System Thoughts – YZE and what comes after
As many of you may already have noticed, I like writing books and systems. It’s my yum. Some people relax by baking. I relax by arguing with probability curves. Over…[...]
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,…[...]
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…[...]
The 23rd Letter, 3rd Edition playtest doc
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…[...]
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…[...]
Why Yeezy?
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…[...]
The 23rd Letter 3rd Edition
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.…[...]
EXCESSION: Session 1
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…[...]
Beyond Human: Progress Report
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.[...]
New Project: Beyond Human
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…[...]
The 23rd Letter, 3rd “Fury” Edition
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…[...]
23rd Letter, 2nd Edition PDF
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,…[...]
Silver Haired Sentinels: Superheroic Role-Playing in the Retirement Age
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…[...]
Latest Project: Silver Haired Sentinels
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…[...]
Twilight Tangents: LEGION
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…[...]
Announcing Twilight Tangents – a multi-world sourcebook for Twilight: 2000 4th Edition
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…[...]
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…[...]
Glowing Eyes
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…[...]
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…[...]