Another Crossroads Region Book Update

In the blur of working very long hours, day after day, editing, penciling, inking, cover design, layout and trying to tie it all together into a hefty tome, The Crossroads Region Gazetteer’s release date has thus far eluded me. 

Now, in the middle of July, however, I have a better idea about the publication date.  Yes, I had entirely expected to have had this book on the shelves by now and be well into the beastiary book. Yet, with the last of the inks coming to completion, the final edits being inserted, the layout done, the cover more or less done, and only the maps and NPCs still to accomplish, I can give a soft release date of the end of August 2013.

            At over 412 pages, The Crossroads Region book has been the most challenging creative endeavor I have ever been involved in, except of course for the Mutant Epoch hub rules, which underwent years of play test and rules modifications and visits by editorial angels.  Of course, I stopped to complete Beyond Red Crater last winter, and have admittedly taken a day off, as well as worked on the Plantoids and Mutant Beastiary One books here and there.

That said, I am just surfacing for some air now to let you all know that work progresses daily and I now see a likely release date. Once accomplished, I will emerge from the rubble to again participate properly on the forums, blog and twitter, as well as add new free content to the usual hangouts.

 Thank you all for your patience. I hope you will enjoy the Gazetteer when it comes out, and think the wait was well worth it. Now, for some art from the upcoming book!

 Best regards,

 Will McAusland 

Crossroads Region Gazetteer Update

Just a quick update on what we are working on...

From the forum: http://mutantepochforum.boards.net/thread/137/inking-editing-penciling-rinse-repeat

The Crossroads Region Gazetteer... yes, still at it. Day in day out, penciling, inking, editing, layout... on and on...

This gazetteer is going to be at least 412 pages and the biggest project I have ever been involved with in my entire life... and may I say that I hope I am never faced with such a massive tome again...other than a novel that is.

The Crossroads Region is a very densely populated area, with a lot of conflicting factions, independent and nomadic communities. Other regions are sparsely populated and more inhospitable, and will lead to much smaller source books.

Still, I am enjoying the process and think this is going to be one hell of a sourcebook.

Here is a quick photo from what I was just inking before I made this post. It's for the full page spread to Heroes and Outlaws of the region. The near naked woman, which I need to fix, is actually a digital being...

More updates soon:



As for the actual update, we are looking at at least another month before we get all the interior art inks done and inserted in the layout and the last edit back. Working double time on this, and sadly neglecting my social media outlets!

Regards,

Will McAusland

Danger:: Spikebacks in the area

Hi Wastelanders,

 If you haven't already heard, we've got a new free Creature of the Apocalypse for ya...

The size of a grizzly bear, the vaguely humanoid Spikeback is a genetically engineered bio-weapon of old - which has evolved.

Now, exhibiting an occasional cybernetic implant or mutation, they move about the wastes of The Mutant Epoch in packs, and gorge on the flesh of other living things. Bad tempered, ravenous and cruel, this freaky creature of the apocalypse is our third nasty in this series.

Enjoy!

http://www.rpgnow.com/product/114640/Spikeback%3A-Creatures-of-the-Apocalypse-3

WM

rpgnet welcomes William McAusland (Mutant Epoch) 4/29/2013 24:00 GMT!

Hi All, 
Dan Davenport will be interviewing me tonight on the rpgnet chat from 7-9 central time in the USA (5-7 Pacific for me). I've never done anything like this before. Sure hope some of you can join in and come say hello during the event. I guess they will be asking questions about The Mutant Epoch, RPGs, how the game came about, and so on. Should be interesting. 


If you can't make it, you can post questions beforehand and learn more about the show here:

www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?p=650149

Have a great day,

Will

The NEW improved Mutant Epoch forum is here!

Shamelessly cloned from our home page:

April 23 2013

BIG NEWS!

 The all  new The Mutant Epoch forum is here!

We've gone public!

New to The Mutant Epoch? Well, previously, only Society of Excavator members could get into our forums as they were a member's only deal. That's all changed. All the old forum posts have been copy-pasted over to an all new forum, reorganized, enhanced and open to all.

Of course, there is a password protected SOE only board where, as an incentive to get SOE members to enlist, we've made a forum only, free beast ready for you to download!

Members can get the Muto-Harpy PDF exclusively at the new forum's Society of Excavators Members Only Area.

The password to the private area of the forum is easy to remember. It’s the same as what you used to sign in to the members area at this website!

Not a member yet? Bought a copy of the Mutant Epoch hub rules? 

Then learn more about The Society of Excavator's here.

Best regards,

 Will McAusland

Hi guys! Just to let those of you who connect with us through this blog know, that we released another free PDF. See details below   

In other news, we are setting up an all new forum that will have mainly public access, as well as a private SOE member's only posting area. I am going to try and copy paste much of the great player created content and  questions from the old forum to the new site. Stand by as we will announce the new forum in an upcoming newsletter, and here.

         Also, yes, we are still working very hard on the Crossroads Region Gazetteer. I spend my days editing the final layout, penciling the last 100 drawings, or inking the first 200 penciled images. The 33 maps will still take a heck of a lot of work, too. I don't even want to speculate on  when this 400+ page book will be out, but am striving toward early June. All the books lined up after the Crossroads book will be between 90 and 200 pages, and those are written and many in layout... so there is a ton of content coming out this summer and fall.

Now to the Free PDF ; which you can also get on our website in the SOE area, here

 The Red Harvester is so named for its ability to appear from seemingly nowhere and reap a bounty of flesh.

Welcome to The Mutant Epoch, where humankind is no longer the top of the food chain. The Red Harvester is our second free Creature of the Apocalypse, and worse then the first critter we made available and defiantly not for the squeamish. 

With the success of the Sickle Foot, we at Outland Arts plan to release more of these nasty freaks to delight and horrify your players. Our third mutant monster is the Spikeback.

While designed using the Outland System Game mechanic stats, any game master worth his or her title can easily port the stat block over into whatever PA game system being used at his or her table.

Want more? Join our mailing list for notifications, or stay tuned to this site for more great RPG PDFs.

Red Harvester: http://www.rpgnow.com/product/113406/Red-Harvester%3A-Creatures-of-the-Apocalypse-2

Sickle Foot: http://www.rpgnow.com/product/112099/Sickle-Foot%3A-Creatures-of-the-Apocalypse-1?src=s_pi

Sickle Foot: Creatures of the Apocalypse 1

Sickle Foot: Creatures of the Apocalypse 1: Sickle Foot: Creatures of the Apocalypse 1

 We just added a free PDF to RPGnow.com and DrivethruRPG.com. Its a 4 page file featuring a wicked new mutant creature, the Sickle Foot. We're just trying something new ahead of our upcoming newsletter release. In that release we will also present this creature and the PDF link for the SOE membership.

 Stay tuned for more mutants.
Will