Quick update for ya’ll today. Also, a small apology. I’ve been neglecting the Blog for a bit now, due to the mental load of life this past year. It’s been a combination of things, but to be quite honest, I’ve also had less and less inspiration for material that would make “good” blog, or glog, posts. I’ve already got more projects in the works (see below!), but finding a better work/blog balance is top of mind for me. Anyway, let’s get to the updates.
Grab Onto LIGAMENTS!
Our long national nightmare is over (no not that one). You can finally buy a softcover book version of LIGAMENTS in beautiful black and white. The game has been out since January of last year, but Kili and I have been working very hard to polish it up and lay it out better, and I can’t tell you how proud I am to release it to you all. Rule clarifications, new art, better advice, and a completely revamped gamemaster’s section are only the surface of how much better the game is now.
You can order from Lulu right now, but soon you’ll also be able to find the game on DriveThruRPG, if that’s what you prefer, or if you want a Book + PDF bundle that knocks a little off the total. Of course, our Itch.io page is also available if you’re only interested in the PDF, or if you want your purchase to add a free community copy to folks in financial hardship.
Flash in the Pan
The gaslamp fantasy weird-west setting for LIGAMENTS, Flash has had some of its more notable parts pulled from the core rules of the game. This was for two reasons. One, I wanted LIGAMENTS to shine as a clean and simple game system worthy of playing for your OSR campaigns and modules, but with a flavor that supported some stranger bits of play. Nobody buying it knows what an Anomaly is, but they know what a Wizard is. It’s really that simple.
It might be the cowards way to sell the game, but I’m not getting rid of the setting at all. All the class articles you’ve seen, the story of Cutty Donehue, all the world-building is being incorporated and polished into the Graceland Gazette, a project that I’m going to be releasing pay-what-you-want, so anybody can use the setting for LIGAMENTS, but nobody has to.
I’ll be going into major detail about the specific Species and where they come from, the major locations in the world from the eastern United Alto-Monarchies, to the swamplands of New Mira, to the deserts and jungles of Vaquero, to the frigid north of Nuckalay. Of course, there’s the highlight of the setting, the wild west itself, the Dimmentum Federation’s Territory.
Of course I’ll also be covering the war, the guns, and there will be mechanics exclusive to the setting for the classes. Like the Anomaly schools, for instance.
Thanks
All in all, I’m just glad to say that I may be “done” with the core rules of LIGAMENTS, but I’m not done with making games, worlds, or time for you all. Thanks for reading and listening, thanks for supporting me, thanks for being you. Play more games!
A Sense of Immersion 