Further Update From The Free Agent Front

     It's been a tumultuous time as of late for me with a death in my family, but coming out of that shadow, there is a bright spot. I managed to nab copies of the starter set and core rulebook for The One Ring. I also bought a couple of dice packs with the hope of correcting the possibility of a misprinted d12 in the starter set (more on that a bit down the line). Well, no good idea or deed goes unpunished - or gazed upon by Sauron's Eye.

     You see, the first round of dice made for TOR 2e had misprinted d12s. The d12 in TOR is an extra die rolled by the player or GM with the potential to cause weal or woe to the character making the test. The original d12 had Sauron's Eye in place of the 11 and Gandalf's Rune in place of the 12. The new dice have Sauron's Eye mistakenly in place of the 1. While I don't have an eye for dice probabilities, I've been told this makes things swing a bit more in the Dark Lord's favor.

     It's a simple mistake, one I'm not going to get bent out of shape over. In most RPGs a roll of 1 isn't a good thing, especially on an effect die. It usualy signifies trouble of some degree based on the overall outcome of the dice roll. While Free League has offered to replace these dice when returned, I don't plan on taking them up on the offer. I don't have time (or money) to waste sending three d12s across the pond and then waiting for three replacements to come back across the water. That being said, I'm just going to interpret an 11 as a 1. It's all I can do. Worse case scenario is that I'll have to roll the d12 myself using my 1e d12 or use a regular d12 and interpret it as the rules state.

     My first demos are decidedly going to be online as local gaming shops do not have their gaming space open quiet yet. As for the convention scene, it's up in the air due to a number of things I don't feel at liberty to discuss. Whether or not I attend ANY convention will depend on their COVID rules, my comfort level, and whether or not there's a virtual option should I feel uncomfortable attending in person.

     That's all I have to report at this time. More to come as things develop...

A Free Agent's Life For Me!

     So, anybody who's even glanced at my blog will see that my 2300AD post is now gone. Well, it's not really gone, but it's not public anymore. After a long series of delays thanks to real life and work, I managed to carry the torch too long in hope of running Mongoose Publishing's version of 2300AD and just got burned out.

     As a result, I decided to take a break from running any campaigns of my own and be a player for a while. Once I'm ready to step back into the role of GM, I'm going to be taking on an additional role - that of a demo agent for Free League Publishing. In the past, I served as a Bounty Hunter for Alderac Entertainment Group, running demos of Spycraft and Stargate SG-1. Now I'm going to be running a whole other set of games for a new generation.

     Overall, I'm going with Vaesen, The One Ring, and Twilight 2000. Although Free League's program is just starting out, Twilight 2000 and Vaesen already have a wide ranging library of community content, one which I hope to contribute to in the near future to aid in supporting my fellow Free Agents. The One Ring will probably take some work as the line is pretty small at this time. While there's a considerable amount of material previously published for Cubicle 7's first edition of TOR, I'm still trying to sort out the issue of compatibility and what Free League will allow.

     Will I get my groove back? Yes. Eventually. Hopefully by fall I'll be back to running games at the local cons. For now, I'm going to work on expanding my RPG repetoire, sort out what direction I want to go in with Free League, and see where this leads me.