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The covers to all 8 existing issues of Black Pudding. |
Black Pudding issue 1 was published November 28, 2016. In a little under a year, it will celebrate its 10th anniversary. And that blows my mind.
The reception of this zine in the indie RPG and OSR gaming world was very warm. It received a lot of positive reviews and excited replies of "nice work!". That sort of positive feedback made me feel very good about what I was doing. And it still does. I am not an artist who makes a living at art. I create things because I need to and because it keeps me from losing my mind. It's a compulsion to go on a journey and the feedback is part of the journey.
So, thanks for all the kind words over the years. I love hearing your stories of getting copies in the mail and I love seeing the pics of them. I love hearing about the classes and monsters in the books being using in gaming tables in places I've never been and probably will never see. It's uplifting in a way I can't express with words.
From the moment I compiled the first 4 issues of Black Pudding into a single volume, I knew there would a volume 2. But beyond that... I had no plans. Literally no plans. No plan to stop, no plan to continue.
But I love creating this zine. It allowed me to explore ideas and explore this weird world I had in my head all these many years, stretching back as far as the first time I ever played a roleplaying game.
I'm not entirely sure where things go from here. I have ideas. I've been quietly working on a standalone Black Pudding (or Doomslakers) RPG, which is loosely underpinned by the mechanics and game system of my other game GOZR. This is a departure from B/X D&D rules, but I feel strongly that it is a necessary change.
And wouldn't it be kind of cool to have a such a game finished for the 10th anniversary? Just an idea.
I'm also thinking about Black Pudding comics.
But these are topics for a later time. Thanks again!
Comics featuring all the contents of black pudding zines would be great!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely on my list of Things To Do. And yeah, the inspiration is to pull from those pages. There are a TON of characters in there, just with the Meatshields alone.
DeleteHeck yeah! I loved the little BP comic you did before! And a complete BP game? Even better!
ReplyDeleteFingers crossed. Just in the infancy stages, to be honest. I did a lot of work on a BP BX reference tome, but halfway through I realized I just need a standalone game. I love BX but I'm kind of tired of having to obliquely reference "the world's most popular RPG".
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