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Creator Eloy Lasanta on March 27
I'll actually be putting something up in the way of an update pretty soon here. It's been a long time coming, but it is coming. :-) Keep an eye out.
Creator Bob Smith on March 27
Hi Eloy,
Any update on the status of the Little People pdf?
Creator Eloy Lasanta on July 11, 2012
Yep! An oversight. It would have been +1B for the next day.
Creator Céline .S. Sauvé on July 11, 2012
I had asked this before in a message, but got no reply, and it's the same in the book as the PDF.
The 0 Charm chart, #9 (page 56) states "Sweaty Brow (+1 B to Charm rolls for the rest of the Scene)". but once an Atribute drop to 0 hits (as per page 55) "the character cannot use that Attribute for any Task of Conflict until it heals back".
So is that effectively a freeby for the character, since they can't use Charm anyway?
Creator Céline .S. Sauvé on July 11, 2012
Hmm. Olympics might be an idea I hadn't thought of. I'll look over that one, and yes, I can run with it, if we get past the written stuff.
Thanks for the speedy reply!
Creator Eloy Lasanta on July 11, 2012
From my experience, it depends on how excited your players are for the setting and their characters. For instance, I ran The Rescue a bunch of times. It lasted 1 hour one time and 2.5 hours the other, the difference being the amount of banter, extra obstacles and general tom-foolery being had by the players. But i'd say that those adventures are not all the same either. Being Human is longer than the Rescue and so should the Undersea Olympics be.
So, yeah, I'd say, run an adventure from the book and if it runs early, roll randomly for some crazy junk to happen and see how everyone reacts!
Creator Céline .S. Sauvé on July 11, 2012
How long are the premade adventures generally ment to last? I'm offereing to run a session (that or Faery's Tale, its' a Battle of the Games;) at MonkeyCon 1, and the slots are 3 hours long.
I'm wondering if I might be better off just rolling the random chart and create my own, if they're too short.
Creator Eloy Lasanta on July 10, 2012
Celine - It's fully flexible for everyone to roll their own dice if they want!
Travis - Nice! Hope you enjoy! If you got it in a yellow envelope, then it came from my house with love! :-)
Creator Travis Lindquist on July 10, 2012
Just got my book yesterday! Excellent!
Creator Céline .S. Sauvé on July 9, 2012
I think I'm just too used to just about everyone rolling in the games I play :p
Thanks!
Creator Eloy Lasanta on June 27, 2012
Who Rolls is covered on page 10. In most cases, 1 person rolls, but if the group wants, they can have each person roll their own. Hopefully, that clears that up! :-)
Creator Céline .S. Sauvé on June 27, 2012
Does anyone know who rolls for PC-vs-PC conflicts? Pages 53-54 seem to cover this, and state the rules for what happens if the attacker gets 1 or 3+ successes, and if the defender does, but not who rolls. Does just one roll and the other PC is considered the "Black" dice for that roll?
I'd assume if the PC is defending from a NPC, then the NPC is "Black" either way, and the PC is "White", and then you just apply the results for attacker/defender as required, but I was just wondering for two PCs.
Creator Eloy Lasanta on June 20, 2012
That is flipping (get it?) beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Creator Joseph Le May on June 20, 2012
So I just thought I would share something awesome!
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5w5nqXxdH1qhttpto3_500.jpg
Creator Brad Dancer on June 4, 2012
Awesome!
Creator Eloy Lasanta on June 4, 2012
Almost, Brad Dancer! Soon!
Creator Brad Dancer on June 3, 2012
Soon?
Creator Eloy Lasanta on May 12, 2012
May is definitely still the goal. We have all the art in hand now, so it's just a matter of getting the last bits of writing, editing and layout done.
Creator Céline .S. Sauvé on May 12, 2012
(Sorry about the double post... The Library's mouse likes to double-click...)
Creator Céline .S. Sauvé on May 12, 2012
Is the May 2012 delivery timeline still good, are are you looking to June or later? (I don't mind waiting a bit, but I like to have an idea before the summer [and camping] sneaks up on us.)
Creator Céline .S. Sauvé on May 12, 2012
Is the May 2012 delivery timeline still good, are are you looking to June or later? (I don't mind waiting a bit, but I like to have an idea before the summer [and camping] sneaks up on us.)
Creator Eloy Lasanta on April 16, 2012
Sam - Yeah, and we came SUER close to Infestation too.
Ryan - Thanks so much!
Creator Ryan Mitchell on April 15, 2012
Congrats on getting over 250% of your original target, Eloy! I've run D&D games for groups of mostly teenage girls, as well as a few once-off intro games for younger audiences. It's nice to have a game tailored to be more widely appealing and accessible to all age groups and genders.
Creator Sam Wong on April 15, 2012
Darn!
Just missed the insect expansion :)
Ah well, at least we got the second stretch goal :)
Congrats!
Creator Eloy Lasanta on April 13, 2012
That, Sam, is EXACTLY why I made this game!
Creator Sam Wong on April 13, 2012
Eloy,
Thank you. I have been looking for an easy way to introduce my daughters to gaming. She is already a massive sci if fan at age 4, and is constantly bugging me about what happens when I go gaming. This, I hope will be a great way to introduce her to the hobby.
Creator Eloy Lasanta on April 13, 2012
MhidDa - I knew i was drawing brain waves from somewhere. lol
Sam - Thank you so much! Little People is ON!
Creator Sam Wong on April 13, 2012
Had to pick this up for my daughter. She loves mermaids and always what daddy does with his gaming. Also helps to lock in the second stretch goal!
Creator MhidDa on April 13, 2012
Eloy: Thank you, thank you, thank you. My daughters are obsessed with Mermaids and while they continue to try to play RPGs like Gamma World and Faery, I have been working on my own homebrew so they could play their favorite fantasy creature. It was like you read my mind. I can't wait to get the pdf and get them running on their own adventures.
Creator Randy Warren on April 6, 2012
Eloy: Thanks for the quick response!
Creator Eloy Lasanta on April 5, 2012
Sorry for the confusion there. The +$15 is for full-color print copies. Sorry. Yes, the PDF comes in color. :-)
Creator Randy Warren on April 5, 2012
Sorry, update #11 not #9 (sheepish grin)
Creator Randy Warren on April 5, 2012
Your latest update (#9) says to add $15 for color but the $10 level says the pdf is color at $10. Which is correct please and just to be clear how much do I have to pledge to get the pdf only and in color. Thanks and can't wait to play this with my daughters!!!
Creator Roy Paeth on April 1, 2012
Just a couple quick comments on this game as a playtester. Our group of players consisted of my 8 year old daughter, 11 year old daughter, 12 year old son and finally my 19 year old son. First off the character creation was flat out hilarious. My girls thought this was so much fun that the next day they were up early at the kitchen table make random characters. Between the random charts and the qualities the character combinations are limitless. Secondly the game play or task resolutions is so easy yet still works incredibly well. I would highly recommend this game to anyone who has daughters or son from 8-13 who are interested in role playing. This game is something that is needed in the role playing industry to get kids into gaming earlier in life. Great job Eloy I cannot wait to see the finished product.
Creator Eloy Lasanta on March 27, 2012
I've been a big fan of mermaids even before I was a roleplayer, so I hope to get most general mermaid fans to check this game out and have a ball with it. Thanks so much for the pledge and for being the first person to use this comment section!
Creator Rebecca J. T. on March 27, 2012
This sounds awesome! I'm not even a roleplayer, but who doesn't love mermaids?