Other Court Games

A cross post from my livejournal account...

So, in celebration of Other Court Games' upcoming digital release of two books, we've updated their website.

Here's the posting on the subject by othercourt:

The website has been completely revamped and stocked full of new content and game material. It is all shiny and makes me happy. Go look.

http://www.othercourt.com

Go look!

Thank you.

Under Community, you'll find a nice, big Forum. If you game, know a gamer, or just think gamers are sexy, you should join and post a hello.

Also, the Press Release for Factions at War Revised is up. As follows:

June 01, 2008 Press Release Factions at War Revised is Coming Soon to a Paradigm Conflict Near You!

Other Court Games is excited to announce the near-arrival of the revised Factions at War. The release is packaged in a sharper, smarter layout, and includes the new Optional Rules and 78 more illustrations. For the time being, Factions at War Revised will only be available as a PDF product.

Factions is a game of occult conspiracies and secret societies, set in an alternate, slightly-future setting where Factions in America tip the country toward civil war. A hidden, powerful elite control most of the country, and use reality-bending Special Abilities and Ritual Magic to keep the mundanes trapped in an Orwellian police state. While the Alliance sounds the call for open rebellion, the Free Societies struggle to remain neutral in the blossoming violence.

The game features a vast amount of Special Abilities, Ritual Magic based on real-world belief systems, an original mechanics system, and a build point system for Character Creation that affords a great deal of flexibility and customization.

For more information, please email Other Court Games at Contact01@othercourt.com, or visit at www.othercourt.com

Anyway, that's what I've been up to. The stuff on RPGNow is scheduled to go live on June 15, Father's Day.

-adam

Please consider posting (and linking to his site) about this on your weblogs - he's trying to get some word of mouth going and digital links will help his search engine ranking to some extent.

Again, the site is http://www.othercourt.com. Check it out, consider popping into the (as of yet not styled or branded) forums.

And, of course, if you find any problems, let one of us know.

Thanks!

http://rphaedrus.livejournal.com

Odd. This site is still getting traffic.

Again, my current web log is at http://rphaedrus.livejournal.com

Strange Visits

Some interesting locations on some of the hits on this web log.  I don't host it, so I don't have full records, but does anyone know who visited me from:

Potomac, Maryland?

New York, New York?

Atlanta, Georgia?

Fort Worth, Texas?

Starkville, Mississippi?

usdoj.gov?

These are all in the last 20 visitors (to the website proper, so people who do the subscription thing don't get counted in this).

Again, I'm making a second attempt to more or less abandon my xanga web log in favor of the <a href="http://rphaedrus.livejournal.com">livejournal web log</a>.  Don't feel bad, xangians.  As soon as I get a proper server set up in the house, I'll be abandoning the livejournal one in favor of an inhouse one.

Three reasons for ditching Xanga: I can't effectively search my archives.  It won't save my login on Firefox (I'd blame Firefox, but every single other site I use works). I don't like having to make updates to multiple web logs.

Don't worry though, I am keeping the Xanga account for the subscriptions.

rphaedrus.livejournal.com

Maintaining two web logs is really starting to be a hassle.  I meant to do this a long time ago.

My web log is: rphaedrus.livejournal.com

This one will stick around so I can keep my subscriptions.

Back to the previous plan...

I am sad and dismayed. The Surly Big Dummy won't be available until late spring/summer of next year and I really intended to have my long bike to assist my car-free attempts at life over the winter. Getting Kitty Litter or other large heavy items on a regular bike sucks.

So, back to the original plan of adding an Xtracycle FreeRadical hitchless trailer kit to a Surly Long Haul Trucker frame. If the long bike works well as my primary commuter, I'll soon have a Surly 1x1 for sale. If not, the 1x1 will probably be for sale once I get my hands on the Big Dummy as I think I'll prefer the LHT to the 1x1. The FreeRadical kit will either go to the girl or get sold at that point.

And because yes, I like to go relatively quickly and would like to do so even with a big bike and a heavy load, the eventual plan is to set the bike up with a CleverChimp StokeMonkey. Not for this winter, though. My pockets aren't that deep and I think it might be good to train myself to the weight before getting the power assist - that way I don't over-rely on the power.

Btw, I should mention, if you're looking for a bike, you may wish to consider Hiawatha Cyclery. Jim has been great at helping me figure out what I need (and dealing with my mind changing). Additionally, I have it on good faith that he is more of an "attention to detail" minded wrench than some other bike mechanics out there. Nothing I hate more than spending a bunch of money on something just to have it not put together right - or worse, damaged.