var g_astrNews = [4 , "zak", "5/27/2008" , "Over a Year?" , "Fatherhood has been taking up most of my free time, but it looks like others have been picking up the slack for me. First up, Shadows in Polish! An honor and a gorgeous treatment with original art. Another translation, this time in Italian, no frills, but still more flattery than I deserve.

As for new games, you can check out my game design LiveJournal page, updated a little more frequently than this site." , "zak", "5/8/2007" , "Aliens Attack - Shadows Actual Play!" , "Stephen was nice enough to post a play account over at The Forge! You can follow the link at Actual Play." , "zak", "1/15/2007" , "Evolve Actual Play!" , "Discovered some Evolve actual play at Giant in the Playground! Check it out under Actual Play." , "zak", "9/12/2006" , "Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy GBA released!" , "I did some of the programming on this one, which pleases me to no end. If you play the thing, let me know what you think!" , "zak", "8/3/2006" , "Shadows now under Creative Commons License" , "I've released Shadows under a Creative Commons License! Feel free to grab it, mold it, release it, all with gusto." , "zak", "7/20/2006" , "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest GBA in stores!" , "This project's finally out the door! It was a long, rough ride. We managed to mix Castlevania gameplay with simple sailing combat. Hooray!" , "zak", "12/19/2005" , "Chronicles of Narnia GBA is out!" , "Not only is our game out there for purchase, but this morning it was Amazon's top GBA seller!" , "zak", "6/7/2005" , "Chronicles of Narnia for GBA" , "Yeah, yeah. It's not a roleplaying game. I'm allowed to talk about the game I've been programming. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe." , "zak", "4/15/2005" , "Hiatus? Kind of ..." , "Just wanted to mention that I've been very bad at updating the site. It's because I've taken a hiatus from roleplaying in order to pursue my new career. The good news (for me) is that I'm now a video game programmer with Griptonite Amaze (Griptonite was an Amaze studio, but they've removed the studio designations). So expect very few updates except external linkage." , "zak", "4/15/2005" , "Actual Play - Metal Öpera" , "Ron Edwards played Metal Öpera some time ago! I finally put a link in Actual Play." , "zak", "9/30/2004" , "Actual Play - Metal Öpera" , "I totally forgot to add Steve's play account of Metal Öpera! Take a peek in Actual Play." , "zak", "9/24/2004" , "Actual Play - MonkeyWrench" , "Judd went ahead and posted the first incidence of MonkeyWrench I've heard of. I can't wait to hear more! Check out in Actual Play." , "zak", "7/29/2004" , "Z'bri Circle migrated" , "I've moved Z'Bri Circle, my old Tribe 8 fanpage over to Harlekin-Maus. It used to be on Tripod, with all its popup glory. If any of you grabbed the Horrors of the Z'bri sourcebook, there's a bit of behind-the-scenes information." , "zak", "7/9/2004" , "Age of Mythology meets Hordes of the Things" , "Added two new Egyptian armies to the Hordes of the Things page." , "zak", "7/8/2004" , "Shadows at the cabin" , "Spent Independence Day on vacation, and got in some Shadows with my niece and nephew. You can read about it over at the Forge!" , "zak", "6/25/2004" , "Star Wars Shadows in Actual Play" , "Andrew Martin posted his play account of Shadows at this Forge thread. A Star Wars game where (rather than Shadows' child characters) the PCs are Jedi and players declare Light and Dark Side outcomes!" , "zak", "5/19/2004" , "Pax Draconis Sketches" , "I was over at Pax Draconis headquarters, helping to test a supplement, and doodled a ton of alien ideas. You can find the drawings in their player resources section." , "zak", "5/19/2004" , "HMGames Yahoo Group!" , "I'm opening up a Yahoo group to talk about Harlekin-Maus games, both current and those in-development (or you can sling some ideas at me and I'll give you a game). You can find it at over at Yahoo Groups and join here." , "zak", "5/19/2004" , "IGC Anthology" , "Many of the 2004 Iron Game Chef games are going to be entered into an anthology, including my own Terra Australis. The game is currently being edited and I'm doing an illustration for the thing. The anthology will be available at this year's Gen Con Indy." , "zak", "4/23/2004" , "Actual Play update" , 'I added all the games I\'ve ever posted about over at Actual Play. Get my thoughts on diverse games, such as Donjon, D20: Spycraft and Jay Loomis\' upcoming Gallant.' , "zak", "4/20/2004" , "Iron Game Chef" , 'I\'ve entered the Iron Game Chef contest over at the Forge. Terra Australis is, in a pitch, Mike Mignola\'s Hellboy meets Neal Stephenson\'s Baroque Cycle in a shattered vision of H.P. Lovecraft\'s At the Mountains of Madness.

