Current Discounts
We have a heap of discounts on our books at the moment. This is (as usual) for funding art purchases.They're all useful, containing heaps of details for each section. And…[...]
Traveller Was OSR Before There Was an OSR
There is a tendency to talk about the Old School Renaissance as though it belongs almost entirely to fantasy gaming. Mention OSR and people think of dungeon maps, ten-foot poles,…[...]
FRONTIER: A CANONICAL HISTORY OF THE FUTURE
Calendars and Historical Dates Human Unity uses the Unity Calendar, conventionally abbreviated U. Its epoch, U00000, corresponds to 2358 CE, the year of the First Umoja Congress. Dates before the…[...]
MIND FRACTURES – a new One Page RPG
Who were you before you forgot? You wake in a place you don't recognise. Someone is trying to kill you. You don't know your name. You don't know your friends.…[...]
Today I Chose… (a lite system for whimsical games)
Ok, this is kind of inspired by some meme-laden conversations but also because the One Page RPG Jam starts in a week or so. So it's just a noodle. I…[...]
Andromeda SRD 1.1
Andromeda SRD 1.1Download ANDROMEDA OPEN LICENSE 1.1 Copyright © 2026 Late Gaming Permission is granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of the Andromeda System Reference Document(“the…[...]
White Static – survival horror sandbox for T2K
Dead radios whispered in the snow. Thermal sights showed pale figures where no human body stood. Patrols vanished in Kłodzko’s ruined streets, and tank crews were found frozen inside sealed…[...]
Poor Decisions in Very Wide Water
I have been working on a new fantasy river-crawl RPG called The Iron River. The project started because I saw a computer game pitch by Golden Grove Games about traveling…[...]
The 23rd Letter: Psilence is Golden
We recently completed a 23rd Letter playtest scenario during our online Friday Night game. Kris, the player of Harry, wrote a nice AP for the sessions: 23rd Letter AP The…[...]
Time Killers: An Example of Play
Time Killers was released this week as part of PocketQuest 2026. It's a standalone game but, as always, if there's an upswell of support or people want more missions, we…[...]
Coming Soon: Time Killers – a PocketQuest 2026 game
Late Gaming Announces Time Killers for PocketQuest 2026 Late Gaming is pleased to announce Time Killers, a compact tabletop roleplaying game created for PocketQuest 2026 and powered by the AME…[...]
To All Gentlemen, Ladies, Adventurers, and Persons of Curious Disposition
Be it known that Burning Frontier, now abroad in a Playtest-Beta Edition under the Lategaming imprint, shall henceforth be removed and brought under the proper care and governance of Arcane…[...]
Sensitivity Report for Burning Frontier
I got the report back from Sarah, the sensitivity reader I hired for Burning Frontier. (more…)[...]
d66 Toolkit: Encounters from the Burning Frontier
This book presents a collection of encounters designed for play in the North American frontier during the mid-eighteenth century. These scenes, characters, and situations are intended to help Game Masters…[...]
Burning Frontier: Intro
Welcome to the Burning Frontier The forests of northern New York swallow armies whole. Set during the height of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), Burning Frontier is a historical…[...]
Burning Frontier: Lydia Straus of Black Creek
As we finished the first draft text of Burning Frontier this week (and sent it off to the Sensitivity Editor for their red pen), it seemed appropriate to post some…[...]
Interview with RandomWorlds
Sunday night we were interviewed on the RandomWorlds Discord by Full Transcipt: https://gmshoe.wordpress.com/2026/03/08/qa-matt-johnston-aj-rogers-shifters-arcane-manifold-engine/ [1:00 PM]Matt | Lategaming.com: Hey folks, I’m Matt, game designer and general nerd. I’ve been writing RPGs…[...]
Shifters: The Vampirs
A vampire is what remains when a person fails to finish dying. The body stops. The mind collapses. But something of the individual persists. Not the soul, if such a…[...]
AME SRD released
Shifters is based on the AME system, which has just been released as an SRD by Arcane Manifold. You can read the license here and also get the latest version…[...]
Shifters Ashcan – New Game Coming Soon
The Shifters ashcan is going live in a few days. Free for Patreon subbers but otherwise available on DrivethruRPG and itch.io Shifters is a modern occult horror roleplaying game about…[...]