v1.2 + printer-friendly and audiobook options


Hello! We're back with version 1.2. There have been a few tweaks: some borders that weren't where they should be, fixing one of the hyperlinks, and changing the example rolls to use the Dicier font like in the Lock sections.

There is now also a printer-friendly version that has a white background and black text (including the cover, though I'm not sure anyone would want to print that anyway), with accents still in purple. I didn't know if it would be beneficial to make the whole thing in black and white, but if anyone would like that, just let me know! As it is, you can still print this in b&w, the purple parts will just turn out a dark gray.

I have also added an audiobook version where I read the rules out loud. It's not a perfect in-order reading because I optimized a few things to make it easier to follow if you're playing primarily from listening rather than having the book open next to you. For example, I put all the "about the game" type stuff together in one track, including the acknowledgments which are at the end of the book. I hope that's of help to people who might want to hear the rules rather than stare at the PDF. Or if you want to, I dunno, listen to me read the success conditions for the locks over and over so you can memorize them, now you can...? There's a free "demo file" of one of the tracks so you can give it a try and see if you like my voice well enough to listen to the whole thing.

We've met the first stretch goal so I'm working on a character sheet. Thank you so much for all the interest and support!! The sheet will probably be more on the simple side, but hopefully it makes gameplay a bit easier. I'm pretty partial to keeping tallies and checkmarks on a cute piece of stationery paper, currently!

Files

Locking Out the Apocalypse (spread) v1.2 6.5 MB
4 days ago
Locking Out the Apocalypse (single pages) v1.2 4.3 MB
4 days ago
Locking Out the Apocalypse (printer friendly) v1.2 4 MB
4 days ago
Locking Out the Apocalypse audiobook.zip 42 MB
4 days ago
Audiobook demo - Introduction 1.9 MB
4 days ago

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Um, the cover is legitimately a delight and if I'm going to print this I'm absolutely printing the cover while I'm at it. The only reason I wouldn't is if I decided to print the cover from the full color version instead ;)

Never had an audiobook for a ttrpg before, it's really a neat add-on! You should definitely take LOA 2. Introduction and make a short out of it. Or maybe even the first bit of LOA 3. A Home in the Abyss.

Aww I'm glad! Husbirb worked hard on the art, too, so it makes me happy that people like how it turned out. I think the "printer friendly" cover looks pretty cool.

It's an idea that has been floating around awhile and I wanted to try it since this rulebook is pretty short. I'm planning on doing a LOA stream soon but I like the idea of shorts to preview the audiobook tracks!