System Thoughts – YZE and what comes after
As many of you may already have noticed, I like writing books and systems. It’s my yum. Some people relax by baking. I relax by arguing with probability curves. Over…[...]
As many of you may already have noticed, I like writing books and systems. It’s my yum. Some people relax by baking. I relax by arguing with probability curves. Over…[...]
d66 Toolkit: The Book of Hauntings is a system-neutral horror compendium featuring 36 richly written supernatural encounters designed to unsettle, disturb, and linger in the imagination long after the session…[...]
Mind Games is a compact, open, system-agnostic toolkit for running stories inspired by Iain M. Banks’ Culture novels. It focuses on the top level world-building for running Culture-inspired stories at…[...]
I've recently added a substack which should be one more place to read my screed https://lategamer.substack.com/[...]
One of the core tensions when running RPGs set in the Culture is the brutal, almost comedic disparity of power between the various strata of beings. From the bottom up:…[...]
Pioneer, by Mongoose Publishing, is a grounded, near-future space exploration RPG where players take on the roles of astronauts, engineers, scientists, and mission specialists operating at the edge of human…[...]
Pioneering Space Adventures is a toolkit of grounded, near-future mission hooks for hard science-fiction play. No aliens. No hyperspace. Just people, machines, politics, and pressure. From EVA failures and orbital…[...]

The Invincible QuickStart arrived this week and, hot on the tails of it, we discovered that the system has some obvious homage to TSR's Marvel Super Heroes and, if I…[...]
Really started putting 'pen to paper' on Whole New World this week. Whole New World is a little different to many RPGs in that your character choices are limited. Now…[...]

I've decided to make more of the d66 Toolkits available for wider use. Over the last few years I've been posting content into forums and collecting what would ostnsibly be…[...]
New book time: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/534082/d66-cargoes-from-the-shift d66 Cargoes from the Shift is not another list of "101 random items." This is a manifest of the multiverse — a number of impossible, wondrous,…[...]
Predator / Yautja (Hunter Alien) – Twilight: 2000 4E Size: Human-sized but taller, 2.2–2.4m, heavily muscled. Armour: Advanced alien composite (counts as Kevlar vest + helmet + full body suit).…[...]
A Jungle Beyond Time. A Sky Full of Teeth. A Mystery Waiting to Swallow You. “There was a time when men believed the world was mapped. They were wrong.” Lost…[...]

As mentioned elsewhere I’m about to start a Witcher campaign at my local club. I’m going to use YZE rather than Interlock though. Why? Well that’s the Interlock character sheet…[...]
I released three entries in the One Page RPG Jam 2025 https://lategamer.itch.io/bloom-newborns-in-the-rootsong-grove - A solarpunk hex crawl of blooming growth https://lategamer.itch.io/cyst - A visceral roleplaying game of flesh, fear, and…[...]
In the shadow of a forgotten war, something older stirs... South of the Pacific dead zones lies Isla Virelia, off the maps, out of history, and teeming with Cold War…[...]

We got talking on one of the Discords about how there hasn't been a Dinosaurs mod for T2000. Well, here's some stuff.... Velociraptor (Pack Hunter) Small, cunning, lightning-fast predator. Attacks…[...]
So, we decided to change some things. Twilight Tangents is by far our best selling book. People just love zombies in Twilight: 2000. It's probably been tempered by the release…[...]

I've got some Discount Links for Late Gaming books at DTRPG: DRY LAND: $6.99 reduced to $2.30 PERMAFROST: $7.00 reduced to $1.50 RISE OF R'LYEH: $12.99 reduced to $6.50 d66…[...]

In response to this post on Reddit. Please don't take this as any more than a spirited devils advocate in the spirit of debate and jocularity. I'm not disagreeing with…[...]