AARG is still coming along. The rule book is done, the skill book is on the final proof, and the spell book has gone into first proof. I'll be sending it out to my gracious early readers within the next few weeks.

That (I believe) is the hard part! The spell and skill books together clock in over 150 pages. I'm debating some serious editing, although I'm not sure what I can cut. I want everything in the first launch :(

On the other hand, the back end for the website is coming along nicely. Thanks to my early beta-testers and account registrationers. I'm hoping to have the comments for the blog section up around the time I send out the spell book.

And, on that note, the raw podcast files will be up this weekend for those with access!

More stuff coming soon, check back!

Hell, even the Love Boat didn't launch smoothly the first time. Meredith Baxter Birney had to run around the ship stealing copies of skin magazines so her fiance didn't see the naked pictures of her.

But, yes, I goofed up on the site's launch. The MP3 of the first episode? Totally crapped out thanks to some badly written .htaccess nonsense.

It's fixed now. Yes, I tried it this time. I'm sure I'll be fixing a lot of things in the coming weeks :(

Well, here we are, in the home stretch.

Almost two years' worth of work in the design and organization of the AARG rule books, a bit more time on the organization of the site, and I'm almost ready to launch. It's pretty exciting.

I've decided, in the mean time, to ahead and release the first podcast!

For now, it's just an MP3 download. I'll be adding a flash version and an RSS subscription to the podcast section later.

Amity Campaign - Episode 1

This is the first episode of the Amity campaign, introducing the characters and featuring some basic rules chatter. We got better.

Noteable in this episode is the first appearance of Madacam Rat and the duo of Krotus and Ditch. All three feature prominently in later episodes.

Also, the killer bears appear in this episode, which lead to no end of ridicule for the characters.

This episode was recorded on an Olympus DS-40 with stock mics and edited in Audacity. Later episodes, I've switched the mics so the sound quality improves.

Also, this episode was edited while we were still waiting for permission to use our theme song. We got permission just before I started editing episode 2, so forgive the Sousa.

AARG - Amity Campaign - Episode 1