Day Three of what? you might ask, my obliging pal.

Today is Day Three of the Chancers crowdfunding campaign, which perhaps I should have announced a bit sooner, but my strudel has been all over the place this June.

It’s humming along so far; here’s the link, if snazzy TTRPGs are of interest you.

Yesterday, at the recommendation of folks who misliked the ways in which BackerKit distributes information, I revised the “Story” section of the game pitch to be as concise and art-intensive as possible. The original Story was a little dilatory, covering emphases in and inspiration for the game, while the revised version folds in more of the stuff you might normally find in a FAQ. So the new version is eminently readable, with small paragraphs squeezed between big, representative images, with a couple of chunks devoted to announcing my collaborative partnership with The Blue Way and early bird specials. Even so, it misses a couple of significant beats that I wish I’d had space to mention.

The first missed beat is the inclusion of art by Bill Spytma, the Creative Director of Superhero Necromancer games and an all-around wonderful feller. I’ve got a folder full of his art, and I’ve earmarked much of it for the module included in the game, but I wanted to check in with Bill to make sure I have the green light to post his art on the campaign page before I in fact post his art.

The other issue with the revised Story, and the tricksier one, to my thinking, is the cutting I had to do for the sake of brevity. In the first version I leaned into the diversity of the game milieu, emphasizing the fact that the first decent king of the Drifting Kingdoms was a transgender man; in a write-up about the adventure I include in the book I also drew particular attention to the gay couple that players will meet when they first venture out of the capital city, as well as the two dozen folks of color they will encounter along the way. I’ll probably add a Story segment before long that addresses both of those omissions, but I’m trying to be savvy in the rollout of new material so that folks coming to the party a little late will have a little more information to consider.

Am I doing it rite? as the kids sometimes inquire. Them What Lives Beneath the River only know. But I am trying real hard–trying my best, really–so I’m not going to beat myself up with a cricket bat over it.