I know, jumping the gun, the mechanics aren't even ironed out, yet. However, here's a tentative look at the contents of the first book.
I. Introduction
II. Character Creation
III. Primary and Secondary Types
IV. Equipment
V. The Core Mechanic
VI. Bad Guys
VII. Index/Glossary
We might throw a "generic setting" in there, as well. Possibly a modern thing. That might get split off, along with an intro adventure, as a free or super cheap additional book.
So, next up is to hash out and get definites on the exact numbers we'll be using, and the exact terminology we'll be using, and then basically it is writing time. Then in-house Alpha, small beta release, then to print! Oh, yeah, and that whole "art" thing.
We plan to release this (as well as the Deminar books) as a pdf on DriveThroughRPG, or similar. There might be a print release someday, but that'll depend on sales and demand.
As long as we go through RPGNow to get to DrivethruRPG, cause I like RPGNow better for Indy company support, more over then Drive-Thru, despite being the same company, Drive-Thru seems to push the Big Titles over the indies, again, even thought they're the same company... Whatever, go RPGNow!
ReplyDeleteAlso, this book is actually really close to being done already, looking at the ToC, we've worked out how most of it fits together, we just need to put stuff to virtual paper.
For Deminar I'm doing a Cold Text File in Writer that's just everything text with now heading or font size choices, text alignment picks, etc. Just straight text with appropriate paragraph breaks. If you're righting up ExploreMan! I suggest you do it the same, makes it easier to ship that to an editor then to edit while moving text blocks around in a desktop publisher
Guess I'll have to break out a real word processor for this one. A bit much for Vim, unless my TeX-fu improves greatly.
ReplyDeleteI also have Scribus installed, I seem to recall it sucking, but the version I have seems to be MUCH better than the older versions I tried, and much more on par with Adobe Pagemaker.
Does it matter which way you go in? Indy is Indy, no matter what side you look at. I suppose on the links, or something...
I'll start looking at what needs to be done for each chapter. Mostly the solidifying and codifying stuff.
Well, if you need me to write anything, let me know, I'm glad to jump in beyond "concept" at any time.
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