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Beta Release In The Wild!

It's out there somewhere... -- 10 Sep 2014

Hi everyone. Just a quick update to let you know that the BETA rules are now out. Those of you who have purchased BETA access will have had an email from me explaining where the rules are and how to download them. For the rest of you this is a significant milestone. The second phase of writing this book is now complete and the rules system should now be more or less complete unless some serious problems are encountered in playtesting. GDF members should be aware that there will be some information ... Read More

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Convention / Playtest Reports

(and some progress reports too) -- 01 Sep 2014

Hi everyone! This special update is mainly a report on Fantasticon and the second LIVE test of the Elite Encounters game system. I'll warn you now, it's a lengthy one, and is a fairly detailed overview of the live games of EE that were played at the convention. OK, I'm a week or two late. The thing is that after Fantasticon, the lovely chaps over at Lave Radio asked me to host an online session of the game to double as the second "writer's interview" for the Elite ... Read More

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Betas Galore! It must be August

Insert pithy subtitle here -- 01 Aug 2014

Hi everyone. Welcome to the August update. I was gonna keep this short, but every time I say that I end up writing War and Peace. So I'm just going to "chain of thought" type. LaveCon At the start of July there was LaveCon. And it was good. Oh my god it was good. Loads of fun and loads to do! I spent most of it locked away in a back room running games of Elite Encounters. Yes, the game has finally seen the light of day and has been played! I ran three games altogether (none ... Read More

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Milestone Reached!

And about f****** time! -- 01 Jul 2014

Hi everyone, and welcome to another rip-roaring Elite Encounters update! First, as you may suspect from the title up there, I reached a significant milestone this week. With LaveCon just around the corner, the RPG has been printed out for the first time! In relation to that, the first draft is DONE! Apart from about four things that still need to be done, the creative writing part of the project is under my belt! Yep, it's actually true. Everything that was in my list of things to put ... Read More

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I'm running out of ideas for titles

No, really, I am. -- 05 Jun 2014 -- Comments: 3

Greetings, Commanders and welcome to another monthly update from the world of Elite Encounters. It hasn't been a great month this month. The envisioned deadline of May 31st has been and gone and the content STILL isn't finished. Every time I finish one section, it seems like there are two more sections to take its place. It's starting to really frustrate me, so I can only imagine how you guys out there feel about it! I work my day job til 6pm. I come home, have dinner, make sure ... Read More

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So Long April - How Little We Knew Ye

Work work work -- 07 May 2014

Hi all. Apologies for the April-May update being a little late. You may or may not know, but it's been a very busy couple of weeks in the world of Elite Dangerous and its associated projects! I'll get other media announcements out of the way first. Firstly, Elite Dangerous will be entering the final Alpha phase on the 15th May. The Alpha 4 will allow travel between star systems for the first time and will also include the COMPLETE star map and all methods of travel (although we won't ... Read More

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Headlines and Deadlines

Where your author extemporises on hitting the skids for a while... -- 03 Apr 2014

Monthly update time again! This is going to be a long one. I'm going to start with a quick status update and events information. The book's technology overview section is complete, lighting the way for expanding and improving the equipment lists, and the word count so far is 108,800. Since I'm focusing on the writing the other side issues are being given a lower priority - that means that no more dice or rings have been sent out yet and are unlikely to be until the first draft ... Read More

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Happy Anniversary...

One year older, one year wiser -- 03 Mar 2014

A year ago, on 3rd March 2013, I spent the evening in front of the computer and watched as the campaign to fund the project of my dreams broke through its stretch goals and finally confirmed that I would get to write the Official RPG of the Elite Universe. A great night, and one that will forever be up there with the greatest things I've done in my life. And you are the people I have to thank for that. That rollercoaster ride began the rollercoaster ride that has been the journey ... Read More

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Welcome to 2014

The Year Of Elite -- 30 Jan 2014

Hi, y'all! Welcome to the first scheduled update of 2014. It's been a busy month, not only in book writing terms, but in many other things too! First, a progress report on the book. Writing has continued as fast as I can manage, and I'm proud to say that I broke the 80,000 mark today! That's just the main book - historical info, details on the Feds, Imperials and a bit of Alliance is under the belt and ready for editing, and I'm badgering people for their short fiction ... Read More

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Rings Ahoy, Audio Books Ahoy!

Last gasp news for 2013 -- 29 Dec 2013

Hi everyone. Hope you all had a great Christmas. Now we're in that slow week where every TV channel is doing "best of 2013" programmes. The only thing to do is to tune in to the irregular broadcasts of the Encounters Channel, where the news is always exciting! Dice Rings The greatest news ever is that as of today, 60 Dice Rings have been sold to you pledgers! That means we're over the 50 minimum limit so all you lucky buyers will be receiving Dice Rings at some point ... Read More

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