tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29972115690539039842024-03-21T13:58:04.838-04:00Shoreless Skies PublishingIndependently published books and roleplaying games for the fantasy lover.shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-41973219450198494692023-11-27T09:29:00.002-05:002023-11-27T09:29:13.524-05:00Community Copies of The Broken Cask are now availabe<p><span style="font-family: Comfortaa;"> By popular demand, and through the magic Itch's wonderfuly intuitive interface, there are now 25 community copies of <a href="https://shoreless.itch.io/the-broken-cask" target="_blank">The Broken Cask </a>available for low-income and marginalized individuals. Please spread the word!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://shoreless.itch.io/the-broken-cask" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Comfortaa;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAs2mpxQ8wPAASHfeqJ6XYGdwSZr3eC1PIA0exSbT9aqnbdtS5SYrqnpvPe4_w9cTfwIVKCm27zFfaRR03HAoDQVh-zQHXYXrbDcfIxgsfQPuLhKvsYGRZOfmirnvKgRY6TlfaVLa-rQm56Lwgrl81f8hMDaFhgvV_FJSeRRTugSVTwVRYn7snRdrh8MU/w400-h400/Hal%20Bert.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Comfortaa;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-51730581215837608882023-07-06T09:11:00.002-04:002023-07-16T08:08:48.750-04:00Cozy fantasy vibes abound at the Green Crow Inn!<p> My latest novel is out now!<br /></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8UgXfk1jKBqOgkrJQDAiA5Hul2uG2ENVmAX4qQIAU8ssT8Ktq0xBe9sj5lK8kAu7A1aFTi8g68Xb7pWVbXxIJHI1U03SpTzixm3nQ1IgBKhi-9-X1C0irITXrNKTk3Qou6YXlIdwPX4r2U8PJGG1isixkFWP596nZIiXks_M3RM-HwlYnLrLIOpkHMh5/s2775/Green%20Crow%20Inn%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2775" data-original-width="1831" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8UgXfk1jKBqOgkrJQDAiA5Hul2uG2ENVmAX4qQIAU8ssT8Ktq0xBe9sj5lK8kAu7A1aFTi8g68Xb7pWVbXxIJHI1U03SpTzixm3nQ1IgBKhi-9-X1C0irITXrNKTk3Qou6YXlIdwPX4r2U8PJGG1isixkFWP596nZIiXks_M3RM-HwlYnLrLIOpkHMh5/s320/Green%20Crow%20Inn%20cover.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comfortaa;"><a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greencrowinn/episodes/Welcome-to-the-Green-Crow-e24fvhe" target="_blank">Listen</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB2FTXWT?psc=1&smid=A1Y53T3O3Q25L8&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp" target="_blank">Read</a></span><br /></p><p style="background-color: white;">Meet
Torsen, the newest hire at the Green Crow. He is young but refined,
being from the Capitals as he constantly reminds everyone, and he is
eager to soak in the atmosphere of this "rustic" establishment. Far from
the bustle and competition of the big cities, life is
calmer...probably.</p><p style="background-color: white;">With
Torsen you will experience the Green Crow Inn, from its looming common
room and quaint kitchen to its keepers and patrons. There is, of course,
Kalka the dependable and serious innkeeper; Sumi Kind, the cheerful,
people-pleasing barback; and Furrier, the cheeky, passive aggressive
cellarer.</p><p style="background-color: white;">Each
has their own tasks but all chip in when it's time to sling ales and
serve up tea and cake. They keep the inn running smoothly and
comfortably in service to its patrons, those being travelers about the
western lands of the Continent and locals from the town of Niwari, set
about the mysterious forest of Teela Hill. Will Torsen make a home of
the Green Crow, or is he destined to fall flat on his face as Kalka
seems to think he will? And what does the mystery of the nearby wood
mean for them all?</p><p style="background-color: white;">Read it because:</p><p style="background-color: white;"></p><ul style="background-color: white;"><li>cozy, tavern vibes are what you need right now.</li><li>you want to experience a different take on high fantasy.</li><li>you've always wanted a sitcom about The Prancing Pony or another favorite fantasy inn.</li></ul><br />shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-18364145622445553882023-06-08T14:04:00.002-04:002023-06-08T14:09:58.017-04:00RPG R&D Podcast<p> I had a great time chatting to Craig and Jess, as always. This episode is about neurodiversity in gaming!</p><p><a href="https://www.nerdburgergames.com/rpg-rd/2023/5/25/rpg-rampd-episode-94-derek-kamal">https://www.nerdburgergames.com/rpg-rd/2023/5/25/rpg-rampd-episode-94-derek-kamal</a></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55aa8d33e4b043471ab525e0/8f4173ba-0e49-43df-ba15-04406eb303e8/RPG+R%26D+Logo.png?format=750w" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="547" height="227" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55aa8d33e4b043471ab525e0/8f4173ba-0e49-43df-ba15-04406eb303e8/RPG+R%26D+Logo.png?format=750w" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p> <br /></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-3933025598148045932022-12-16T07:54:00.004-05:002022-12-16T07:54:16.249-05:00The Broken Cask Society is now accepting all applicants!