Blood Games 4 Coming Out Soon

I am almost ready to release BloodGames 4 - within the week, I think! There are a lot of changes, all, I think, for the better. It is simpler, and easily extensible on the GM and the designer (Klax and I) level. There is no assumption of a particular type of setting, and broad guidelines for creating a setting are given. You can create your own player character creatures, or import other creatures into Blood Games. The bestiary has been completely overhauled. Every creature comes on a single page, with all the information needed to run it on the page. Print it out and go!

Mixing Music and Roleplaying

Yesterday, I released my ninth album, Dark Orbital. Back in 2016, I released several games, among them StarCluster 4 - Dark Orbital. The new album is a concept piece set in the world of the RPG. The songs show the people of the orbital, and what life was like for them. Hopefully you all find it interesting!

Blood Games 4 is Out for Playtest!

I sent Blood Games 4 out for playtest this week. I have already gotten good feedback from it, so that is excellent! Next up, the Renaissance Toolkit and the Outremer setting! I am playtesting two different setting scenarios, one where magic did not work but is suddenly reappearing, and one where having magic all along created an alternate earth. One thing I am happy about is those people who are different by birth or childhood events are different species, with different species sheets. Here's a sample:

More on Blood Games 4

Blood Games 4 is requiring some SERIOUS changes! All, I think, for the better, but it is taking more time than expected! At every turn, I am unable to just put in what served for Blood Games II as we are trying to make things work consistently, not all as special exceptions to the rule! Klax and I sit down and restructure, say, the Warlock so that it adheres to these principles, and it takes hours to restructure! Also the changes have new and interesting implications! Witches are able to link together and share MAG points now, for example, with the entire coven able to cast mammoth magic spells! It is exciting, interesting, and fun, but fast? Not so much! Be patient, my friends!

Sextillius Review

Jamie Funk reviewed my Sextillius Album here:

Review of Sextillius

A quote:

"One of my favorite songs was the opener entitled “I Choose the Sun” which combines distorted, reverb-laced echo guitar with electronic percussion and an overall haunting vibe. It reminded me of the vibe I was hearing on the release Blackstar by David Bowie mixed with elements of Primal Scream."

Compared my music to Bowie's! I can die happy now!

A musical interlude!

Released my eighth album, Impact, on Bandcamp today. CD Baby release comes later! Listen to the first track. If you like it, listen to the second. As Blondie almost said, streaming is free!

Impact

Blood Games 4 Bestiary

We are currently working on the Blood Games 4 Bestiary. We are completely revamping it. I just essentially copied the original bestiary when I came out sith Blood Games II, just tweaking for the new system, so this will be the first complete change. We have changed the presentation, from a listing in paragraph form to a one page complete tool for GMs. The GM can now just copy/print the relevant page complete, and use it as an interface. If you have 4 imps as opponents, just print it out 4 times! Here is an example:

If you compare this with the BGII Imp entry, it has completely changed. We are looking at the sources instead of the BGII listing and putting the result in BG4 form. Note that Spirits are ranked, all attacks have dice, Target Number, damage, and range listed clearly. All Attributes are clearly listed, with damage boxes. Weaknesses are things that particularly harm the creature - doing double damage, or having twice the effect. Vulnerabilities are things that the creature is vulnerable to - such as blessed or silver weapons. The remarks give a full overview of the creature, explaining things in some detail.