Newsies and Bootblacks, stripped
Hi chaps. I don’t know if there is somebody still attached to this blog but… Anyway, you may remember a little game called Newsies and Bootblacks (#rpg #steampunk #newsboys #edwardian #fantasy) that I published online about a year ago. Today, I am working towards a new version to be published on Lulu, as a print on demand. Thing is Lulu makes you pay dearly for even the smallish color illustration inside your book. So, I’ve went through the N&B manuscript on LyX and manually deleted all but two illustrations (who happened to be nice and b/w). The resulting document is much...
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 MoreSources of inspiration: My ear trumpet
To me, visiting My Ear-Trumpet is like reliving the days of boyhood. There was this old trunk lost in a forsaken room filled with family treasures. As I opened it and browsed its stuff, I felt like the ancestors were back alive speaking to me. As a young kid, I found only natural that people used to worship their ancestors. My Ear Trumpet features quite a lot of content about the Belle Epoque, the Victorian, the Steampunk and the Edwardian among its many other wonders… and some silliness. The sublime, the geeky and the weird, it’s all there. It’s hard that you love every...
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