Write me an adventure

Posted by on Jun 25, 2010 in newsies and bootblacks | 4 comments

So I am looking for a freelance writer to help me with one of the Adventures programmed to be included in Newsies & Bootblacks: The Newsboy Strike. And I’m paying, perhaps not as you deserve, but I am paying. That other strike There is no way around, this historic event was the one in which Newsies, the Disney movie was based on. The last thing I want is a re-telling of that film. A Game Master playing with their friends can, of course, play the game as they want, but I cannot and will not publish anything that can be thought as a copyright infringement. It’s against the...

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Vague descriptions, symbolic maps

Posted by on Jun 23, 2010 in newsies and bootblacks | 0 comments

Since Newsies & Bootblacks was Newsies & Pickpockets I wanted my locations to be vague. The map of New Paris includes no scale and it displays what it could be one of those touristic maps which display the major attractions of the city. There are no street maps and no interior maps. In fact in the very location of a shop or institution is flexible. At most, I suggest the area of New Paris in which that place should be located, and that’s that. I am keeping that. And I am keeping that because I believe in players. I believe that you, if given just enough material, will be able...

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