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BLEAH.

Came down last night with some kind of stomach plague. It kept me up most of the night, and, if you’ll excuse the horrible pun, kicked my ass well into the morning. I’ve got that lovely all-over ache now, like I’ve just finished fighting live-steel in full armor for 8 hours.

Still, good little trooper that I am, I dragged my carcass down the hall to my office this afternoon, and cranked out some work. I’m on schedule, which is good. Also managed to get the Adamant Entertainment Cafepress Store up and running, with various items of diverse interest. Check it out.

Tomorrow, my first Heroes of the New Wave Design Column goes live, which should be fun. There’s already some discussion over at the Adamant forum about it, and it hasn’t even really gotten started yet, which is a good sign of general interest.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll go back to feeling like crap.

GMS

All Systems Go

So, based on a lot of comments I received, I’m going ahead and doing a new design column for Heroes of the New Wave. The most common comments I received suggested that I forego putting the column up on RPGnet or any other gaming site, and instead handle it myself, so that’s just what I decided to do–The column will appear as it’s own weekly weblog, with discussions on the Adamant Entertainment forum, which is hosted by The Forge, and moderated by yours truly. (Yes, I know–the thought of me with Kewl Moderator Powerz is a Sign of the Apocalypse for some of you.)

Anyway—go check it out. Add it to your address books. See you there.

http://new-wave.blogspot.com/

GMS

Party like it’s 1986

Work proceeds apace on Heroes of the New Wave (see link a couple of entries down). I’ve been perusing some of the gems of 80s RPG design (Gangbusters, Chill (the original Pacesetter boxed set),James Bond 007 and I’ve managed to track down a copy of Danger International which hopefully will be on its way soon), and have spending lots of time reliving my teenage years at sites like The Eighties Club (probably the best general 80s site I’ve found…not too pretty, but LOADED with information).

It’s been a lot of fun, and I’m jazzed about the project like I haven’t been about anything else for a long while.

So there is something to be said for sad thirty-something nostalgia.

Question of the Day: Should I do a design column for HNW? I had fun doing one for UnderWorld–feedback with fans helps keep my enthusiasm level up. I suppose I could do it on RPGnet (although I’m not sure if anyone reads columns there any more), or I could just start a new blog, and link to the Adamant forum at the Forge for comments. Drop me an email with your opinion. I’m interested in hearing other folks’ take on this.

GMS