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…[...]
Games in a Utopia
I guess it depends where you sit. We live in a post-scarcity civilisation (we have the technology), we just don’t live in a post-scarcity society. Scarcity is manufacturered. So are…[...]
TTRPGDESIGN Update: Enhanced
I haven't spoken much about "Enhanced" but the premise is: "What if, in the Twilight War, the war to end all wars, there was another agent. Something that arrived on…[...]
TTRPGDesign: Beyond Human update
Progress with Beyond Human has definitely slowed dude to working on other projects; not least ENHANCED for Twilight 2000 and The 23rd Letter 3rd Edition (as well as Xiongguo, Invasion…[...]
Xiongguo (working title) – playtesting begins
#ttrpgDesign #ttrpg #T2K4e #xiongguo? So, we begin the playtest for Xiongguo (working title) next week. ?I’ve added some additional rules which are pilfered from other systems. ?Xiongguo is a simple,…[...]
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…[...]
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…[...]
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,…[...]
New Release: Kick Murder
Well, tonight we hit publish on our new #TTRPG: Kick Murder https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/419543/Kick-Murder "Your Emotions Make You Human, Even The Unpleasant Ones Have A Purpose" In Kick Murder, the players are…[...]
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…[...]
Fediversed
And now we are on Fediverse/Mastodon.[...]
Mythos Role-Reversal
Originally posted on Mastodon at #TTRPGDesign Saw someone asking about Mythos role reversal on Reddit. I don’t relish the idea of playing evil characters or Mythos monsters so most of…[...]
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…[...]
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…[...]
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…[...]
Watchtower SF: August 4th
Bergs in the Bay! San Francisco Chronicle Meteorologists were shocked today when a massive iceberg several miles long appeared off the coast of Marin County, seemingly on a collision course…[...]