The future of Moment of Truth
Aug 23, 2017 19:59:59 GMT -8
Post by Stu Venable on Aug 23, 2017 19:59:59 GMT -8
Just a quick update here.
My goal is to get the final rules hammered down in the next month or so, then I'll send it off for proofing and editing. Once that's done, I'll lay it out and add some artwork. Since this book will be a free publication, I'm not planning on much of a budget for art, so I'm going to use as much royalty-free art as I can.
If any artists are willing to donate any art to the cause, I'll gladly use it, but I'm not going to solicit free art from anyone. I'm not going to ask anyone to do for free for me what they do for a living.
Future setting books, however, will not be free. They'll ship with the MoT core book and have any adjustments to the rules in the setting books.
I'm also very excited that a few folks have expressed interest in writing setting books for MoT as well. These are all personal friends, and I'm very excited with the setting concepts they described.
As for other third-party setting books, I haven't decided on a licensing scheme yet: it may be free, or it may have a royalty or something. I just don't know yet.
What I'm looking for now are people who are willing to run play tests of the game. I'm currently developing another play test packed (it'll probably be in a modern setting with no special rules). I realize this is quite a task. The GM will have to read through the rules and gather players to run the scenario, and that can take a good deal of time. And I'm willing to come up with some sort of reward for doing so -- maybe a drivethrurpg gift card or something. I'm not made of money, so I can't do it for everyone, but if you're interested in doing this, PM me here.
I'm especially looking for folks willing to run an online game. Initially, I designed the game to be playable online and at the table, and I've kinda lost sight of the online part. I haven't run an online game in years, and I've run out of time to do so (I'm running two games now, and that's about to become three).
So if there are any GMs out there willing to do that, again, PM me. The adventure isn't finished, and won't be for weeks, but it'll happen sooner rather than later.
Also, for those of you following the development of MoT, and you've read the rules, I'd like to know which rules sections you feel would benefit from extensive examples. I've written a lot of examples in the last few days, so check the latest revision, as I may have already done it. But I'm now at the point where I want to make sure anyone reading the book can confidently run the game.
Also if you're a GM and also have an idea for a setting, and you're willing to run a play test of it, contact me. If I like the idea and think it'll make a good addition to the MoT universe, I'll give you free license to publish the setting along with the core rules. It'll be yours to do with as you wish (I'll still hold the copyright to MoT, but you'll have license to republish it with your setting). All I'll ask in return is play test notes on what might need to be adjusted, which rules need to be explained further, etc.
If you've been sending me edits and such -- either here on the forum or via email -- I ask that you hold off for now, as page references quickly become irrelevant as I add game play examples (one example is almost three pages long.
My goal is to get the final rules hammered down in the next month or so, then I'll send it off for proofing and editing. Once that's done, I'll lay it out and add some artwork. Since this book will be a free publication, I'm not planning on much of a budget for art, so I'm going to use as much royalty-free art as I can.
If any artists are willing to donate any art to the cause, I'll gladly use it, but I'm not going to solicit free art from anyone. I'm not going to ask anyone to do for free for me what they do for a living.
Future setting books, however, will not be free. They'll ship with the MoT core book and have any adjustments to the rules in the setting books.
I'm also very excited that a few folks have expressed interest in writing setting books for MoT as well. These are all personal friends, and I'm very excited with the setting concepts they described.
As for other third-party setting books, I haven't decided on a licensing scheme yet: it may be free, or it may have a royalty or something. I just don't know yet.
What I'm looking for now are people who are willing to run play tests of the game. I'm currently developing another play test packed (it'll probably be in a modern setting with no special rules). I realize this is quite a task. The GM will have to read through the rules and gather players to run the scenario, and that can take a good deal of time. And I'm willing to come up with some sort of reward for doing so -- maybe a drivethrurpg gift card or something. I'm not made of money, so I can't do it for everyone, but if you're interested in doing this, PM me here.
I'm especially looking for folks willing to run an online game. Initially, I designed the game to be playable online and at the table, and I've kinda lost sight of the online part. I haven't run an online game in years, and I've run out of time to do so (I'm running two games now, and that's about to become three).
So if there are any GMs out there willing to do that, again, PM me. The adventure isn't finished, and won't be for weeks, but it'll happen sooner rather than later.
Also, for those of you following the development of MoT, and you've read the rules, I'd like to know which rules sections you feel would benefit from extensive examples. I've written a lot of examples in the last few days, so check the latest revision, as I may have already done it. But I'm now at the point where I want to make sure anyone reading the book can confidently run the game.
Also if you're a GM and also have an idea for a setting, and you're willing to run a play test of it, contact me. If I like the idea and think it'll make a good addition to the MoT universe, I'll give you free license to publish the setting along with the core rules. It'll be yours to do with as you wish (I'll still hold the copyright to MoT, but you'll have license to republish it with your setting). All I'll ask in return is play test notes on what might need to be adjusted, which rules need to be explained further, etc.
If you've been sending me edits and such -- either here on the forum or via email -- I ask that you hold off for now, as page references quickly become irrelevant as I add game play examples (one example is almost three pages long.