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Infinity Core Update 7
A new blog to separate my wargames related stuff, from my roleplaying related stuff, from my games development related stuff. A new name for my game system, now officially "Infinity Core", as most...
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Extinction Concept
Corvus Belli's InfinityI have been playing a lot of Infinity (Corvus Belli's Infinity, not my Infinity Core) at my local war games club, and I've been enjoying it quite a bit. It is not without its...
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Extinction Concept: Profile and Dice Mechanics
X-COM: Enemy UnknownDice MechanicsMost wargames resort to the tried and trusted d6 to deal with random chance, and I have to admit that I am not a fan of the d6. For wargames I much prefer the use of a...
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Infinity Core Update 8
This past week I sent a draft copy of the Abandoned Hope adventure to the guys at a Vagrant Workshop so that they can do a read through and make suggestions for a second edit. I'm under no illusion...
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Infinity Core Update 9
I got some feedback on the "Abandoned Hope" adventure from the guys at Vagrant Workshop, mostly this relates to structural stuff. When I wrote the adventure I did so in the same way that I approached...
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Infinity Core Update 10
A little belated this week, but things have been very hectic, my daughter being ill with chicken pox, finishing up some freelance projects, moving office at work.I did get a rather lengthy, but...
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Infinity Core Update 11
I set myself the target of getting the Infinity Core playtest out to the public by GenCon 2012 and time is now catching up with me. In order to give Jason Wallace an opportunity to make an editing...
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Dark Stars for Infinity Core
Dark Stars Project : Inter Worlds Gate MapSo far I have mainly talked about the Infinity Core, the revisions and ideas I have for improving the system mechanics and getting the open playtest underway....
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Dark Stars Technology
Dark Stars for Infinity CoreThe last thousand years of human history have been a tale of ruin. As mankind reached the Transcendant levels of technology a great war broke out between the various human...
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Sorry: A Slight Delay
After promising that the Infinity Core Playtest would be out by GenCon, we have hit a small snag. Basically, editing my work is quite an intensive process, I am dyslexic and do not spell very well. My...
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Why "Dark Stars"?
Dark Stars for Infinity CoreI got asked the other day where the name "Dark Stars" came from, and whether the name was simply a rip off of Fading Suns. I have to say that its not, but it does require...
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Dark Stars Map v2
Dark Stars Sphere Map v2This is the new and improved version of the Dynastic Sphere map. I have added a couple more worlds since this previous one, and marked the major Beacon Worlds. Actually this is...
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Update: Me and my T
Me sporting my new Vagrant Workshop T-shirtWe are in the last stages of preparing the Infinity Core Playtest for release. Editing is now complete, many thanks to Jason Wallace. I have also made another...
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Infinity Core Playtest in Layout
Things take time, but they are moving.This morning I received the test layout for game mechanics part of the playtest. Carsten has gone for a clean futuristic style, that is easy to read, attractive,...
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Infinity Core Playtest is now GO!
The open playtest is here.Go to the Vagrant Workshop website to get your copy and start playing now.
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Musings on Playtest
I have been taking a little break from writing now that the playtest document is circulating. Hopefully we will start to see some discussion on the Vagrant forums soon. The plan is that once this phase...
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Revised Map and some System Talk
Dark Stars MapThe Open Playtest has been underway for about 3 weeks now and we have had some 200 downloads to date. So far I've some feedback, most of it privately, but a couple of people had posted...
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New System Mechanics
Its been a while since I last posted, but that doesn't mean that development work has stopped. Yes it has slowed while I wait for people to feedback on the open playtest. That gave me time to work on...
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More or Less Human
My Son, Keir Colin McLean McNichollThe first piece of news that I'd like to share with everyone is the birth of my son on the 8th of January 2013. Keir was born healthy, and both he and his mother are...
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Post Human
Big sister Nina, inspects little brother KeirAs the title might suggest, its been about three weeks since the birth of my son, Keir. I'd like to say that things are getting back to normal, but I have...
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To Infinity Core and beyond...
Infinity CoreBy way of a small update. I just sent out an alpha test copy of first eight chapters of Dark Stars to my Alpha Testers. I feels really good to give what I've been working on for months...
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Directive 23
Directive 23 Like every want to be Game Designer I've written tons of games, most of which languish at the botom of my hard disk waiting rediscovery. Well as it happens I've recently dusted of my old...
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Technology of D23
Directive 23Thought I'd ripp some of the text from D23 and drop it in here, some parts still needs some additions before they will make sense, the history section for example is only partly...
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Fantasy Map Experimentation
A little off from my normal topics round here.My work has just seen fit to give me some new toys to play with, amongst them an Intuos 5 M Touch graphics slate. My boss was so keen for me to be...
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Equinox Schematic
Equinox RPG Earth NexusFor those who don't know, I've been working on the Equinox RPG since about 2008, with my friends over at Vagrant Workshop. It has been a long road, but one that I feel we can all...
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