Proof-reading

I'm off on holiday from the middle of this week.

Visiting family.

Then a week in Devon.

Then more family on the way home.

So I wanted to get the last print run sorted before I left.

Proofing it was delayed this week by Expo scheming.

But I managed to get it finished on the weekend.

Caught a few errors

And corrections sent to the printers.

They were all minor.

Which is good as this was the third time I'd proofed them.

And Paul's done it.

And Rob has done the rulebook too.

But I want it to be the best it can be before the printers do 350 copies.

Fulfilment is getting closer.

The penultimate box of wooden bits has arrived.

Playmat tubes.

Just this final print run, the playmats, the second acrylic order and the final box of wooden bits to arrive now.

I've started finishing the fulfilment spreadsheet off too. 

Venture

We had a fantastic weekend at the NETE in Gateshead.

We were pretty busy!

Did more than twice what I’d hoped for.

Others did less well. 

Several traders left on Saturday evening or during the day on Sunday.

Gareth is not going to run it again :(

Years ago I’d toyed with the idea of starting a con in Newcastle.

Then Gareth started this.

I’m now considering taking it over.

Making a few changes.

I’ve a few weeks to make a decision…

Resurrection

After the disappointment of yet another awesome game designed by a friend that they don't want us to publish I took one of my older designs to Newcastle Playtest last week.

Normally I take a bag with six or seven games, last week I took one.

And to be honest, I wasn't really looking to play it.

I'd not played it in about three years.

It was there as a fallback if we needed games to play.

As it turns out, we did.

So I got it out.

Tried to remind myself of the rules.

We had five players.

I had to tweak things as we went.

But there was some potential there.

And the great crowd of designers and playtesters gave me feedback.

Useful feedback.

And ideas.

My head has been fizzing with ideas all week.

I've been frantically crafting a new version since Tuesday.

I've got a slot at the Playtest Zone at the North East Tabletop Expo on Friday afternoon.

I was going to play Jotunsaga or Siren Song.

Now I think I'll play the new version of The Uprising: Saga instead.

Need to finish the prototype first!