These days I am getting maybe 2 segments of 3 hours a day where I am in relatively little pain, assuming I keep my activity limited. Driving my wife to the store or going to the doctor pretty much knocks out the entire day for me, so I lose quite a few days a week. Hopefully soon I will get this issue all resolved.
In the meantime, with no weekly game set up yet, I have turned my attention to using some of these little segments of times to work on gaming projects when I am not spending time with my family or handling other household things to do. A little time scattered here in there can make at least some progress on getting things done.
So here is my list of gaming projects currently underway:
Port Wayne Cyberpunk Setting -- Originally this was a Shadowrun setting made up of a series of handouts and built off of the Shadowrun world and history. I am revamping it into a single book that is all setting and no rules. The world I am building it on is purposely left vague, but more of the ilk that magic and other humanoid races have always been around. So far I have a rough outline and have rewritten about half the history. STATUS: 50% Complete
Dead Channel Sky -- This is an extension of Pathfinder rules to cover post-modern / cyberpunk games. It is meant to add equipment and archetypes to allow existing Pathfinder classes to still be played. The bulk of the rules are simple additions or extensions. There are a couple of new classes and a few new races. It also includes rules for building vehicles and hacking. I am working on a revision to fix a few details from our previous playtest and add some missing content, most specifically magic. STATUS: 70% Complete
The Pink Dice Chronicles Blog -- You're reading it. STATUS: Ongoing
The Pink Dice Chronicles Vlog -- Yeah, I am working on a Vlog conversion of the Pink Dice Chronicles to help gain some audience. So far I have created a brief theme song and I am learning how to use Synfig to put together an opening sequence. I am also trying to learn how to do greenscreening. STATUS: Maybe 15% to my first episode
Miniatures Painting -- I have literally more than a hundred miniatures to paint. It is a very slow process. I typically work on 3 or 4 miniatures at a time, painting one or maybe two colors on each before letting them dry. Currently working on a dracolisk, a halfling sword and shield maiden, a female devil, and a pack camel. STATUS: Less than 1% Complete
Game Room -- My game room is slowly coming together, though it takes a lot of time since I can't do much lifting and hanging of stuff. I have all my major furniture fleshed out with 4 book cabinets, a miniature painting table, a gaming table and a large countertop area with cabinets. I have a convection microwave oven for heating and cooking snacks. I still need to get a small fridge. There is lots of sorting, organizing, and hanging of posters yet to do. I also hope to make a large wall shelf to hold my hundreds of miniatures. STATUS: 80% Complete
Online Games -- I am currently working on 4 games I would like to run. I am converting my horror game over to a Darklands campaign for standard Pathfinder. I am also trying to get Port Wayne ready to run with DCS at some point. I have been watching MLP:FiM with my daughter in preparation for a Ponyfinder game. I also am learning DND 5e to see if I can run a game in it someday. Most likely no more than one or two of these games will turn into something real anytime soon, but it is still fun to think about them. STATUS: Darklands 80%, Port Wayne 60%, D&D 5e 5%, Ponyfinder 20%
Finding a Game -- My oddest "project" is finding a game to play in. I have put out a notice locally on craigslist looking for a local group. I also have a LFG notice up on reddit hoping to find a group online. I really would love to get into a new Pathfinder game. I am thinking I might give an Oradin build a try (Oracle / Paladin). STATUS: Unknown
My Character-based Novel -- I have a novel I am writing based on characters I have developed and played throughout my lifetime. It is currently about 45,000 words, and I am hoping to hit 100,000 at around the end of the storyline. For this I just recently completed a map for Erinius, the land where it takes place. STATUS: 45% Complete
So I'll keep adding a little time to these here and there and maybe even post my progress as I get things completed. Someday soon I'll hopefully be back to work, and then my time for these things will be a lot less. That's OK. I don't mind taking years to finish things. My novel has been in the works since at least 2002.
In the meantime, with no weekly game set up yet, I have turned my attention to using some of these little segments of times to work on gaming projects when I am not spending time with my family or handling other household things to do. A little time scattered here in there can make at least some progress on getting things done.
So here is my list of gaming projects currently underway:
Port Wayne Cyberpunk Setting -- Originally this was a Shadowrun setting made up of a series of handouts and built off of the Shadowrun world and history. I am revamping it into a single book that is all setting and no rules. The world I am building it on is purposely left vague, but more of the ilk that magic and other humanoid races have always been around. So far I have a rough outline and have rewritten about half the history. STATUS: 50% Complete
Dead Channel Sky -- This is an extension of Pathfinder rules to cover post-modern / cyberpunk games. It is meant to add equipment and archetypes to allow existing Pathfinder classes to still be played. The bulk of the rules are simple additions or extensions. There are a couple of new classes and a few new races. It also includes rules for building vehicles and hacking. I am working on a revision to fix a few details from our previous playtest and add some missing content, most specifically magic. STATUS: 70% Complete
The Pink Dice Chronicles Blog -- You're reading it. STATUS: Ongoing
The Pink Dice Chronicles Vlog -- Yeah, I am working on a Vlog conversion of the Pink Dice Chronicles to help gain some audience. So far I have created a brief theme song and I am learning how to use Synfig to put together an opening sequence. I am also trying to learn how to do greenscreening. STATUS: Maybe 15% to my first episode
Miniatures Painting -- I have literally more than a hundred miniatures to paint. It is a very slow process. I typically work on 3 or 4 miniatures at a time, painting one or maybe two colors on each before letting them dry. Currently working on a dracolisk, a halfling sword and shield maiden, a female devil, and a pack camel. STATUS: Less than 1% Complete
Game Room -- My game room is slowly coming together, though it takes a lot of time since I can't do much lifting and hanging of stuff. I have all my major furniture fleshed out with 4 book cabinets, a miniature painting table, a gaming table and a large countertop area with cabinets. I have a convection microwave oven for heating and cooking snacks. I still need to get a small fridge. There is lots of sorting, organizing, and hanging of posters yet to do. I also hope to make a large wall shelf to hold my hundreds of miniatures. STATUS: 80% Complete
Online Games -- I am currently working on 4 games I would like to run. I am converting my horror game over to a Darklands campaign for standard Pathfinder. I am also trying to get Port Wayne ready to run with DCS at some point. I have been watching MLP:FiM with my daughter in preparation for a Ponyfinder game. I also am learning DND 5e to see if I can run a game in it someday. Most likely no more than one or two of these games will turn into something real anytime soon, but it is still fun to think about them. STATUS: Darklands 80%, Port Wayne 60%, D&D 5e 5%, Ponyfinder 20%
Finding a Game -- My oddest "project" is finding a game to play in. I have put out a notice locally on craigslist looking for a local group. I also have a LFG notice up on reddit hoping to find a group online. I really would love to get into a new Pathfinder game. I am thinking I might give an Oradin build a try (Oracle / Paladin). STATUS: Unknown
My Character-based Novel -- I have a novel I am writing based on characters I have developed and played throughout my lifetime. It is currently about 45,000 words, and I am hoping to hit 100,000 at around the end of the storyline. For this I just recently completed a map for Erinius, the land where it takes place. STATUS: 45% Complete
So I'll keep adding a little time to these here and there and maybe even post my progress as I get things completed. Someday soon I'll hopefully be back to work, and then my time for these things will be a lot less. That's OK. I don't mind taking years to finish things. My novel has been in the works since at least 2002.
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