Play Sorcerer: Narrative Tools and Techniques for Social Storytelling
Christopher Kubasik:
Hi All,
After some discussions with Ron, I've decided to write a compliment guide to Ron Edwards’ Sorcerer.
The tools and techniques within Sorcerer do a bang up job of moving the narrative through twists, turns, moral tension and emotional payoff worthy of a good story. I loved the game since I first encountered it, and after tooling around with it for about seven years, I love it even more.
However, the rules are sometimes obscure. Some items have been left unclear. Little explanation has been offered as to how all the pieces fit together. And a great deal of thought has gone into the game since it was published almost a decade ago.
Play Sorcerer will take all the thinking and playing I’ve done with the game and break out all the rules in a clear and easy to use manner. The book will explain both procedures and the reasons for the procedures (for example, Kickers, Bangs, Bonus Dice and others), how they all work together to a greater effect.
Moreover, the text will be a large essay on the act of social storytelling using roleplaying games in general.
The book will be approximately 150+ pages in a 6×9 format, released at first as a PDF.
I have established a collection for $1500 at Fundable.com to make sure there is interest for the project before I begin.
Anyone donating to this fund will automatically receive a PDF copy of the book upon its completion. (Email addresses are automatically stored when donations are made at Fundable, and I will simply go down the list and mail out the PDFs).
Thank you for your time and interest on this project.
I've set up a blog where I'll be writing about how the project is going at playsorcerer.wordpress.com
Donations to the fund can be made at Fundable.
If anyone has any questions about the book or items they want discussed, I'd love to talk about them here.
Ben Lehman:
Christopher:
What will you do if the $1500 is not collected?
Do you anticipate any sales or distribution after the Fundable collection?
If you are unable to complete the project (for whatever reason) what happens to the money?
yrs--
--Ben
Christopher Kubasik:
Hi Ben,
The way Fundable works is that if the goal is not reached within the established time period (in this case 25 days) the money is returned directly to those who donated to the fund. It's an all or nothing thing. Fundable only pays out with a single payment once the goal is reached.
If the $1500 is not collected it means, to me at least, that there's not enough interest to generate a book. What I will do if there's not enough interest is get back to work writing other projects. As the Joker says, "If you're good at something, you don't do it unless you get paid."
I'm not sure about the last one. Short of death, if I get the money, the project will be finished. As for the death part, I honestly haven't thought that through. But I'm sure I can leave a note to disburse the money back to the folks who paid. I'll have the emails on file.
CK
Christopher Kubasik:
Okay. I've been collecting suggestions from various sites, and am adding this to the mix. (It's a new publishing model and we're all feeling our way forward!)
Anyone who contributes to the fund will get access to Print on Demand at Lulu. This means printing the book in whatever format you want at cost.
I really like this as a set up.
I've also decided not to set up a tier system where bigger donations get more prizes. I've thought it through and it just seems to complicate things. I'm trying to keep the focus on the book itself.
In other news, we're 30% funded... which both amazes me and really excites me.
Everyone -- thanks for the support for the book so far!
CK
greyorm:
Chris, is Jesse Burneko involved with this project at all? (I know he's been slowly pursuing the same sort of "clearly explaining Sorcerer and tying it all together" concept.) And damn, I wish I had more to toss your way to make this project go.
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