Another failure on my part.
Went to the office, had the room to myself, sat on customer calls all day, ate a short-rib-between-grilled-rice-cakes burger thing. May or may not have done any actual work.
Read (short story): Peacock on Parade (CE Murphy): Every time Kit writes about a bird shifter, it’s more alarming. I’m pretty sure that after Colorado Shifters and Irish Zoo Shifters, the next spinoff series is going to be Reign of the Dinosaurs II: Theropod Boogaloo. Also the female lead from this book is someone from TooMUSH.
Read (game): Rebels of the Outlaw Wastes (Michael Addison): Wandering heroes against the post-apocalyptic oppressors! The GM is also the voice on the radio that provides mysterious information. Pick your apocalypse and wasteland and oppressors, or make up your own, pick a playbook (ex-oppressor, robot, mutant, whatever), and have wild adventures. The system is fairly basic larger-dice-for-higher-skill, spend successes to get additional benefits, with the twist that if you accomplish enough with a skill you get a sticker to put on your character sheet. The book comes with a complete set of stickers, but I guess after that you need to draw them yourself.
Written (game design): 173. Still not sure that my initial ideas weren’t all wrong.