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Brilliant, thanks!

Hi, I'm here to start the chain of jam participants trying to squeeze in more pages!

Does the page count include a cover or the legal appendix? I.e. if I was to submit an entry with a cover, 4 A4 pages of game content and a page of legalese and ogl statements, would that be alright?

Cheers,

MandoNZ

I was going through my files and this piece of art is in fact from a Swedish chap named John Bauer, the art style is very similar and it seems he has also done lots of work on folklore and fairy tales.

It is a hard balance to strike and I feel like you can't sacrifice your style. I may not personally love the Mork Borg formatting/style (I find it too busy for me to easily read in a pinch) but I love that they exist as a bunch of folks got into it (and the osr) because of its pulp and grime!

Thanks, the hexflower was the first thing that came to mind with the shifting wood, I believe I first saw it in Planar Compass zine issue 2. The work done on the mechanic by others really let me come up with an arrangement that best emulates my vision of The Weald.

The open dyslexic font is excellent. It's a little tricky to reformat into the zine (spacing is vastly different from the other fonts), but I came across it years ago and now if I have to make handouts for work I will use open dyslexic in a deep navy, with a cream highlight. It can take a moment for regular folks to adjust to the font, but I find the tradeoff to be worth it. I'm a librarian and I run classes on all sorts as a part of my job, so access is key.

Cheers! Rackham's art is so iconic and I felt that it was a nice contrast to the line art that makes up most of the inner illustrations. I learned how to use Scribus for the project and while I am no expert in the software, I did get better at using it over the course of the week!

Cheers man, the input from folks on the server really helped me hone a few things and iron out some creases.

Great fun, I want a Gribble sculpt!

Loved to see internal politics and a fractured faction. Great pacing, would have liked to see a little bit of foreshadowing (perhaps mentioning explicitly that the sisters were here due to increased demonic activity). Great stuff!

I see some confusion RE the DAO helping to fight more DAO, I thought the idea of a suprise RL foe was clearly communicated myself. I was absorbed into the narrative, great stuff. I don't fancy the DAO protagonist's chances of getting home though!

Agreed!

Really liked the setup, had a similar feel to the old codex stories that you would find in old 40k codexes (circa 4th ed) . I think either making the whole thing out as a report, maybe having the helmet footage appended or something. Alternatively I think tying the narrative in and making it a bit more personal/emotional would have been nice too. Really enjoyed it, nice to see some varied factions too!

Brilliantly grimdark! I loved the uncertainty of the Gardener's disposition. I think if the perspective could have followed the legionary slightly more to better anchor the piece, but that is me nitpicking and looking for something to critique. Perfectly suited to the format as you are unsure whether the Gardiner is justified in their actions. Well done!

Cool idea, I love the corporate espionage theme and character motivation! I did get a bit confused as to what the protagonist hoped to achieve as they didn't have any means of recording the evidence they sought. As such, it is hard to see what (beyond navigation) they can provide their new ally as they are now covered in gore and stick out like a sore thumb.

I think this could be so epic if you could find the word count to tie up those loose ends! Would love some more.

Great fun, lovely use of fonts to convey the different groups (good, creative way to save on word count) I liked just how over the top the goblins were. They were horrible. Great!

Lovely stuff, really liked the pacing as the fight got underway. I liked the wholesome life lesson learned by Girra, especially after refering to the Radiance Cascade lore as a cool contrasting touchstone, great contrast to the grimdark backdrop.

Lovely stuff, really liked the pacing as the fight got underway. I liked the wholesome life lesson learned by Girra, especially after refering to the Radiance Cascade lore as a cool contrasting touchstone, great contrast to the grimdark backdrop.