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The Daily Herald - in Game Newspaper
Apr 2nd, 2015 at 11:11am
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I've decided to run a Newspaper to get information to my players.  It certainly won't be daily, but will be a new issue with each game (my hope). 

It will consist of a front page and then an inside page or back page, where smaller stories can be found.  Some of the smaller stories will tie in with adventures, some will not.  It will also let me hear what they are interested in.

The last two pages of this issue introduce the Astonishing Six, an LA based hero group.  Our group will be in San Francisco.  (I couldn't include them here because of upload limitations.)

The program I used is https://arthr.newspaperclub.com/#

It's free.  You can have them print the newspaper for you (which costs $) or just save it as a PDF. 

I love it and my players thought it was cool.  They can't wait to see their names and exploits in the pages.
  

Daily_Herald_101.pdf ( 834 KB | 13 Downloads )
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Re: The Daily Herald - in Game Newspaper
Reply #1 - Apr 2nd, 2015 at 11:36am
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That was a really fun little read! I enjoyed it, although I don't know if I ready to get a "Dog Drool Wrap" just yet.

Truly, an excellent idea. Thank-you for posting.
  

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Re: The Daily Herald - in Game Newspaper
Reply #2 - Apr 2nd, 2015 at 12:56pm
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I tried this a few years ago.   I gave up due to program i used beiing really crappy. Maybe i will try again.
  

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Re: The Daily Herald - in Game Newspaper
Reply #3 - Apr 2nd, 2015 at 1:32pm
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Use Publisher, I installed it for you.  it has newsletter templates that are great.

  

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Re: The Daily Herald - in Game Newspaper
Reply #4 - Apr 2nd, 2015 at 1:38pm
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Thanks.  The dog wrap deal and marijuana stories were actual news item I found. 
The gator and morgue robbery stories are possible adventure seeds.  The gasoline theft and jewelry heists are going to figure into their second and third adventures.  (If all goes as planned.  They'll probably decide to hunt down gators instead...)
  
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Re: The Daily Herald - in Game Newspaper
Reply #5 - Apr 2nd, 2015 at 1:51pm
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I've seen one that just does headlines, but this one is far better!  Love that it's color, too.

What an excellent resource for a campaign.  Thanks for sharing it, Phrennzy!
  
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