Mental Scribbles on Heart Day '19.

Feeling the Games Down In Africa

Having some time in-between the latest release and the upcoming mega-tabletop event Toledo tomorrow night, I've been reading through my Africa RPG stuff. Well, not really Africa, but "afro-centric" as the works, Khi Kanga and Nyambe: African Adventures, are both set in fantasy lands that resemble Africa but also with elements that are distinct from Africa as we would know it. I have a couple other works, but these two handle the vein of heroic fantasy set there better than most. In my opinion, most of the other products to date were a bit overwhelmed by the "place," either avoiding actually talking about it or being a bit shallow. Still nobody is making Africa, itself, "fantastic." There isn't even a GURPS book as far as I can tell

Well I guess it falls onto me. I have been to parts of it not as a tourist, if only in a very specific capacity while there. Notice how I said "parts," because since being there I learned that like any other continent, its North Dakota is not like its Equador though one can drive between the two. Guess I'll zine it for Red Bat some day. Maybe over the summer. I have a couple Africa-centered places in Wobble, so it might work into that product line. Yeah I know, supporting a brand. What the hell? Who would've thought of that? Still is going to be a daunting task to do this place so awesomely enormous in our imagination the tiniest bit of justice.

Toledo In February For the Tacos

So BASHCon is this weekend. "Leave" has been approved at the milkshake factory, the cat-sitter is ready, and the clique's games are at least 60% by the GMs. We decided to do "big events" as the convention has been the place to do the experimental stuff in previous years. JerryTel and I are running a cops, robbers, and zombies thing set in Toledo in 1900 called "Bad Moon Over the Maume". One upping me, Jerry and Peryton are doing a two part "Keep on the Borderlands (Bizznatch)"-- I think the "bitch" part is being left out of the official title-- for 5E (whatever that is), just to make me look bad I bet. Hopefully, this is an "On" year for the convention that is ran by disinterested students of U of T, for always passionate attendees.

Zak S Despoiled My Wobble Release

So on the day of the release of my work, Wobble, some twelve years, if not more, I forget, of mad making up stuff for something RPG-wise, Zabbath Smith's ex-of a score of years drops an open letter proving to the world that all claims about him provoking fights and using her as a sock puppet to promote his work while poo-pooing others like him trying to set himself up celebrity among self-appointed game celebrities who wouldn't like him anyway, were right. Oh yeah he was a bad boyfriend as well. His own response was formulaic Zachery Smith using a tweet which actually belied his claims and calling upon others to bear witness to "the good times" between him and his mandolin's relationship to come and proclaim "the truth" of what was a private thing.

 

Kudos to John Tarnowski, the RPGPundit, for staying cogent and amusing in the "I Told You So"/"Me Too" moment in tabletop gaming history. No claims of the man's "socialism" being the cause, or citing "He raped a child in a wheelchair" to denounce him. I mean who would've thought that a relationship of people claiming to be pornstars in the age of consenting adults posting sex tapes for free anyway would end badly? But I figure this tempest has overshadowed my Al Hazred moment and costing me about a million sales. After this egregious harm, I figure, Zak owes me about 5,110,000 $(US). He and Mandy can work out the details between themselves, no checks. 

Spacers: Universe Is Rocking

Okay so it's going to be a handful of releases over 2019. It is looking awesome. Got the artists doing fresh artwork as we speak.