Update: Rules are approaching 18 pages (not including front/back cover). No new art to show, although I have at least three diagrams, three pages of equipment spreads, and three illustrations marked with placeholders in the rules. Will be a challenge to pull this all together!
I want to share the introduction, so y’all have a bit more idea of the story:
In the year 21XX, The Industrial Oversight Union had almost wrested control of the world economy from the former political elite.
But a deviously clever software suite, dubbed “The Singular”, suddenly arose in computer systems, networks, and robotics worldwide.
Spreading like wildfire, the Singular quickly amassed legions of cyborgs, military drones, and smart industrial hardware – as well as controlling most of the power, communication, and transportation systems of the world.
No one knows whether the Singular is a virus developed to hamstring the I.O.U. that outshone its creators, or a General Intelligence naturally emerging from the networked world.
But this is certain: If it continues to grow and evolve, the I.O.U. and all other technological human civilizations will be, finally and fully, subsumed into the machine – or eradicated.
This is the story of one fireteam of I.O.U. soldiers and their battle for survival against a former auxiliary…
I’m already thinking about the next version, hahah. Would love to have a few more pages of story and setting, as well as an example turn or two to demonstrate the rules. It could easily be 30+ pages. But I won’t get ahead of myself…
Any thoughts on the art or writing style so far?
Edit: Still left to do:
Five illustrations, four diagrams, a two-page spread, two one-page spreads, some definitions, fleshing out the victory conditions, ending credits, finalizing table of contents, back cover. Locked in at 20 pages (including the front/back covers). Also, the separate Status Report page, which will be a biggie.