Happy New Year from the Folks at Ostensible Cat!

OK, really it is only me here at Ostensible Cat, but sometimes with all the things I've got going on (not to mention the voices in my head, wait...what?) sometimes it feels like quite a production. At any rate, I wish you all a happy and prosperous 2011. I've got quite a few projects I want to see to completion this year so my first task will be to prioritize things. Looks like Basalt Keep of Wilven the Yellow and the Delve! boardgame will be at the top of the list. Then my campaign to include some house rules (but of course) as well as another adventure entitled Sinister Sightings at Dustchaple Downs. Actually, that last one is one I'd been working on and off for years. But I mean it this time!

Oh yeah, let me know what you think of the new look. I'm also going to beg and plead with my lovely bride to help update my art portfolio web site. It's been well over a year since I've updated that site and it needs some attention (as well as a place to show some of the new work I've been doing for folks like Joe and Suzi over at Expeditious Retreat Press).

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  1. PorkyJanuary 2, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Happy New Year! It's still new enough after all.

    I like the new look, although it's trickier to read certain of the sections of text. If you can get a sepia effect on the map and change the text colour to a deep blue, it ought to work even better. The effect is of a larger space, and a strange space with all those tunnels to explore, very apt for the subject matter.

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  2. XyanthonJanuary 2, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    Thanks Porky. I'll look into playing with the map and text. I'm continually tinkering with the layout so this is probably always going to be transitional.

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