CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

You can find the introduction to the Babes in London adventure sequence HERE , the background to Act One HERE , the Overview for Act One HERE ., Act One Scenes 1-2 HERE and Act One Scene 3 HERE . To play or run this game you will need the following: PLAYERS: Fireborn Player's Handbook ; GAME MASTERS: Fireborn Gamemaster's Handbook ; This is a piece of fan fiction. It is NOT endorsed or acknowledged by Fantasy Flight Game s; it is IN NO WAY official; it DOES NOT indicate any form of relationship between myself and Fantasy Flight Games; and I DO NOT CLAIM any of the setting specific material or setting specific concepts as my own. PLAYERS SHOULD NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT                 R EWARDS F OR A CT I Adventure Points: Scene 1 Nil Scene 2 Defeating the Imps & Scorpions: 1 heritage AP Scene 3 Participating in Any 2 of the Following Sections: ...

Another of my challenges was this tiny robin. I spend some debating exactly what kind of red-breasted robin he was, but I finally went with Petroica boodang. If it's one of the others, please let me know. This little guy was extremely hard to photograph. I first saw him sitting on my back fence. He kept swooping off it, and then coming back to perch. I got a pretty good look at him, and he didn't seem to mind me watching him.   He even turned his head so we could see that distinctive white crown above his brow.   A week later, he moved to the cherry or plum tree out back. This time I got to take pictures of his front view. I have never seen a little bird so red! This time, he wasn't so sure about the camera. Camera's are noisy. This time, he took a good look at me. He kept flying down to the grass, probably in pursuit of a slater or millipede. This is one shot of him taking off from the branch. It's the only clear shot I got. He moved a...

Not a bad week, this week. The day job is progressing well, the study not-so-well, the family is well, I’ve managed to roleplay, and writing progress is fair. There should be some releases this month, or early next. Overview New words produced: 13,420 Old words revised: 13,432 Works completed: 0 (68 poems complete, but incorporated into larger work); Works revised: 0 (60 poems revised, but incorporated into larger work); Covers created: 0 (1-3 variations) Works published: 0 (2-3 release platforms) Works submitted: 2 Competitions Entered: 0 Tier 1 Tasks Revised Chapters 16-21 SciFanNovel1A Extra Tasks Added 3,700 words to Annual12 Added 8,300 words to Annual13 Added 2,700 words to Annual14 Added 2,800 words to RPGSupplement13A Added 3,700 words to RPGSupplement13B Added 1,700 words to RPGSupplement13C-G Publishing Tasks Created 18 blog posts for this blog; Created 3 blog posts for the C.M. Simpson Publishing blog; Traditional Pu...

You can find the introduction to the Babes in London adventure sequence HERE , the background to Act One HERE , the Overview for Act One HERE ., and Act One Scenes 1-2 HERE . To play or run this game you will need the following: PLAYERS: Fireborn Player's Handbook ; GAME MASTERS: Fireborn Gamemaster's Handbook ; Fireborn Player's Handbook ; This is a piece of fan fiction. It is NOT endorsed or acknowledged by Fantasy Flight Game s; it is IN NO WAY official; it DOES NOT indicate any form of relationship between myself and Fantasy Flight Games; and I DO NOT CLAIM any of the setting specific material or setting specific concepts as my own. PLAYERS SHOULD NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT                   S CENE T HREE: N OT S O H APPY F AMILIES You glance towards an unsteady shimmer in the air, thinking perhaps the Seer has reappeared. Instead you see that the great elms have been replaced by th...