Stone Horizons Announcement Thread

[Simon W]

I immediately thought of Stone Horizons whan I read Alan Campbell's Scar Night. I highly recommend it for further inspiration.

Simon W
Beyond Belief Games

[One Horse Town]

Thanks Simon W. I'll check that out!

Bill. Any chance you can e-mail me? I've PMed you my details. Thanks.

[One Horse Town]

Just an update. Playtesting will be taking place over the holiday period and adjustments made afterwards.

The street-date has fallen backwards again, but by way of compensation we received an offer from a highly regarded illustrator about doing the covers for the books. We are currently trying to make this happen.

[One Horse Town]

Just to confirm that the playtest document has been compiled and sent out!

[One Horse Town]

Although he's only just, this minute, confirmed that he is going to work on Stone Horizons, i'm so excited about the news that i had to post about it!

Hope you don't mind mate!

The covers of all 3 Stone Horizons books will be done by none other than Jon Hodgson. He will also be doing a few interior illustrations!

I'd like to thank Jon for his enthusiasm for this project and contacting me with his interest!

It's going to rock on toast. :emot-woop:

[One Horse Town]

Just like the development of the game, you'll soon be able to follow along on the development of Jon's artwork for Stone Horizons.

When he has the time, Jon will be posting an artwork thread. He's a bit less active on here than me, so don't expect lots and very frequent updates, but it'll be tres cool to see the artwork taking shape before your eyes over the coming weeks.

Cheers!

[Hodgson]

It's up! http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=13130

[One Horse Town]

You can start following along with my beta playtest actual play thread here -

http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=13374

[Lawbag]

Sounds a lot like Gormenghast, which is no bad thing

[One Horse Town]

Sounds a lot like Gormenghast

Good! That was the primary inspiration.

[Lawbag]

Ive heard the books being referred to as "Castle Punk", which I quite like the sound of.

[One Horse Town]

I'm working with Clash to set a deadline for the game so that we can reveal a release date. Look out for an announcement in the coming week.

[One Horse Town]

Stone Horizons and Veiled Horizons will be released by Flying Mice games on the 12th July 2009.

The sci-fi/fantasy sourcebook The Architects will follow at a later date.

[One Horse Town]

Although it is far too early to go into specifics, something might be afoot. I've decided that as everything about the game has been transparent and on the board for all to see, that i'd reveal what i can about possible developments.

The eagle-eyed amongst you might have noticed that i recently polled for a name for a publishing imprint. I have been aproached by an RPG publisher who expressed an interest in printing Stone Horizons under a 3rd party publishing agreement. Yes, an actual print run available in shops and stuff, marketing and distribution. I turned them down flat at first, but of all people, Clash persuaded me to look into it. If any of you have any doubt as to how cool Clash is, there's the proof.

So, i've been in contact with the interested party, who has sent me a sample contract to look over. We've passed the first hurdle - got to know each other a bit, they've got to know the game a bit better, i've got an insight into their business. The next step is to see if they like the game itself.

When i have any more news that i can safely reveal, i will do so.

[JohnnyWannabe]

So, does this means no easily accessible PDF purchase? And by "easily accessible" I mean economically priced. I refuse to spend $20 or more on a PDF (about the only RPG format I purchase these days).