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Mind Games: The Problem of Playing in the Culture


Posted on November 27, 2025 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on Mind Games: The Problem of Playing in the Culture

One of the core tensions when running RPGs set in the Culture is the brutal, almost comedic disparity of power between the various strata of beings. From the bottom up:…[...]

Posted in Game Design, The Culture

PIONEER, by Mongoose Publishing…


Posted on November 17, 2025 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on PIONEER, by Mongoose Publishing…

Pioneer, by Mongoose Publishing, is a grounded, near-future space exploration RPG where players take on the roles of astronauts, engineers, scientists, and mission specialists operating at the edge of human…[...]

Posted in Airtight, GM, Pioneer, Technology

New Release: d66 Toolkit: Pioneering Space Adventures.


Posted on November 7, 2025 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on New Release: d66 Toolkit: Pioneering Space Adventures.

Pioneering Space Adventures is a toolkit of grounded, near-future mission hooks for hard science-fiction play. No aliens. No hyperspace. Just people, machines, politics, and pressure. From EVA failures and orbital…[...]

Posted in 2300AD, Game Design, Traveller, Whole New World

DINOSAUR ISLAND – A Twilight: 2000 Campaign Expansion


Posted on July 7, 2025 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on DINOSAUR ISLAND – A Twilight: 2000 Campaign Expansion

In the shadow of a forgotten war, something older stirs... South of the Pacific dead zones lies Isla Virelia, off the maps, out of history, and teeming with Cold War…[...]

Posted in Game Design, Twilight 2000

Twilight Tangents 2.0 – ZOMBI


Posted on June 15, 2025 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on Twilight Tangents 2.0 – ZOMBI

So, we decided to change some things. Twilight Tangents is by far our best selling book. People just love zombies in Twilight: 2000. It's probably been tempered by the release…[...]

Posted in Game Design, T2000 Writing, Zombi, Zombi RPG

New books!


Posted on June 4, 2025 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on New books!

We released two books this month. PERMAFROST for Twilight 2000. - the horrors of the nuclear winterd66 Horrid Things in an Abandoned Storage Unit Permafrost is a battlefield where the…[...]

Posted in Game Design, LateGaming, Twilight 2000

New Year Game: Star Trek Adventures in the 2270s


Posted on December 3, 2024 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on New Year Game: Star Trek Adventures in the 2270s

The premise for this game is the post Star Trek the Motion Picture era, but before 2278 when the new red uniforms arrived. Starfleet and the Federation are mid-transition to…[...]

Posted in GM, Trek

The Crossing


Posted on November 5, 2024 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on The Crossing

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…[...]

Posted in Game Design, GM, In-Character, Tales of Distant Lands, Writing

Humanydyne ReadThru at the RPGPub


Posted on October 4, 2024 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on Humanydyne ReadThru at the RPGPub

I was faintly annoyed that the English translation was never completed and Google Translate really struggled. So...I'm doing a slightly AI assisted read-through of the book. https://www.rpgpub.com/threads/humanydyne-a-rather-mechanistic-readthrough.11211/[...]

Posted in Commentary, Humanydyne

New Release: Through The Silver Gate – a new alt-campaign for Twilight 2000


Posted on August 27, 2024 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on New Release: Through The Silver Gate – a new alt-campaign for Twilight 2000

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…[...]

Posted in Game Design, Rise of R'lyeh, Twilight 2000

Tales of Distant Lands Playtest: Group 2, Session 2 – AP


Posted on August 21, 2024 | Posted on matt | 1 Comment on Tales of Distant Lands Playtest: Group 2, Session 2 – AP

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…[...]

Posted in Game Design, GM, In-Character, Novel, Tales of Distant Lands, Tales of Distant Lands

Here Be Dragons – a new enemy for Twilight 2000


Posted on June 4, 2024 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on Here Be Dragons – a new enemy for Twilight 2000

Here Be Dragons - A new Enemy for Twilight 2000 [Scenario][Game Aid][Paid] Here Be Dragons is a different look at the post-apocalyptic world after a awakening of an ancient enemy…[...]

Posted in Cool, Game Design, T2000 Writing, Twilight 2000 | Tagged Reign of Fire

New and Shiny: Enhanced: Super Soldiers in the Twilight War


Posted on April 18, 2024 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on New and Shiny: Enhanced: Super Soldiers in the Twilight War

We just released Enhanced. This one has been a long time in the making and, due to the amount of art (all done by humans), the most expensive book we…[...]

Posted in Enhanced, Game Design, T2000 Writing, Twilight 2000

2300AD


Posted on December 18, 2023 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on 2300AD

A recent surge in interest in 2300AD at The Pub has me peering at the BladeRunner RPG as a possible shim to run it. Ditching the promotion and humanity rules…[...]

Posted in 2300AD, Traveller

EXCESSION: Session 1


Posted on December 16, 2023 | Posted on matt | 1 Comment on 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…[...]

Posted in Excession, Game Design, GM, Supers

Micro 2K


Posted on October 19, 2023 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on Micro 2K

Today I released Micro2K - a distillation of the Step Dice Year Zero Engine as used in Twilight 2000 and Blade Runner. You can nab it here for nothing! It's…[...]

Posted in Game Design, LateGaming, Nor Gloom Of Night, T2000 Writing, Twilight 2000

New Release: CONTRACTORS for Twilight 2000


Posted on March 2, 2023 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on New Release: CONTRACTORS for Twilight 2000

It's been a while and a lot of research but also a lot of fun. CONTRACTORS for Twilight 2000 CONTRACTORS is a supplement for Twilight 2000 4th Edition detailing the…[...]

Posted in Game Design, LateGaming, Twilight 2000

The Lost & Found Ghosts – a Doctor Who story


Posted on December 7, 2022 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on The Lost & Found Ghosts – a Doctor Who story

As some of you may know, I write. And I’ve written a few screenplays in my time. This is a Doctor Who screenplay short I wrote for one of my…[...]

Posted in Doctor Who, GM

Return to Jorune


Posted on October 15, 2022 | Posted on matt | Leave a Comment on Return to Jorune

I am in the middle of a writing project (Twilight Invasion, if you must know) but this just means I have extra procrastination for other writing projects. I've written about…[...]

Posted in Game Design, Jorune, Writing

Watchtower play test reflections


Posted on August 23, 2022 | Posted on AJ | Leave a Comment on Watchtower play test reflections

The recent posts about Watchtower were from a one-shot adventure I ran for my son's gaming group. They've been playing (mostly) D&D together regularly for 3-4 years, and it was…[...]

Posted in Commentary, WatchTower

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