• Finally received the Hell for Leather books. I guess that means that pre-order time is over! #fb
• They took my blood and they took my teeth, but I refused to pay with cash.
• #HellForLeather is now available for DIRECT purchase in print! Do http://cobwebgames.com/index.php/games/hell-for-leather/ for intel. #fb
• Reading #LoveintheTImeofSeid by Matthijs Holter and Jason Morningstar.
• The opening two pages introduce the game’s concept in a friendly, handshake kind of fashion. I like it so far. #LoveintheTImeofSeid
• Incredibly frustrated with an unmentionable part of the distribution process. Grrr.
• HfL mini budget: 14 bundles sold from direct sales (only 25 left). Not sure if I’m going to do a reprint, so if you want a copy in print #fb #
• …I’d recommend dropping by the shop to be sure. #fb #
• Just received Annalise FINAL EDITION. Fucking gorgeous. I’d like to read, play and review it before winter. Yummy.
• How is Hell for Leather a story game? A mini-interview. #fb http://cobwebgames.com/index.php/hflpodcast1/
• I woke up thinking about a “random question table” for character generation. Neato. That’ll go in wota. #halfasleepdesign

Sebastian Hickey is interviewed by his brother (Jason Hickey) during a Skype conversation on story gaming in Hell for Leather. This is an informal overview of Hell for Leather intended for mainstream roleplaying gamers.

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• 00:10 How does Hell for Leather tell stories?
• 00:17 VIDEO LINK FOR THE DICE TOWER!
• 00:55 What assistance do the game mechanics provide?
• 05:37 Are there meaningful choices during play?
• 09:42 What kind of experience does Hell for Leather deliver?

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It lead to eyeball juice being squirted everywhere, a spleen rupturing against a windscreen and, if I remember it right, a man weeping as he realised his impending death.”