<p><span style="font-family: Comfortaa;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> After a time of brief dormancy, the illustrious Broken Cask Society is now open to all!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Comfortaa;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.shorelessskies.com/p/the-broken-cask-society.html" target="_blank">Check it out now</a>!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Comfortaa;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.shorelessskies.com/p/the-broken-cask-society.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5U-yaq2uL494VF7QBiK_XeBdR0nzt6kOxyKU8QbtBqlPvaPMVVe5GrVj_tbx8HzRVFSmWjCEo_e73z8lH7Xd8xfgMHIVFwxmZL8TA0_fi-x0GnMYRFsJxEXmIMFoziOssc4tvDZFSqs5FIfOhk54dHMQSkGAQoZQzKrs1nRAXypy-lekaq87qXYWDg/w640-h640/society%20ad.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-80852672468981140832022-11-28T07:58:00.004-05:002022-11-28T07:58:50.679-05:00The Broken Cask is now available in Polish<p><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://d1vzi28wh99zvq.cloudfront.net/images/9491/417285.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="400" src="https://d1vzi28wh99zvq.cloudfront.net/images/9491/417285.png" width="267" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: large;">The Broken Cask Polish Edition is ready! Thanks to Maciej for his hard work in translating this project.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: large;"><br />The Broken Cask jest od teraz dostępne po polsku na <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNFWTYXY/ref=sr_1_11?crid=2YUY6920FCILP&keywords=broken+cask&qid=1669640288&sprefix=broken+cask+%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-11" target="_blank">Amazonie</a> oraz <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/417285/The-Broken-Cask--Polish-Edition" target="_blank">DriveThru</a>.</span></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-78389496352042250872022-11-02T16:00:00.004-04:002022-11-06T20:22:44.571-05:00The Broken Cask app beta<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thebrokencask.glideapp.io/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="446" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhE11X-gRRyIwT3OSWtLZIh6P5ORBQE9ZME-5K_qKJzoOrvkBxbAZNqTJXa880xvKWCA5A6KY_ZbQseY3A3TlyJ8T0ggmbaLCjJLI_6VKzytbvw8MOlqympnGSxfZFfde6iEJWuu-xlqSfg6noATnDgbcR2x89xSBEMrNxvEAg6Wqgb-2dgmqiesGJttg=w164-h320" width="164" /></a>H<span style="font-family: inherit;">ello, innkeepers! I am working on an app that can be used in lieu of random tables when you're on the go. It is mostly finished but there is still plenty to tweak, and I hope to also create one for The Broken Cask Society (due out soon). Check it out here:</span></span></div><p></p><p><a href="https://thebrokencask.glideapp.io/"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">https://thebrokencask.glideapp.io/</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Let me know what you think, what you'd like to see, what's useful, and so on. And thanks!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Your friend,<br />DAK</span></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-59782850068661121472022-10-30T13:40:00.000-04:002022-10-30T13:40:01.467-04:00Brewboyz Open Playtest<p> </p><div data-reddit-rtjson="{"entityMap":{},"blocks":[{"key":"75qaf","text":"Alright ya gitz.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"cgbi5","text":"Just in time for Orktober, I'm nearly done with a solo tabletop RPG in which you make your Brewboy and serve fungus beer to the thirsty boyz of Urk.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"8i4v","text":"If you are the least bit interested in playing the game, or just reading it, and giving me some feedback I would be eternally grateful.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"96hsh","text":"The final version will obviously be released for free (you hear that, GW?!) with snazzier layout and art. But it will be even better with your help! Consider scoping it out and let me know what you think.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}]}"><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="bc04df" data-offset-key="bc04df_initial-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bc04df_initial-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bc04df_initial-0-0"><span data-text="true">Alright ya gitz.</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bc04df_initial-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bc04df_initial-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="bc04df" data-offset-key="e8f6e-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e8f6e-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e8f6e-0-0"><span data-text="true">Just in time for Orktober, I'm nearly done with a solo tabletop RPG in which you make your Brewboy and serve fungus beer to the thirsty boyz of Urk.