I'm working on a couple of things that aren't games, this morning :) I'm putting together a draft of a submissions form (for writers interested in joining in...
S. John Ross
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Jan 3, 2001 2:34 pm
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After the past several months of experimenting with the playtest method and exceptions to it, I've revised my approach somewhat. Even playtest gets playtested!...
S. John Ross
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Jan 5, 2001 1:04 pm
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A new PDF gaming publisher announced its existence this afternoon - an outfit called Grinning Goblin http://www.grinninggoblin.com The website is pretty, and...
S. John Ross
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Jan 10, 2001 11:35 pm
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... FYI - WotC have put H1 - Bloodstone Pass up for download on their main site (course, its probably been up forever and I missed it) for $2.95. There are 14...
S. John Ross
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Jan 11, 2001 4:39 pm
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... Apparently it isn't allowed to be shipped ot the UK How odd ed -- edhogg@... | Dragons Rescued | _//// ...
ed
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Jan 11, 2001 10:52 pm
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... Due to technicalities with their download system (ESD wrappers or somesuch) they aren't currently able to make paid downloads available overseas from...
Sliver
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Jan 12, 2001 4:20 am
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... They also aren't able to make them available to those of us who use Macs... ... Guy McLimore / guymc@... MicroTactix Games Publishers of SIMPLY...
Guy McLimore
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Jan 12, 2001 5:10 pm
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On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:33:27 +1000 Sliver <sliver@...> wrote: # On 11 Jan 01, at 21:55, ed wrote: # # > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:28:16 -0600, "S....
Steven Ward
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Jan 12, 2001 5:11 pm
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If anyone is attending a SF/Fantasy or gaming con and wants to help promote Cumberland Games at the same time, drop me a line to let me know. I can provide...
S. John Ross
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Jan 13, 2001 6:37 am
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As many readers have noticed, I hide a "subliminal message" in black-on-black at the top of the Cumberland Games homepage. It shows up plain as day in a text...
S. John Ross
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Jan 13, 2001 5:34 pm
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... quote ... Note: The quotes don't have to be perfect down to the punctuation or anything. Any paraphrased "quote" that makes it plain that you know what the...
S. John Ross
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Jan 13, 2001 5:36 pm
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In addition to an article by Yours Truly, RPGnet's update tonight features a Points in Space review by Cumberland playtester Steven Cook (he wasn't a ...
S. John Ross
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Jan 17, 2001 6:19 am
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If you suffer a system crash or upgrade your 'puter or do something else that zorches your CG&D fonts and PDFs, don't buy them twice! :) I keep a complete...
S. John Ross
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Jan 20, 2001 7:52 pm
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Something of possible interest ... I've updated the Blue Room FAQ http://www.io.com/~sjohn/faq.htm With a "Cumberland Games" section (absorbing the former...
S. John Ross
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Jan 23, 2001 2:42 pm
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... section) ... And for my next trick, I'll learn English. :)...
S. John Ross
sjohn@...
Jan 23, 2001 2:57 pm
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Issue #51 of Knights of the Dinner table (the latest issue) has a review of Sparks: The Dungeoneers (and a very friendly one) in the "Brian's Small Press...
S. John Ross
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Jan 25, 2001 2:52 am
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...