A correspondent tipped me off to this potentially-amusing site: http://www.heromachine.com/ You'll need a fast connection or a lot of patience, but it seems...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Feb 6, 2001 8:53 am
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Good news for those who've been waiting for it: "SPARKS Critters" (a set of 26 animal Sparks by Sparkmeister Dan Smith) was passed along to the playtesters...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Feb 8, 2001 2:35 pm
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Points in Space: New Free Preview! Gaming Outpost (http://www.gamingoutpost.com) wanted something fun to give to their readers, and Cumberland Games...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Feb 10, 2001 4:48 am
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I want to have an icon trademark for CG&D. Last Unicorn had a profile of a Unicorn ... SJ Games has the eye-in-the-pyramid ... West End had the stylized "W"...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Feb 10, 2001 9:29 am
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What an interesting bunch of responses! Nearly two dozen, all told, most falling into a couple of major categories (Food Motif, visual references to things...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Feb 12, 2001 5:22 am
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The fronts from the new Sparks: Critters set http://www.io.com/~sjohn/critters.gif Art Copyright 2001 by the Lovely and Talented Dan Smith, of course :) ...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Feb 15, 2001 11:15 am
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When I jokingly referred to Wrathchild as "Customer One" yesterday in an email, he wondered why ... And then it occurred to me that I had never specifically...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Feb 18, 2001 5:15 pm
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It's not on the website yet, but I figured I'd let you guys have first crack at it. It's called "Deco Freehand" and it's pretty much what you'd expect with a...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Feb 20, 2001 7:28 pm
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... As I'm fond of saying - publishers of good eBooks aren't "the competition." Good eBooks elevate the _idea_ of eBooks; they get people comfortable with the...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Feb 22, 2001 12:48 am
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Pass this along to anyone who may be interested; it's the final version of my "review" of the eBook ... === Hi. I'm S. John Ross. As of this year, I'm...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Feb 22, 2001 1:49 am
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Here's another freebie, soon to appear on the Fontworks: http://www.io.com/~sjohn/gravel.zip 60k-ish, ZIPped Windows TrueType Some of you may be curious about...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Feb 23, 2001 7:58 am
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I think I've got all the kinks worked out of the new fontmaking method, so I'm going to put it to the test by giving you a free Windows TrueType font of your...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Feb 26, 2001 6:00 pm
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I've got the contest wrapped up as far as electronic entries are concerned, so I need to know if there are any snailmail entries forthcoming. If there are,...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Feb 27, 2001 6:38 am
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I've heavily revised and re-revised my approach, and after the handy assistance of the contest participants (and Nick LaLone, editor of Gaming Outpost, armed...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:11 am
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Earlier this week, I gave list readers 12 hours to cough up a handmade font, and (much to my surprise, really) I got more than one entry :) In fact, four folks...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Mar 3, 2001 7:27 am
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Yikes. I said I'd only vote to break a tie. I had no clue that the tie would be a four-way! The votes were entirely equal, across the board. This leaves me in...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Mar 4, 2001 8:10 am
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SPARKS: CRITTERS is ready to roll in both PC and Macintosh TrueType format! Due to the requirements of my other work, though (I'm finishing up one of my book...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Mar 7, 2001 8:01 am
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As I write this, it's nearly 1:30 AM, Texas time, so I'm heading to snooze. But here's a quick confection before I head off ... to dream of bugs! ...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Mar 10, 2001 7:29 am
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The smoke has changed color :) http://www.io.com/~sjohn/sprkcrt.htm...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Mar 12, 2001 2:23 am
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TODAY ONLY! PAYPAL ORDERS ONLY! Order Points in Space 1: Full Version today (before midnight, Central Standard Time, March 14th, 2001) via PayPal and choose...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Mar 14, 2001 4:43 pm
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Dan Smith and I have discussed doing a sequel to Sparks: The Dungeoneers at some point in the near future, and I've assembled my own list of figures that I'd...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Mar 15, 2001 5:27 pm
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It's hard to explain, but it's kind of nice, I think :) http://www.io.com/~sjohn/fonts.htm Down at the bottom; hot off the hard drive!...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Mar 16, 2001 7:57 am
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MAILING LIST CONTEST Submitted to both the [BlueRoom] and [CG&D] Mailing Lists. Members of either list are eligible to win. The Contest: Game Designer Anagrams...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Apr 6, 2001 3:42 am
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Congrats to "Dave E." for getting in the winning entry. Nobody got 'em all, but Dave got the most, with ... er. Two. I thought these were easier! I swear!...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Apr 8, 2001 7:39 am
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Last week, I had a silly idea for a mapping font ... But the idea kept tugging at the back of my brain, insisting that being silly had never stopped me before....
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Apr 10, 2001 1:33 pm
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I've sent out the following press release to all the Usual Places, but I wanted to mention it here, too, to remind any registered users of Sparks: The...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Apr 19, 2001 3:25 am
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Hi all! I've been rebuilding my computer after a hard-drive crash, as many of you know, and I'm finally back up to speed. Most of my freelance obligations are...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
May 10, 2001 7:41 pm
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This isn't _just_ about CG&D, it's a general heads-up for those who don't frequent RPG.net ... Prolific game reviewer Justin Bacon has recovered from his...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
May 23, 2001 4:00 am
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DIRTY HEADLINE is a stressed swiss/gothic font for poster headers and the like (I designed for use in Fly From Evil). It's a freeware Windows TrueType font...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Jun 8, 2001 1:24 pm
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CUMBERLAND GAMES RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS ... Roots so old they predate Cumberland Games! RISUS: THE ANYTHING RPG, Cumberland's universal comedy RPG, is finally up...
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