Author: Fred Hicks

Come on over to my post for the Q&A going on in the comments. 🙂

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+FredHicks/posts/BigiTeYJmPH

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Monster of the Week is live and ready to buy! (I’ll have it up on DriveThruRPG in a bit.)

http://www.evilhat.com/home/monster-of-the-week/ (click “buy now” to hop over to the purchase options on the Evil Hat webstore)

Folks who bought a PDF-inclusive version previously will be sent a discount coupon for DriveThruRPG if you’re just looking to update your PDF.

No word yet as far as whether that applies for folks who got the previous edition in a steeply-discounted bundle; that’s up to Generic Games (Michael Sands) to decide…

… though I certainly think if you got the prior edition super-cheap, re-buying the new shiny PDF shouldn’t be that much of a problem. It’s worth it! Lots of new art, new content, and revised rules.

Plus, hey, we’d like the new edition to cover its costs. 🙂

http://www.evilhat.com/home/monster-of-the-week

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How awesome is Juan Ochoa? 

A sampling of his art from the upcoming Monster of the Week revised edition we’re publishing, targeting February 2015 for release.

http://www.evilhat.com/home/monster-of-the-week/

Been roughing out the layout for the revised edition of Monster of the Week last week & this.

Getting close to ready to start art directing the new art (there’ll be a significant amount). Lots of the original Daniel Gorringe art is still gonna be in there, plus a new piece or two if we can manage it.

And I’ve secured Eric Quigley (http://www.ericquigley.com/) to do the cover art for the revised edition. There’s gonna be some tentacles on that thar cover, but that’s hardly the only thing due to be going down, there. Not by far. 🙂

http://www.ericquigley.com

http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2014/07/the-hungry-session-3/

http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2014/07/the-hungry-session-3

Another hack for my Monster of the Week game, this time for end-of-session XP — https://plus.google.com/u/0/+FredHicks/posts/fsGwwcZiVmJ

Changing the flavor of player-side magic

I polled my players after two sessions of play about what was working and what wasn’t. Lots was working! But Dave Chalker  pointed out that for a game with a Twenty Palaces vibe, the player side magic felt kinda standard-ish, the sort of stuff you get from Buffy and Supernatural. I loved getting this note because it was absolutely right.

On thinking about it, part of it has to do with the text of the Use Magic move itself. Even keeping the effects intact, the needs of the spell create a strong bias towards that style. Soooo I’ve done up a quick draft of a new set of bullets for “The Keeper may say casting the spell needs one or more of the following”

……..

The spell will take 10 seconds, 30 seconds, or 1 minute to cast

You need one or two people to help

The spell needs chanting, gestures, and/or inscriptions

You must inflict great pain on yourself or another person benefitting from the spell

You must ingest something toxic, dangerous, or animate

You must call a supernatural creature into this world to help you perform it

You must lay claim to knowledge held by another

You must sacrifice something dear to you, tangible or intangible

……….

Anyone else done something like this?

Monster of the Week is up against Call of Cthulhu! Come on, underdog!

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/175304/best-rpgs-tournament-second-round-voting

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/175304/best-rpgs-tournament-second-round-voting

Here’s session 2 of my campaign! http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2014/06/the-hungry-session-2/

http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2014/06/the-hungry-session-2