Crucible Design….looking back
When we started out, we thought of several names for the company. One was Aes Dana Publications and another was Apocryphal Games. We played with FarTooReal, considered LeannanSidhe and with…[...]
DG: 9th November
With a start, Kruse sat up and rubbed his eyes. The close confines of the safe house were weighing on his mind. He glanced over at Jimmy and instinctively reached…[...]
Viride: The Shoals
The Shoals are small, rocky outcrops that lie far from the Citadels and other large rocks in the deserts of Viride. Among these smaller rocks and shallow sands are small…[...]
Books
LateGaming is a roleplaying company. We'll leave the forums and stuff to RPGnet and TheRPGSite. Imprints We're holding two imprints at the moment; our own LateGaming brand and also Crucible…[...]
WotW: Earth – Hybrid Vigour
Last time around we talked about the legacy of alien species added to the ecosystem. I happened across a cool web site called Human Descent which has some interesting if…[...]
Gear Krieg love-in. Ooh yeah baby….
I really like Gear Krieg - two fisted pulp RPG. Mecha in WW2 just appeals, even more than superheroes in WW2 appeals (though psychics in WW2 appeals even more but…[...]
I have no memories of this place…
Howcome Gandalf didn't know how to operate the front door of Moria, yet knew it was a 4 day trek and then gets to a bit where he says "I…[...]
DG update…
As I may have mentioned, I'm in KinnyGraham's DeltaGreen game. The other night, after losing one agent to the nameless horror and receiving a chewing from our DG contact, my…[...]
Six Word Stories: Redux
I put a post on RPGnet to paint this as a method to generate scenario ideas. At the time of this writing, there's 5 pages of the buggers.... This will…[...]
Only six words to say everything?
Wired writes: Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") and is said to have called it his best work." They then got…[...]
2300AD revival
Am busting out for another game now that kinnygraham has booked Wednesday or Tuesday for a continuation of our much delayed DG campaign. To this end, paulk has nabbed his…[...]
Holy Crap it’s October
Earlier this year I lost a heap of stuff. About two years worth of unpublished writing and all my original files for my books. Absolutely gutting. Essentially, my backup was…[...]
Passive/Aggressive
Wow. Am I passive/aggressive? I don't think so. Sure, I use sarcasm a lot, often in a humourous and self-deprecating way, but am I passive/aggressive? Passive/Aggressive is defined as being…[...]
WotW: Earth – A Martian Legacy
"A couple of hundred yards out of Baker Street I heard a yelping chorus, and saw, first a dog with a piece of putrescent red meat in his jaws coming…[...]
Viride: The Mercantile Tsaz
A thousand leagues to the south lies the Tsaz Citadel. The Tsaz live by a merchant code - they trade freely with anyone who wall accept their currency or barter…[...]
Superhero game: The WatchTower
I used to run a game that some people thought was fun which was set in San Francisco where the players were new recruits for a Avengers-style franchise. They were…[...]
Heroes, a non-spoiler review.
I watched episode 1 of Heroes last night and I was very pleasantly surprised. There's some discontinuity here and there but you can tell it's of the "Lost" vein in…[...]
Mutants and Masterminds: I just don’t get it…
I've been called a curmudgeon before....no, really... What is the deal with Mutants and Materminds. It reads like a completely average d20 system. It's not special in any way and…[...]
Games Shops in Paris
I went to two games shops in Paris and spent a little too much on books. I got some English language RPGs and could hve bought more - there's heaps…[...]
Apple Expo
I'm at Apple Expo in Paris this week and taking the opportunity to pop down to Jeux Descartes and other games shops. I hear great things about the French gaming…[...]