Aetherco/Dreamcatcher Comes to SCI-FI CHANNEL'S SCIFI.CON 3.0

Posted: AD 1998 09.23   Edited: AD 1999 04.08
Over Halloween weekend, SCIFI CHANNEL hosted its third annual online convention.

New CºNTINUUM Scenario Premiered at SHORECON '98

Posted: AD 1998 08.31; Edited & Amended: AD 1998 09.23
We were there, at the Hilton Cherry Hill NJ; September 17-20, 1998, demonstrating an all-new CºNTINUUM scenario, "No Such Thing As Ghosts". We had many repeat players, anxious for a fresh adventure. Set in Harrisburg, PA, the characters soon discovered that disasters of the past can never be left behind by a time traveller... Thrills, scares, new CºNTINUUM devotees and bookie odds over who had to die were created that weekend.

SHORECON

Aetherco/Dreamcatcher Comes to SPECTRUM
Manui Sweeps DRAGONCON

Posted: AD 1998 08.31; Edited: AD 1998 09.23
Over Labor Day weekend, we repeated the experiment, and again appeared in two places at the same time.
At SPECTRUM, Double Exposure's new event, Dave Fooden and Chris Adams will were at Dave's booth demonstrating CºNTINUUM to some of the best gamers on the East Coast. Attendees to SPECTRUM enjoyed our full-length game demos of the "Death Hand of St. No-One" scenario.

SPECTRUM       DRAGONCON

While explaining the background of the CºNTINUUM universe, fans were startled at the innovative concept of time travel we were proceeding from. The societal nature of the Continuum was what kept these hardcore sf fanatics interested. Even elder fans racked their brains to find similarities to other stories: while a few came up, time travel tales at all like our game seem very few indeed.

Chris Adams confesses that bribery made have played a small part in influencing the actual gamers, as Aetherco borrowed a card from Double Exposure's deck in providing free munchies to the Hilton's game room throughout much of the con. But the food was merely the hook: the real addiction was the challenge of the game itself.

"The first demo ran a little long," he recounts, "so we decided to play the last, critical battle at the booth the next morning at 10 am. For the first time in years, I seriously overslept, and didn't get there till noon! I missed the players, but apparently they woke up that early in the morning after a night's worth of play just to wrap up the game. The folks manning the Steve Jackson booth next door told me they had hung around for awhile, wondering where I was. F&#@!* Narcissists sabotaged my alarm..."

The second demo went swimmingly, with the largest-ever crew of spanners engaging in Time Combat. Eight players of widely different attitudes and ages all enjoyed a complete round of "Death Hand" complete with questions about the CºNTINUUM universe, false starts, and riotous mishaps. But when Time Combat came around at the end of the scenario, by working together their sheer numbers and flawless execution made mincemeat of an antagonist 100 times more powerful than any one of their individual characters.

Each bought a copy of the book, one bought two. At least two onlookers also purchased copies.

By the end of Bucconeer, Chris had only one copy left on the table, though he eventually found a couple more stashed back in his room. A near sell-out. And the fact that dozens of non-gamer time travel fans found CºNTINUUM unique and intriguing has encouraged us to pursue avenues of writing narrative fiction based on the universe. Write Aetherco for complete Writer and Artist Guidelines for game scenarios and fiction.

Co-author Dave Fooden reports that one outlet of the Strategist has sold out of CºNTINUUM, and that all are asking for more copies, including the King-of-Prussia store. Restocking is under weigh, even as the team revises and updates the rules for the next version, and prepares for the big conventions.

 Each demo resulted in sales of the game, and smiles of satisfaction. Our thanks goes out to all our recent players, and we hope to see you all around the table again soon!

 This after an interview with two of the authors of the game, Barbara Manui & Chris Adams. The interview revealed certain secrets about the nature of the CºNTINUUM world, and the production schedule of the game that are available nowhere else.

 Steve Fritz is also responsible for the Steve Jackson Games gaming track at Worldcon this year.

Read the review.

CºNTINUUM^TM First Went On Sale at Our East Coast Game Faire Booth

AD 1998 03.27 Edited 05.25
 It's PRE-RELEASE v.0.5 and "It's all good," according to co-creator Dave Fooden. "It's been a strange, strange road," says co-creator Chris Adams. "Mostly doubling back on itself. But that works..." "Tempus fugit," says producer Barbara Manui.

Cºntinuum^TM Demo'ed Again at Gamer's Con

AD 1998 03.26
 Our latest stop playtesting CºNTINUUM was Multigenre's Gamer's Con IV, March 20-22, AD1998, in Cherry Hill, NJ. The scenario was "Open Agenda", first played at Dreamation, earlier this year. Co-creators Barbara Manui, Chris Adams, and Dave Fooden re-honed the original, and studied the reactions and feedback from two more demo sessions.

Dave Fooden Art at White Wolf Site

Original Work for Sale

Ongoing; Posted: AD 1998 03.08
 CºNTINUUM co-creator Dave Fooden has many of his best works for the World of Darkness on display and on sale at the White Wolf Games website.

www.white-wolf.com   Fooden Gallery   Write Dave for details.
 

Cºntinuum^TM Playtest Success at Dreamation

AD 1998 03.04   Edited.

 Co-creators Barbara Manui, Chris Adams and Dave Fooden presented an advance peek at CºNTINUUM, the time-travelling roleplaying game. Our first playtest was a big hit at Dreamation, and we're planning more for this Spring at cons on the East Coast.

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