It is no secret that I’m a huge fan of running a game with some background music. Some of the other Gnomies from Gnome Stew and I share the love of  music, and you should check out these articles on music in games. Creating Deep and Simple Playlists What Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog Can Teach You About GMing That isn’t what this post is about though. This post is about a really great resource to use to make great ever-changing music playlists. That resource is...

  Here at Silvervine Labs (which are only slightly less fun than Muppet Labs) we’ve made a breakthrough in character sheet technology. With hours and hours of endless research (ok, I changed a setting that I didn’t know about before) we have made the Interactive Character sheet able to be saved with form information intact.   Unlike most character sheet PDFs out there*, the Silvervine Games Character sheet can be filled out electronically and then saved  to your...

I’ve just finished running the final official playtesting game before the core rulebook is released. This game was a test of high level play and had an awesome ending.   General conclusions? Silvervine plays much like other games at higher levels. "Regular" challenges are easy for players (especially in the ever-telescoping party we played with) but they can still be challenged with special powers and interesting strategies. High level play in Silvervine is much more...

  After a small amount of work, we have the SVG Newsblog all set up.  If you are using the old newsfeed, switch it over in the next week or so. The old feed will shortly disappear into the ether.   New Feed: http://www.silvervinegames.com/blog/feed/ What You Can Expect From The New Newsblog News Updates Developer Diaries in one concise place Sneak previews of new projects Silvervine insights direct from the developers Gaming advice Information about new contests like the...