Karavansara

East of Constantinople, West of Shanghai


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Back from Lucca

10540909_635917346522604_2164219406474007097_nI just got back from Lucca, a nice Renaissance town in central Italy where I attended the first two days of Lucca Comics & Games, Europe’s largest comics and games convention/fair (and the second largest in the world, or so they told me).

I was there to present my own work – I did a Savage Worlds/Deadlands campaign book called Messico e Nuvole. A little book that allows SW and Deadlands players add some more spaghetti to their western.
And just as Italian directors took a skewed perspective on traditional westerns, I did take a skewed perspective on traditional Deadlands (a game I love).
The end result will not be, probably, everybody’s cup of tea – but it’s all right like that.
Anyway, the first two reviews have been spectacular, so maybe there’s more estimators of old Italian Westerns out there playing Deadlands than I thought. Continue reading →


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Traveling with Indiana Jones

467243405This week I’ll be spending 52 hours in Lucca, a Medieval city crowded with cosplayers, comic book fans, roleplayers and assorted geeks.
To spend these 2 days and spare change in Lucca, I’ll have to spend 11 hours on different trains.

And while I might certainly slip my old Kindle reader in my bag, I think I’ll go for the old school solution, and pocket a big, fat paperback. Continue reading →


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Service Announcement – 72 hours away

berightbackJust a quick note to let you all know that for the next 72 hours I’ll be attending the Lucca Comics & Games convention and fair, as part of the Savage Worlds Italia band of savages.

The Italian edition of the Savage Worlds RPG (that I translated) has won the Game of the Year 2014 award, and I’ll be also presenting a book of mine.
And in case you’re wondering, my book looks like this…

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In these days there will be regularly scheduled posts BUT, being away, I’m not sure I’ll be able to moderate the comments.
Please let this not deter you – have your say the way you feel like.
I’ll go through all waiting comments as soon as I’m back, and I’ll post a reply to all of them.

Thank you.
That’s all.


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Surviving NaNOWriMO – 10 ideas

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So the NaNOWriMo is on.
My compliments and best wishes to all participants.
As I mentioned in the past, I will not be NaNOWriMo-ing this year simply because I’m doing a thorough revision and final draft of a text in 45 days (and as you read this, we are on day 29).

Anyway, I was rather surprised by this whole writing fast/writing good thing I’ve been through.
So far the going has been easier than anticipated – and I’ve been learning a lot of things.

So, why not share them?
I’m probably just re-inventing the wheel, here, but who knows?
Maybe someone out there might find them useful – for their NaNoWriMo marathon or for anything else.

So, here goes… Continue reading →