

The art will primarily be full color chapter heading splash pages. Any other art will be decorative design elements.

The first piece for the Theme chapter is complete, and here is a preview:

Mortal Coil Work

I've been away from the blog for a while because I am trying to finish up the text for Mortal Coil. This should be done and ready for formal playtest shortly. I will probably call for playtesters at the end of the week. That's about when I expect to make any new posts.

In other Mortal Coil news, Jennifer Rodgers is going to do all of the art for the book. She will be doing the cover and six full-color interior images, which will be the main art in the book. All other artwork will be decorative page border and set-out titles. The book will be done in an art nouveau style. As some of the art is completed, it will be posted here and the web page will be updated.

Also, check out the latest play report for Mortal Coil: Arthurian Enthusiasm.