It's Done!

[Hogscape]

You may mock (I'm looking at you Machfront)... But I have finally got to the stage of my 4th edition re-boot where I think it's finished. We played dozens of play-test situations and 4 game sessions (episode 5 this week).

Game sessions one and two saw dozens of small changes (and some huge ones), 3 and 4 resulted in little or no changes.

Hopefully I've fixed the link too:

sites.google.com/site/thedarkisles/pdf-files/4thEdition.pdf

55 pages all up and only minor graphics so a home printer will manage easily enough.
;D

[machfront]

Huzzah!

So, I take it the sessions were a success?

I thinking of taking it all (rules, campaign supplement,etc.) to a friend that works at a local Office Depot and having him print it all out and bind it for me. ;D
(My printer acts unreliably when printing thing back and front. First it always prints the pages in reverse order, then, when I turn the pages around to print the pages that would be on the reverse of them, sometimes it'll skip a page causing the whole thing to be ruined. )

[Hogscape]

Ugh. Bad news about your printer but good luck with the print shop. I hope everything works out!

Yes we had a blast with each session. One of the players proofed the Campaign Material for me (she has no trouble keeping player and character knowledge seperate) so she was a 'local'.

We played Black Box Gambit including an entire session resulting from a single nautical encounter (Bartholemew)...

The characters almost came unstuck when they encountered Vin, they assumed he was a guardian monster rather than... Vin.

They did exceptionally well at solving the Murder at the Gables; they expected the murderer to return to the scene of the crime - which of course, she did. Much to my surprise they actually talked her out of further mayhem and sent her on her way. I just assumed a battle would ensue! Never assume...

At the dwarven Chronocom the PCs activated the golum and fled, later returning and dropping heavy rocks on it when they realised it couldn't climb out (the 'Dalek effect').

If you remember our discussion about the t-rex chase, I followed your advice and winged it. The players lured it into the boiling sulphur lake and were most pleased with themselves. Waste of a good monster if you ask me!

[Hogscape]

Jul 5, 2009 18:42:18 GMT -5 machfront said:

I thinking of taking it all (rules, campaign supplement,etc.) to a friend that works at a local Office Depot and having him print it all out and bind it for me.

Hey, I forgot to mention that all of the campaign material is now included in the supplement. So you only need 4 files: rules, supplement, character sheet and map. ;D

[machfront]

Sounds like it was good time. It also sounds like they need to be harrassed by a large number of pterodactyls for the t-rex incident.

Alrighty. So I need to update the whole thing again. You're a sadist, ya know that?

Look if you're going to include some art and load the file to Lulu so it can be printed on demand...lemme know, so I don't have to go through all this, come home, get online, only to see a message from you saying that you've just revised and updated DI and that it's available for sale. I'd positively s***.

Of course, I'm jus' kidding. Actually, have you considered polishing it up and making it available on Lulu?

[Hogscape]

Thanks Mach, I'm honoured that you think it's worth buying. It's Ken's property though. Mine is just a fan's addition. ;D

[machfront]

Oh, well. It was worth a shot.
I thought I might catch you 'napping'.

[machfront]

Mike,
If it's alright with you, I was thinking about pimping Dark Isles for you on the T&T Facebook group. Unless you'd rather do it, or unless you'd rather me not.

Honestly, you should be pimpin' the heck out of it on other forums an' such. It's a solid work, and I think you may have actually outdone M6E.

[Hogscape]

Many thanks for the compliment Mach. Very much appreciated too. I'm a bit bashful about pimping but please go ahead.

As I said before, it's the most pre-game work I've ever done. Really enjoyed it though and I'm finding it a handy base to build on. :-)

[machfront]

Will do, then.

Real quick, though. Unless I missed it, I noted that there's no mention of the exchange rate for the currency. (I assume it may be the ol' rpg standard of 1=10=100?)

[Hogscape]

That's it. d**n. Must fix!
Well spotted....
Grrrrrrr.

[Hogscape]

Hey Mach, just saw the 'pimp'. Nice. Many thanks.

[machfront]

No problem.
I know you said you're not good at it yourself, but consider it as a "just thought you guys might be interested" sort of thing. There may be T&Ters out there that would dig it that may not otherwise ever be wise to it's existance.
If you're a member there, have you mentioned it at Trollhalla?

[Hogscape]

I have not mentioned it on Trollhalla. Ken doesn't take too kindly to folks with views contrary to canon. He would unleash the dogs... I might risk it though.

[machfront]

He likely already knows.

*whispers* He's among us.