The picture is of the new terrain/beasts Les Freres Corses have established as the next level of their game. Perhaps some additional information is in order. The pale blue strip with the black things in it is a river full of black leeches. It's in the bottom of a canyon (as represented by the brownish sides. The green in the upper left hand corner is the fertile ground where one glitch (a new creature represented by a miniature from the Army of the Dead from LotR), a few goblins, and a transparent with some young reside. Most of the action happens in the pink zone, which also has a glitch, dingos (represented by warg figures), goblins, 2 trolls, longrads (represented by the pens), and two dragons (smaller dinosaur figures with duct tape for wings--and not to be confused with the enormous T-Rex figure partially visible on the right). The T-Rex is an NPC recruited by one of the freres from 2 levels back. During the most recent turn, T-Rex was slain by that dragon among the longrads (but I suspect the frere will get it resurrected on the next level). In other casualties, Derek McCau took a goblin arrow through the throat and crossed over the transient threshold of mortality (he'll probably be back next level as well), and Darth Vader failed a morale check and ran all the way back to the DeLorean to find his courage and heal his wounds.
The small white paper tank at the very top is actually the DeLorean in which the gang travels from level to level. In the previous level it was fueled by longrad eggs to make the jump. The protagonists--Darth Vader and friends (in addition to T-Rex and the late Mr. McCau), who include Steel McCat (yes, we keep making that joke), Eldon Zyrax, along with a transparent and its offspring (the latter two both still in the DeLorean)--are tasked with slaying a dragon and all the goblins to complete the level. There may also be a side quest that I don't recall. I'm only there to provide occasional sound effects, roll dice for monsters, and assure that there's some semblance of regularity to the play. In fact, the big accomplishment for this level was getting one frere to limit his free move to an objectively measurable distance--previously the free move ability had completely swallowed the movement rule and allowed him to move Darth Vader as far as he wanted while he counted out seven seconds; in other words, he could move pretty much wherever he wanted. We're making progress in small increments and having fun along the way.
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In writing news: Today I received notice of acceptance on an another short story--this time in an anthology. You may depend on me to talk more about it when the publication comes out in the very near future. I still have another story out there that I believe has been accepted (if so, it would make 3 for the year), but nothing definitive has been provided, and the publication for which it was submitted has been delayed at least twice.
I didn't get as much writing done as I had hoped on book 6 of the Tomahawks and Dragon Fire Series because of other responsibilities, but what I did write was great. These last chapters are full of tension and action involving fire, ice, tomahawks, knives, spears, and gunpowder--to name some particular elements. It's only the title that eludes me. I came very close to adopting one, but it just didn't seem right. I also just finished Richard III, and there were some quotes I liked, but I had already decided that only the first three books would have titles taken from Shakespeare quotes, so I'm looking to Thomas Paine, John Adams, or some other founder or character in the series to speak the appropriate title.
Here's a clue about the short story:
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