Welcome
To the one hundred-and-tenth Briefing and eighth Briefing of 2020. We sincerely hope that you and yours are still staying safe and managing as best you can in these trying circumstances.
Gen Con Online
At a traditional convention such as Dragonmeet, we arrive in force and set up the stall and then stand by our stall, chatting to fans as they circulate through the hall. At Gen Con Online, we set up a Discord server and we had a number of conversations with fans. Three volunteer GMs (David, Rick, and Steve) ran five successful games, with support from the RMU team, Nick Morawitz, and Dakadin.
Virtually Expo
We will be drawing upon the lessons of Gen Con Online for Virtually Expo (the virtual version of UK Games Expo). Virtually Expo is being held 21, 22 and 23 August and we will be doing Q&A sessions and supporting online gaming.
Discord for ICE
One outcome of our online convention running is that we will be creating an official permanent Discord server which Colin will be arranging soon.
HARP and Cyradon
HARP Subterfuge is with Terry for his layout magic and is promising to send a draft version of the pdf shortly. Hopefully we should have a September release (or possibly sooner!). All of the artwork for HARP Bestiary including the cover is now complete and it will be heading into Terry’s capable hands. Colin is close to completion on his edits to the Cyradon setting base book. He has also started on working out the artwork for HARP Beyond the Veil.
Shadow World
Terry is still working on his next adventure and Emer IV. Some artwork has already arrived for Emer IV.
Rolemaster
We will be removing the beta playtest forums from visibility as we have now moved beyond the playtest phase of RMU. A very big thank you to everyone who has participated in the playtest forums - your playtesting and your input has been greatly appreciated.
Jonathan Dale has already completed the requested changes to Arms & Character Law so I will be double-checking his new extended examples. Meanwhile I am already well underway with the editing pass of the Spell Law manuscript.
Until next time
Please stay safe.
Best wishes,
Nicholas
Director, Iron Crown Enterprises Ltd
