What should be next in the Haiku of Horror series?

[Korash]

Yeah, I forgot about the theater...DOH!

About schedualing, have you though of breaking some of the larger ones (castle and temple complexes) into a series of back to back issues of component parts? Something like the Main Building on the first month, Out Buildings the second and Fortifications on the third? I am not sure if they all can be broken up that way, but if they can be done as complete releases you should be able to avoid a "this is just a money grab" type of response. Then space the larger series out by 3 or 4 self contained releases which could be linked along some sort of theme....3-4 Yakussa related sites, 3-4 religious ones, 3-4 sites dealing with trade ect.

[Gamerprinter]

Yeah, I forgot about the theater...DOH!

About schedualing, have you though of breaking some of the larger ones (castle and temple complexes) into a series of back to back issues of component parts? Something like the Main Building on the first month, Out Buildings the second and Fortifications on the third? I am not sure if they all can be broken up that way, but if they can be done as complete releases you should be able to avoid a "this is just a money grab" type of response. Then space the larger series out by 3 or 4 self contained releases which could be linked along some sort of theme....3-4 Yakussa related sites, 3-4 religious ones, 3-4 sites dealing with trade ect.

My plan for the castle release is as 2 parts: one being the gates, walls, fortresses, stable, barracks and baileys, as well as moat, the second release being the shinden palace, interlinking buildings of one and two stories that hold the noble court room, offices and residence.

The goals behind this series is multi-fold. Education is a big reason along with dispelling myths. Every Japanese castle design I've seen done for various RPGs, including the castle in Jade Regent, when looking at those multi-floored fortresses where each upper floor is smaller than the one below it. Castles done by other designers always seem to make those fortresses emulate a European keep - and that's just wrong. Japanese castles contain multiple, multi-storied towers. When under seige these towers are bristling with armed defenders. However, when not under seige those towers are used as storage barns only, each with a different purpose (some are rice stores, arrow stores, holding a warning bell, etc.) Nobody lived or worked out of those towers, except the top floor for a watch post. All offices, dungeons, guest rooms, chapels, residence and court are in the shinden palace.

Shinden palaces sometimes exist without castles surrounding them, but because they are poor defenses, they usually reside in the second interior bailey of a castle.

I don't think breaking them up into 2 releases like this should be a problem. Each release is intended to be limited product consisting of mapped sections, gazetteer and encounter. I have encounters planned as samurai guard of the execution block for one, and an aristocratic courtier social encounter for the other.