First playing aids for VI·VIII·X

It took me more than planned but I finalized the first two supplements for the VI·VIII·X game. These are called "Notebook".

The first one is for PCs, it is a 20-page booklet where the player can record any info he likes about the campaign; in terms of contents there are some pages which replaces the traditional PC sheet, some other pages dedicated to any info about the campaign and lastly some useful ref charts which can be used "on the fly" by the player.

Hereby the cover of the PC Notebook. The artwork is by G.Doré, it is entitled "Enigma" and it is, to my eyes, very charming. For the playtest version I purposely decided to swap the artwork to a scale of teal in order to make a clear distinction between this "beta" version and the final one. 

The concept for this product is that I find a small booklet more useful instead of a single-page sheet which is always added to other loose sheets (one for magic, another for notes and so forth). In this case the player has a notepad shaped PC sheet...



The second one is the GM Notebook: similarly to the PC sheet even the GM needs a support for the game sessions... If you have read the post about the concept of KUP RPG, the GM needs to have for every PC a sub-sheet where he keeps track of all the details unknown to players which are disclosed to the GM only.

This is a 32-page booklet with a painting by C.D.Friedrich entitled "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog". It believe it is representative to the role and task of the GM... Even in this case the artwork has been converted to a scale of teal for the same reasons of the PC Notebook.

In terms of contents, this booklet has the add-on for 6 PCs where the GM can record all the unknown info. the booklet is completed by some relevant ref charts (instead of having a DM screen).


I am struggling to make this products compliant with the standard for a printed version... the task is though for me, but even in this case I rely to complete it before the closing of the proofreading feedback is back to me!


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