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There are TWO Minions early releases live right now. Gary's ouster from TSR is shared with Expert Minions and above - goes live for all tomorrow morning.
The Tavern's Handbook announcement video also went live, with a download link. That went out to all Minion, Basic, and above. This one will go live on Wednesday morning for all viewers.
I'm beat. I'd take a nap, but it's too close to bedtime ;)
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Working with James Spahn to get an at-cost version up on Lulu. I'll also be looking into using Amazon POD.
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I've had a number of folks message me about a preview of the Tavern's OSR Handbook (or whatever we call it in the end ;) Here's Chapter 1:
tenkars-tavern.games/Chapter1
I'm hoping to release the full version by Wednesday
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I get this question asked daily - when are you going to put all of these tips into a book?
And I've always given the same answer: maybe someday, but not today. It's honestly a lot of work to put together, even from my transcripts. I can devote time to new transcripts and videos OR do the drudge work of converting past videos into book form.
Then I realized - this is a job for Claude!
It's pulling together over 150 videos, sorting them into 10 chapters, and then doing themed breakdowns.
I'll be sharing this with the minions first for feedback and revisions.
The final version will be shared freely with all subscribers (and beyond). I'll see how long that takes. I will likely share the draft first chapter with subscribers early, likely over the weekend.
Although it (the first chapter) is up on the Discord right now... discord.gg/YXdGDM2mU
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Gamers' Health Livestream @ 8PM ET
Let's celebrate Independence Day and avoid the heat wave ;)
youtube.com/live/PxgZbTDbL5w?feature=share
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Bonus video goes live tomorrow, early for Minions right now.
https://youtu.be/MRYSAl-aJNc
I'm really enjoying these history deep dives :)
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I've tweaked the Membership slightly.
$1.99 is now called Expert Minion, and it includes early access to 3 or so videos each week (soon to be 4 a week, hopefully)
There is a NEW level called Basic Minion - $.99 - It includes access to members-only posts and the monthly Member's Only Chat for the AMA, but does NOT include early access to videos.
I didn't want to remove access to the early releases from current members and I figured this was a good solution :)
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