Centurion: Quo Vadis?
I’ve completed the first session of playtesting for Centurion, and it went both well and poorly. It went well because the mechanic worked exactly as I expected. It went poorly because this was not...
View ArticleCenturion: By The Numbers
No, the silence hasn’t really been broken. You can pretty much expect the SEP website will consist of monthly sales numbers for some time yet. For those of you still hanging around, maybe with the site...
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Creating Centurion Adventures: the Situation
One of the things that’s going to be included in Centurion: Legionaries of Rome (please support the Kickstarter) is a discussion of building campaigns and adventures. It was a tough section to write,...
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Creating Centurion Adventures: People and Places
So we talked about how I generally come up with the situation in my one-page adventures. In our first playtest for Centurion: Legionaries of Rome (the Kickstarter is funded but help me make at least...
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Centurion Report for 4 May 2013
Since I’m spending all my time working on Centurion, and I can’t get good formatting on the Kickstarter update tool, I’m going to post my Centurion situation reports here, to keep people updated on its...
View ArticleGen Con After Action Report
I have returned from Gen Con, though I was there mostly as an Accidental Survivor and the dude behind Sword’s Edge rather than as the dude behind Sword’s Edge Publishing. Of import for Sword’s Edge...
View ArticleBest Laid Plans
I’ve made the decision to definitely Kickstart Nefertiti Overdrive. I’m still going to Kickstart Farewell, Something Lovely first, and based on some delays with Centurion: Legionaries of Rome, I’m not...
View ArticleBuilding the Overdrive
You can expect another RPG Kickstarter from me come March 2014. Nefertiti Overdrive is going to include the system – which was designed for historical, mythic wuxia, specifically in a Hollywood-ized...
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Overdriving the Nefertiti
Things have been quiet. My confession is over on my blog. As the new year approaches, and two new Kickstarters are on the planning platform for me, I need to get back work with SEP. Queen Zenobia’s...
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Encountering Nefertiti
I’m very much a seat-of-my-pants GM. I like to have some minimum prep completed, a safety net of information ready for me, and then just go. The narrative that evolves in play has generally proved...
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Centurion PDF Available for Sale
The Kickstarter for Centurion: Legionaries of Rome has all but reached its conclusion. US and Canadian backers reported receiving their print copies before Christmas. Hopefully, even our international...
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Nefertiti Overdrive: Creating Campaigns
The idea of Nefertiti Overdrive was a mash-up of legendary Ancient Egypt and the kind of crazy, cinematic action of the Wuxia genre. With rules, characters, adventures, and campaigns, the book has that...
View ArticleNefertiti Overdrive: Character Growth
You’ll notice in the example of the Princess/Priest pre-generated character that a few things have changed. The Princess/Priest highlights the mechanical changes that have taken place. The format...
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Nefertiti Overdrive: What Becca Taught Me
This is a long post. It’s a section from out of the “How I Play” portion of Nefertiti Overdrive. I’m including the entire section because I think it helps to encapsulate the philosophy I am bringing to...
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Nefertiti Overdrive: A Preview of Tests
The system for Nefertiti Overdrive has been playtested but is still undergoing some minor revisions. The basics, though, are unlikely to change. Here’s a quick explanation of how Overdrive works....
View ArticleNefertiti Overdrive: the Princess
An important part of Nefertiti Overdrive is the introductory adventure and pre-generated characters. It was the characters and their initial adventure, more than anything else, that inspired the...
View ArticleBack In Canada, Back on Track
I’ve been travelling for a month now. I was able to set up some posts before I left and while I had some free time on my travels, but the site has been quiet. Now I have to start ramping up for the...
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Nefertiti Overdrive: An Adventure
The core of Nefertiti Overdrive is the adventure. The entire conception grew from an idea for an exciting scenario, and the rules came after. That’s probably a good thing, as the rules grew organically...
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Nefertiti Overdrive: Adventure II – This Time It’s Personal!
Well, it’s actually not. . . personal that is. The second adventure will follow on narratively from the first, however explanations on how it can be run independently or first will be included....
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Nefertiti Overdrive: The Campaign(s)
Although only two adventures are included in the book, this does not mean that Nefertiti Overdrive encompasses only those. The second adventure ends (hopefully) with the recovery of the Icon of Amun,...
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