Got Stuck

 okay, not a lot of progress (or any) on the Traveller software front. Work got a bit busier and, as much as I like doing it, after spending all day doing basically the same thing a little break is nice. Plus I am still working on 2 games I'll be running shortly so I've been at least trying to get ahead of things there! So I am currently sort of stuck for personal software projects. 

Tomorrow (Sat July 11, which will be in the past by the time most of you read this. Time is funny that way!) be doing the Corsairs game at my house. I've morphed the world a bit from the original gamne conceit, and while poking around found a sprue of water-based creatures. And as I do want to introduce some creatures from the surface, and the group may be exploring a mine, so I put them together. Sadly I don't think I'll get a chance to paint them before then. And not sure if I have any minis that will work for sky pirates of the steampunk variety but I do plan on checking tonight after work. And wondering if I do a base coat in black, then use red and try to shade to white, will that work? it will make it dark which I think is where I need to go with these. Normally if I base I use grey. But I don't always base things - lazy! 

and he brought friends!

a cuddly crab. uh-huh

I've re-read the players' backgrounds, started taking notes via OneNote to see if that possibly helps me organize, and have a vague plan at least for that game. It will bring in one of the player's backgrounds and if I can make it work, hints towards another. And utilize one of the characters who is actually from the dreaded surface (humans tend leave it alone as they die at an alarming rate there). I'll have details on the next post, as it will most likely be the game recap. I even have a map, created from blending several randomly generated maps. Still thinking of linking the game to Traveller: the Spires are made of either bonded superdense or crystaliron :) I may add a secret metal door that leads to one of the many 0-Hr deckplans. Just to have it get used. 

mixing and matching maps

Also working on the Brass Rings game a bit: added some maps for that as well, found one today that looks like I can use that for the Forerunner lab if they go there. Scaling is an issue there: Brass Rings you are playing rodents. So a 10' wide hallway is like 75' wide for them. Not sure how I'll handle that if we end up using the VTT for anything. But I've a week at least to figure that out!

And sadly probably not going to back the latest 0-Hr kickstarter: it is a nice ship but I have way too many of those and I am not using them. And while I normally back at the minis in this case, it is a rather bland one that, while it does include little fighters and a shuttle, I just don't see getting any use out of them as I already have a lot of those. Though I may end up backing for the minis anyway but I may be able to say no. FOMO is a horrible thing! I can always get them later if I feel the need at his site anyway. 

And while writing this. Google said it found links to add. I said yes, but do not see anything actually added. As I've not actually added any links, anything you find linked is a result of that automation. Curious to see what, if anything, it did!

And finally - how did we get more than halfway through the year? Getting older and time just speeds up far too much.