The Shipping Forecast

Devlog

• Cover art test
  June 10, 2023 by rthorm

  Earlier this week was World Ocean Day (June 7), and, in learning about that, I found an artist named Ivan Aivazovsky, and, more specifically, this painting titled " Night at Gurzuf " It's getting me r... Continue reading

  
• Initial Trade Commodities & Goods
  August 12, 2022 by rthorm

  The section on Trade was eluding me for a while, but I have something of an initial pass at it now. Along with it, I started to put together some thoughts about the trade system, but also somewhat app... Continue reading
• On Weather
  July 30, 2022 by rthorm

  This is the first part that feels like a complete segment of rules. The rules in On Weather allow for the tracking of the weather the ship encounters over the course of its voyage. There are two chara... Continue reading
• Register of Ship
  July 26, 2022 by rthorm

  The Register of Ship form, which is a kind of character sheet for the ship, is now available as a blank PDF. I've started with this to create a playtest, going through and creating the ship and testin... Continue reading

  
• Update on Wealth and Shipping
  July 10, 2022 by rthorm

  Started to write some thoughts about the trade system for dealing with commodities. I've been stuck with thinking about how it might work, and realized that, instead of trying to think it into place,... Continue reading
• Update 5-27
  May 27, 2022 by rthorm

  A couple more paragraphs added to the text. Starting to think about the frequency of events/encounters, and making that dependent on some characteristics of the waters being sailed through. The questi... Continue reading