The above photo was taken by Laura at GallifreyOne, the Los Angeles Doctor Who convention, which we attended during the first weekend of this month. We found out last year that the convention was going to be ending in 2028, and we hadn’t attended in over a decade (we used to rep the Doctor Who RPG for Cubicle 7 back then), so we made the decision to try to go and enjoy some respite from [gestures broadly at everything].
We had a great time — simultaneously energizing and exhausting. Got to meet some very cool people (some of whom I’d followed for years on social media), participated in a few panels (including one where my co-authoring of the Eighth Doctor Sourcebook for the RPG actually seemed to impress the attendees!), and generally loved the opportunity to nerd out without the trip being for work in any way, shape or form.
Now we’re back at home, and I’m up to my eyeballs in work. As mentioned in the previous post, we’re running a BackerKit campaign for the remaining copies of FAR WEST, along with some extras, and it’s going well. Part of the campaign is a PDF “Designer’s Diary,” where I go into detail about the trials and tribulations of bringing the game to fruition, which I haven’t discussed in detail publicly, so writing that has been an interesting experience. When I look at it dispassionately for the first time, I am struck by just how hard it really was, and how lucky I am to have been able to get help in dragging myself across the finish line.
Aside from the BackerKit, I’m also putting the finishing touches on the core rulebook for THRILLING TALES Third Edition, Adamant Entertainment’s 1930s Pulp Adventure RPG, which I hope to be releasing in another few weeks. Gods willing, this will be the beginning of a much-expanded release schedule for Adamant–maybe not the weekly product releases of the heyday of the early 2000s, but a more robust schedule than has been in evidence for the past decade..
Here’s hoping!