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GR Character Sheet

Posted by Jason on July 14th, 2006 — in Design, Playtest

Here’s a first crack, for playtesting. I’m guessing the version for the actual game will be a beautiful and functional Mad Irishman deal.

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Stinky Pub Cred

Posted by Jason on July 10th, 2006 — in Check this out dude

Here’s a funny little article I wrote for PYRAMID almost exactly five years ago. All links lead off to hilariously out-of-date portfolio stuff in my grad school web space.

D&F Proof photos

Posted by Jason on July 7th, 2006 — in Check this out dude

The Drowning and Falling proof came today. Here are some pictures. We’ll have 100 copies at Gen Con!

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GR Images

Posted by Jason on July 6th, 2006 — in Check this out dude

Here are some scans from Dni Powstania: Kronika Fotografia Walczącej Warszawy, a 1957 retrospective by Jan Grewżewski and Stanisław Kopf.

• The picture that inspired the whole game.
• Zawiszacy, 11 and 12 according to the caption.
• A pszczoły on the hunt.
• Tearing down the occupation.
• Girl Guides tending an above-ground grave.
• Well-armed Grupy Sturmowe.

GR System Take 517

Posted by Jason on July 5th, 2006 — in Design

I spent about 48 straight hours working on Grey Ranks over the holiday, with short breaks for Twilight Zone episodes, red velvet cupcakes, and tomatoes straight off the vine. I dreamed about system last night, which is where this came from (pdf). I feel like I’m making progress and plan on testing this out with humans soon, like maybe tonight.

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