</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e8f6e-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e8f6e-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="bc04df" data-offset-key="eidnm-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="eidnm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="eidnm-0-0"><span data-text="true">If you are the least bit interested in playing the game, or just reading it, and giving me some feedback I would be eternally grateful.</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="eidnm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="eidnm-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="bc04df" data-offset-key="7bq1k-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7bq1k-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7bq1k-0-0"><span data-text="true">The final version will obviously be released for free (you hear that, GW?!) with snazzier layout and art. But it will be even better with your help! Consider scoping it out and let me know what you think.</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7bq1k-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7bq1k-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7bq1k-0-0"><span style="font-family: Bungee;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19UqDQB-nfVywNvUqeRnszB6J9YjUP0uC/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span data-offset-key="7bq1k-0-0"><span data-text="true">CLICK HERE</span></span></a></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7bq1k-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7bq1k-0-0"><span data-text="true"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYheB2cSCISZBdarjAO2zRLV2vxYJ_w9uYHAOUC1CYhJjcnpTjdnqhj-2tiKmoWeDq2gaL-ccv8-Myr90YcTuy4t46Rc3MtyJriPQonaGK5LesTRIoS0ehNvmWbQAPfYRfEG_uKsSO6jMvW6IHXG7c-RglNmhoK5aAdRRd-HaVjv4xuWWeWQdG1oDdLQ/s300/bru%20skull.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYheB2cSCISZBdarjAO2zRLV2vxYJ_w9uYHAOUC1CYhJjcnpTjdnqhj-2tiKmoWeDq2gaL-ccv8-Myr90YcTuy4t46Rc3MtyJriPQonaGK5LesTRIoS0ehNvmWbQAPfYRfEG_uKsSO6jMvW6IHXG7c-RglNmhoK5aAdRRd-HaVjv4xuWWeWQdG1oDdLQ/s1600/bru%20skull.png" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></span></div></div></div>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-18671920095225021272022-08-02T16:25:00.004-04:002022-08-02T16:25:37.030-04:00The Broken Cask Society is kickstarting now!<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The followup to last year's Broken Cask is nearly done! In the Broken Cask Society, you are no longer running an inn; you bravely adventure across the wilds to find the best inns of the land and feast heartily. </span><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shorelessskies/the-broken-cask-society" target="_blank">Learn more on Kickstarter! </a></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shorelessskies/the-broken-cask-society" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1429" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfRoXcBrFmr9mHNqWd3rUemGExRY_iPVWiGtr3dIe1wd7e2bMfMQa6SH2j2n5gSCZ_5WAlmGIIynHVZMKswa55MvOfIhNP7Wzz43Gp9gdPPVc2LF0FITNYvR0CvVCbFm9pkRsRfmQdleVSJa6Gz_ACinoD0KvA-4Onqm7SEq0PArltXAW6Tro1YH_WQ/w280-h400/cover%20small.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-70305579527627793682022-05-18T09:10:00.003-04:002022-05-18T09:10:30.460-04:00Broken Cask & Dig Update<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6t62Q-7g804z27pDBin2_km83YJgoo66emGgnQ_VmllPDLLye9EQmyoYs882VTDBS-WG45MUweJjX9uSgDakmXLvooZhctOSZuYU4nca6yZPIP-Jqp2svMU1Z-Rwnfr87EHnbauWNsYOCeonKhehc_nqGISXTHciSnFMeukXg7HDe-Kn9KtjWQFiGMw/s618/Dig-cover_color_P2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6t62Q-7g804z27pDBin2_km83YJgoo66emGgnQ_VmllPDLLye9EQmyoYs882VTDBS-WG45MUweJjX9uSgDakmXLvooZhctOSZuYU4nca6yZPIP-Jqp2svMU1Z-Rwnfr87EHnbauWNsYOCeonKhehc_nqGISXTHciSnFMeukXg7HDe-Kn9KtjWQFiGMw/s320/Dig-cover_color_P2.jpeg" width="249" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> The Broken Cask recently received an update with a few fixes. The current print available on Amazon is ready to go, while DriveThruRPG is in the proofing process.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The Dig has been resized to match our typical 6x9 design! This is also being proofed and will be available again on DriveThru very soon.</span></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-11104116791988053482022-04-22T06:59:00.001-04:002022-04-22T06:59:27.310-04:00Nova Burn, the tabletop shmup, is now available<p><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWlttIyhd4Mv7aIJWlgWPhwTS7HiZ4bD4RBc5ilQ1FTCCumuNjCkHFLCuX6Eo-LN6d5lAg_4XvPBASmaCFXWsNX9lWFqXNEV7xmul52EgmqTdr2bRXefNl2_9_e3h9jS9TyjlmUwAawV4UMT7p9-otjzFlkJtzeayXMa86TFbxgilpKTsl-T_PlicSw/s520/nova%20burn.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="384" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWlttIyhd4Mv7aIJWlgWPhwTS7HiZ4bD4RBc5ilQ1FTCCumuNjCkHFLCuX6Eo-LN6d5lAg_4XvPBASmaCFXWsNX9lWFqXNEV7xmul52EgmqTdr2bRXefNl2_9_e3h9jS9TyjlmUwAawV4UMT7p9-otjzFlkJtzeayXMa86TFbxgilpKTsl-T_PlicSw/s320/nova%20burn.png" width="236" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: large;"><br />Solitaire, tabletop shmup action is now ready for you to check out for free!