Month: December 2012
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December Break
Read More: December BreakJust a quick note to let you know that I’m taking a break from the weekly posts through the remainder of the month. It’s a busy time of year, compounded by what seems to be an oncoming cold. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas filled with fun, laughter, and plenty of games! See you…
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Writing: Meet Johnny Doe
Read More: Writing: Meet Johnny DoeAs I mentioned a week or two ago, Ed and I have been batting around the idea of writing new Pinebox short stories to be collected into a shared world anthology.  The general idea is to create a “Scooby gang” of characters who would appear in a variety of adventures set on and around the…
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Class Notes: Trivia Edition!
Read More: Class Notes: Trivia Edition!The oldest Degrees of Horror-related file on my computer is called Majors2, and it was last modified on 12/16/2005. That’s seven years ago, for those of you playing at home. 12 to Midnight attended Origins in 2007 and playtested the first plot point — Sweat Lodge. At that point we’d written a good chunk of…
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The Making of East Texas University
Ed: I think it was sometime in 2008 at Origins that we were invited by Shane Hensley to sit in on a What’s Up with Pinnacle Panel. We spoke about our idea for East Texas University, where you have to go to school, study, do research, and fight evil to save the world. Shane liked…
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The “Last” Hurrah
By 2007, we were doing great things. We published The Beast Within by Mike DeSanto and Jerry Blakemore wrote Skinwalker. The Beast Within starts with a strange auto accident that leads to a murder investigation. This adventure featured our Fear Effects rules. When we were playtesting this one, Preston was acting as our Game Master…
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