OK, $5 Patrons. You deserve a little something extra for your investment, and I'm working on Operation Nemesis, right now.
One thing I want to include are Special Characters. Thes...
2020-03-23 09:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing the patron vote, I'm starting work on a new game called Horizon Wars: Infinite Dark. This is going to be a spaceship combat game along the same mechanical lines as Hori...
2020-03-21 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I popped up a video on the dice mechanics. Next one will be shooting, to show the dice mechanics in action. Then I plan to wind back to stats and characters before going onto Movement.<...
2020-03-20 10:40:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Although the setting is sci-fi, the game really has an eye firmly on the ultramodern and near future game, too. No synthetic heroes, of course, but you can still have an EWOp, remotes, sentry...
2020-03-20 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
One thing I agonised over for the rules, early in the development process, was the inclusion of motorcycles. In the end, I decided that, whilst X Team probably used them to get around, they w...
2020-03-19 09:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI couldn't resist telling a few new patrons about this in their welcome messages (I get over-excited), so I thought I'd better tell everyone else.
OK, so a feature of Operation Nemesis is goi...
2020-03-18 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Throughout the day, at Hammerhead 2020, I ran two full games of Zero Dark. Each was simple variation on the Rescue mission from the rulebook, but the outcomes were... rather di...
2020-03-16 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter much thought, I have decided that the PDF version of Zero Dark is going to be released today! You guys are getting first notice, but it's not like there will be limited stock.<...
2020-03-15 14:22:11 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the start of May, I'll be Precinct Omega on a full-time basis (I have some other commitments to deal with before then, quite apart from trying to get Zero Dark done and out there). &n...
2020-03-12 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostAssuming no one drops out before this scheduled post drops, the Zero Dark Patreon has broken two major milestones:
More than 30 patrons! And $100 per month*!
I originally committe...
2020-03-09 09:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This was the miniature selected by the January Premium Monthly Mini Draw winner and he was even nice enough to send it to me rather than all me to buy it (which is cool but 100% not required).
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The breakthrough in the design of Zero Dark came from the simple realization that I already had the best possible design tool available in Horizon Wars.
There are a number o...
2020-03-06 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Someone asked for a copy of the background image for making roster sheets and similar. The image above is "Abstract Mock Up", a 2020-03-04 16:51:16 +0000 UTC View Post
OK, so Zero Dark is heading rapidly to being print-ready. We are a little behind on our schedule (maybe a week), but 29th March is still achievable. Naturally, I'm putting ever...
2020-03-04 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Congratulations to the Monthly Mini Draw Winners!
Winner of the $5+ draw who wins a $10 mini of their choice, professionally painted by me and dispatched to them anywhere in the world, postag...
2020-03-02 09:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI'm adding a last-minute extra benefit for $5+ patrons (and will stop asking you about possible other benefits, as no one seemed very interested).
If you would like a namecheck in the fiction...
2020-03-01 19:05:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I am so stoked with how this has turned out. I gave David a pretty demanding brief, with a bunch of requirements, but he totally came through.
Our four-hero team is fighting its way back t...
I got some custom tokens made up by ProPainted Studios. He did a really nice job. So I'm thinking of commissioning a bunch, with different colours for different states.
Based on my own pla...
I got the cover art back from David today, but it had some snagging, so I've given him another week to work on getting it finished.
Meanwhile, I've been painting like a madman, on miniatures...
David was struck down with a cold last week which has slowed his progress (artists, eh?) but he's driving forward and has 98% finished the background. I asked him to take another look at the ...
2020-02-21 15:28:46 +0000 UTC View Post
The final beta version of the Zero Dark rules is here. There have been a number of amendments thanks to feedback and suggestions from patrons, and a few tweaks to make sure that rule...
2020-02-19 09:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought you guys would like to see David Sondered's progress of the cover art.
This is the background, showing a menacing Defence Mech against the skyline of a broken city. In the foregro...
The first thing I'd say about EW is, if you're new to Zero Dark, skip this bit.
It affects only one type of specialist (the EWOp), so you may prefer to just build X Teams without an ...
2020-02-10 09:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostFirst, I'm off to Bournmouth this evening, to attend Beachhead 2020 tomorrow. If anyone is in the vicinity or, better still, coming to Beachhead, do let me know! But once I'm ensconced ...
2020-02-07 13:00:51 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I'd like to start introducing a lifetime contribution award for patrons that back the project for multiple months in a row.
Obviously, a free print and PDF copy of the finished book will ...
2020-02-03 09:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis month's winner of the $5+ Monthly Mini Draw is...
And the winner of our first $3+ Monthly Mini Draw is
The first $5 Monthly Mini Draw mini is payed, ready for her new owner. OK, technically, this was the second mini, but the first winner took a long time to let me know his choice, so I actually bou...
2020-02-01 18:11:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe first time Jaq had taken a trip into Charterhouse's simulation archive, it had been a straightforward datadump from Charterhouse - or, more properly, from his data account in the orbital's syna...
2020-01-30 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing a chat with a patron, I decided to do a new design of business card, specifically for those who prefer to do a "one hero, one card" approach.
You can download this free and print of...
2020-01-29 09:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAfter using the aide memoire for the livestream, I realized it was missing some important data - like, all of the bogey stats!
This one should be correct. Let me know if I've g...
2020-01-28 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post