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: large;">Pick it up today on <a href="https://shoreless.itch.io/nova-burn" target="_blank">Itch</a> or <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/392081/Nova-Burn-Tabletop-Shmup-Action">DrivethruRPG.com</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: large;">To learn a little more, check out my developer journal below.</span></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p>For about a year now I’ve been stewing on how one could combine the tabletop RPG space with the shoot ’em up game. The first iteration of this particular conjunction was going to be very delineated: you would roleplay as your pilots then go and shoot stuff in a GM-less combat system. Said system was something between Four Against Darkness in its random enemy generation and Deep Space D-6 by way of its rapid combat resolution.</p><p>Things simply did not click with this system.</p><p>Character generation was superficial and combat was bloated, overly so, in its superfluity and captured neither the strategy nor the vibe of STGs. There is little-to-no movement in “theater of the mind” numerical combat and shmups require movement.</p><p>And yet I would not do a full-on boardgame.</p><p>So the thing sat in the cooker for, again, nearly a year. I’d peek at the design doc from time to time as my understanding of game design and the shmup genre as a whole grew. No progress was made, but inspiration glimmered here and there. The excellent Takuma Okada created a kind of inertia in me to release a simple, free game; every book I do should not, cannot, require a Kickstarter campaign or complex workflow. There must be essential, “low stakes,” but high quality releases (my reasoning behind which might stand a separate essay) and perhaps this shmup thing could serve as such an exemplar. But one needs a game to release to release a game.</p><p>I also adore the idea of an RPG as a kind of activity book: a self-contained paperback one can write in on a Sunday afternoon, ensconced in a quilt with a cup of tea or strong drink. But, again, there must be an actual game to insert into this design goal.</p><p>Then a surprising twist occurred and broke me through the block: Pathfinder.</p><p>Pathfinder kind of sucks. Given my own way, I would probably not play Pathfinder; I find it unnecessarily clunky and counterintuitive. The depth of customization and mechanical satisfaction is there but my brain runs on limited resources. It’s a war game and not a story game. But, my regular RPG group knows it and likes it and we returned to it earlier this year to embark upon high seas adventure. Refreshing myself on the 3.5 grid combat put a puncture wound in my writer’s block. The vague, artificial action of my initial design could be overcome by using a more tactical approach. In my minds eye I saw shooter combat, but in slow motion.</p><p>Adapting this notion to a solitaire game space was not especially difficult through my inelegant design methods. When creating such games I enact constraints to increase accessibility: the average person may not have a wide array of gaming accessories available in their homes, but you can be damn sure they probably have a d6 or can use a free one online (cf again Okada and their use of standard cards). Within such constraints the rest of the design fell into place. 2d6 (or 1d6x2) can randomly place things on a simple grid, things like bullet patterns; a simple grid dictates how many pieces can fall into place and how those pieces might move or act; slapping the paint of scifi space shmup combat on it is easy enough, as is adapting the language to create the retro shooter aesthetic.</p><p>In short, the grid itself became that final pull of potential energy; the rest was an easy ride down the hill.</p><p>A name, though. The name is everything: the selling point, the first line of marketing, the invocation to the reader’s imagination. That took time.</p><p>David Milch said of Deadwood that he learned everything he could about the historical Deadwood, SD of the 1870s…and then spent a year forgetting about it. In such a lull the knowledge becomes “digested” into the background of the mind. It’s a part of the landscape. When he came back to Deadwood to actually write the show, it was there but in a vague and intuitive, and therefore malleable, form; a liquid asset to be infused into his writing in a more natural way.</p><p>That was the hope when it came to naming this game.</p><p>Sure, I did the usual thing and hit up some google searches as well as the thesaurus. But better to let the thing sit and percolate, to hope that all the shmup games I’ve played and all the reviews and essays I’ve ingested could come up with something natural and intuitive. And then one day it appeared: Nova Burn.</p><p>Thankfully a quick search revealed that it was not a game or band I’d heard of before. It wasn’t anything except an odd dietary supplement, and that was good. No confusion in that marketplace. With a name the rest comes easily enough and soon one has ship names and other vagaries required to frame up an aspecific space setting in which to explode things.