Month: November 2007
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ETU Designer Notebook: Character Creation Influences
Read More: ETU Designer Notebook: Character Creation InfluencesLast week Ed mentioned some of the thought processes that led us to ETU: Degrees of Horror. In a nutshell, even though we had all sorts of ideas for all sorts of campaign, ETU is the culmination of everything Pinebox we’ve written thus far. We couldn’t not write it. We decided on a rough outline…
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Designer’s Notebook: Exams
For those who haven’t played ETU before, one of the core mechanics is that each Advance corresponds to an exam (either mid-terms or finals). You ARE a student after all, so that means making choices between investigating a haunting or attending a study session. Your academics can be improved or worsened based on extracurriculars and…
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Designer Notes: More Setting Rules
First, I want to say thank you with all my heart to those who have backed Fresh Blood on Kickstarter. It means so much to Preston and I and we hope you like and appreciate our efforts. Our fans are awesome, and I can’t wait to hear all of your tales and adventures in Pinebox. …
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One Crazy Idea
I (Preston) published a version of this article on my Substack back in early April. If you want the early scoop about my writing projects, that’s a good place to subscribe (for free). A couple months ago when we were building up momentum to talk about the Kickstarter for East Texas University: Fresh Blood, I…
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