about 7 months ago - No comments
Just a quick note to let you know about a few things that have been happening. Well, not a few, two. Plus something else. So three, which is… a few. The Droog Family Songbook won the 1KM1KT Movie Mashup competition! I am totally stoked and thank all the participants and judges from the bottom of
about 9 months ago - No comments
Another FU Hack for you all today, this time I do The Matrix! The original inspiration to do this Hack came from a comment from Jean-Baptiste Breton. I also drew heavily on Steve Darlington’s own Matrix RPG, There Is No Spoon, which is totally cool and worth checking out. The final approach to the “special
about 10 months ago - 1 comment
So yesterday (well, very early this morning) I completed my 24-hour RPG, The Droog Family Songbook. It is inspired by a mashup of the films A Clockwork Orange and The Sound of Music. I started with two apparently very different stories (films) and a spark of an idea. I was actually most interested in doing
about 10 months ago - 6 comments
Okay. It’s 2.58am. I am tired – very tired. This morning I undertook to participate in the Movie Mashup 24-hour game design competition. You can read more about it over here. Basically, a long list of films was supplied and participants have to pick two, “mash” them together, and create an RPG based on them.
about 10 months ago - No comments
I asked my 5 year old daughter this morning if she would like to watch a movie. Her reply? “Yes please. Star Wars!” To make her even more awesome, she wanted Episode 4! It seems only appropriate then that I post a little something-something for you all. I present, for your gaming pleasure, my take
about 10 months ago - No comments
I was reading John Wick’s SexCraft the other day (yes, SexCraft) and it reminded me that if you want something to be important in your game, giving it a specific mechanic can help. I almost wrote “if you want something to be important, give it a mechanic”, but I don’t think this is always true.
about 10 months ago - No comments
The first in a regular series of articles sharing what is happening behind the scenes, and what is on the horizon. This post discusses FU, The Beast of Limfjord, Verge and something new.
about 10 months ago - No comments
Last year I wrote a play set for the totally awesome game, Fiasco. It has just been updated, had a few tweaks to make it “punchier” and released in the latest edition of Pelgrane Press’ Page XX. It even has an awesome new cover. The new version has an updated, more focused “Insta-Setup”, and a
about 1 year ago - 6 comments
The Beast of Limfjord is now available! After more than twelve months of hard grist, and lots of help, support and feedback from friends and fans, the game is complete and ready for your grubby hands! Coming in at 24 pages (plus attractive cover), the PDF is packed full of Epic Viking Goodness!
about 1 year ago - No comments
FU is finally up. I have created a whole page for it here. I will add to the page as I have time (after Christmas at this stage). That is quite a bit of stuff I have posted over the last week. Thank you to the people that have sent me feedback on it. I