Games in a Utopia
I guess it depends where you sit. We live in a post-scarcity civilisation (we have the technology), we just don’t live in a post-scarcity society. Scarcity is manufacturered. So are…[...]
Xiongguo (working title) – playtesting begins
#ttrpgDesign #ttrpg #T2K4e #xiongguo? So, we begin the playtest for Xiongguo (working title) next week. ?I’ve added some additional rules which are pilfered from other systems. ?Xiongguo is a simple,…[...]
Fediversed
And now we are on Fediverse/Mastodon.[...]
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…[...]
Two Books on sale at DriveThruRPG
In an attempt to calm this raging passion I have for writing, I've begun to embark on putting my books on DriveThruRPG - the pre-eminent site for selling RPGs online.…[...]
T2000: W+9
After the fire raged through, we took the UAZ through a small town land on the outskirts of Warsaw. The bushes and trees and grass were still burning. I saw…[...]
About Frontier and Representation
When I conceived Frontier it wasn't the way it is now. There was a little collaboration from others and everyone had their own idea what it would become. For one…[...]
MUTHUR6000 Preview
[video width="720" height="720" mp4="http://www.lategaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/joined_video_f42d10bab4f042259b701b8dd56e772a.mp4"][/video] I've created a little python script for working with the Alien RPG map. It just calculates the distance between star systems based on the included Data…[...]
Brett Devereaux on the Siege of Gondor:
It's pretty interesting reading. Pop along here for the series. My reply? While I enjoyed reading this incredibly nerdy analysis of the battle for Gondor, The author forgets several points.…[...]
ALIENS RPG by Fria Ligan
We've run two sessions of the Aliens RPG for Graham, Jim, Mike and Barry and we've had a heap of fun. I've run the starter adventure (Cinematic) and we're just…[...]
Welcome back…
For the last few months, the lategaming web site has been offline - this has been for a combination of reasons. I wasn't getting much gaming done I wasn't getting…[...]
Current work…writing scripts
For the last few months, on top of travelling and attending a bazillion courses, I've been writing. I've written five short scripts in the world of THE 23RD LETTER. I've…[...]
Where and back again…
It's been a while since I updated anything here. Partially because of "situation" but also partly because the blog got infected with some malware (the curse of Wordpress) and I…[...]
Games Development Seminar – Belfast, 14th Sept
Last chance to register for a games technology development seminar here in Belfast. Wed, 14 September from 10:00 to 12:00 at Radisson Blu, Gasworks, Belfast The speaker is Paul Durrant,…[...]
Email sent to gaming group
The plan is to have a Plan B game to turn to. I'm happy to run one though you'd have to choose between: Ars Magica (campaigns over years, trouple play,…[...]
God Willt
Another book arrived in the post that I'd forgotten about. Deus Vult by Mongoose Publishing is essentially playing the bad guys from The Da Vinci Code but back in the…[...]
New Haul: from Cromwell to Cthulhu via Mirkwood
Today I got a new haul of stuff. Some of these were PDF bundles so at some point the dead tree version of the book will arrive in the post.…[...]
Back again
I've been on a holiday-and-work-fueled hiatus. Two weeks driving in France and Spain and then two weeks spent helping people access seed funding for new ventures in "digital" as part…[...]
Christmas Happened. Woot.
Consisting of Houses of the Blooded, Collins Complete DIY Manual, We Are The People We've Been Waiting For, Simple Boat Maintenance, Hot War, Cold City, Nameless streets, QIN: The Warring…[...]
The Laundry is here
On Thursday I received 'The Laundry' in the post. The announcement came back in March so I was really excited to get the book in the post this week. I…[...]