You can see my final entry here.' , "zak", "3/15/2004" , "Sketchbük Update" , "The Sketch-o-Matic feature at the Jon Morris Sketchbük Roleplaying Game has been updated to point to his new sketchbook. Now you've got an entirely new set of doodles to play with!" , "zak", "2/5/2004" , "Tip of the Week!" , 'Shadows is a Roleplaying Tips Tip of the Week! Thanks, Craig!' , "zak", "2/3/2004" , "Hordes of the Wha?" , 'Hordes of the Things! A real simple fantasy wargame which I recently discovered. You can see my army lists here.' , "zak", "1/26/2004" , "Metal Öpera version 2" , 'Prompted by a post on the Forge, I rewrote the Scores section of Metal Öpera. This new version should be even more metal than before.' , "zak", "12/10/2003" , "Another Actual Play" , "The Indie Netgaming crew got on IRC to play another game of Shadows! Take a gander in Actual Play." , "zak", "10/15/2003" , "Antescape Down" , "Seedwiki, the home of Antescape, has taken Antescape down due to inactivity. Seedwiki is requesting a twenty-dollar reactivation fee if I wish to reinstate Antescape. Frankly, that's too much to ask for a concept which sunk shortly after its inception." , "zak", "6/18/2003" , "Hiatus ..." , "As of right now, any updates to Harlekin-Maus are probably not going to happen for at least a few months. Real life intrudes on hobby life. But! I will still be accessible to email, so don't stop dropping by to say hello!" , "zak", "5/9/2003" , "Antescape?" , "I started a fantasy setting (partly in homage to the late Planescape) called Antescape. There are two important points about this: It is set up as a wiki, webpages that anyone can modify, causing Antescape to be completely fan-driven; secondly, its content is covered by a Creative Commons license, meaning that all content is publishable, distributable and modifiable, provided all authors are credited. If you are interested, simply go to the Antescape site and start writing." , "zak", "5/9/2003" , "Indie RPG Awards announced!" , "Shadows won 3rd place for Best Free Game of 2002. Congrats to the winner, Paul Czege, who created a very artful game in Nicotine Girls!" , "zak", "4/20/2003" , "Indie RPG Award Finalist!" , 'Both Shadows and Metal Opera are finalists in the 2002 Indie RPG Awards! Neat, yeah? In addition, Donjon written by Clinton R. Nixon, and designed by the both of us, is up for a few awards. Congratulations, Clinton!' , "zak", "3/27/2003" , "Deplorable Behavior" , 'I\'m working on a Victorian-era gothic horror mixed with a touch of League of Extraordiner Gentlemen. You can join the discussion at this thread on the The Forge.' , "zak", "1/30/2003" , "I'm on a roll!" , 'Two more games In the Works. Bumbling Mummies and the poorly-named Dungpipe. Kudos to anyone who can give me a better name.' , "zak", "1/14/2003" , "Card Games?" , 'I just added two card games to In the Works: Furbeans and Decivilization. I\'m hoping that Harlekin-Maus will print these sometime later this year.' , "zak", "12/17/2002" , "d20!? Undead PCs!!?" , 'I\'m thinking of going commercial next year with various products, d20 and otherwise. They\'ll be in both pdf and cheapie-stapled-pamphlet form (because, like Cheapass Games, I don\'t want to force you to spend money on pointless extras). One of two currently considered d20 items would be the Undead PC Guide. Check out the short-lived discussion.' , "zak", "11/26/2002" , "Hellboy GURPS?" , 'I went ahead and added a link in the Games section to my snippet of Hellboy RPG investigation. Two sample characters and a new psychic power.' , "zak", "11/19/2002" , "Thord of Relings" , 'I\'ve been thinking about that trilogy by some author, what is it, Tollkin or something? The grumblings of a game inspired by its themes can be found In the Works.' , "zak", "11/15/2002" , "Colossuseum" , 'The beginnings of my boardgame, Colossuseum, where you race Chariots around a track. Add Spiky Flails, Sacks o\' Goblins and a Coincidental Albatross and I hope you have a fun game. There\'s enough rules there to play the thing, though you\'ll have to build your own board, cards, etc.' , "zak", "10/29/2002" , "Fighter-D Alpha in Beta!" , 'Fighter-D Alpha rules are now in a beta-testing phase and available for you all to try out. The character sheet is still in ruins, but not to worry. As long as you ignore any little formulas on the thing, you should be fine.' , "zak", "10/23/2002" , "Actual Play" , 'There\'ve been enough people playing these games that I figured I could link to them. You can see the list in Actual Play.' , "zak", "10/17/2002" , "Noche de los Vampiros" , 'Fighting Vampires south of the border, In the Works. Can you survive from dusk until dawn?' , "zak", "10/04/2002" , "In the Works" , 'A new game, Fighter-D, can be found In the Works. It\'s Street Fighter (or King of Fighters) meets Donjon. So grab your six-siders, Danger dice and hadouken away!' , "zak", "09/24/2002" , "Supplements!" , 'Okay, so they\'re not complete supplements, but they\'re free! I\'ll sometimes write supplemental stuff for other games, so why not let you all in on them? Check them out in the Games section.' , "zak", "09/23/2002" , "Art Update" , 'I\'ve added a new piece to the Freelance Art section. I\'m planning on doing some d20 material next year, so here\'s a glimpse.' , "zak", "07/24/2002" , "Prizes?" , "I'm now offering prizes for anyone who reviews my games.

