Believe me, I’m not thrilled that I have to actually type that out, either. Context: this contest is being held at GenCon, which is undoubtedly stretching the ‘anti-Zionism isn’t anti-Semitism!’ fig leaf to ridiculous limits as cover right now. Kind of glad I wasn’t going to be attending GenCon anyway, if I’m being honest…
Category: RPGS
So that Cozy Halloween thing I was working on is getting split up.
The big-picture one I had shown to my Patreon group was something they liked, but they were more grooving on the idea of doing a kind of smaller town-type situation. They were also heavily down on the idea of cowboy witches with horses, which is good, because that one was non-negotiable anyway. So I came up with an alternate town map for that, and will be putting together a treatment for our next session. This is all in fun, mind you: I’d like to do some collaboration with other RPG writers and artists. This isn’t going to be commercial, in other words.
Continue reading So that Cozy Halloween thing I was working on is getting split up.In the Mail: INEVITABLE.
Full name: Inevitable: A Doomed Arthurian Western. Been looking forward to this one; it’s essentially my jam. Or at least one of my jams. You can pick it up at the link above.
The Matter of Chicago [The Day After Ragnarok]
There’s a little project that I’d like to do for The Day After Ragnarok, assuming they ever bring back the game line. Alas, there’s one big problem: I’d have to write up Chicago. For a game setting written by Ken Hite.
Well, you solve big problems by turning them into smaller ones. Like setting the parameters, at least.
Continue reading The Matter of Chicago [The Day After Ragnarok]Something that I’m working on.
It’s not going to be something that I’m working on here, though. There’s a group of Patreon creators that I’m hanging with, and we were talking about doing a collaborative project. I had a thought of a Cozy Halloween piece, so rejoice! This is part of my creative vision, which will absolutely not survive the feedback process. Nor do I want it to, but if I can keep the broad outlines I’ll be happy.
Note: this isn’t true alternate history. Also note: this absolutely draws from anime and animation. Well-spotted!
The Songs of the Spellbound Sea Kickstarter.
Specifically, Songs of the Spellbound Sea: Nautical Adventures for 5E! No AI art and I’m pretty sure they’re not using Chinese slave labor. A pretty good dude from my Patreon RPG weekly Zoom-up (or whatever we call them) is involved in the project, and he knows how I feel about that stuff. Besides, the turnaround time is definitely not taking ‘ship this from China to England and the US’ into consideration. Plus, I told him that they should have little dinosaur parrot-equivalents for the ‘dinosaur jungle’ stretch goal, and he might even actually bring that up.
I figure, all in all, it’s at least worth a digital backing. Especially the entire idea of pirates + dinosaurs. That’s gaming gold. GOLD, JERRY!
It’s real weird, not playing a magic user in D&D.
I haven’t really done it in twenty or so years, honestly. But after my last character teleported himself and the Big Bad of the campaign right into a sun in order to reignite (long story), I decided to just go full human rogue.
Continue reading It’s real weird, not playing a magic user in D&D.I now have a verified account on DriveThruRPG!
It mostly means that I’m now able to publish stuff there without having to wait for it to get approved first. There’s also some perks that I’m still working out the implications of. There isn’t a manual for this sort of thing.
Anyway! If you’ve been on the fence about buying my TTRPG stuff, well. I’m verified! That’s as good an excuse as any.
The May Patreon stuff is up!
That story didn’t want to gel, for the longest time. Finally did, though.
- Short Story: Deseret Horse. Oh, hey, it’s Rex Fang-Blade and Tabetha Frei. Still not entirely happy with that title.
- RPG Material: Resurgence, Part Two: The Age of Wonders. Tried to keep it from being entirely happy-shiny.
PERILOUS LOCALES is now up on DriveThruRPG!
PERILOUS LOCALES is my collection of location seeds, suitably edited and expanded for publication. This supplement is generic, but is best suited for modern games with paranormal, horror, and/or conspiratological elements. Check it out (and my other two game supplements) on DriveThruRPG today!