</p><p>A bit of playtesting (simple when creating a solitaire game and when virtual tabletops are a thing), a few tweaks, a few knob turns later and we have it; a finished game, ready for art and layout and then ready to be released for free digitally and cheap physically.</p><p>Why this, though?</p><p>I showed this to Dace over at shmuptopia and he was enthusiastic, but asked about how much more I was going to push the product; how many people was I going to show it to before release?</p><p>I explained that a one player tabletop combat game mimicking shoot ’em up games is a niche in a niche (in a niche?). So while a bigger release, a complete package, a more extensive testing and marketing process, maybe even the creation of a boxed game (though that has been done), would be great and perhaps even deserving of Nova Burn, such a niche product is the perfect target for a small-scale free release. The design reflects this principal: easy rules in an easily accessible package.</p><p>So Nova Burn will be out soon and ready for you to play. If it hits, it hits. If it finds its audience then more’s the better. And even it makes a real splash, then you now what? Nova Burn Final sounds like a great time to me.</p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-70525062969859408932022-03-08T09:31:00.001-05:002022-03-08T09:31:34.249-05:00Nova Burn is coming!<h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: large;"> When fleets of horrid enemies break through defenses and invade the solar system, there is only one heroic pilot left to achieve victory.</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: large;"><i>Nova Burn</i> is a solitaire tabletop shoot 'em up flying your way soon from Shoreless Skies! For a peak at the design process, <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1304298522" target="_blank">check the replay over on my Twitch channel</a>. Otherwise stay tuned! Nova Burn is coming.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiocS7uxANTmgwwwuIUMh6kedRJrxfI3j1XiTYDapHEB4kLwj2H_Jvx3Oxk9tvr6x23GoL62K77Edny6ENU7Ww6xMxVTvPezOvK9YeyPnWqi9pNdG2DwfA-5kYVuMayne7y4Tx8V40I0XRej1MdKC0AZrD-rvc0WNrkIoD45AEzkk6XqNZiQH84xx6EA=s1279" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1279" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiocS7uxANTmgwwwuIUMh6kedRJrxfI3j1XiTYDapHEB4kLwj2H_Jvx3Oxk9tvr6x23GoL62K77Edny6ENU7Ww6xMxVTvPezOvK9YeyPnWqi9pNdG2DwfA-5kYVuMayne7y4Tx8V40I0XRej1MdKC0AZrD-rvc0WNrkIoD45AEzkk6XqNZiQH84xx6EA=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-32814894425803619762022-02-15T09:54:00.001-05:002022-02-15T09:54:00.161-05:00An Open Call for Playtesters<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> It's that time! I am in the very early stages of development for the next Shoreless tabletop game and I need eyeballs.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This new project is another inn game, but this time you are and your friends get to travel around and visit the many amazing inns of the world. This game is intended for solo players as well as small groups, so if you are interested <a href="mailto:shorelessSkies@gmail.com" target="_blank">please contact me via email</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">All playtesters will be credited in the final book and receive a free paperback copy for their feedback.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4IqbXH06-f034KoZV4qNkWLYH2ONlKzlK-vEQZkLbOTuCy7-vIC0GMqGQb0A379ShzWq4WPGy1KfpOAVmfVzYDRxOgwUlTVUnGG0weMC15WpRoFGTQYUdrjsRkcQCK3D48P92AV4pdeU3wQOUdzlzzCZqoHW3eVL1JthjhrqAa7iTZResFXQqto0kWg=s1000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4IqbXH06-f034KoZV4qNkWLYH2ONlKzlK-vEQZkLbOTuCy7-vIC0GMqGQb0A379ShzWq4WPGy1KfpOAVmfVzYDRxOgwUlTVUnGG0weMC15WpRoFGTQYUdrjsRkcQCK3D48P92AV4pdeU3wQOUdzlzzCZqoHW3eVL1JthjhrqAa7iTZResFXQqto0kWg=w640-h640" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-42255591879973527082022-01-31T05:58:00.000-05:002022-01-31T05:58:48.296-05:00Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse: Beyond Thunder City is now available!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/380818/Heavy-Metal-Thunder-Mouse-Beyond-Thunder-City" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOz94NeQf5GpO0HgIzyLan7VnBjimhm7VPqmsuYKoxwo-zT0509pALbLcD_zUo_PgT5EauST1IJ_PcsYiKS_F4cnMEmc1EFd_xKEOdXR9d6ZPKCIqwsURsMjus_hauHR0y_jKtU57NF5PmORtt2U6fPiqwpg1fOP4_W4kJaI7P3zarRhoAm3bB9nuEsA=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">It's time to rock hard and ride free! Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse: Beyond Thunder City is now available for purchase! Don't delay, scoot on over to <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/380818/Heavy-Metal-Thunder-Mouse-Beyond-Thunder-City" target="_blank">our shop on DriveThruRPG.com</a> and pick up your copy!