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Wounds and/or Scars?
November 14, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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The current version of Ikezu-ishi contains both the original Cairn 2e SCARS but also implements WOUNDS from Block, Dodge, Parry . I like Wounds because BDP does a great job of having Light, Severe, an...
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V0.9 say WHAAAA??????
November 08, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, come one, come all for v 0.9 of Ikezu-ishi and enjoy! This may be IT. Barring any massive edits or someone going "hey, you've completely missed the fundamen...
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When Amazon publishing is cheaper than Kinkos....
September 27, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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QQ for folks who have picked up v0.8 and v0.81 -- Are the sidenotes throughout the book useful? Informative? Entertaining? Distracting? Curious how others are reacting to them. I like books. Digital i...
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Fixed typos/references
September 25, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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Whoops, a few of the page references were broken and a couple other typos needed fixing. Otherwise no functional changes...
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Ikezu-ishi v0.8 is LIVE!
September 24, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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This is a big one, folks. Four new backgrounds, a slew of tables, encounters, weapon skills, dueling, tactics, and more! Chockful of full color graphics and some sidenotes to add a bit of history and...
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I was young and foolish then. I feel old and foolish now.
September 21, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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Remember way back in March, a whole 6 months ago, when Ikezu-ishi v0.4 came out and I was like "is this a finished game?" 3 months later v0.5 came out so clearly v0.4 was not the end. And now I'm putt...
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Finally, a character sheet!
September 12, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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A pdf character sheet is now available! It reflects the V0.8 rules which will be out shortly and borrows some mechanics from the highly inspirational Block, Dodge, Parry. So close, y’all...
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Let's play with a setting!
August 13, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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Finally drafted a setting. How much (or little) will go into the core book is still up in the air, but here's the setup for folks who want a ready made environment to play in: For a while there was fi...
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When is a game done?
August 12, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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41 days ago I rolled out v0.5 of Ikezu-ishi and thought I was nearly done. Then I found some rabbit holes... In the works: A little bit of setting - Not looking to build an entire world here, just put...
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v0.5 now available!
July 01, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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OK, so it's not quite done yet, but after some editing and formatting it's so very close. Updated for Cairn 2e! Over 120 pages 45+ tables 24 new Yokai and 5 new human NPCs more tables for character an...
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v0.5 coming soon
May 31, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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About to disappear for a week for vacation with the family. Figured getting an Amazon proof of the latest version would be a good way to edit from the beach. Woo! v0.5 *might* be the final first editi...
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v0.4 - is this finished?
March 26, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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78 pages, more than 30 tables, 79 encounters, hexcrawl generation, solo rules, and so much more! Phew. This may nearly be done. Playtesting continues, rebalancing as needed, but if anyone partakes and...
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Major update with version 0.3
March 08, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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Whew, this is a big one! Looking to flesh out a couple more areas and settle on final tables and the best order of things, but this is a largely complete game (minus reviews and edits). Enjoy! Large u...
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Playing with layout and design
February 15, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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Honestly, not sure if I have more fun designing games or trying my hand at laying them out. Work in progress, but, dang, Japanese woodblock art is amazing. Sharing some work in progress test pages for...
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Playtest V0.2 Available - NPCs! Tables! Rules!
February 13, 2024
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Serial Prizes
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#samurai, #japan, #cairn, #into the odd
Ikezu-ishi Playtest v0.2 is now available featuring even more fun for your feudal Japan inspired Cairn games: More equipment and rules from Cairn so it's a nearly "complete" game NPCs of the Human, An...
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