It will be far superior in many ways but it will still be a turn-based blobber inspired by Wizardry 6 & 7. This game is aimed at 40+ hours of play and will be a fraction of the size of Grimoire. Newbs can simply pick them and add them to the party at the start and jump right into the game ala EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. Characters in the library will be semi-created but experienced grognards can edit and refine them. The tables necessary for character creation are done and I am thinking of pursuing a bold new mechanism of character creation that will combine ideas from other RPGs to produce a very cool easy start to the game without any library creation necessary. I am really happy with them and have built the RPG logic engine and editors around them. I have distilled the races and classes down into a synthesis of Grimoire, Crusaders and other influences.

Looking at them and how far my blobber engine has come along were what gave me the motivation to begin working on SOA. I have all-new portraits that nobody has seen yet but they are fantastic, higher quality than anything displayed previously for Vault of Terror or other games I have been tinkering on. When I get Steam to accept my prototype and allow me to set up the page for SOA I will start sending out press releases. I don't want to announce this to the Codex until I have my first alpha version running and up on Steam for 'Coming Soon' but I will share details here for diehard fans of Grimoire.

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