XXVc Update + New Game Art

I was reminded the other night that it's been a while since I posted here. Well, my online XXVc game came to an end (temporary? permanent? can't say fo' sho') because one of my players thought I was running the game just for him, apparently. 

Since then I got invited to an AD&D 2e Dark Sun game and have offered to run XXVc for them whenever the DM wants a break. I also started a one-on-one XXVc game which I'm looking forward to. A face-to-face game can be a jolly good time, in my opinion.

So, I have a couple of things to show today. One is a money card for the Firste (sic) Luna Bank, which I've renamed LunaBanc. No reason to do it- I just needed to scratch an itch. The second is for an idea I had to develop the sadly and sorely underdeveloped Solar Alliance, RAM's puppet organization on Earth.

I'm using as a model the Earth Republic of Syfy's tv series Defiance, of which I am a fan. One of the tasks I assigned the SA was to be the bug in Earth's ear about mutants and the first thing that came to mind was propaganda posters. Everyone loves a propaganda poster, so I spent the last couple of days working on one. 

First up is the LunaBanc card. It's supposed to be an aluminum-like metal with a laser-etched holographic "water mark" of an olde tyme image of the Moon. Of course, when i say "laser-etched holograph" I mean whatever the 25th century version of that would be. It's not flashy, it's just a viso-prop.

Click me.

And next is the Solar Alliance's anti-mutant poster that one might find posted up in a North American Regency sprawl. This one has obviously been out in the weather for a while.

Click for the full sized (but not life sized) view.

I'm gonna do more of these, because this one was a ton of fun to do. They'll get better as I go, but I think this one is a pretty nifty first effort. More XXVc-inspired art coming soon!

The Dustbowl of My Mind

I haven't done much gaming in the past... oh, maybe 20 years or so. I've tried to either run a game or play in one without much luck in either. In particular, my meager, rusty GMing skills have been put to the test with less than stellar results. Case in point, my most recent venture into the world of Buck Rogers.

Long story short, one of my two players was of the type that likes to question the actions of his GM, going so far as to make a rather rude implication that I was out to fuck them over because I chose to keep my die rolls hidden. This happened to be an online game, but whether or not the game is in person, I choose to hide the die rolls. Standard operating procedure in my book.

Anyway, it just took the wind out of my sails and I just didn't want to GM after that. And this just after two sessions. And so, the river went dry, the crops withered away and the homesteaders left for... who knows what? My creative side just basically shut down after that and I haven't even wanted to run a game since then, much less continue writing adventures. Thanks, Kalvin, you asshole.

The other of my two players, the jocular Ettin of Hexen (aka Brandocles, he of Duster Bones fame) has begun an AD&D game starring me (and only me) which has helped get me back into the swing. That and the new Syfy series Defiance (it's a floor wax and a desert topping!) have started a trickle of creative sludge moving. In the case of Defiance, it has given me a much better visual conception of the Earth of XXVc, in addition to giving me some idea of how the different gennie types might co-exist.

So, if I can get through the minor physical issues I've been having of late and actually take a look at my game notes again, I might be able to get back to assailing the 4 or 5 suckers that wind up on my web log with more Buckness. If nothing else, I've been able to actually write something again (the above,) even though it doesn't amount to a hill o' shit.

I'm off, perchance to dream of bio-men and terrines and rocket everythings.


KAREEEEEEEEEEEEMMMMMM!