Trollzine #8

I had a slight shock last night. An email with the edited version of the story I wrote last year for Trollzine #8.

The shock was the amount of red on the Word document showing the proposed changes. As a teacher, I associate that much red with a failed effort!

Actually, I felt most appreciative of the time the editor had spent on my short tale of a gnome bank clerk. I scanned the changes and saw that many fell into the class of 'minor' - eg which side of the verb you put the adverb.

I decided to let go.

Now I have two stories and the second is a collaboration. All my working life has been spent working that way so not such a giant leap for a man and certainly nothing to write home about for mankind.

The Arena of Khaboom

By coincidence (I've just playtested Stefan Jones' Arena solo), I've been working on one too. Oh well, you can't have too many arenae (Latin for sand, arena).

Here's an illustration to whet the appetite:

PDF pretty damn quick...

Shudda/cudda/wudda put this link up too:

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/125939/Joy-Ride

Two Bites At The Cherries avialble at Lulu

You play a teenager dared to steal the cherries from Old Man Gruber's house... the tree is laden with fruit, just visible from the street over the wall of his garden. You might even venture into his house; you might even live to tell the tale. More than 450 game paragraphs and lots of surprises...

 http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?keyWords=Two+Bites+at+the+Cherries&categoryId=100501

Here Comes The Weekend

Time to put my feet up...

1) Finish Magic City Mayor comic first issue

2) Write up descriptors for the next batch of 12 combatants for the Arena of Khaboom

3) Nudge Outer Sanctum game along

Ahhh - how good it is to relax :)

Spying on the Ghost Camp

The ghosts' new head coach, Nina Kulagina, has been concentrating on bringing out latent telekinetic abilities in her squad. Our mole watching a behind-closed-doors camp reports that while the players focussed 100% under the iron lady's icy gaze, the ball remained stubbornly at centrefield the whole time. More to come, especially on the heckling from rejected applicant Uri Geller, a urukin form the back country.

Head Coaches Wanted

The next game slated is between the Ghosts and the Balruhks - both teams lack a head coach. No experience necessary, technical and rules knowledge required is minimal.

CVs please with covering letter stating why you have the skills to succeed.