I would love to contribute whatever I could. I actually work as an editor for my day job, in-between my fanciful aspirations of writing, so I'd be happy to offer whatever assistance I could in that regard.

A lot of this stuff does in fact get posted on the main EP site under 'resources' (for example, the character sheet generator, which is *FANTASTIC* and indespensible). I think this wiki is going to get a lot of traffic, equivalent to the Sixth World wiki for SR (especially as we get more additional books to catalog).

And I have domain space too. Can set up an editorial forum or drupal if need be. As long as we get a set page background (or a different background for each type of entry) I can do layout. Art might be more difficult to acquire.

Wherever it ends up is fine. Just an offer. Now in the spirit of open source, I offer this link http://www.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus Tables are a bit of a pain to work with, but not impossible.

This sounds very interesting to me. I like the idea of a group that creates fan based content but takes the time to make sure the content doesn't have contradictory material within it and that the content makes since within the scope of the universe. I would like to volunteer my services as well. I am a theater tech primarily focused in carpentry but have been trained as a director and dramaturge, I have been the dramaturge on several shows and feel that the skills I gained in this position would benefit the current effort as a community reviewer. For those who do not know what a dramaturge does I will attempt to explain the relevant skills. I teach and provide the actors with historical and linguistically relevancy for them to use to understand the play and the world the play is set in. In other words I help maintain the continuity of the play by giving the actors the understanding they need for the play, an understanding of the world and language used, as well as any useful information that will help them or the director delve into the world of the play. Basically a content editor for the actors. If this is something you are looking for please let me know as I would be more than happy to help out, with the project in this or any other capacity that you need. My only drawback is that I am new to the game, but I am used to working under tight schedules as I usually only have two to three weeks of lead time on my shows. Red

Our goal is to push out two episodes by GenCon, with each episode being approximately 20 minutes long, and possibly spaced with fake (and real?) commercials. The opening one is planned to be more playful and silly, sort of in the style of 'This American Life'. The second one will likely be more dramatic, in the style of Hitchcock or Chandler (and possibly span two episodes, for a total of 40 minutes). My sister works with some theater people locally, so I'm hoping to recruit from that for local voice talent. I'll be teaching myself how to operate the sound system and looking for some free (or cheap) sounds I can put in. My wife and I are serving as writers, directors and investors in the project. Unfortunately, she works full time ++ and I work full time, so things aren't always zooming at full speed.

@TBRMInsanity- Although currently I am very new to the system, which is a negative point to my detriment, and have only read the Quickstart rules, I will be picking up the PDFs of the entire game line this week to start delving into the world more thoroughly. I also absorb information quickly as it is a part of my day to day job and feel that I could be up to speed, on the environment that the world is set in, by the end of this month. As far as my ability to keep up with the world and product line, I will say that, if I am on the review committee then I will pick up each supplement as it is released to stay on top of the system. I take my commitments very seriously even if they are of a volunteer nature. :) I think that what you are proposing is a great idea and would love to be a part of it in any capacity that you deem fit, even if it is solely as a contributer. :) As for my ability to work as a part of a larger committee, I have the following to my credit, in additional to those outlined above. I was a play tester for several systems. I was credited in Gama World for the Alternaty game system by Wizards of the coast as well as play testing Return to White Plume Mountain for the 3rd edition Dungeons and Dragons system by the same company. I was assistant to the regional storyteller for Mage the Awakening within White Wolf's Camarilla fan club as well as a play tester for the Vampire the requiem LARP system. I currently am a play tester for the Hero system under Darren Watts in his NYC game. I worked on the maps for Kazei-5 a hero system product by BlackWyrm games, and did the translation and demo work for demos of Degenesis at Gencon for the, at the time FanPro an then later changed to, Catalyst Game Lab Demo team. @nezumi.hebereke- Yes, I would love to take a look at what you have. If you want send me your current deadlines and what you wish from me as far as feed back, and I will get to work looking it over. I will PM you my email address so you can contact me off the forum if you so choose. Red

I think we'll need a place to hash out the details on layout content and the like.

That's where I put the stuff I'm workin' on.

Gee4orce wrote:

I have a template document for Apple's Pages app that closely re-creates the look of the published EP material. See an example of the output here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2190127/EP/Advanced%20Combat.pdf

I've been working on the same thing from InDesign. I have the left-hand and right-hand page numbering elements in Adobe Illustrator and .SVG format if that's helpful. I messaged Adam Jury to make sure it was fine to re-use those elements with proper Creative Commons attribution and he said it was as long as we avoided using the icons that appear next to the AR window elements.

I can't access google docs at work, so expect me to be quiet except on Fridays (one of the few sites that are blocked. No idea why.) However, just to be clear, what precisely are we working on? There's The Eye, which provides fan-created material, and the wiki, which can contain both canon and fan-based material. So how is this one different? Is it just... faster?

nezumi.hebereke wrote:

However, just to be clear, what precisely are we working on? There's The Eye, which provides fan-created material, and the wiki, which can contain both canon and fan-based material. So how is this one different? Is it just... faster?

Please correct me if I am wrong in what I am about to say. To me it seems to be about options. giving GMs options for use in there games. During the OGL explosion of D&D 3rd edition many GMs had numerous options to use within their game system. They had new equipment, feats, and classes that allowed a player to choose several thousands of options for use for their character. Some of these where non-regulated fan creations and some of them where creations that went through a regulatory community, such as a game company or community project to make sure that they had a certain level of balance and consistency. In many games I played during this time period many GMs would tell you which sources you could use to draw character information from, "you may use core books or books from the mongoose line of fantasy play aids and so on, and which ones you could not, "nothing from the blah setting or books." The Eye is one of the sources currently usable to GMs for Eclipse phase, that is striving to edit their material for publication within the context of their fanzine. Other companies or fan sites will eventually do the same, such as ours. Each one with its own individual understanding and interpretation on the Eclipse Phase universe. What we will allow in our community document will be different than what the Eye or others will allow in theirs. Non of which are wrong but each will be unique. This creates options for the GM, as well as for the players. In my games I will allow material from core Posthuman Studios books as well as fan created material from the, insert the name of our project here, or the Eye Fanzine. I may at the same time not agree with, insert another fanzine or community project's name here's view on the universe and what is balance, and thus disallow the use of that material in my games. So in short, possible not faster or better or even different, but the importance of having many resources in progress and not just adhering to one is that material will start to stream out of the community, as a whole, at a regular rate, which in turn, elevates production pressure from each other. The game has a stream of constant releases in the form of community projects, fanzines and official releases. This stream of releases keeps the game moving forward and fresh and allows a larger pool of creative minds to express themselves through their individual projects. Red

This would centralize the content with other fan based content. Anyone else's thoughts? Red

On the question of third-party materials for EP:

nezumi.hebereke wrote:

... so as long as you aren't selling for profit, I believe the answer is 'yes'.

Let me ask for some clarity here: If had a concept for a sci-fi/fantasy 'zine, designed to be sold for, say $5 on rpgnow.com, that occasionally included optional 3rd-party rules or scenarios for popular games including EP as well as Pathfinder (for example), plus the typical interviews and other items found in these - would the PHS crew object to that? Just testing the waters.

Actually, that's not at all unreasonable. In fact from what I understand that's a rather inexpensive licensing fee. If I had it presently I would immediately pay it. At any rate, I'm very glad that the kickstarter for Transhuman has been so successful. I would like to see PHS make some money on the more hand-over-fist level.