Rise of R’lyeh Character Sheet
We have a character sheet for Rise of R'lyeh now.[...]
Rise of R’lyeh – Apocalyptic Mythos Horror
Playtest copies currently available Rise of R'lyeh is designed to work with the Year Zero Engine (Step Dice) shared by games like Twilight 2000, Bladerunner, Terminal Shock, The 23rd Letter…[...]
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…[...]
Power Armour (Living Steel) for YZE-Step
An M.I. lives by his suit the way a K-9 man lives by and with and on his doggie partner. Powered armor is one-half the reason we call ourselves "mobile…[...]
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…[...]
Reign of Fire for YZE-Step
Challenged to make a Reign of Fire game with our current 23rd Letter rules gives us a bit of thought. In Forbidden Lands (YZE), dragons are pretty nasty. Even the…[...]
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.…[...]
Game Dev Discord
We have a Game Dev Discord which we are slowly opening up to a few more people. Inside is space for asking questions about our existing published games as well…[...]
YZE Dice Roller – including Step Dice
AJ built this YZE dice roller on the site so we have a super quick way of rolling dice and collecting successes. It's the only one that works for Step…[...]
Dark Urban Fantasy I hear?
ExSanguine allows for the playing of Vampir Hunters, Familiars (humans enthralled by vampirs), Fiends (young vampires) and Elders. Plenty of supernaturals mentioned in there, eh? De Occulta allows for playing…[...]
Ex Sanguine and De Occulta released: Dark Urban Fantasy
This week I released two complete books. Both of them are powered by the popular Year Zero Engine and both of them part of a series to create a "Dark…[...]
Apocalyptic Fantasy
My contribution to this thread on the pub: Things I think would be interesting. Messed up geographies. Not necessarily Skyrealms but I based the design of Viride on a diagram…[...]
Effects-based Magic for YZE-Step
My favourite magic systems are from Ars Magica (and to a degree, MAGE), and the effects based system from For Faery Queen and Country. The principle of Nothing From Nothing…[...]
Frontier – new art, old art
Would really like the time and energy to get life paths done this month. Depends on life and everything. I did get some new art commissioned.[...]
Frontier – thinking while watching The Expanse
I've just started a binge of The Expanse TV series and if I enjoy it, I'll hit the book series. There are things I really like about The Expanse. They…[...]
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…[...]
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…[...]
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…[...]