Oh, and the rewrite of Chthonian is coming along well. Playtesting has led to a ton of fun, so expect a shareware/rules-light version soon." , "zak", "06/29/2002" , "MonkeyWrench!" , 'A dash of Shadows, a cup of Dying Earth and a whole heap o\' monkeys!!! Who doesn\'t like playing a monkey escapee trapped on a space station?

I also want to let you know that the monthly games may become bimonthly with the complete and utter rewrite of Chthonian (as a commercial PDF) taking place.' , "zak", "05/20/2002" , "Metal Öpera" , "Heavy Metal gaming. Play a Rocker fighting the oppression of church, government and industry. The game demands that you Rock and Kick Ass up to the very end!" , "zak", "05/16/2002" , "Four more In the Works!" , 'I\'ve added four games to In the Works for all to see. Les Chasseurs, Metal Opera, Plastic Army Men and Space Station Sim.' , "zak", "04/18/2002" , "Shadows Updated" , "Added a bit more content to Shadows: Social contract & Game Moderator " + "suggestions and a Designer rant. The copyright notice now gives " + "permission to use Shadows as an \"educational tool\" which should " + "let teachers use it without worry." , "zak", "04/13/2002" , "Shadows PDF" , "As requested, a pdf version is now available for Shadows!" , "zak", "04/11/2002" , "Shadows" , "April's game is here! This is a game intended for children but " + "intended for any age. In Shadows, you've got one worry: " + "Will you be okay or will your Shadow get you in trouble? " + "Can be played both cooperatively and competitively in the same sitting." , "zak", "03/16/2002" , "In the Works" , 'You may have already noticed In the Works ' + 'as a list of unfinished games. I\'ve updated it to include links to ' + 'any online in-progress! Most of these are at ' + 'Livejournal, so you can ' + 'even leave comments!

Over time the stinkers will stay where ' + 'they are, while the better games will be fully developed and ' + 'brought here to Harlekin-Maus.' , "zak", "02/02/2002" , "Divine Right" , "The game for February is more serious than most of my others. Divine " + "Right centers around personal sacrifice." , "zak", "01/15/2002" , "Cubes" , "January's game is about surviving another day at the office. " + "Uses a standard poker deck and a tangible allocation of cynicism." , "zak", "01/05/2002" , "Harlekin-Maus is here!" , "Announcing the new website ... www.harlekin-maus.com!!" ]; var g_objUsers = { zak: "Zak" }; function DisplayNews (iNumberOfMessages) { DisplayNewsHeader (); DisplayNewsBody (iNumberOfMessages); DisplayNewsFooter (); } function ParseMonth (strDate) { } function DisplayNewsHeader () { var strOut = ""; strOut += '\n' + ' \n' + ' ' + '\n' + ' \n' + '
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