I think I just published the first third-party supplement for Uncharted Worlds! CC licensing (and kind author permission) FTW!
When I was running #RustbucketTales I wrote up some quick prompts for the expectation that Kestrel’s band of misfits would try and Wild Jump their way out of trouble, trying to capture the mix of “2001′, “Event Horizon”, and Cthulhu suggested in the rulebook. It occurred to me that these might be useful to other GMs as well, so I threw in some explanatory text and a couple of Jump Points to use if the characters survive.
Its on PWYW, so if you like it you can give me a few dollars to subsidise my larp habit, and if not, its free.
Well damn, this is cool.
I can’t express how giddy it makes me to think that something I made has third party supplements. 😀
Can I ask how you did the layout and whatnot for this? I’d totally throw something like this together if I knew how to actually present it well.
First in the pool? Creator giddy? LARP habit? Here’s a few bucks, get out there and keep being weird. 🙂
I didn’t make this, Aaron Griffin but I do publish, too. You can create things in Word if you really want, as that program allows you to export as PDFs. InDesign is one of the more popular choices for layout, but it costs money and has a high learning curve. I recommend Scribus. It’s free, easy to use and works well. If you have questions I can help you out.
I used Open Office and the “export to PDF” function (yes, really). The cover art is public domain, and found via Wikipedia. The fonts are all free (font licensing apparently being a Thing). You only need to get complicated if you’re doing pretty graphics or publishing hardcopy.
This is true, Larp Wellington . I’ve done several pieces just in Word. OpenOffice works, too. I like OpenOffice but for my work I have to use other MS products so Word makes sense for me.
The best approach, for me, anyway, is to write up the manuscript in a word processor and then lay it out in Scribus. The benefit is that in Scribus you can make tweaks to your work without throwing everything off, since you work on one page at a time.
+1ing for Open Office publishing. It really does work for solid, basic production.
Oh, and you can use OpenOffice/Word for print options, too, but only if you don’t have color graphics on the pages. You still have to do the covers (for print) in GIMP/Photoshop, etc.
Jacob Ross Scribus is on my list of skills to acquire if I have to do anything in hardcopy. That’s not looking likely for the foreseeable future (my next project looks like it’ll still be below the 48 page POD limit)
Snagged. Looks sharp!