Current Projects

Hey, now that I have 3 readers instead of 50, I can probably cope with more intricate topics that previously would get people riled up and posting negative comments right? Lolz

Heres what I'm working On:

1. Top of the List, The Map 100 Project that I kick started, rasied 1020% of my goal of $250, to sit down and draw a map for 6 weekends.. well 1000% of 6 weekends is 60 weekends.. and I'm around 30 into it. Gotten into a good groove, 6 tiles a weekend, around 160 more to go.. so.. yeah.. 30 more weekends should do it.. lolz..
2. Kingdom Death Monster - Playthroughs. Running some events for people, trying to get some gig work doing that. slowly, but surely.
3. Cataclyzm, Related, I have a map for this too, will flesh it out for the book. Equipment Lists, Construction & Gear Manufacture rules, What Character Archtypes are used for the booklet, and testing it as I go of course.
4. Base Rules.. Is that Back to Front? Catacylzm before basic rules? well maybe.. but I'm sorta doing them in tandem. Wondering if I'll do them both as one KS later or two.
5. Combo Dungeon Crawler Rules. This is a Biig project that I really wanna do, partly as a way of making my name bigger before releasing the RPG rules.. everyone does RPG rules, so maybe instead I do these Combo Rules.
The Combo Rules are: A way for people who have backed 2 or more Dungeon Crawler Rules, to bring Minis from one, to the Other. Its not Hard, its just number crunching, but at the end of the day, who better to do it than someone who loves to crunch numbers, play Dungeon Crawls, Run KS projects and be a big data nerd about it.
6. Painting Minis.. comes in last place.. but maybe if I reorganise my life better?

p.s. more realistically in place 0, kids and wife. Has to be said, she doesn't read this blog, but still.   

You should write a book!

I have, it seems, an interesting life.

When someone takes 5 minutes interest, I invariably those words:

You should write a book!

Well, Maybe I should.. but maybe I'll start small with a single blog.. and if I get enough interest, I'll take it further, maybe a blog diary, then maybe a book.

Who I was before:

I was born in the 70s, grew up in the 80s and 90s, but, because Australia was behind American in consumer commercialism, I tend to relate to Americans born in the early 70s, rather than the late 70s.

I listened to The Beetles, Wings and a little of the Eagles and ELO growing up. I was aware of the other music, yet, other than a single song by U2, I can't remember the rest.

I got my first proper interest at 12, with a choose your own Adventure Book. Appointment with F.E.A.R. I think it was. Then later I got Heroquest, Dragon Warriors the board game and one of those 50 in 1 electronic kits.

I got a job looking after kids in After school care, but career wise, I had no interests. I didn't even get the job myself, At a Teachers Social gathering at my house, my mum talking to the woman in charge, understood she was looking for staff replacement of a junior, she talked to me and I politely talked to this 'adult' at this 'party' not knowing it was an interview.

I started a club, invited all the kids I was looking after, from after school party, to a weekend club to play games, entry fee $2.. $6.50 in today's currency. lasted 2 years, til some kids stole a lot of my inventory and I went out of business. Lessons Learned, even kids can be thieves.

A few years of unemployment, I started work as a bartender apprentice in a country pub, that doubled as a bikers pub on Sundays. that was an experience. I could probably write a chapter about that, what people do when they are drunk, in the country, what people tell bartenders.. wow.. half of those people were in their 50s then.. so they're in their 80s now.. if at all.

On to Nightclubs in town, dancing on bars, throwing bottles in the air trying to juggle them, being a bouncer, a stage dancer in "Heaven" nightclub, even a stripper for a small time.

Come my mid twenties, time to "grow up" I worked in finance, restructuring home and business loans, as new bank systems were being put into place, and some deregulation allowed small vendors to sell their own banking products, bought my own house.

Then a turn for the worse, parents divorced, since they were my guarantors for my house, that went belly up, and I was out. $10k in my hand, since my best friend had left for a wild adventure in The Islands, I too decided to go.. the Internet was new, so I went to visit all my new friends internationally. I drew a map, and left Australia just after the Y2K scares all calmed down and plane prices were low enough again.

Country after country, Hong Kong living in apartments smaller than my bedroom back in Oz, Philippines, travelling around and almost, without knowing it, getting married. China, being dragged around as a 'show and tell' toy for some executives, and the black-market-nightlife, without alcohol!

The Trans Siberian Railway.. 9 days on a train.. Moscow.. for 2 weeks, being lost, confused and falling in love, then forced to retreat, again 9 days on the train back to China.

Getting a job OS, as an English teacher, trying to maintain a long distance relationship, with cultural barriers, getting new visas, getting a 2nd job, bar-tending, renting an servants quarters in old France city mansions region of Shanghai.. wow.. losing my keys, and having to climb the fence and getting arrested, but talking my way out of it.

Back on the train, Back to Moscow, being a teacher, and not knowing what to do..

Travelling to South Russia, and starting a school, then my boss is fired, then my new boss is fired, then my new boss fires me, then the students revolt, the school rehires me to finish the term, and I lose my visa, and have to flee the country. Actually that was a lot, more than a chapter there, should have included the meeting of my clone, the boat in the lake, which was a restaurant/strip club for families, getting robbed? meeting strangers on the street. learning Russian phrases so i can buy milk.

Back to Moscow, Fall in Love, Lose her contact details, flight details lost, need new flight, emergency, panic, borrow money, on the plane back to Australia. 11 months I worked to pay back my borrowed money, started University, getting back into the swing of Australia.. no.. can't do it. get involved in a scam, manage to wheedle my way out of it, use the money to go to Russia.

Start working for a Business School, as an English teacher, early morning, late nights, visit old friends in the south, can't find clone, back to Moscow, 'lend' money to a guy, who runs off, get ripped off, get robbed, get beaten up, sleep on bench in snow, drugged by prostitutes and robbed, renting rooms from people who want to practice English, Fighting Russians who just won't stay down. getting a side gig as a stand up comedian, teaching English to people in positions of power, high level singers, actresses, going on TV shows, witnessing all manner of debauchery from people I would never have guessed. falling in love, witnessing the recreation of a nightmare I had as a child and start wondering if there is any truth in clairvoyancy.

Travelling Europe to visit castles, Staying in Backpacking hostels and Couchsurfing, Meeting people from around the world, Starting world wide Roleplay games with interactions.. Being a Professional gamesmaster, highly paid, still now in 2000, I'm still in the top 10, and I haven't been paid as GM in 8 years.

Getting Married, Meeting the President, Being warned to leave the country, returning to Australia, Having Kids while Studying in Uni, getting a job in IT.. all is quiet.. is it over?.. or was that the eye of the storm.....