A Hopeful Ending and a New Beginning
We played our final session of The 23rd Letter play test this week, and wrapped up the story of Poppy and her baby. After recuperating overnight (under Joy's watchful care,…[...]
FASERIP generator
Back when I was running the Watchtower New England game using Marvel Super Heroes' FASERIP system, I wrote a simple character generator. I found it recently, and thought I'd pop…[...]
Venting Pyrokinetics
Our fourth and fifth in-game sessions of the 23rd Letter saw quite a lot of action! I'll give a brief summary, and then talk about some of the rules that…[...]
A precog walks into a bar …
Now a few weeks into the first play-test of the 3rd edition of The 23rd Letter, I wanted to post some updates on what's been going in the game, and…[...]
Watchtower play test reflections
The recent posts about Watchtower were from a one-shot adventure I ran for my son's gaming group. They've been playing (mostly) D&D together regularly for 3-4 years, and it was…[...]
Watchtower SF: August 4th
Bergs in the Bay! San Francisco Chronicle Meteorologists were shocked today when a massive iceberg several miles long appeared off the coast of Marin County, seemingly on a collision course…[...]
Watchtower SF: some recent headlines
Whyte Buys Watchtower SF San Francisco Chronicle, July 1st 2022 Jack Whyte, exotic and indestructible billionaire, adds Watchtower SF to his stable of Watchtower franchises. This brings his franchise total…[...]
Tomb of the Snake King
My kids and I made a game for a Game Jam this weekend, which had a theme of "It Never Ends". My youngest daughter (age 12) created all the art…[...]
WatchTower: The Game
After many games of WatchTower played using rules from other systems (primarily the classic Marvel Super Heroes game), Matt and I have knuckled down to start writing the actual WatchTower…[...]
WatchTower New England – Episode 3
Robotic Rampage Stopped By Raw Recruits by Rhonda McAvoy of The Boston Globe March 18th, 2002 The Prudential Center was subject to a brutal attack this morning at around 8am.…[...]
WatchTower New England – Episode 2
Sunday March 17, 2002 (St. Patrick's Day) From the log of Karl Maclean, WTNE Controller 8am: New recruits have lasted 24 hours without injury or fatality. Void seems to have…[...]
WatchTower New England Episode 1
WatchTower secretly recruits new members by Rhonda McAvoy of The Boston Globe March 17th, 2002 [caption id="attachment_612" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Unknown WatchTower Operative floats over Old Ship Church"][/caption] Three new WatchTower…[...]
WatchTower State Coverage and the New England Team
This map shows all 50 states, and which WatchTower franchise(s) cover each state. Those states which are shaded with two colours have agreements with two franchises, and either will respond…[...]
WatchTower Franchise Map
There are currently 10 WatchTower franchises in N. America, with a number of others under consideration by both WatchTower Inc. and various city and state governments. View WatchTower franchises on…[...]
The X-1 visa
The late 80s and early 90s saw an upswing in exotic crime, as beleaguered WatchTower franchises were stretched trying to find members willing and able to combat this rising tide.…[...]
WatchTower New England
All of New England is protected under one WatchTower franchise (WT-NE), which has offices in each of the state capitals (Boston, Hartford, Providence, Montpelier and Augusta) but is headquartered in…[...]
WatchTower – What Everyone Knows
The world is similar to the world we live in now. We have all the same political, social and environmental issues, the same level of media, technology and education, the…[...]
Back from hiatus – some new WatchTower
My move to Canada and subsequent birth of my daughter kind of put my gaming on hold, but now I'm back in a regular group and I'm looking to run…[...]
D&D 4th Edition … now with more!
I had a poke through a friend's copy of 4th Edition D&D. It seems it has been genericised to the nth degree, and everything has been made more powerful from…[...]
Current games in development
As mentioned a few posts ago, here is a list of the games that have gone through our idea filter and dropped down into the Book Development stage. If you're…[...]