Category Archives: 23rd Letter

A Hopeful Ending and a New Beginning

Posted on April 10, 2024 by AJ

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, and a handy saline drip), Poppy recovered enough from her … Continue reading →

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Venting Pyrokinetics

Posted on April 1, 2024 by AJ

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 I think were interesting. I’ll put a * and a … Continue reading →

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The 23rd Letter, 3rd Edition playtest doc

Posted on March 21, 2024 by matt

It’s out there in the wild. We are inviting you to the Playtest. Either join our little Discord or, if you already own The 23rd Letter 2nd Edition, check your inbox as you’ll have been sent a link. The highlights … Continue reading →

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A precog walks into a bar …

Posted on March 14, 2024 by AJ

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 a few reflections as both Referee and game designer. First … Continue reading →

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Why Yeezy?

Posted on March 1, 2024 by matt

So, you know we have switched from out ERIS House System to the YZE for the Third Edition and we have been asked why. The first reason is that it’s a decent system. It’s pretty grounded, pretty lethal and abstracts … Continue reading →

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The 23rd Letter 3rd Edition

Posted on February 23, 2024 by matt

So, we have been working a lot on this. The rules are probably 90% complete but we keep finding little places where we think a rule or guideline is needed. Like today it was clarifiying how Hideouts function mechanically in … Continue reading →

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EXCESSION: Session 1

Posted on December 16, 2023 by matt

Excession is a new low-to-mid powered superhero game using the Year Zero Engine. Session 1 Excession is a privately owned non profit organisation that seems to have unlimited money and a private army. Louis and Jana are two hard chargers … Continue reading →

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Beyond Human: Progress Report

Posted on March 8, 2023 by matt

Every day brings us a little closer to release day. Today was about defining the attributes better and working on the rules for Pushing and Channelling powers.

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New Project: Beyond Human

Posted on March 3, 2023 by matt

New? I’ve been working on this for a while. 2008. I wrote that in 2008. The project has advanced. It’s now 70 pages which puts it as the largest book I’ve made to date. The premise is that it’s a … Continue reading →

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The 23rd Letter, 3rd “Fury” Edition

Posted on January 9, 2023 by matt

Yeah, I wasn’t planning on having to talk about it so soon. Blog post isn’t even written. but… it’s set nearly thirty years later. The Psychic War as was died with the final end of the Cold War. Corporations figured … Continue reading →

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23rd Letter, 2nd Edition PDF

Posted on January 7, 2023 by matt

After a lengthy delay, I released the PDF of the second edition of The 23rd Letter. Anyone who has the print edition gets it free (so, if you have it, get in touch).? There’s a third edition (different time period, … Continue reading →

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Silver Haired Sentinels: Superheroic Role-Playing in the Retirement Age

Posted on September 3, 2022 by matt

Take on the reigns of a retired superhero living out their lives in a retirement home with other seniors. Try and relive smome of your glory days while fighting authoritarian wardens, the rigours of modern life and a family that … Continue reading →

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Latest Project: Silver Haired Sentinels

Posted on June 17, 2022 by matt

I’ve been working on this for a while now – and just waiting on a few art pieces to be finished. So, what is it? Silver Haired Sentinels is a roleplaying game about the residents and staff of a Continuing … Continue reading →

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Twilight Tangents: LEGION

Posted on March 5, 2022 by matt

I just started watching the Legion TV series (bought on iTunes) and it’s absolutely compelling. And then that made me think that it could easily be modelled using The 23rd Letter or Twilight:2000 with Twilight Tangents 1.0. David is obviously … Continue reading →

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Announcing Twilight Tangents – a multi-world sourcebook for Twilight: 2000 4th Edition

Posted on February 11, 2022 by matt

I’ve produced a couple of books for T2K4e but I’m really enjoying putting together this latest one. This book describes three alternate futures for the T:2000 game. Things to spice up the game. GET IT NOW on DTRPG Here’s some … Continue reading →

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WatchTower: The Game

Posted on December 2, 2020 by AJ

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 game. We were planning to start a new group and … Continue reading →

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Glowing Eyes

Posted on April 10, 2019 by matt

Over the weekend I watched “The Darkest Minds”. A movie of the YA novel of the same name about some kids who gain superpowers (there are very few kids around as the ones who don’t gain superpowers tend to die). … Continue reading →

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The 23rd Letter #14 – first video released

Posted on May 10, 2017 by matt
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Current work…writing scripts

Posted on December 1, 2016 by matt

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 written two more in the world of STATUS: REFUGEE. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Awesome bollywood movie trailer is awesome

Posted on January 31, 2011 by matt

I’m not sure I ever need to watch another action movie again. That said – anyone interested in making a t23L movie?

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