[threedeesix]

I have big changes happening to C&C right across the board.

The first change is that Chaos & Catacombs is now to be called something else. Why you may ask? Well Dustin at Chaosium is correctly of the opinion that it was too similar to Castles & Crusades.

I have an idea for a title that I really like but before I post it I want to make sure I can even use it.

Big change number two. Parody is gone, Homage is in. After discussing it with Dustin we came to the conclusion that it will sell better as a homage to classic dungeon delves and frankly I think that’s great. I wanted to make this change myself but wasn’t sure how to approach Dustin on it after being given the go ahead on parody. I had a lot of fun coming up with all the parody at the beginning, but now I’m at the “oh my god, how can I make this thing sound funny” and “wow, I cant think of anything funny to say about the frost giant, what am I going to do about the hill, fire, cloud, storm etc” stage.

The Creature chapter has been one long delay just because I was stuck on the humorous stuff. The creatures have been written now for a month. So when I get everything changed on chapters 1-4, I can crank out the remainder of that.

So anyway, I spent the last week rewriting chapter 1 and 2, and have just sent it out to the first group of playtesters for opinions.

Oh, and while it hurt to chop some of the humor out of it, because, frankly, I was proud of it, I did manage to keep a good chunk by using it in a different context.

For instance, in the write-up on halflings I chopped out, “If there’s a halfling in your party check you money pouch, if it’s missing check his” because that implied all halflings are crooks, its now been moved to the write up on dwarves and says, “There is an old dwarven saying that goes, “if there is a halfling in your party…” this changed the emphasis from all halflings being crooks to dwarves thinking all halflings are crooks. It changes the context and I get to keep my joke. Win win.

Well, this should be going much faster now as I can just write and not have to think of a joke for every paragraph.

Thanks for your patience and happy gaming,

Rod