Good morning Last Piners! 

Throughout the rest of October and all of November we will be hosting Cold Iron Blues: A Bump in the Dark Supplement Jam. The jam will function similarly to last year's Iron Country Autumn jam and focuses on creating new supplements for Bump in the Dark, non-game stuff inspired by the game or setting, and original games based on Bump or Hunters, Inc. After the jam ends, participants can optionally have their entries part of a charity bundle to raise money for Native American health & wellness programming here in Milwaukee. The jam page goes over the guidelines and links to resources. (I'm aware that the playbook template needs to be updated, and I'll do that soon.) The optional prompt for the jam is the title: so anything having to do with cold, iron, blues the music genre, blue the color, etc. is fair game.

Once the jam is over, participants can optionally chose to include their submission in a bundle which will be sold for $10-20 (depending on how many entries we get), with all proceeds going to the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center in Milwaukee, WI, a community-based and culturally sensitive healthcare clinic focusing on the physical and emotional health of Milwaukee's Native American community. They provide medical, dental, pharmacy, and behavioral health services in a patient-centered model based on the philosophy that in order to heal, every part of a human being must be addressed: the mind, the body, the spirit, and emotions. 

This will be our second bundle for a cause, and the first raised $750 for  Pathfinders, a local, Milwaukee-based organization dedicated to connecting youth with housing and mental health support. The format of the jam and bundle are modeled after the Wilkie's Goody Jam, which is currently running its third jam and will be raising money for the  Indian Residential School Survivors Society.

Please join me in making cool stuff for Bump in the Dark! 

jex