A wise man once said, “It’s difficult to see the forest when the tree directly in front of you is on fire.” It’s not even 8:00 AM, but I already smell the smoke from today’s burning tree, so I’ll make this brief. I’ve got two biggish announcements this week…
Karthador is Here… Sort Of
I’ve mentioned it on the various social media over the weekend, but Karthador, my swashbuckling sci-fi RPG setting for Savage Worlds, is now available for pre-order from Reality Blurs. Yes, it’s a PRE-order but those who order it now get the PDF of the book immediately, and are first in line to receive the dead tree version when it comes out.
I’ve written about Karthador on the blog a few times, which you can read about here if you’re interested. Or if you want to be one of the first brave souls to check out the teetering, over-ambitious mess of HTML that is Karthador.com, you can get up to speed on the world in a more structured fashion over there.
Finland Calling
I have been announced as a guest of honor at Tracon, a gaming convention in Finland. The fine folks of Tracon are flying me out to speak on the subject of creating storyworlds — a topic that’s clearly dear to me. I’ve never been to Finland, but I hear their gamers are amazing. The convention’s in September, so I’ll have plenty of time to forget the things I need to pack before then.
Speaking of Cons…
I should mention that I’ll be at GenCon this August, sailing beneath the pastel flag of the My Little Pony CCG, where I’ll be doing demos and helping run the world championship (“helping” being defined as “fetching food and throwing smoke bombs for the tournament judges who are doing the real work.”) And over Labor Day weekend, I’ll be at Tacticon in Denver, running Karthador and the inaugural session of the Ghost Punchers RPG. (Which reminds me, I should really start designing that game.)
And now I’m off to put out some fires using nothing more than a spoon, a can of Sprite, and my well-honed sense of comedic timing. Wish me luck!
