Almanac – Saloons
August 18th, 2011This week’s Almanac entry is Saloons. These wonderful establishments are the heart of the night life in Sherbourg. They differ from taverns in that they feature stage shows as the main attraction instead instead of being a watering hole for spirits.
Almanac – Cienan
August 11th, 2011This week’s almanac entry is the bio for Cienan yr Tuathal. He is an oddity in Sherbourg – a foreigner who has made a name for himself in town. Even though he moves through society, he is apart from it. As a cast member, his bio is listed under the Cast link as well under the Merchants section of the Almanac.
Almanac deferred
August 4th, 2011Diane and I are at Gencon this week and she has come down with con plague. So she’s not able to update the almanac. My apologies. I’ll catch the Cienan bio next week. However, we got the page update ready for next Monday. So new pages continued as scheduled.
Get well soon, Diane!
Almanac – Surnames
July 28th, 2011This week’s almanac entry is Surnames. Jassart isn’t the only one who changed his name. A lot of colonists who settled Sherbourg did so. I had intended to do Cienan’s bio this week, but the remote update from Otakon made it impractical. We’ll get to him eventually.
Almanac – Vivienne de Carailles
July 21st, 2011This week’s almanac entry is the bio for Vivienne de Carailles who joins our cast. As a governor’s daughter in a fantasy story, she has to be beautiful. I think it’s one of those unbreakable rules of fiction. But there’s a lot more to her than just that. You can find her entry both in the Almanac under People > Rulers and under the Cast page.
Otakon is just a week a way. We have a lot of buttons for sale. Here are a few samples. Come by and pick some up!
Chapter 1 Revisions
July 10th, 2011No almanac entry today. Instead, I have a ton of other updates and a lot of news. First, we are putting together our first chapterbook. This 40-page book has all of chapter 1, the Feathers and Frost vignette, and three pages of new material only available in the chapterbook. While doing the layout for the chapterbook, I came across numerous formatting and lettering issues. I’ve gotten a lot better at lettering since we started so I went back and fixed the lettering throughout the entire chapter. This took the time I had allotted to write the almanac entry, but I felt that this was necessary. The changes have made the pages much easier to read and more pleasing to view.
This brings me to the next bit of news. Brittany and I will be attending Otakon on July 29-30. We will have the brand new chapterbooks and lots of cool buttons. In addition, Brittany will be taking commissions during the convention. We are at table U07 in the Artists Alley. You can find us on this handy map of the Otakon Artist Alley. So come by and have Brittany draw you in colonial garb.
GenCon is also rapidly approaching, and I will be attending. I’m a huge fan of tabletop RPGs. D&D is one of my favorite. I have written a D&D adventure that is premiering at GenCon for the Ashes of Athas campaign. It’s titled AoA3-2 The Veil Parted ,and you can find it in the Sagamore Ballroom with all the other RPGA adventures. If you’re attending GenCon, please give it a try.
Almanac – Hostelers’ Guild
July 3rd, 2011With the start of Chapter 2 on Wednesday, I’m bringing the almanac back to Sherbourg to discuss the Hostelers’ Guild. This guild covers the auberges (fancy inns), the hostels (not so fancy boarding houses), barbers, dentists, physicians, and brothels. That last one caused quite a stir. Read about it in this week’s almanac entry.
Oh, Brittany and I will be attending Otakon at the end of the month where we will have a table in the Artists’ Alley. Please come by and see us. We’d love to see you.
Almanac – Trablais Mountains
June 26th, 2011The almanac entry for this week is the Trablais Mountains. These mountains to the north of Sherbourg protect the city from the worst of the winter weather, while providing incredible vistas and beautiful foliage in the autumn. They are also the home to about 8 billion beavers (give or take a thousand) which is the basis of the economy in Sherbourg.
