Grey Ranks, BPG’s game about child soldiers during the Warsaw Uprising, is in the final stages of layout. After that, another editing pass, and after that it’s off to the printers. So far, so good.
As a side note, Jason facilitated a game at Camp Nerdly that was both fun and harrowing.
We just sent a copy of The Shab-al-Hiri Roach to Ziggurat Con, taking place at Camp Adder in Iraq. Jason threw in his ratty old Crown Royal bag full of well-loved dice, too! Game on, soldiers, and come home safe.
Everything takes a little longer than expected, but there’s serious progress on the Grey Ranks front. The interior art is done - and it is devastating. The cover is almost done. I have one last edit to do before Monday, then it is out of my hands and on to real editing, and then layout awaits.
Drowning and Falling gets name-checked in a thread over at therpgsite.com. Thanks, guys!
Work on Grey Ranks is accelerating - there is one full playtest starting this Thursday, Jeff Bent’s art is arriving on schedule, and major revisions are complete. It’s a big project and it is coming together. No firm release date has been set, but it’ll be available by late spring barring unforseen circumstances. The credits include an army of playtesters and Internet commentators who have helped tune it up over the year-plus it has been in development. Thanks to everybody who has offered advice, or played the game, or expressed their enthusiasm for the project!