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://shoreless.itch.io/beyond-thunder-city" target="_blank">Also available on Itch</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Metal-Thunder-Mouse-Beyond/dp/0997272775/ref=sr_1_1?crid=37EJO8PCXP8B&keywords=beyond+thunder+city&qid=1643584994&sprefix=beyond+thunder+city%2Caps%2C86&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a>.<br /></span></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-34214968181423505622021-12-15T17:16:00.005-05:002021-12-17T21:42:39.543-05:00Player-made Broken Cask Sheet<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">I was very pleased to wake up to this awesome Broken Cask sheet made by Nick DeSimone!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Be sure to follow him @darquehope and download the sheet <a href="https://m.box.com/shared_item/https%3A%2F%2Fapp.box.com%2Fs%2Foizibt2pcztrolxudagtgjmqnvl26cmj">here</a> for use with your next game of Broken Cask.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixxs0xGhZcEKfT0vUyKs7PNqclCpHAtJNz-XNkfDFuUCrx_Hf5D7Y1IbJexkRxdvH6bvWoH1fqxNLUQhzyJdNLuY48xXqlgs8TNIGGNII6CXGWL6qM8KNeU5aLFuBbSk9ipPzPN5yBOJoJ76m_tnz3JYwxfzeZC3-7AL-pa8Qa0CO7vIHqLrIf1-WaeA=s3300" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixxs0xGhZcEKfT0vUyKs7PNqclCpHAtJNz-XNkfDFuUCrx_Hf5D7Y1IbJexkRxdvH6bvWoH1fqxNLUQhzyJdNLuY48xXqlgs8TNIGGNII6CXGWL6qM8KNeU5aLFuBbSk9ipPzPN5yBOJoJ76m_tnz3JYwxfzeZC3-7AL-pa8Qa0CO7vIHqLrIf1-WaeA=s320" width="247" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyy7s8U7AVrXHEmQG7vOwMRHQiobuwRTO5-DllNVphcXD3KKkN-IzbdIx5zDmO2UOhNNekJG6VUVjacWXQHG71dZYJLci16JzlWWybsUqNRwtpSHdSvgtz-9UwdUEl7Q20N7J4TZWmIBcyX6X7G67Ku749GS5oDrx6iGOu2uMWmJt4jP3K3HAOutVpCw=s3300" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyy7s8U7AVrXHEmQG7vOwMRHQiobuwRTO5-DllNVphcXD3KKkN-IzbdIx5zDmO2UOhNNekJG6VUVjacWXQHG71dZYJLci16JzlWWybsUqNRwtpSHdSvgtz-9UwdUEl7Q20N7J4TZWmIBcyX6X7G67Ku749GS5oDrx6iGOu2uMWmJt4jP3K3HAOutVpCw=s320" width="247" /></a><br /></div><p><br /></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-12345925182940912432021-10-06T09:42:00.005-04:002021-10-06T09:42:34.247-04:00The Art of H.M.T.M. is now on Kickstarter<p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #282828; font-family: "Maison Neue Book", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 2.9rem; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Maison Neue Book", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #282828;">In a stroke of mad genius <a href="http://jacobhuntcomics.com" target="_blank">Jacob</a> has created a new option for backers of our Kickstarter campaign, as both a reward level and add-on.</span><span face=""Maison Neue Book", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #282828;"> </span><span class="bold" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #282828; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The</span><span face=""Maison Neue Book", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #282828;"> </span><span class="bold" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #282828; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Art of Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse</span><span face=""Maison Neue Book", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #282828;"> </span><span face=""Maison Neue Book", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #282828;">will be a special, digital collection of our mice on bikes. It will include over 80 illustrations, as well as color versions not available in print, development sketches, thumbnails, and other behind-the-scenes extras.<br /></span><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shorelessskies/hmtm-beyond-thunder-city" target="_blank">So if you're like us and just seeing these mice in action makes you happy, consider backing today!</a> 1 week left!</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #282828; font-family: "Maison Neue Book", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 2.9rem; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shorelessskies/hmtm-beyond-thunder-city" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="961" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2AYHnnj5kMkju31tBHZgBhof61PLJ8ZB3bw2JwWDHvR327WfmOie7JhRgrTjWtXmkaGvju09OPY70IHA3X-vpIXnCj3DQnHhGqQc4yl1bgKqxDqGjdnoc6mlf6b-7X6mu-icYn-ZReYuq/w634-h640/Screen+Shot+2021-09-07+at+10.37.13+PM.jpeg" width="634" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-21068554846806717442021-10-03T13:42:00.002-04:002021-10-03T13:55:21.427-04:00The Broken Cask play materials have been updated <h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Fondamento;">So many new friends have come around the inn!</span></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSqAMRl5SAKLnYqCs6YdO0xkQPiAYG4ru-qxGyJBx0OsYbJKTkJCwwk-cL4oT0Dpt4HhgQTemuhUGYC1fHENn9gRK0dF4KEiClmfMQJL1m0oqweyiPFsTvfEkSQIovkJ9366OzAxizXrG/s2048/Tim.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSqAMRl5SAKLnYqCs6YdO0xkQPiAYG4ru-qxGyJBx0OsYbJKTkJCwwk-cL4oT0Dpt4HhgQTemuhUGYC1fHENn9gRK0dF4KEiClmfMQJL1m0oqweyiPFsTvfEkSQIovkJ9366OzAxizXrG/s320/Tim.