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
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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
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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
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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...
S. John Ross
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Jun 9, 2001 7:47 am
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Hiya, folks! It's been awhile since I've wandered across any free pages worth pointing to, but here's a doozie, or at least the beginnings of one: ...
S. John Ross
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Jun 14, 2001 3:45 am
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Long-time friend-of-Cumberland-Games Glen Barnett sent along this link: http://www.benjerrys.com/fun/ne-village.html I'm pretty sure they meant NEW England...
S. John Ross
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Jun 14, 2001 12:47 pm
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SPARKS Macho Women With Guns version 2.0 is complete. Registered users of the earlier version can drop me a line if they want the update. No new figs ... it's...
S. John Ross
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Jun 15, 2001 7:10 am
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Sparks: Macho Women with Guns version 2.0 is now officially released ... but, sadly, there are _still_ technical problems preventing (or at least slowing) the...
S. John Ross
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Jun 21, 2001 2:58 pm
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Turns out the technical problems with Macho Women 2.0 extended back into the Windows incarnation. Big Thanks to the eagle-eyed and thorough customer who ...
S. John Ross
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Jun 22, 2001 12:53 am
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Oops! My normally-sterling ISP, Illuminati Online, moved across town over the weekend and didn't bother sending out any kind of warning via email . . . As a...
S. John Ross
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Jun 25, 2001 8:40 pm
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Just a reminder to anyone on con staff, or anyone who _knows_ anyone on con staff: Cumberland Games provides prizes (in the form of "exchange for any one free...
S. John Ross
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Jun 26, 2001 6:58 am
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I've sold a couple of these CDs when people have emailed me asking for them - "Anyway I can just buy it all at once and get a discount of some kind?" ...
S. John Ross
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Jul 2, 2001 5:45 am
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I'll do an official press release tomorrow sometime, but a heads-up for Youse Guys: when I did the Free-For-All, I left four empty letters, knowing that...
S. John Ross
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Jul 3, 2001 4:59 am
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The Mac version of the Free-For-All update is now posted, thanks to the quick fingers and font-savvy of Guy McLimore of www.microtactix.com -- go see the kind...
S. John Ross
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Jul 3, 2001 2:33 pm
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Huzzah! The new version works in Illustrator for Mac! Whatever you did was exactly spot-on. :) ... -- I am Shig the Unmentionable | When asked for the...
Shig the Unmentionable
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Jul 3, 2001 3:20 pm
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Just curious given your own efforts and Fly From Evil, the upcoming Pulp game from White Wolf, the 2nd ed of GURPS Cliffhangers, etc. Anyway, please keep up...
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Jul 7, 2001 3:26 am
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I was one of a couple of folks RPGnews asked questions to when they put together the following article about electronic publishing. It's a good little read. ...
S. John Ross
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Jul 7, 2001 3:41 am
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I've done a fresh file update on Sparks: Space Station Interiors; it's now Version 1.2, fixing some pesky postscript errors in 1.1 -- If you're a registered...
S. John Ross
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Jul 9, 2001 1:39 am
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A few folks have emailed me with questions about the CDs, which is keen! Specifically, they've asked about discounts for folks who've ordered Buttloads Of...
S. John Ross
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Jul 9, 2001 1:10 pm
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Sparks: Watch the Skies! v2.0 is now available for Windows! This set is a complete rebuild from the original masters, with new (better) vector representation...
S. John Ross
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Jul 10, 2001 2:19 pm
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Thanks to the quick work of MacDude Guy McLimore (MacLimore?), SPARKS: WATCH THE SKIES v2.0 is now all ready for the OS with the smilin' blue face! If you're a...
S. John Ross
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Jul 11, 2001 1:41 am
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I haven't got the official press release out or the webpage updated just yet; that'll come later tonight. In the meantime, Sparks: Macho Women with Guns IS...
S. John Ross
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Jul 11, 2001 4:55 pm
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As of this morning, I'm officially out of Sparks sets to fiddle with, leaving room for work on the upcoming superheroes and new fantasy sets . . . As of this...
S. John Ross
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Jul 13, 2001 1:07 pm
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For a free eBook that many gamers will find useful: http://www.pdfzone.com/news/index.asp?storyid=453 Fodor's is putting up their guide to New York City as a...
S. John Ross
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Jul 14, 2001 4:55 pm
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I was chatting with a list member online tonight and he gave me this page for amusing Warhammer-esque fantasy paper minis: ...
S. John Ross
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Jul 21, 2001 8:07 am
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With sincere apologies if I just stuck a painful song in your head :) I'll be away from home for three days: Tomorrow, Thursday and Friday, getting home...
S. John Ross
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Aug 15, 2001 12:51 am
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The folks at Roc games emailed me today to let me know that they'd just released a d20 module in PDF form, and asked to be included in my "archive" of gaming...
S. John Ross
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Aug 30, 2001 2:15 pm
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I did a fresh upgrade to the Cumberland Fontworks today, adding Futurex Apocalypse and Yank to the permanent archives, rearranging a few things, and uploading...
S. John Ross
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Sep 17, 2001 8:55 pm
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http://www.io.com/~sjohn/fief.htm The Fief page is still little more than a placeholder, but as you can see if you visit, Fief itself is starting to look much...
S. John Ross
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Sep 21, 2001 4:08 am
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With apologies for those on multiple lists who recieve this more than once! I don't normally do that, but this is a site worth visiting: http://www.gidfa.org/ ...