Well, I've gotten large parts of The Pytheas Club written already--the intro, the club section, the sample adventure, and the sample PCs. I've also got several appendices. The big hunk of work that I have to do next is going to be writing the world section, what there is and what's going on politically, culturally and scientifically (And no, Sherlock Holmes won't be written for another 10 years at least.)

I think I'm going to put a timeline in this one that shows when certain things happen in relation to the game.

Well, I sent my final writer's draft off to the Creative Director this past weekend. I tried to address the concern of most of the people who commented to me, but I suspect there will still be some parts that need tweaking.

This weekend I will need to mock up a light table and make some maps of East Africa and of some of the more important pieces of coast. I may need to beg help from Mr. Burnett in making these things that belong in a game book (Dad was the artist in my family.)

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