Drennus is a Privean pirate who fights with a long blade. He’s matched against Blackfeather, a Saalian dockworker. Both have seen several scrapes in the past Drennus Body d10, Pirate d10, Past: Grew up on a Privean pirate ship (+1). Has a long blade (+1 to hit, 2 damage). Drennus is wearing boiled leather armour…
Whole New World: Seeking Artists
The art for Enhanced or Through the Silver Gate doesn’t vibe well with Whole New World so I’m hunting for an artist again to produce the cool retro-space vibe I need for this. “The human race is going to be adrift, desperate for a rock to cling to while they catch their breath.” FTL There’s…
Using Twilight 2000 Resources with Blade Runner
Blade Runner is one of the published games by Free League which uses a version of the Year Zero Engine (YZE) which eschews dice pools in favour of stepped dice. This means that instead of just adding more dice until you’re rolling a handful of clickety-clacks, you increase the ‘magnitude’ of the dice for skills…
New Release: Through The Silver Gate – a new alt-campaign for Twilight 2000
Through the Silver Gate is a new alt-campaign for Twilight 2000 cementing it as a flexible and practical modern task and combat resolution system. It sits alongside Here Be Dragons and The Gloom as possible alt-campaigns for T2K on the premise of “what if it wasn’t the Soviets….” This means it’s perfectly possible to play…
Tales of Distant Lands Playtest: Group 2, Session 2 – AP
Once she was sure that everyone was asleep, Joy crept from her stuffed straw pallet and slipped out of the room. She was sure no-one would have heard her move because of the constant put-put-put from Makaira’s snoring. But even as she pulled the door closed, she wouldn’t have seen a pair of eyes flick…
The Fantasy War – putting the War in Wardrobe
I wrote some notes a while ago so forgive me for brevity. This morning on the bus….I kinda expanded them. Images are placeholders, I’ve pinged my artist, Dino, to produce some nice original art. The Long Stair was an internet thread on rpgnet which imagined, possibly to excruciating detail, what happens when a fantasy world…
One Page RPG Jam 2024 – Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf
This is an examination of being a starfaring race in the Dark Forest. The idea of a violent and hostile void out there filled with predators lurking in the vast darkness between the stars. Welcome To The Dark Forest
One Page RPG Jam 2024 – Communists in the Funhouse
So, where did this one come from? Communists in the Funhouse is a euphemism used in Denmark to describe a woman who’s at a certain stage of her menstrual cycle. My wife and I thought this was hilariously phrased and as a result, it had to inspire a mini-game. So, if it tickles you, pop…
One Page RPG Jam 2024 – We Go In – Saving the World when you’re not From The World
The third RPG I’ve posed to the Jam is WE GO IN The concept is being a disaster relief operative. A little like “International Rescue” also known as Thunderbirds. Now there are differences It’s team based per player rather than playing a single “brother” with their own craft. Every player has the same vehicle (though…
One Page RPG Jam 2024 – Chosen Men – “Sharpe” by any other name
The second RPG I’ve posted for the Jam is Chosen Men This game is the “Sharpe” of RPGs. The idea of romping around Spain putting Napoleon back in his place has entertained me for years while watching the TV movies and also then reading the books. If you’re familiar with the concept, you’d have no…
One Page RPG Jam 2024 – Talking to Dragons – an Earthsea-inspired RPG
So far I’ve posted two entries for the Jam The first is….Talking to Dragons This is the base system for “Tales of Distant Lands” and could be considered a QuickStart so it’s also available on DTRPG. I’ll still be working on the full release of Tales of Distant Lands obviously
One Page Game Jam 2024
We will be hacking together some entries for the one page game jam over the coming month. Pop onto our discord if you want to join in.
Public Update for Tales of Distant Lands
Today we made two private entries public. Both are more detail on the Cunning Folk. Cunning Folk are the “lesser” wizards of the worlds. People who have a smattering of wizardry in one area. They’re cure-alls, chanters, wind workers and fish-callers, but the title may be used for anyone who has a little magic and…
Tales of Distant Lands: The Song of Rusal and Erse
The Song of Rusal and Erse In the history of Saaland, Rusal was a legendary warrior, poet and prince. In the story, Rusal become enchanted with a woman he sees on a passing ship and pursues her by jumping in the water. But the waters are too strong for him to catch her. The song…
Maps of Ilsien
I put a new [public] Patreon post up today. Maps are hard. Well, they’re hard to get right.
Languaging and the Naming of Things
One of the important things for the World is familiarity. I remember reading a great (and hefty) first RPG by a Scottish crowd and one of the things I remember most is not their evocative prose or the art which captured the sort of neo-victorian fantasy world, but that they took the time to use…
Talking to Dragons
Dragons of all shapes and sizes occupy this world but due to the spread of wizardry, they are most often found on remote islands or on lonely peaks. A solitary race of oviparous hermaphroditic flying lizards capable of parthenogenesis and, when mature enough, breathing fire. It takes a dragon over a hundred years to go…
Patreon Launched
Some small encouragement from people exposed to my first short story set in the “Tales of Distant Lands” world, I’ve launched a Patreon. You can have a look at it here: https://patreon.com/Lategaming All new content for “Tales of Distant Lands” will be released on the Patreon first and then updates posted here later. So, come…
In development: Tales of Distant Lands
Tales of Distant Lands is a working title for a game I’ve been dreaming about for decades. The core inspiration is definitely Earthsea, based on my love of “A Wizard of Earthsea” and “The Tombs of Atuan” which I read as a teenager. I’m currently re-reading Tombs after reading AWoE last week. The author, Ursula…
So What’s Next?
It has to be said we are YZE (Year Zero Engine) fans here at Lategaming – you only have to look at our recent releases. Always interested in new ways to bring the apocalypse. With this latest update, there’s nothing stopping you from having Supersoldiers fighting Dragons on the fields of Poland while psychics battle…