Extra, Extra, Newsies and Bootblacks core released!
Newsies and Bootblacks: First Edition, the core of the game is out. Over 220 pages which carry 60,000 words that include the main and optional rules, an extended introduction to the setting, sample non player characters, monsters and an adventure script. I have made every effort to make the eBook readable. The text is set in a single column, so that you won’t have to be scrolling up and down on the screen. On a small kindle or other e-book reader the pdf should be immediately readable, just by turning the display 90º to a nice landscape orientation. Rules favor the imaginative and...
Read MoreExtry! Extry! Newsies & Bootblacks Primer is out. Read all ’bout it
You know that many retailers offer a free introductory booklet of some new game. That is called a primer and that is exactly what I am offering you today. Newsies & Bootblacks: First Game is 15000 words, 62 pages long, and features basic and simplified rules, and introduction to the setting, a character sheet and a sample adventure, complete with pre-generated characters: Forsaken. In Forsaken, the players play the children of well-to-do family who, after school, find themselves forgotten by friends, family and every other living soul. The characters will have to brave the streets of New...
Read MoreWhy I am not using rpgnow to publish my game
I am happy rpgnow.com customer. I believe they provide a great service to gamers and I wish them well. But I am not using their services as a publisher. Instead, I am going to let you download the game and then donate to Love’s Bridge. Or not, it’s up to you. This is why. No red tape I’m a Spaniard, and establishing a business here means a lot of administrative hassle. And it gets worse for me, as I am supposed to work exclusively for the Spanish state, for most everything else I need a special permission. Taxes, fees, queues and some headaches would pave me the way to...
Read MoreWhy I created Newsies & Bootblacks
As many role-players, I had dreamed about creating my game, any game. My first idea was about explorers and traders in the high seas. It was meant as an expansion for a little game that went belly-up before I could finish mine. Then I created an introductory game that had a nice review in Líder –the Spanish role-playing fanzine–, but back then I knew next to nothing about the Internet beyond some basic browsing and emailing. A few years later… I watched Children’s Underground, a long documentary about street children in Romania. It moved me enough to work as a...
Read MoreI am going to trust in you
And I hope that you will trust in me. One year ago a famous Spanish writer was challenged by a representative of the record industry to upload his book, “if he had the guts”. He had the guts. He uploaded his book, shared it with everyone, and created a movement. Unlibrouneuro.com (One book, one euro) lets you download a selection of Spanish bestsellers. All they ask is that you donate 1€ or more to Save the Children. No safeguards, they go by the honor system, and it is working. OK, I’m not famous, but I choose to trust in you. Big news! Newsies & Bootblacks will...
Read MoreThe resurrection
Or what happened to MiniM Role-playing. Well, in one sentence my life got complicated or better my work, my day job, the one with which I pay my butter increased dramitically just as I was approaching to finish Newsies & Bootblacks. And I did not and do not want to rush anything. I’ve seen too many promising role-playing games stink just because it had to be finished somehow. Now, I have time and I’m back for good. A last, but critical revision it’s all that remains and then Newsies & Bootblacks will see the light.
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