Games - The Mad Monks (and more games from OVS...)

Well, playtesting has gone well on my new game, The Mad Monks, and there is now a version to download free from the yahoo group. Comments and reviews are, as ever, welcome of course. It is the 'Night of Madness' at Bierbrau Monastery where one fortunate monk will get the Chance to taste the beer they produce throughout the year. The beer barrel must travel throughout the monastery and the monk who gets it to his cell wins. However, monks may attempt to chastise (hit) or berate (shame) their brethren to win the barrel from them and steal the game. Presiding over all of this is the Abbot, who tolerates little tomfoolery and maintains the monastery's strict rules.

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/madmonks/

In early 2009 I hope to offer all of my current games for free download, with more luxurious pdf versions for sale for a modest sum (I'm currently estimating £2 each). My hope is that my games can make a contribution to the cost of maintaining the website. Just as I tried to rationalise what I was doing with my comics work in 2008 (collecting Solar Wind and moving all my other comics to Omnivistascope) I hope I can get the games sorted in early 2009. I've had some great ideas for getting some of the games ready and available and hope to invite a few friends to join me with some of their games that I enjoy playing.

Most of all I want the games to be played. Too many of them have been hiding in the dark all of this time. If it's successful, it should also spur me on to produce more games. I have updated the Games section, adding The Mad Monks, The Workshop and general updates. There is much planned for the new year!

Happy Christmas Gaming