I think I have a cover, so that ain’t bad – now I just need content! The cover image is a cyclops painted by Odilon Redon, a French symbolist painter who, it can safely be said, did not foresee his work appearing on the cover a RPG supplement.
I’m about 75% complete with writing the fourth issue of my non-award winning gaming magazine. Articles will be …
– Eastern Venatia – sandbox with 200+ encounter areas
– Gods of the Golden Sea – a pantheon of deities inspired by the Thracians, Dacians and other assorted -acians
– Medieval Bestiary – a couple dozen monsters based on medieval folklore
– Phantastes – a couple more chapters of the classic fantasy story by George MacDonald
I’m also including two medium-sized dungeon crawls – The Ruins of Timulus and the Pleasure Palace of Izrigul, both located in the Eastern Venatia sandbox.
I’m hoping to get this thing out by Sept 2 before I take a mini-vacation to the land of my ancestors – Ottumwa IA. Should probably clock in at 110-120 pages.
Land of Nod 
I've always loved that painting, nice choice.
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Consider me one guaranteed sale – still working my way through issues one to three.
Is Mystery Men still going to be in there, as that tickled a particular fancy of mine (what with me liking them super-heroes and all!)?
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Any plans to put all the books together into one big megabook?
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Very pretty – I'll be buying!
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I think Mystery Men will have to wait until #5 – the city-state issues usually need more articles. However, since you requested it, I'll post it on the blog over the weekend with one request – does anyone know where I can find some public domain superhero art – just a single, simple B&W image I can use to illustrate the article?
Megabook – I might have plans for that, yes. I'm thinking about doing some yearbooks to collect articles for players and referees, so a megabook covering an entire region is not out of the question. Time will tell – right now I'm focused on producing three more issues of NOD this year and publishing the basic version of PARS FORTUNA.
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Here's a site for public domain superheroes
http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Public_Domain_Super_Heroes
there might be something there (says the man who doesn't have the brain to figure public domain/OGL/GSL/creative commons etc)
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Oh, and thank you (in advance) for the blog post đŸ™‚
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Acrobatic Flea – thank you sir! That wiki hits the spot. I might go ahead and convert some of those public domain heroes using my little system – heck, one image I just found might just be the cover of NOD #5!
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