Doll and Advanced Doll Now Available in Print

Good news! You can now order print copies of Doll and Advanced Doll from Indie Press Revolution. Electronic copies are available at IPR and at DrivethruRPG. The audio version is also available at DrivethruRPG.

LARP Playtesters Wanted

Ginger Goat is developing a LARP based on our storytelling game, Heroine. This game is for 3-8 players.
If you would like to join the open playtest of this game, please email gingergoatpress@gmail.com. No LARPing experience is necessary to join the playtest. We would like both experienced and new live action gamers to play the game.

Actual Play Festival Submissions are Rolling in

I've received the first two submissions for Actual Play Fest! A gaming group just sent me their recordings of a Fate Core game in a Changeling setting AND a hacked game of Ross Payton's Base Raiders. Both games sound interesting, and I look forward to checking them out.

I will post these, along with all the other entries, beginning on December 1st. Meanwhile, start sending in your session recordings (even if you also plan to release them elsewhere.)

If you are considering submitting, but haven't recorded your game yet, I look forward to hearing from you. Let me know if you need any help or encouragement from me. As always you can send submissions or questions to me at gingergoatpress@gmail.com

Flash Fiction

The wicked marionette’s eyes leaked thick tears like the crusted, yellow drool of a dying wolf.

“Daddy, daddy,” it droned. “Up, daddy, daddy.” But this was not my child. My child rode with his mother to the safety of the church parking lot.

No, this was not my child. The marionette reached its hands toward me. By the cracks and black mold covering the palms of those hands, I guessed this imp to be much, much older than me.

I removed two rattan sticks from my satchel, and twirled them in a steady figure eight. This was not my child. I would not be disciplining it for what it did to the people on the busy street behind us. There would be no time outs, no spankings, no forgiving hugs.

“Want cuddles, daddy?” The marionette tilted its head and tried to hug me.

I took a deep breath and delivered a San Miguel strike to the creature’s stringy shoulder.

(Image by Marco Prelini)

The Walking Eye Interview

Here's another video for people interested in participating in the Actual Play Festival.

Last night I interviewed Allegra and Kevin from The Walking Eye podcast about their show, tips and encouragement for game groups interested in recording actual play for the first time, and about Kevin's plea that people steal The Walking Eye show format.

 

 Some of the highlights from this interview? We talk about the value of editing your audio with free programs like Levelator. Allegra encourages you to pick a game that excites you for your first recording. I drink a beer. A cat jumps on Kevin's modem.

What is the Actual Play Festival?

The Actual Play Festival is a celebration of gamers who record their play sessions and post them for other people to hear (and, sometimes, see.) The Festival takes place December 1st through 15th.

You can participate by watching sessions on Youtube, by telling people about #ActPlayFest on social media, and by encouraging the people who submit actual play recordings.

However, the best way to participate in Actual Play Festival is to submit a recording! Send an mp3 audio file or an mp4 video file of your group playing a roleplaying game to gingergoatpress@gmail.com. I will upload everything to my Youtube channel, so everyone can enjoy it. You can submit a recording of any session recorded in November or December.

And there will be prizes! Several game designers, including me, have offered to give electronic copies of their games to the two groups with the best recordings. These prizes, and the accompanying Goatee Award for Best AP, will go to the group with:

• The best recording of a game published in 2013
• The best recording of a game originally published outside North America

 Any questions about the festival should be addressed to Josh Jordan at the email address above.

Jason King Interview

This evening, I interviewed Jason King from the Rolling Intentions podcast. He gives tips for people interested in recording actual play of their gaming group, and he hints at his upcoming entries for Ginger Goat's Actual Play Festival.