Writing and Producing 2e Modules for sale, eventually.

For those of you not in the know I also play 2nd Edition AD&D. I am not a big fan of either 3rd or 4th edition and would play it if I had to, but fortunately I do not ;)

Right now I am DMing once a week and have been working on a high level adventure on and off for a while. Considering the success of the Word of Hashut I am pretty confident I can produce a good layout. I am thinking about writing a module and possibly selling it at Lulu. I am in the process of putting together a high level adventure based on a few ideas that I have had for some time now. Cool thing is there is a homage to both the remake and original Clash of the Titans in it.

I do not expect this will happen soon, but I do think that once I finish up Gold and Glory #4 I will have a bit more time.

So as time goes by I will update here with more bits and pieces.

(PS: Wow first time I made more than 2 blog posts in a month!) 

UPDATE: as of 7/4/26. I decided a long time ago to not push forward with publishing 2nd edition modules. 

Warhammer 8th edition and the fate of Chaos Dwarfs?

Warhammer 8th edition

As the entire world is now talking about this I might as well post about it too ;)

But rather than hash out all the rumors that have already been gone over ad nauseum I wonder what the fate of Chaos Dwarfs will be in 8th. As we know they were inserted into the back of the 7th edition books with the notation of no current rule book or some such. Then through the entire run of 7th, and 6th for that matter, nothing.

The question then becomes will GW remove them this time around? If they are in it is probably a good sign that they will continue. If not, who knows what that means but it is probably not anything good.

Like any business GW has to make money. They normally do not do anything and the past results of Chaos Dwarfs are hardly encouraging in that regard. Let us just hope that the efforts of www.chaos-dwarfs.com has made them reconsider. I think that they have a far bigger fan base than creating another army out of left field like they did for Ogre Kingdoms.

I would be hard pressed to name another faction of Warhammer that has more fan support than Chaos Dwarfs. Oh that is right there is not one!

If they are not included I am not sure I want to throw in the towel but by the same token the last Chaos Dwarf book was... 1993. Some people have never even seen the cover of White Dwarf Presents: Chaos Dwarfs! In fact some who are playing Warhammer right now have never even seen them on the tabletop. Some probably were not even born yet. Man I now feel old.

Word of Hashut #8

Word of Hashut #8 Finally done! 

This is not a review of my own work, but more of a post to say yep it is out and I am glad it is done because now it is onto Gold and Glory #4 for Dogs of War Online.

Word of Hashut #8 was a milestone in many ways. For one it is now equal in terms of issues to the Citizen Levy for the High Elves and puts us on par with the Skavenblight Gazette.

It is important to note that for me this is not just about the length of the content or how many issues. Truly and simply it is about giving something back to the Warhammer community and to keep the dream of Chaos Dwarfs alive.

It is also important that now we are closing in on Issue #9 and 2 years of doing the ezine as well as our 10th issue right after. All fine achievements, but we are not resting on our laurels. We are looking for new ways to make it even better.

Many across the web think we (I) are dreaming about the return of Chaos Dwarfs to Warhammer. To which I say: "What is wrong with dreaming?" To paraphrase from the movie Miracle "I find the term Dream Teams ironic, because now that we have dream teams, we seldom get to dream".

I do not know about you but a little dreaming coupled with some hard work is not a bad thing.

Review of the Invocation #4

It is the end of a three month span so we all know what that means. A number of ezines will soon be making their way to the internet. The first out of the gate is the Invocation from Carpe Noctem and can be found here:

https://www.vampirecounts.net/articles/the-invocation-issue-4.71/

Once again the guys led by Disciple of Nagash have done a good job for the undead fans of the Warhammer world.

Likes First off I liked the step-by-step painting guide for undead beasts: pictures were clear and color was/is good on the photos.

Next up is the comic/graphic novel: I am liking it. The style of the story fits well as does the storyline and action. The artistic style also has an appeal to it (to me at least) that evokes the right feelings. I especially liked the final panel.

Battle Report: Knowing how much of a pain these are to organize, photograph and write I have to give props just for getting one in! For those not in the know these are not necessarily the most fun thing to do for an ezine. It follows and reads well so you can clearly see what is going on.

Now to some of the criticisms Each time the Invocation has been out each issue has felt long and this one is no exception at 149 pages. Simply put reading it tends to feel like a chore in spots. No ezine is immune to this and I for one am looking to cut down the Word of Hashut so it is not as unwieldy.

The use of white text on an illustrated background with no stroke to the characters. This is not a problem in and of itself but makes for difficult reading when it is an issue of this length. Again, in and of itself not an issue, but coupled with page length it becomes more noticeable.

A minor quibble for typesetting: Either make a headline bold or underline, but not both at the same time. ;)

In short the criticisms are minor and correctable for the future but it looks like the DoN and the gang did another fine job. I plan on re-reading it again more in depth and will add any further comments to this blog post.

Word of Hashut... and Orcs and Goblins???

Word of Hashut Update

Well I am not sure if I am going to make it with the deadline being the 28th of March, but what else is new huh?

One really good factor is almost anything in terms of content is in and I am working on getting it organized.

So stay tuned for the next few weeks and we will see what transpires.

Next up... Orcs and Goblins? By now everyone knows it looks like Orcs and Goblins are next up on the release schedule: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=9000010a

To me this is a bit unusual as it was not the next army I was expecting to see come out after Beastmen. This will prove interesting and I wonder what might be coming next after this bit of a curve ball.

Of course does this mean a new book and army fully?

Word of Hashut Deadline

As always with a few days left to go to deadline the scramble is on. After the deadline passes it is what I call a one month sprint to the finish. Meaning almost all of March will consist of me working on nothing Warhammer related except Issue #8.

In terms of exclusive scoops (just to see who is actually reading this ;) how about this teaser: we will be revisiting an old article from White Dwarf that is sure to have broad appeal to not only Chaos Dwarf fans.

But that is all I will say for now

Dogs of War Online

As the longtime members know today was the worst day in terms of site performance in quite some time.

In case you missed it, as I noted on www.chaos-dwarfs.com, I am now looking into alternatives for site hosting and getting a migration plan together.

For those that follow the site or are members, hang in there everyone.