Alter Moderns

Devlog

• Rulebook complete
  February 02, 2022 by thecybersteam

  The rules of the game feel basically complete. Any general copyediting and mechanical adjustments at this point are likely too small to warrant any updates. Layout, readability and art are now what ar... Continue reading
• Work (still) in Progress
  July 14, 2021 by thecybersteam

  Updates here may be infrequent, but I'm still very actively adjusting and playing this game. I started playing a campaign with this ruleset the same week as the Covid-19 pandemic forced me and my grou... Continue reading
• General Update
  January 12, 2021 by thecybersteam

  Hello friends and potential players! It's been a few months but I wanted to post here as an indication that this project is still under active construction and in the coming months I will have an exci... Continue reading
• Welcome to the PbtA family and other updates!
  September 30, 2020 by thecybersteam

  I'm very pleased and humbled to announce that Alter Moderns will officially be joining the PbtA family with Apocalypse World co-designer Vincent Baker's blessing. In the meantime, I've also been bus... Continue reading

  
• Title Change and ongoing updates
  August 13, 2020 by thecybersteam

  First big change: new name. The game is now called Alter Moderns , which I think better fits the game's aspirational quality. I like the active verb "alter" in front of the plural noun "moderns" bec... Continue reading

  
• Update and Future Plans
  July 23, 2020 by thecybersteam

  General copyediting remains the biggest ongoing projects but in doing so I've managed to remove and streamline some redundant rules and moves. I've clarified some terminology and, hopefully, made the... Continue reading
• Playbook patches
  July 03, 2020 by thecybersteam

  As I've been paring down and specifying unnecessary rules, I've also had to make some fairly substantial changes to the playbooks and how they work. That means that more-major-than-expected changes ha... Continue reading

  
• Balance and Readability Patch
  June 23, 2020 by thecybersteam

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  I've been picking away at the game's mechanics here and there after every testing session and it usually takes a number of smaller changes that sneak up on me and turn into a paradigm shift for the ga... Continue reading
• Further updates and copyediting
  June 12, 2020 by thecybersteam

  While I haven't implemented new rules for some time, the rules that do exist are under constant revision and adjustment. Much of the rulebook has needed clarification and editing out redundant or awkw... Continue reading
• Updates and Copyediting
  May 02, 2020 by thecybersteam

  Alterity remains an ongoing project with a lot of rules being clarified, streamlined and edited for general clarity. I haven't been as vigilant here as I have been with my ongoing updates of the game... Continue reading
• Revisions, Edits, Updates, Oh My!
  March 31, 2020 by thecybersteam

  Since leaving the nest, Alterity has still been undergoing a number of minor copyediting and balancing changes. Most of the game remains the same but I'm always working to make it read clearer, catch... Continue reading