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The Making of East Texas University
Read More: The Making of East Texas UniversityEd: 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
Read More: The “Last” HurrahBy 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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Remembering Fear Effects and Brainwashed
Read More: Remembering Fear Effects and BrainwashedEd: We were hitting our stride, or so we thought. As very little horror was being done for d20 Modern, we thought we might fill that niche and I am, as Preston loves to remind me, the King of the Tables. I came up with a mechanic that referred to Minor Spooks, Major Shocks, Great…
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Ed Remembers Innana’s Kiss
Read More: Ed Remembers Innana’s KissInnana’s Kiss One of our next adventures to write was Inanna’s Kiss– a modern military horror game that I set in Iraq in 2004-05. We wanted to continue our military horror games and I had fallen in love with the ancient history of Persia and the Middle East (see the article on the Journal of…
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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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