[A lot of this post is the same as the one on Playtesting.net, but the product update section is different, if you want skip to that paragraph.]
So we’re now past the third week of me being laid off. I’ve received my severance check, but if I get rehired by the same company within 60 days, I have to pay 75% of it back. Since my best lead right now is a job that opened up there the same day I was laid off, I have to be VERY careful with money.
So updates: Product 5 is out of editing. It’s also been proofed and the maps are done. I’ve started working on layout, but right now the big problem is the art. I have some art outstanding that I had to commission outright instead of setting up on a royalty. My contract requires me to pay within a certain time after the last piece is turned in. I have that money, of course, but paying it could put me into a situation where I couldn’t accept a job from my old company. So while I’ve been putting the books together, I’m not asking the artist to start working on the art in earnest. When he finishes, I’ll pay him, but I don’t dare hasten the event from my end as it could mean something of a crises here if the timing is wrong.
Meanwhile we’re currently running the Rolemaster play test of Product 7 and the 4e play test (which is now mostly serving as a story/design play test) on product 9.
As for cancer and chemo, this Thursday is my mother’s last chemo infusion. It will almost certainly be the worst, and I’ve cleared my weekend for it, but after Sunday, every day should be better than the last. Hopefully, forever.
I think that’s everything. Enjoy.
Bob