Extry! 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 MoreAnd the cover keeps improving
Changes: the red band has been placed to the left, mostly, and added a leather texture courtesy of Webtreats with a 60% transparency on The GIMP.
Read MoreThe primer cover
Following again the Minimalist Business method, I chose today to focus on executing the cover. I had came up with the basic idea a few days ago, but the I was too exhausted to implement it. As you can see, all I have done is to combine four elements: a -so called- newsboy cap, a bootblack box, a hand drawn treasure map and the text. The basic idea is to express the title graphically and to combine it with the idea of adventure. This is not, of course, a game about selling newspapers or polishing shoes, but about a bunch of resourceful kids having great adventures. What I did First of all,...
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