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> <i>Broken Cask</i> has gotten quite a few new players lately, so thanks for stopping by! With so many new friends has come a fresh perspective. I have taken that feedback and updated the rules clarification. I have also gotten some requests to improve the innkeeper log, so there is now a cleaner version for home printing ("no gray") and a fillable PDF done by <a href="https://www.igdnonline.com/our-members/2020/10/1/amy-veeres-serpent-sea-games" target="_blank">Amy Veeres</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">This has all been added to the download link for Broken Cask play materials. Thanks again! If you are a DriveThruRPG customer, you should already have seen this update. </span><br /></div><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/16mWIo68eGvq2BfVS_RZWpFW3hFNbedk_/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">CLICK HERE!</a></p><p></p><br /> <br /><p></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-69776358162690447512021-09-24T09:53:00.003-04:002021-09-24T09:54:16.051-04:00We're playing Call the Midmouse Tonight on Twitch<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> As part of our Kickstarter campaign for <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shorelessskies/hmtm-beyond-thunder-city" target="_blank"><i>Beyond Thunder City</i></a>, creator <a href="https://www.firestorm-ink.com/" target="_blank">Jonathan Lavallee</a> will be running a play session of his setting, Call the Midmouse. Festivities kick off live at 8pm Eastern time on <a href="http://twitch.tv/ShorelessSkies" target="_blank">my Twitch channel</a> and will be available for replay on YouTube tomorrow.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Come check it out!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://twitch.tv/ShorelessSkies" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82ZTSQyfphRsTQ2K-3rPpsz2KN3J8BHFtUdPd6W48bz92_T4WX_ABO14GAdoIWTMecmPtTaW5DY7gumF9FKi2XBPwFYj5Gd8c_7h1Etr04rP80J0H-F0mtUYsp_Zjxlo01zoyaYGfS-yw/w640-h640/IMG_2139.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-41717200727435134932021-09-15T09:00:00.001-04:002021-09-15T10:24:20.333-04:00Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse: Beyond Thunder City now on Kickstarter<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> In 2018 we launched <i>Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse</i>, the RPG of mice and their motorcycle clubs. Now we're following it up with <i>Beyond Thunder City</i>, a new book that takes your mice to the space, to the past, and beyond!!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">But we need your help! Please consider pledging to the campaign by clicking on the [awesome] logo below. <a href="http://kck.st/3hxJCFq">Or just click here.</a> And thanks!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://kck.st/3hxJCFq" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDl-0E4K8YHMl2HwY8wc6pigfEG7Ij5rudWdRCHASn4z0r0n-VGy_0nXtDIDmkxNjC4vMWgYGtaLhvbMIlK6PCBN8l5Pwj7EE1jAVxKqoQoMq1Bkk1vCWdtbWKa9mn181h8bXbBsSN_D1P/s16000/hmtmbtc.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-83036901550108269952021-09-01T19:27:00.002-04:002021-09-01T19:30:55.381-04:00The Broken Cask is now available!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> After a fun and successful <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shorelessskies/the-broken-cask" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a>, we are pleased to release <i>The Broken Cask</i> to the masses! Broken Cask is the solitaire innkeeping RPG where you found your inn, hire your staff, and have incredible, slice-of-life fun!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Pick it up now on <span class="text-italic"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/365717/The-Broken-Cask" target="_blank">DriveThruRPG</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0997272767" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, or <a href="https://shoreless.itch.io/the-broken-cask">Itch.io</a>. Coming soon to Indie Press Revolution!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="text-italic"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.shorelessskies.com/p/broken-cask.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOaaCGd1iJCwQBE0pC0sbGA8iexv1frCvftTl32UDJhpe6I5A1q0gHEqvLcqttkyQ-Kz_TmCqh0ljQX_IAEDJANXifGxOBUQPmUwaW-rVidDgWkVqHBxy9Nn-8CPVB99I5NPlYAIjbgCA/s16000/cask+instagram.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <span><span class="text-italic"><a href="https://shoreless.itch.io/the-broken-cask" target="_blank"> </a></span></span></span><p></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-66461719275962670162021-04-29T10:00:00.003-04:002021-09-23T16:03:34.993-04:00Itch.io Store is now open!