HeroPress Reborn ...

Today marked the tentative unveiling of the new look HeroPress "play-by-forum" game on the good old worldwide interweb. Based on a reimagining of a world originally created for a "play-by-snail mail" game back in the Dark Ages (ie 1987 ... before email, internet etc etc).

I had planned the game - this campaign being The Knight City Chronicles - to be a face-to-face, tabletop game for myself, Clare, Nick and Pete; but I have felt quite unwell since Christmas and I've realised that since my stroke (about 18 months ago) my concentration is not what it used to be and probably isn't actually up to the rigours of gamesmastering a real sitdown game.

So what to do? Well, I had this detailed background all ready and waiting (Knight City), players chomping at the bit and a deep well of enthusiasm ... so I went back to first principals and thought about methods I had used before that had worked very well. And the answer was: HeroPress. But dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.

I am already playing in an excellent play-by-forum game elsewhere on the web and so this was the final piece of the puzzle.

E-Invitations have been sent out, story seeds have been planted for players who already had characters ready, now I just have to sit back to wait and see what happens next ...