November 2023 Update
- Adam Donovan
- Nov 30, 2023
- 4 min read
[November 2023]
Greetings all, and welcome to the November (2023) update for Roguelike Games!
As the RLG team continues work on the flagship RPG of Moralinth, the focus for November has been around artwork, typeography and layout passes. October was a fun month for us with both the free hallowe'en-themed free content of Shadefall Manor but also our first contest! members of the Moralinth community did a fantastic job of adding to 'It Came From The Fog', a short introductory story included in the core book(s). Three lucky winners earned themselves a copy of the Uncanny or Gloom Editions of the rulebooks!
Moralinth: Uncanny Edition Updates
The Uncanny Edition of Moralinth (which uses the Cypher System under the Cypher System Open License) is in its final stretch with all written content sitting at one-hundred percent complete. With the bulk of the work now fully complete, focus has shifted onto internal artwork, page layout, editing, proof-reading and indexing. Finally a complete, playable game (albeit in its unpolished state), Moralinth: Uncanny Edition needs to go through a few more internal playtests, but then will be moving onto external playtests - watch this space!
Uncanny Edition Roadmap Updates for August 2023:
Cover Art moved from In Development to Draft 1 Complete
Gloom Edition Advert moved from In Development to Draft 1 Complete
VTT Battlemaps moved from Not Yet Started to Draft 1 Complete
Chapter Headers moved from In Development to Draft 1 Complete
VTT Tokens moved from Not Yet Started to Draft 1 Complete
(You can review the Uncanny Edition Roadmap here)
Moralinth: Gloom Edition Updates:
With the Player Core and GM Core books from Paizo's Pathfinder 2nd Edtion Remastered now finally out to the general public, work has jumped up several gears on Moralinth: Gloom Edition, which uses the PF2E-modified version of the d20 ruleset (working under the Open RPG Creative or 'O.R.C.' License). Almost every aspect of the book has started to be worked on now that the RLG staff have access to the various changes that came with the Remastered version of Pathfinder: Second Edtion, but none are completed yet (there is a lot of content to update!) and as such have not been adjusted on the Gloom Edition roadmap. Rest assured though, creative teamwork is firing on all cylinders when it comes to the Gloom Edition, with the RLG team working to get it as far along as the Uncanny Edition!
Gloom Edition Roadmap Updates for August 2023:
Cover Art moved from In Development to Draft 1 Complete
Uncanny Edition Advert moved from In Development to Draft 1 Complete
VTT Battlemaps moved from Not Yet Started to Draft 1 Complete
VTT Tokens moved from Not Yet Started to Draft 1 Complete
(You can review the Gloom Edition Roadmap here)
The Imperial Encyclopedia Estania & Moralinth Quickstarts
The Imperial Encyclopedia Estania (previously known as the Moralinth Worldbook) has had more content added, going into further detail about the eighteen nations that make up the Estanian Empire. Looking at customs, traditions and how religion and technology affect the various countries has been the focus for the November content updates.
As far as the Quickstarts go, work continues on slimming down and refining a more limited ruleset designed to get Players and Narrators into the game quickly and efficiently. Having access to the Remastered Pathfinder Second Editon Ruleset has helped us tremendously in making changes both sweeping and subtle to the Gloom Edition Quickstart, and we've taken the opportunity to do a second art-pass on both editions of the Quickstarts as well.
Roguelike Community
The Moralinth Official Facebook Group is the place to visit for quick and concise updates for those who only want the summarised details of what is happening with Moralinth, and is a great place to see the artwork, lore snippets, and updates. We're looking to add more to it so that we can add extra information, but we need your help! What sort of things would you like to see included in the Facebook Group that isn't there already? Feel free to leave comments so we can know what is a priority for everyone - and make sure you tell your friends!
DISCORD:
For a more in-depth and interactive playground for all things Moralinth, you can head over to the Morlainth Official Discord Server. We're looking to foster the community and grow it out, and a few of the messages we've received of late have asked for more ways to interact with the game world as well as an increase in setting information. We're looking to try and grant both requests simultaneously, so keep an eye on Discord for more information! Feel free to invite anyone who you feel might want to follow the project but please remember they need to verify their account when they first join the server (you need to click the little "tick" to be granted the Uncanny role and gain access to all the Categories, Channels and Events).
Future Plans
Throughout Decemeber 2023 the focus will be squarely centered on overall content progress for Moralinth: Gloom Edition. As such the December 2023 Update will likely contentrate on this progression - expect there to be some disparity between the Uncanny and Gloom Roadmap Updates for December! It is our hope that we'll get the Decemeber Update out before 25/12/23, but if not then expect is between 27/12/23 and 31/12/23.
....and that wraps up our update for this month! Feel free to drop us a message or come visit us on our Facebook page or our Discord Group if you'd like! Until our next update,
Happy Gaming!
- Adam
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