Elysium Release Schedule

April 2011

• Finish Magic
• Separate all rules and topics into four quadrants:
  1. Core
  2. House
  3. Setting
  4. Supplementary
• Review the entire book in 4 marathon, weekend sessions.
• Outline goals for each quadrant as "Need", "Want", "Omit (until next version)"
• Set concrete deadlines for Jon and Dusty's respective Setting sections.

May 2011

• Complete edits on the book in 2 marathon editing sessions followed

by 2 marathon review sessions.

• Develop marketing angles (e.g. buy a few dozen ancient (pre-17th

century) silver or gold coins on eBay for ~10-20$ a piece and offer one free with each purchase of a "Starter Kit" which would include a printed, bound rulebook, emblazoned dice bag, official set of game dice, etc. -- nerds love shit like that -- e.g. example from eBay

• Develop BASIC website (basic in functionality, not written in VB :cP)

June 2011

• Review positions in various markets, plan convention appearances

thru 12/2011 (at LEAST 3)

• Work out relationships with local game shops (I have two connections

in NJ and one in NY I can leverage) to get orders onto shelves, free shelf space, and/or permission to run in-store events for Elysium.

• Histories and other Setting details up on the Otherworld and (Jon

what's the haps on the latest name for your setting) community pages

• Playtest with players using the online system (short campaign; 4-5 sessions)

July 2011

• Launch party