The Infinity Road: a free setting
I have made up my mind to make The Infinity Road a free setting; free as in free speech and as in free beer. Reasons? A price tag Turns out that selling a game it’s much more than simply hanging a price tag from it. There are increased costs: both monetary and personal. On the monetary, I would have to hire an editor, which can mean a few hundred of dollars, then a cover, another hundred, at the very least, and the interior art. Then there is the advertising, taxes and a plethora of small things. In other words, I would consider myself fortunate to produce They Infinity Road on less...
Read MoreThe Infinity Road: The waif entry
“I just don’t know how it happened; Allan and me, we sneaked out from the… place the… wo’khouse and Allan said that he didn’t like London any mo’. And he didn’t wanted to go to no town either, so we went to the station. Had no money, none of us, so we paid with our wits and sneaking in an onion ca’, which was all the right, ’cause they tasted good. And then, near a forest, somewhere north of Luton, the train stopped fo’ somethin’ and Allan said “I like this place, Georgy” –that’s me– “we’ll live ‘ight...
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 MoreThe first N&B play-by-post game First Scene, part 2
(Continued from part 1 “For what, sitting?” said Casey, grinning. “So what’s the scoop, kid? Why were they after you?” “I love chocolate. Chocolate is good. We don’t have no chocolate, no chocolate from where I am from. And you helped me. And I want to give you something, a present.” The boy produces a foreign coin or token, the size of a silver dollar, but much shiner, and places on the table. The side you see shows two moons and a huge canal in the midst of what could be a desert or a wasteland. “Show it to my friend, Dr...
Read MoreThe first N&B play-by-post game First Scene, part 1
Hi, as I told you in my previous post, we have just began our first Newsies & Bootblacks play-by-post game. And the game it’s being interesting enough to post it here. OK, it’s not Shakespeare, but it’s great fun. Until now there has been no need to use dice, just pure role-playing. I hope to be able to post this adventure as the game continues, that will help players by having a log of their adventures, and lurkers, that would not need to browse the thread in rpg.net — though you are welcome to do so –. Good, enough chat, go enjoy our game! (Oh, I...
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