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 - 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 1 year ago - 3 comments
Okay, 1.5 hours until November is over. I think I kinda cut things close. But I have had an OUTRAGEOUSLY productive month. Here is my tally of successes; FU – the free universal RPG Come With Me If You Want To Live – the boardgame we bashed out in 2 hours at Iron Game Chef,
about 1 year ago - No comments
The Chase is what I am calling a “mini game”. You know how you sometimes play a computer game and you reach a point where you have to complete some puzzle, sport or other mini-game, the controls / rules of which are quite different to the rest of the game you are playing? Well, The Chase is the same thing for your RPG. It is a quick card-based game that you can use as an alternative to the normal chase rules in your game.
about 1 year ago - No comments
Alright, week 2 is over and I am actually on track. Two games completed! The first game, FU, took most of the time (a lot longer than expected, but I am very happy with it), while the second has been much quicker. Tonight I have finished Come With Me If You Want To Live! This
about 1 year ago - No comments
Alright, my first week is rapidly coming to a close. I have ALMOST finished my first game, FU, though have not made all the modifications to the original rules I had intended. The main reason was that I didn’t want to. It is so outrageously light, easy and FUN that I decided I didn’t want
about 1 year ago - No comments
Progress continues on FU, though not as quickly as I had hoped. Luckily, the weekend approaches and I have given myself until Sunday to have it completed and posted on the Peril Planet site. I had a couple of issues in terms of putting everything together in a way that both conveyed the information I
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
So, halfway through week one and I should either be 4950 words into my novel or halfway through my first game, or both. Turns out I am 1650 words into a novel I have no interest in and about a quarter of the way into my first game project.
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
November 1 is here and so begins NaNoWriMo and NaGa DeMon. Good luck everyone! This afternoon I will update you all with details of my first game design project, F.U. (Free / Universal) my fast-playing generic RPG.
about 1 year ago - No comments
I am christening this month National Game Design Month (NaGa DeMon). When I proposed this idea I thought of it as an alternative to NaNoWriMo, something for non-noveling game fans to do during November. BUT WAIT! It turns out, you don’t have to write a novel to participate in NaNoWriMo.