Comments on: Eyes in the Night, Delivered To Your Doorstep http://glyphpress.com/talk/2008/eyes-in-the-night/ the alien writing of designer joshua a.c. newman Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:24:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Big List of GM-less Games – Now as a Table « Doubleninja's Blog http://glyphpress.com/talk/2008/eyes-in-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-10206 The Big List of GM-less Games – Now as a Table « Doubleninja's Blog Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:28:30 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=423#comment-10206 [...] Beowulf (In a Wicked Age hack, published, commercial) [...] [...] Beowulf (In a Wicked Age hack, published, commercial) [...]

]]> By: The ultimate big list of GM-less games « Doubleninja's Blog http://glyphpress.com/talk/2008/eyes-in-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-10169 The ultimate big list of GM-less games « Doubleninja's Blog Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:27:09 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=423#comment-10169 [...] Beowulf (In a Wicked Age hack, published) [...] [...] Beowulf (In a Wicked Age hack, published) [...]

]]> By: joshua http://glyphpress.com/talk/2008/eyes-in-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-5788 joshua Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:15:47 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=423#comment-5788 Hey, Alan, there are a couple of things, and they're not getting resolved immediately. 1: Action resolution has a problem of being under-colored. It leads to sadly flat results where they should be visceral. I'm 90% certain that this is a matter of design and not one of writing. The remaining 10% of uncertainty still requires some redesign, though, more subtly. 2: I'm not happy with the translation I chose. Michael Drout, the guy who wrote the essays in the book, has suggested some other translations, but I have to read a bunch of versions to decide. That's a lot of Beowulf-reading. These would be easier to address if I'd gotten meaningful feedback from readers, but, sadly, I really haven't. I've gotten some editing feedback, which is great and all, but in the absence of substantive, experiential feedback, I have to assume a general non-interest among the players who snapped it up initially. And they're the people who should be most enthusiastic about it. Hey, Alan, there are a couple of things, and they’re not getting resolved immediately.

1: Action resolution has a problem of being under-colored. It leads to sadly flat results where they should be visceral. I’m 90% certain that this is a matter of design and not one of writing. The remaining 10% of uncertainty still requires some redesign, though, more subtly.

2: I’m not happy with the translation I chose. Michael Drout, the guy who wrote the essays in the book, has suggested some other translations, but I have to read a bunch of versions to decide. That’s a lot of Beowulf-reading.

These would be easier to address if I’d gotten meaningful feedback from readers, but, sadly, I really haven’t. I’ve gotten some editing feedback, which is great and all, but in the absence of substantive, experiential feedback, I have to assume a general non-interest among the players who snapped it up initially. And they’re the people who should be most enthusiastic about it.

]]> By: Roland http://glyphpress.com/talk/2008/eyes-in-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-5787 Roland Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:11:18 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=423#comment-5787 Hi Joshua, Any news on this? I would really like to by Beowulf in some format. Hi Joshua,

Any news on this? I would really like to by Beowulf in some format.

]]> By: joshua http://glyphpress.com/talk/2008/eyes-in-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-5448 joshua Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:52:59 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=423#comment-5448 <p>Hey, Alan,</p> <p>Yes, there will be a full 1.0 edition of the game as soon as I can get my stuff together for it. Watch this space for news!</p> Hey, Alan,

Yes, there will be a full 1.0 edition of the game as soon as I can get my stuff together for it. Watch this space for news!

]]> By: Alan Jackson http://glyphpress.com/talk/2008/eyes-in-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-5447 Alan Jackson Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:54:56 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=423#comment-5447 <p>Hi</p> <p>I didn't find out about this till well after gencon (and not living in the US can't make it there anyway).</p> <p>Is there going to be another print run at any point, cos it sounds really cool and I want a copy!</p> <p>Or a pdf, or something?</p> <p>Thanks, Alan.</p> Hi

I didn’t find out about this till well after gencon (and not living in the US can’t make it there anyway).

Is there going to be another print run at any point, cos it sounds really cool and I want a copy!

Or a pdf, or something?

Thanks,
Alan.

]]> By: xenoglyph » Human Contact http://glyphpress.com/talk/2008/eyes-in-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-4967 xenoglyph » Human Contact Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:32:21 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=423#comment-4967 <p>[...] with the Owe List and Oracles from the Anthology Engine (as used in In a Wicked Age… and Beowulf). We’re making up Oracle elements on the fly and tossing them into a bag, pulling them out at a [...]</p> [...] with the Owe List and Oracles from the Anthology Engine (as used in In a Wicked Age… and Beowulf). We’re making up Oracle elements on the fly and tossing them into a bag, pulling them out at a [...]

]]> By: Guy Shalev http://glyphpress.com/talk/2008/eyes-in-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-4514 Guy Shalev Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:45:47 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=423#comment-4514 When I go to the Glyphpress main page, and from there click on the Blog link, it doesn't open in the same window, but opens it in a new window. Annoying! When I go to the Glyphpress main page, and from there click on the Blog link, it doesn’t open in the same window, but opens it in a new window.

Annoying!

]]> By: joshua http://glyphpress.com/talk/2008/eyes-in-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-4513 joshua Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:31:13 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=423#comment-4513 Seriously, $5 shipping. Thanks for the offer, guys, but I'm cool. I ship a lot of stuff to you guys up there, and $5 shipping works out just fine. Seriously, $5 shipping. Thanks for the offer, guys, but I’m cool. I ship a lot of stuff to you guys up there, and $5 shipping works out just fine.

]]> By: joshua http://glyphpress.com/talk/2008/eyes-in-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-4512 joshua Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:29:42 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=423#comment-4512 Guy, I don't know what you mean. Guy, I don’t know what you mean.

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