Author’s Diary for January 22, 2021

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We’re almost done editing Covenant’s playtest rules! Read on to find out more.

Here’s what we want to talk about this week:

• The work that we did this week
• Our progress on Covenant’s playtest rules
• How to become a playtester

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK

We edited two appendices and started a third this week. They were:

• Appendix A, Designing Items: Rules for designing custom weapons, armor, and miscellaneous “gear”
• Appendix B, Predesigned Items: Predesigned weapons, armor, and gear for new players, so they don’t have to worry about designing anything until they’re more comfortable with the rules
• Appendix C, Traits: An alphabetical list of character traits that can be used for bids

OUR PROGRESS ON COVENANT’S PLAYTEST RULES

The last time we talked to you, we’d edited a total of 329 pages. We extended that to 447 pages today.

If we work through the weekend, then we will probably finish editing the playtest rules before Monday – certainly before the end of next week. That includes:

• Appendix D, Abilities: An alphabetical list of character abilities
• Appendix E, Abilities: An alphabetical list of conditions that can affect characters and items during play
• Appendix F, Advantages and Disadvantages: Lists of advantages and disadvantages that can affect bids

Our deadline for the the playtest rules is Feb. 28, 2021. If we can finish editing this month, then we’ll have a month to do everything else that we need to do, including:

• Rewrite the rules
• Write a new Player Consent and Trauma chapter
• Lay out everything

BECOMING A PLAYTESTER

Do you want to become a playtester? Just drop us a line at radiofreecovenant@gmail.com, and we’ll put you on the list when the rules are finished at the end of February.

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That’s about it for now. Talk to you next Friday!