<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">I'm happy to announce that I've begun uploading electronic version of our games to Itch.io! For those of you who don't know, Itch is an independent hosting site dedicated to supporting indie artists. It's a great platform with an equitable model and I'm happy to begin offering our products there. Itch.io is mostly used by independent video game creators, but many tabletop developers are beginning to use it as well.<br /></span></p><p><a href="https://shoreless.itch.io/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: medium;">Click here to check it out!</span></a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNx2Mu03_u0T8NcnMpq4qmE-54B-49kN5ZVFMjyUHz_O2C6B2ZUusp-tdNPCYUP-x8hnXa0fl3xMccUFfj0qMYMQr8fMbbIPTVuz52F5G_T0CsAvziOTJHa4-46G-5ZC6CH7XI3HtfhBJM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="852" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNx2Mu03_u0T8NcnMpq4qmE-54B-49kN5ZVFMjyUHz_O2C6B2ZUusp-tdNPCYUP-x8hnXa0fl3xMccUFfj0qMYMQr8fMbbIPTVuz52F5G_T0CsAvziOTJHa4-46G-5ZC6CH7XI3HtfhBJM/s16000/image.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-56684546654989650102021-04-25T12:32:00.001-04:002021-04-25T19:36:32.931-04:00Broken Cask is funded! Backer surveys are out!<p> Man, it was a wild ride! 1000% funded! <i>The Broken Cask</i> will be coming to your tabletop this summer. If you are a backer, thank you again! Please check your inboxes for your reward survey and get 'er done.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwr5YY0m5faJUAehKxhCGZDKDpxju6m6bjE0lq17z2Ev65X0tQ7APeWhz-ujZFyZDWdwJKOmqH0VlQ5TduaODaJTBisBRU75trtubuEZbiZUwY4EEdfMmRieWpLwhJmn8c_YUEYfeYHMW/s1024/Untitled.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1024" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwr5YY0m5faJUAehKxhCGZDKDpxju6m6bjE0lq17z2Ev65X0tQ7APeWhz-ujZFyZDWdwJKOmqH0VlQ5TduaODaJTBisBRU75trtubuEZbiZUwY4EEdfMmRieWpLwhJmn8c_YUEYfeYHMW/w640-h376/Untitled.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-53033537063967570452021-04-09T13:55:00.005-04:002021-04-09T13:55:33.455-04:00The Broken Cask is now live!<p> Hey everybody! We've just launched our new solitaire RPG about running your own fantasy inn. It's called Broken Cask and we'll be Kickstarting for the next two weeks! Create your inn, your characters, and get started brewing, cooking, serving, farming, collecting...basically everything it takes to run your own tavern! Please consider backing today!</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kck.st/2PHPem9" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhha4QD2W4eYiiBvQ_w1tP5e1K7ZPcCPETS7nAWoltMAAlezk9759v6cE4UpNI5Z8yzemU6wBChcJsa4mRFoKW2jhzXNx2n6qiyr3tXzYaPP6-DV6U9P3x_hlikCuGNOQuxvNOzqhkWLXaQ/w640-h640/insta.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-2453378279972214612021-04-02T08:17:00.003-04:002021-04-02T08:17:36.306-04:00Broken Cask, the solitaire innkeeping RPG, is Kickstarting soon!<p>Next week I hope to launch my next game called <i>The Broken Cask</i>! It's a single-player game where you run your very own fantasy inn. I think it's pretty cool.</p><p>Check back next week for the Kickstarter announcement, and a link to the free preview!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtqadbfpVlpk-6prWtxpcpCkVIvTO29-oUxnXcm5cuQJFJ0vLIjaWiO-jCRgKu5Y_l4gpNbvs45oH3QdQya9B_fut_mSTN_Pi8elJ8ODeH-stqd38HqGmfG6urQRMymXcdwRFw9cQ3AeQ/s2048/broken+cask+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtqadbfpVlpk-6prWtxpcpCkVIvTO29-oUxnXcm5cuQJFJ0vLIjaWiO-jCRgKu5Y_l4gpNbvs45oH3QdQya9B_fut_mSTN_Pi8elJ8ODeH-stqd38HqGmfG6urQRMymXcdwRFw9cQ3AeQ/w426-h640/broken+cask+cover.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-64812886646251718292020-01-23T09:25:00.003-05:002020-01-23T09:25:22.939-05:00Good Heart now available on Amazon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm happy to announce that my latest novel,<i> Good Heart</i>, is now available for purchase on Amazon.<br />
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shorelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154767179231223029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997211569053903984.post-85669135498408630552019-11-01T12:21:00.002-04:002019-11-01T12:21:39.262-04:00Good Heart now on Kickstarter!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Friends, our next project is officially live on Kickstarter! </div>
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<strong><em data-mce-style="font-size: inherit;" style="font-size: inherit;">Good Heart</em></strong><span data-mce-style="font-size: inherit;" style="font-size: inherit;"><strong> </strong>is the story of a cowboy who finds himself a stranger in a strange land (North Africa, to be more specific). There he retrieves what he's sure is something special, a necklace he was paid to lose. Soon thereafter, though, he's pursued by dark strangers who know his name, who know the orphan girl in his unlikely charge, and threaten the life he is trying to build for himself with the first woman he's ever allowed himself to love. And somehow in the midst of it he believes it is something to do with a spectacular horse he calls his own. </span></div>
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