After their meal, they continued their journey, the forest growing darker and more foreboding as the rain intensified. The compass remained steady, its needle pointing unwaveringly ahead. It was late…[...]
The Wanderer rocked violently, a fragile speck in the vast, storm-beaten waters. Spicer, the captain, stood barefoot at the helm, his wiry frame braced against the ship’s shuddering frame as waves…[...]
I was a fan of Domination (the RPG) for a while. It was published by Starchilde Publications in 1989. Starchilde also made another game I really liked: Justifiers (and I…[...]
I've done a lot of worldbuilding here and on the RPGPUB but the place where the most content for Tales of Distant Lands lives is on the Patreon. Thers's heaps…[...]
The strange aeons arrived and R'lyeh rose from the dark waters. [caption id="attachment_1745" align="aligncenter" width="353"] Screenshot[/caption] A Dark Past When the darkness came for me, There was no-one who stood…[...]
Drennus is a Privean pirate who fights with a long blade. He's matched against Blackfeather, a Saalian dockworker. Both have seen several scrapes in the past Drennus Body d10, Pirate…[...]
The art for Enhanced or Through the Silver Gate doesn't vibe well with Whole New World so I'm hunting for an artist again to produce the cool retro-space vibe I…[...]
Blade Runner is one of the published games by Free League which uses a version of the Year Zero Engine (YZE) which eschews dice pools in favour of stepped dice.…[...]
Through the Silver Gate is a new alt-campaign for Twilight 2000 cementing it as a flexible and practical modern task and combat resolution system. It sits alongside Here Be Dragons…[...]
Once she was sure that everyone was asleep, Joy crept from her stuffed straw pallet and slipped out of the room. She was sure no-one would have heard her move…[...]
I wrote some notes a while ago so forgive me for brevity. This morning on the bus....I kinda expanded them. Images are placeholders, I've pinged my artist, Dino, to produce…[...]
This is an examination of being a starfaring race in the Dark Forest. The idea of a violent and hostile void out there filled with predators lurking in the vast…[...]
So, where did this one come from? Communists in the Funhouse is a euphemism used in Denmark to describe a woman who's at a certain stage of her menstrual cycle.…[...]
The third RPG I've posed to the Jam is WE GO IN The concept is being a disaster relief operative. A little like "International Rescue" also known as Thunderbirds. Now…[...]
The second RPG I've posted for the Jam is Chosen Men This game is the "Sharpe" of RPGs. The idea of romping around Spain putting Napoleon back in his place…[...]
So far I’ve posted two entries for the Jam The first is....Talking to Dragons This is the base system for "Tales of Distant Lands" and could be considered a QuickStart…[...]
We will be hacking together some entries for the one page game jam over the coming month. Pop onto our discord if you want to join in.[...]
The Song of Rusal and Erse In the history of Saaland, Rusal was a legendary warrior, poet and prince. In the story, Rusal become enchanted with a woman he sees…[...]
I put a new [public] Patreon post up today. Maps are hard. Well, they're hard to get right.[...]
One of the important things for the World is familiarity. I remember reading a great (and hefty) first RPG by a Scottish crowd and one of the things I remember…[...]