Horror – Sids Story
I wanted to write a quick horror scenario which would fit in with pretty much any game and I figured that it couldn't just be a magical teleporting serial killer,…[...]
The Aliens Are Coming
Stephen Hawking talks about how we should hide from aliens: I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. Such advanced…[...]
War of the Worlds: Earth concept art
Which do people like more? (See the comments for more info)[...]
225 days
SI 1995/3297, also known as "The Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995", this UK law came into effect on January 1st 1996. At its most basic, it…[...]
WotW: Earth – Vox Populi
"Have you seen my Jim? Have you seen him? My son? About four feet tall, blond hair, covered in freckles? ... what about you, sir? Have you seen my Jim?…[...]
WotW: Earth – The Death Of The Martians
"My knowledge of comparative physiology is confined to a book or two, but it seems to me that Carver's suggestions as to the reason of the rapid death of the…[...]
WotW: Earth – Weapons of War
"Neither is the composition of the Black Smoke known, which the Martians used with such deadly effect, and the generator of the Heat-Rays remains a puzzle. The terrible disasters at…[...]
WotW: Earth – The Flying Machine
"The sun sank into grey clouds, the sky flushed and darkened, the evening star trembled into sight. It was deep twilight when the captain cried out and pointed. My brother…[...]
WotW: Earth – 21 Days of Invasion
The Narrator of the book was close to one of the arrival sites but this was not necessarily the most active site. He also spent more than two weeks (or…[...]
Social Class in WotW:Earth
War of the Worlds: Earth is set at the dawn of the 20th Century. You have the legacy of Victoriana, the sunset of the British Empire and the rise of…[...]
Collaboration, writing and vision
This weekend I was busy with family duties but still managed to do a bit of work on WoTW:Earth. Most notably taking the draft ideas Aidan sent through and turning…[...]
WotW: Earth – Art
Last night I commissioned two art pieces from Storn Cook for the upcoming War of the Worlds book. I really like Storn's art (massive thread on RPG.net here) and he…[...]
WotW: Earth – The Second Launch
"Hundreds of observers saw the flame that night and the night after about midnight, and again the night after; and so for ten nights, a flame each night. Why the…[...]
WotW: Earth – The Computational Analyser
"In the Spring of that year I had the good fortune to visit my friend, Mr Askell, at the Royal Society where they were pursuing development of a computational device…[...]
Life on Mars, by Disney
Six short movies (Youtube links) Mars & Beyond 1 of 6 - Man & the Sky and more: Mars & Beyond 2 of 6 - Mars in Pop Culture Mars…[...]
WotW: Earth – System Proposal
Here's a simple system that would get a WotW: Earth game up and running. Before I go into the details, here's what was going through my head as I designed…[...]
WotW: Earth – The Martian Outpost
In another moment I had scrambled up the earthen rampart and stood upon its crest, and the interior of the redoubt was below me. A mighty space it was, with…[...]
WotW: Earth – Air Superiority
"They've gone away across London," he said. "I guess they've got a bigger camp there. Of a night, all over there, Hampstead way, the sky is alive with their lights.…[...]
WotW: Earth – London
"And as I looked at this wide expanse of houses and factories and churches, silent and abandoned; as I thought of the multitudinous hopes and efforts, the innumerable hosts of…[...]
WotW: Earth – Bows against the Lightning
"Forthwith the six guns which, unknown to anyone on the right bank, had been hidden behind the outskirts of that village, fired simultaneously. The sudden near concussion, the last close…[...]