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Author’s Diary for September 25, 2020
Find out about all the dirty tricks your character can pull in Covenant.
Author’s Diary for September 18, 2020
We’ve completed Covenant’s Socializing rules! Find out more now!
Author’s Diary for July 31, 2020
We’ve finished the first full chapter rewrite in Covenant’s playtest rules, the seven-page Healing chapter! Read it now!
Author’s Diary: Update for the Week of May 29, 2020
(Don’t forget to contribute to our Patreon campaign or join us on the Radio Free Covenant Discord server! You can also listen to the latest episode of the Radio Free Covenant podcast!) Featured image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech. We’ve gotten a lot done this week! The bids are finally done, and we’re working on the rules for designing weapons! See what we’ve written …
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Author’s Diary: Update for the Week of May 8, 2020
(Contribute to our Patreon campaign for updates every weekday or join us on the Radio Free Covenant Discord server! You can also listen to the latest episode of the Radio Free Covenant podcast!) We’ve had another busy week, with three whole bids done. Find out what we wrote below the fold.
Author’s Diary: Update for the Week of April 24, 2020
(Don’t forget to contribute to our Patreon campaign or join us on the Radio Free Covenant Discord server! You can also listen to the latest episode of the Radio Free Covenant podcast!) I’ve gotten more done this week, and the playtest rules are still ahead of schedule. I’m happy with some, not so much with …
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Author’s Diary: Update for the Week of April 17, 2020
(Don’t forget to join us on the Radio Free Covenant Discord server or listen to the latest episode of the Radio Free Covenant podcast!) Our output has increased since the introduction of Covenant’s Patreon campaign. Deadlines have a tendency to do that. We’re happy to say that we’re ahead of schedule on completing the game’s playtest rules. Find out more below …
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Today’s Question for April 16, 2020
(Don’t forget to join us on the Radio Free Covenant Discord server or listen to the latest episode of the Radio Free Covenant podcast!) Question for GMs and Players: Do you prefer roleplaying or minmaxing builds? Is one “good” and the other “bad”? Are these two things mutually exclusive? Let us know in the comments!
Today’s Question for April 13, 2020
We’re launching a Patreon campaign for Covenant. That means putting the game on a deadline, and that means focusing on writing the playtest rules. So, instead of giving you daily updates on our progress, we’re going to switch to weekly updates on Fridays. For the rest of the week, we’re going to ask you about …