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Voice #9

A new Voice of the Revolution!

Covenant review and John Harper interview

Show notes:

0:29 - Brennan starts things off with IPR news. New on the site:
Ninja Burger (PDF)
Faery's Tale
Active Exploits Diceless Roleplaying
Classroom Deathmatch
Finis: A Book of Endings to Give People New Beginnings
Urchin
5:02 - Covenant, by Matt Machell, is a roleplaying game of failing conspiracies.
20:12 - Paul sits down with John Harper, the designer of Agon, to talk about Go Play Northwest.
31:22 - In Pravda, Brennan discusses the process of printing your game.
40:35 - Brennan and Paul share their currently playing lists, which turn out to be rather long.

[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.

The Big Time!

I got interviewed on a mainstream media outlet! Yesterday, I got a call from TheStreet.com, and talked about Indie Press Revolution. The interview went up today: Small-Biz Buzz: How to Feed the Gamer's Fix

Cool!

Voice Episode #8 Now Available

The Voice of the Revolution Episode #8 is now live! Paul and I review Don't Rest Your Head and have an interview with Jason Morningstar of Bully Pulpit Games.

Show notes:

0:29 - Brennan starts things off with IPR news. New on the site:
The Dossier (PDF supplement for Cold City)
Piledrivers and Powerbombs (PDF)
Sports Fan Double Pack (PDF)
Donjon and Donjon Pack B-1 (PDF)
Primetime Adventures
3:18 - Don't Rest Your Head, by Fred Hicks, is a game about insomniac superheroes and the nightmares that want to eat them.
20:18 - Jason Morningstar, author of the The Shab-al-Hiri Roach, talks about the forthcoming Grey Ranks (set during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising) and The Roach Returns.
30:25 - In Pravda, Brennan talks about the editing and layout stage of game production.
40:15 - Brennan and Paul share their currently playing list before signing off.