So I've bundled up the first five chapters of Monkey, (Introduction, Character creation, Action System, Developing the Story, and a scenario "Bag of Wind") into a rough ashcan.
There's more than enough to play the game, but its not the complete thing with full setting info, nice illustrations (interested artists please contact me) and it still needs vigorous playtesting. But I'm over the moon, its another milestone reached.
This is what I've previously called the 'Coaster edition', and copies of it have already gone off to the Mighty Monkey Army for comments and playtesting. I'm hoping to have a couple of wirebound printed copies ready by Furnace, to sell at cost, but I fear I might be running out of time.
If you are interested in joining the MMA and helping review and playtest this, please let me know (either by a comment below or a quick email to mrnewt@gmail.com).
At the moment I'm only sending out the files to people who are actively helping me develop it.
In your experience is it worth putting up the pdf on my website, showing a considerable chunk of the work warts and all to gather wider interest and feedback?
Reading as we speak! As for
Submitted by Andrew Kenrick on Wed, 17/10/2007 - 15:24.
Reading as we speak!
As for whether it's worth showing off all the good stuff to the world, I'm not really sure. My gut instinct is no, but I think David had some thoughts on the same thing when putting together his own playtest pack for Solipsist.
I would be happy to help out
Submitted by Iain McAllister on Wed, 17/10/2007 - 20:02.
I would be happy to help out in anyway I can. I think it is probably something I can get my players interested in.
Cheers
Iain
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WHEEE !!! ASHCANS FOR FURNACE
Submitted by Newt on Thu, 18/10/2007 - 12:19.
Well I've now got five 50 page wirebound ashcans for sale at £5 at Furnace.
Feeling well 'appy and melty.
Regards
;O)Newt
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Whoops, I read that as 50
Submitted by Andrew Kenrick on Thu, 18/10/2007 - 15:12.
Whoops, I read that as 50 ashcans at first glance! 5 sounds like a good amount - I'm probably only bringing that many copies of Dead of Night.
I am bringing a similar
Submitted by Iain McAllister on Thu, 18/10/2007 - 21:28.
I am bringing a similar number of MJ.
Cheers
Iain
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Mob Justice
Submitted by Newt on Thu, 18/10/2007 - 21:44.
Bring one extra.
You've just made a sale ;)
Regards
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Quick update
Submitted by Newt on Tue, 23/10/2007 - 22:00.
The nice chaps on the CE stall sold 3 out of the five ashcans I took to Furnace. Two were to people who had played in the morning game, and another seems to have gone to an interested passer by. The money I earnt from this got plowed back into buying various CE games. I sold an ashcan, I bought a game. Hence I picked up Mob Justice, Questers of the Middle Realms and Dead of the Night using this logic.
I grabbed a copy for a potential artist, to whom I must get a bundle of scanned Chinese artwork in the near future, and I kept a copy for myself.
Overall a raging success in my book and a worth while exercise.
Regards
;O)Newt
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Glad it went well for you! I
Submitted by Andrew Kenrick on Thu, 25/10/2007 - 08:17.
Glad it went well for you! I heard some good things about the Monkey games you ran.
Please keep us informed as to how the ashcan works out, whether you get feedback, critique, playtesting, that sort of thing!
Well I've already had one
Submitted by Newt on Thu, 25/10/2007 - 08:50.
Well I've already had one concreate offer, as in 'we have got this scheduled to run after game x' from a group. This if from the website.
However the artist who may be doing the art has invited me down to his gaming club, Huddersfield University Gaming Society (HUGS), to run a game, off the back of the ashcan I gave him. They also do a fanzine and I'll be doing an article about Monkey for that, since apparently its going to be a Monkey themed issue!
Regards
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Well I've already had one
Submitted by Newt on Thu, 25/10/2007 - 08:50.
Well I've already had one concreate offer, as in 'we have got this scheduled to run after game x' from a group. This is from the website.
However the artist who may be doing the art has invited me down to his gaming club, Huddersfield University Gaming Society (HUGS), to run a game, off the back of the ashcan I gave him. They also do a fanzine and I'll be doing an article about Monkey for that, since apparently its going to be a Monkey themed issue!
Regards
;O)Newt
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