Better Mousetrap Games and Flying Mice Games are pleased to announce the release of FtA!GN!, the Forward... to Adventure! Gamemasters' Notebook in pdf, with print release to follow soon.

This book is a sourcebook for the Forward... to Adventure! RPG, containing a wide variety of articles for enhancing your "FtA!" game. What you will find is a wide variety of optional material. In the FtA!GN! you will find:

    * New optional PC races
    * New optional classes (and outlines for how to use xisting classes to create the kind of character you want)
    * Rule clarifications from the main rulebook
    * Optional tips to enhance play experience
    * New monsters, like the Were Swine and the Gazebo
    * An overview of the FtA! setting, called "The Setting"
    * Explanation of the Multiverse and the Road of Worlds
    * More random generation tables than you would believe if we told you!

Time to go Forward... to Adventure! once more!

clash

Congratulations! It's about time :hatsoff:

Quote from: brettmb;248980Congratulations! It's about time :hatsoff:

Thanks, Brett!

It was planned for GenCon, but I had a bad computer crash, and had to redo some work.

It was worth it though! Pundit did an awesome job!

-clash

I was thinking that $12 seemed a tad high.  But then I noticed 312 pages.  Is that right?  That's must be a ton of tables.

Quote from: Nicephorus;249000I was thinking that $12 seemed a tad high.  But then I noticed 312 pages.  Is that right?  That's must be a ton of tables.

That's correct. There's More Random Generation Tables Than You Would Believe If We Told You!(TM)

There's a full setting, called, of course, "The Setting", but there's also enough random tables to create a whole world from scratch if you prefer.

-clash

FtA!GN! is now available in print from Lulu.

-clash

And it is downloaded.  So far, so good.  Haven't looked at the 100 pg setting but did see that coats of arms were included.  Short on new rules, but decent additions, plus a FAQ.  In addition to the setting, 30ish pages on overland travel and encounter tables.  25 pages a cosmology and planar travel, including tables for encounters and other world inhabitants.  A (relatively) short but fun section on new monsters: evil robots, gazebos, and were swine.
 
So far, I'm getting a 1e DMG vibe.

Quote from: Nicephorus;249366And it is downloaded.  So far, so good.  Haven't looked at the 100 pg setting but did see that coats of arms were included.  Short on new rules, but decent additions, plus a FAQ.  In addition to the setting, 30ish pages on overland travel and encounter tables.  25 pages a cosmology and planar travel, including tables for encounters and other world inhabitants.  A (relatively) short but fun section on new monsters: evil robots, gazebos, and were swine.
 
So far, I'm getting a 1e DMG vibe.

That's a Good Thing. IMO the 1e DMG was a master work.

It was the cartoons, wasn't it?

-clash

The 1e comparison is a complement. But it also is a quick description. In a quick perusal, I'm seeing lots of different ideas that can be added on a case by case basis.
 
The cartoons were a pleasant surprise. I knew you did the photomanipulation but didn't know you could do line art as well. And you can make cool maps? impressive.

Quote from: Nicephorus;249408The 1e comparison is a complement. But it also is a quick description. In a quick perusal, I'm seeing lots of different ideas that can be added on a case by case basis.
 
The cartoons were a pleasant surprise. I knew you did the photomanipulation but didn't know you could do line art as well. And you can make cool maps? impressive.

Hi Nicephorus!

Ummm... I've said this before, but no one seems to hear it. I don't do photo manips. I do e-painting. I use photos as a reference.

-clash

Quote from: flyingmice;249640Ummm... I've said this before, but no one seems to hear it. I don't do photo manips. I do e-painting. I use photos as a reference.

I heard you, Clash. Stop screaming!

I almost missed this thread. Now I know where some of my disposable October income will be allocated...
Or are you currently looking for reviewers for FTA!GN? I'd probably be reading it intensively anyway as FTA! currently competes with Traveller for the slot of the system in my next campaign, so I might as well review it while I do so.

Quote from: Skyrock;249808I almost missed this thread. Now I know where some of my disposable October income will be allocated...
Or are you currently looking for reviewers for FTA!GN? I'd probably be reading it intensively anyway as FTA! currently competes with Traveller for the slot of the system in my next campaign, so I might as well review it while I do so.

I'd be pleased to have you review it. Skyrock!

-clash

Got it, and am already glancing through it.

I'm especially pleased about the fact that there are "behind the scenes"-articles to certain elements as spell list design or class design... I can't yet give an informed opinion about the content, but it should prove useful for those who want to houserule or modify FTA!
I think anyway that FTA is a much more precisely designed game as it might look at first glance (e.g. the inconspicious connections between skill advancement per level and class, stunt rules, monster stats and combat round structure, to pick something off the top of my head), so I hope to find something out about the game that I haven't considered before.

And I also already noticed that there are Bender, Daleks and rayguns in it, and that just now where my current campaign choice is between Traveller and FTA... Clash, admit you diabolical clandestine conspiracy to delay FTA!GN until I plan a new campaign, to wait to find out until I've nailed down my options and then to sneak something in to keep me away from GMing the wrong game!

Quote from: Skyrock;249843And I also already noticed that there are Bender, Daleks and rayguns in it, and that just now where my current campaign choice is between Traveller and FTA... Clash, admit you diabolical clandestine conspiracy to delay FTA!GN until I plan a new campaign, to wait to find out until I've nailed down my options and then to sneak something in to keep me away from GMing the wrong game!

Drat! I don't know how you found me out - you and those meddling kids! :O

-clash