Help testing? squawk@gameartsguild.com

We have had some helpful editorial feedback from the RPG.net forums. We have rethought some of the book structure as a result, and so far we are:

• dividing the book into two sections, one for players and one for GMs,
  
• massively reworking the introduction to explain the book better,
  
• giving a very brief genesis story for Abaddon, (something we have never done before,)
  
• clarifying that you really must read most of the appendix and intelligent species sections before trying to generate a character (least bit actually play,)
  
• creating a more robust table of contents, and
  
• moving the intelligent species section back to before the characters section.
  

Editorial opinions are appreciated, and that forum is a great place to put that kind of feedback. However, what we need more is a few groups of players & GMs to try to play through the book, and let us know what parts of the book are too difficult or too easy. We realize that the Squawk RPG beta PDF we put out is not as clear on how to play this game as we had assumed. If you want help understanding the Squawk RPG beta PDF so that you can help us with testing, e-mail squawk@gameartsguild.com and we will answer your questions as quickly as possible.

Squawk RPG beta is now

From now until the end of July 2010 we are inviting the general public to test the Squawk Role-Playing Game. Download the beta version of the Squawk RPG book. We are looking for feedback from players and game masters, especially about which parts of the game are too easy or too difficult. Please e-mail feedback to: squawk@gameartsguild.com

The size of the book is 177 pages, with a page size of 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Most of the book is one massive adventure or "campaign". We will use feedback from this beta testing to perfect the final version of the book, which we hope to release before the end of August.

Pre-Beta editing complete

We finished the pre-beta editing for the Squawk Role-Playing Game earlier today. Now we are putting a beta PDF together for testing purposes. Once the PDF is ready, we'll officially announce that beta testing is open to the public. That announcement will be on this site, and a similar invitation will be on the RPG.net forums.