2016 and 2017

Hello everyone,
Long time no see.

This probably should have gone up a week ago, but it's here now and that's what matters. Let's talk about 2016 in general and what I have planned for 2017.

Red Herrings in Horrors

red her·ring

noun

1. 1.

   a dried smoked herring, which is turned red by the smoke.
2. 2.

   something, especially a clue, that is or is intended to be misleading or distracting.

In an good Horror story red herrings are very important.

... Not the fish, the second one.

What Happened Last Year and Plans for 2016

I'm finally getting this update posted. A bit later then I wanted, but expect regular updates from here on out.


It's time for a State of the Games update!

The Others Realms of Earth

You know Horrors is up on kickstarter, don't you? 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1842635065/horrors-the-scary-story-rpg
With that said, lets move on to the other realms of Earth.

Horror Player Characters

It's time we talk about player characters, so you know exactly who the horror will be killing.

Jump Scares!

Love them or hate them, jump scares are a key component to any horror movie.

Horror Examples

Here are some quick write-ups of various Horrors you can use when running the game.

Horror Archetypes

Horrors will have a list of pre-made, classic, monsters and slashers however the GM will also be able to build his own custom Horror to terrorize his players. The Horror is built from the ground up, giving the Horror different traits, weaknesses, and targets. And this all begins by picking an Archetype.

The plan moving forward

Hey everyone, it's been a while.

Lots to talk about in this one: Current status of Mars, What went wrong with Directive, What i'm going to do to fix it, and how i'm going to make sure that doesn't happen with Horrors.


As always, click Read More to get into it.

(more) Horrors art

Sorry for the silence everyone.
My father passed away a couple of weeks ago and I've had a hard time, well, doing anything at all.
But let's try to get back into the the swing of things by posting more Horrors art.

Horrors: fumbling with the dice

I failed my "update on thursdays" roll, but luckily I fumbled with it as the killer slowly advanced on me until got it up just in time!

Horror's dice mechanic

It's time for me to take a break from Mars to talk about my next rpg, Horrors.

Just like The Robotic Age, Horrors uses it own original system to help pull you into the theme and setting. You won't be rolling percentiles or handfuls of d10s... well, unless your character is really skilled.

The importance of art

The importance of art in your role-playing game

Now I don't just mean that you need some art in your RPG, that should go without saying. I want to talk about getting the right art for your game.

Click read more if your interested in hearing how I pick my artists and see some never before seen art for Directive: Invasion and Horrors.

The plan for 2015 and beyond

Happy New Year everybody. With today's blog I want to talk about True In One's plans over the next year, and all they ways these plans can fail.

Horrors First Playtest

We finished up our first full Horrors play test this week. A few things need to be tweaked, new mechanics introduced, and some skills were added while others removed. Overall, things went well and people had fun.
Click read more for the breakdown of the game.

Third Game announcement!

As I mentioned before, I had planned to announce my third game about now, and with Halloween tomorrow this seems as good a time as ever.
Click Read More to find out what it is.