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Done with my cert exam.

Done with my cert exam. So hopefully I’ll be running another CoJ game this weekend. Anything that I should specifically test?

Question: did you guys read the chapter Fronts Materials?

Question: did you guys read the chapter Fronts Materials? Besides having maybe the chance to try it out in a game, do you think it provides enough material for the GM?

It gives instincts and example GM moves for front types (very much like AW) but with very simple, hopefully evocative keywords. What’s your opinion?

If you had to rewrite that, what would you improve, change, do differently or keep as it is?

I had a chance to do another playtest and this time I took the time to write down an Actual Play of our first…

I had a chance to do another playtest and this time I took the time to write down an Actual Play of our first session.

You can have a look here, if you want to read it: http://www.story-games.com/forums/discussion/19950/actual-play-of-the-city-of-judas-with-players-new-to-pbta-games

http://www.story-games.com/forums/discussion/19950/actual-play-of-the-city-of-judas-with-players-new-to-pbta-games

After checking some feedback from Richard Sardinas I improved the rules for the Gangs.

After checking some feedback from Richard Sardinas I improved the rules for the Gangs. There are a few more rules but everything is streamlined, divided into cases, and I believe it all makes sense now and is much clearer. Also, I updated the Raider accordingly.

Playtesting hopefully this afternoon!

If you want a preview of this piece of the manual, you will find it here – although it might need some adjustments on your part to work with the v.0.0.8 that you have now:

http://www.daimongames.com/listing/AW-TCOJudas-0.8/Gangs%20v09.pdf

Used some of the time of the holidays to review and edit the manual, and thanks everybody for the feedback you’ve…

Used some of the time of the holidays to review and edit the manual, and thanks everybody for the feedback you’ve given so far.

Version 0.9 is hopefully going to be ready soon.

I hope this will be the last iteration as a “closed” beta, and that it won’t take too long to have a product “almost ready for publishing”.

I am starting to work with my contacts about the publishing part.

Thanks to some playtesters’ feedback (like Richard Sardinas and his group) and some great advice from John…

Thanks to some playtesters’ feedback (like Richard Sardinas and his group) and some great advice from John Harper (really, many thanks man!), I prepared a new layout for the playbooks for the City of Judas.

You can see below an example of the Barber playbook: a few little changes here and there, but the final result is definitely an improvement from the previous version.

If you’re running the game already, you can still use the ‘old’ ones; there are no mechanical changes. But these look much better!

Get your copy here: http://www.daimongames.com/listing/AW-TCOJudas-0.8/better-playbooks.pdf

I collected some questions that I received about the setting, with my answers, in this document:

I collected some questions that I received about the setting, with my answers, in this document:

http://www.daimongames.com/listing/AW-TCOJudas-0.8/PlaytestFAQ.txt

If you’re going to playtest the game, please have a look.

I will keep updating the document, until I will release a new manual.

The txt contains also a few questions from me to the playtesting GM (and of course, any additional feedback beyond that is absolutely welcome!)

The City Of Judas – Product Status

Up until version 0.0.7 the City Of Judas was a ‘draft’, more an alpha than a beta, but fully playable from what I’ve heard from the playtesters. Version 0.0.7 is still up on DTRPG and RpgNow as a Pay What You Want.

From version 0.0.8 – for which I am running a close playtest – the game turned into a full manual, ready for print in a 6×9″ format.

So far, it seems everybody that tried the game enjoyed it quite a bit, which makes me proud!