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 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 More[HV] Act II A trail of Blood Scene 2
Interior. Near the Hotel Manager’s Room. Day. Lucy walks to a cop which is guarding the Hotel Manager’s Room, her face withe, quivering from exhaustion. Cop: Are you alright, miss? Lucy: Yes, pants I need to see the Chief Investigator, if I may… pants … sir. I have something to tell him. Cop: Very well then. The cop knocks, comes in and then announces Lucy, who is welcomed to enter. CI: So, is there’s something you’ve found. Lucy: Yes, sir, but I’m not… pants sure you’ll believe me, sir. After a long explanation, Lucy is able to...
Read More[HV] Act I A rough awakening Scene 2
Hey, you! This story begins in Scene 1 Interior. The Manager’s Office. Day Tad, Frank, Lucy and Mary are standing still before the Hotel Manager desk, at where the Chief Investigator is sitting, revising his notes. Chief Investigator (CI): May I?… Er… let’s go to the point. The reason I’m here now is that there has been a robbery in this hotel. And not a common one, I’m afraid. Lord Lancing, a British diplomat, a guest of this hotel, was in the possession of the Star of Malabar, a singular, extremely expensive jewel and a treasure of the British...
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