At the moment I'm working on a new cyberpunk project, one that has no connection to either Cyberpunk 2020 or CyberGeneration. Other than the likelihood of it being released in printed format ready for the gaming conventions in summer, there isn't a lot I can say about it at the moment. It's different, that's for sure, but it will be a full-sized gaming environment, not just a sourcebook or a gaming supplement. While it is based on an existing game engine/license, there are significant changes being made to give it the dark future balance.
Some of the other projects I am working on seem to be up in the air at the moment. The Cyberpunk 2020 sourcebook on the aftermath of the 4th Corporate War, the long-awaited third book in the Firestorm trilogy has been on haiatus for a year now. The third draft was delivered to R.Talsorian Games in December 2008 but its actual publication date is unknown. I just hope we don't have to wait as long for this as we did for V3.
The Assassin's Cloak project has taken several turns in the last few months. It originally encompassed the story of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby and the circle of people around him, his suspicious death and the possible links between his murder and that of several other contemporary people. Part of the evolution of the project included looking further at Guy Fawkes. Not that he has any connection to the Earl, but there are a decided lack of solid academic resources on one of histories most infamous individuals.
Many years ago I wrote an article on the slim possibility Fawkes married and his wife bore a son, just prior to his departure for Flanders. It still seems to get some commentary across the internet, and the online biography I wrote seems to be spreading further afield each year as well. So the idea of a detailed biography on Fawkes offers a strong appeal both to me as a researcher (and a recognized authority on the subject) and to a wider public who would certainly gain insight from such a book. It has also garnered a lot of encouragement from friends and associates who agree that a definitive work on Guy Fawkes is overdue.
I have thus consigned both SiG and 1601 to the archives, to be revived one day, but not for a while.
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