Update - 29/08/2022
Hello, everyone! How was your weekend? I went out with some friends and socialized for a change, which was very nice. It's still very hot here in Madrid, so I cannot wait for the summer to be over... I did a little bit of solo playing on Sunday night though, testing Marching Order and trying to learn it. It's a really cool dungeon crawler!
As you guys saw, the latest Empire Undying update is live. I'm super happy with how the game is turning out so far, and the next bit is a crucial one: sorcery. There are some other rules to add, but sorcery is the big deal, since I want to do things a bit differently. I have a few pages of notes, so let's see how I translate that into actual rules, but the idea is that in order to cast spells (the ones that are on the Character chapter), you need to bind either a demon or an elemental to you. So I have some ideas about how to make a pact and all that stuff. Heavily influenced by the old Stormbringer/Elric games!
Lately I've been thinking a lot about Under Ashen Skies, my in-progress horror dungeon crawler inspired by Hellraiser and Silent Hill. I suppose it's because of seeing the new Hellraiser film announced, but it's mostly the fact that I know the game is close to being finished, and it's just sitting there in a folder. I spent money on art, I even hired Vi Huntsman to write some stuff for it (it came out very cool!), aside from the hundreds of hours invested in the game itself, so I really want to finish it. I just can't justify to myself working on it right now though, with all the other stuff I have going on. I don't know what to do with it! Should I forget about it and just can it? Part of it will live on forever, as the ruleset became the basis for the games I'm currently working on...
With the upcoming announcement of Sacrifice being released by LF. OSR, I've been working on more stuff for it on my free time. As I mentioned before, it's so easy to write for it, that I already have enough material for an expansion! I just think it's too soon to release it though, so even though it pains me, I'm going to slow down a bit and wait until the physical version of the game is out. Of course, you guys will have the expansion PDF up here as soon as I have it ready though! I already commissioned the cover art, I'm the worst. It's become kind of an obsession working on Sacrifice, mostly because of how many things I can add to it, and how quickly. I haven't even begun to cover expenses for it, so releasing a new expansion and commissioning art for it is total madness, so I'm trying really hard not to. Once the physical copies are out I'm confident I will be able to cover expenses though, which is the excuse I need to keep pumping out material for it. just a hint: I'm adding solo rules!
So what are my plans for this week? I will start to put my ideas for EU's Sorcery system together, and probably try to work on the SRD for Across a Thousand Dead Worlds, which is something that I dread doing, but that must be done. We'll see how it goes!
Have a great week!