This year, for Zine Month, I’m running my first ever Kickstarter. It’s for a game called “Me, the Singularity“, and it’s a TTRPG adaptation of Supercircuit‘s visual novel of the same name.
Continue readingEnd of 2023 Roundup
2023 is the year I took over as organiser of the UK Tabletop Industry Networking group. I hadn’t planned on it becoming a large chunk of my work, but over the year it really ballooned – we’ve made a lot new friends, boothed at three conventions, and grown the following of our newsletter substantially. What I’d imagined as a side-gig I could spin to promote my games a bit has turned into something more substantial, and I’ve got lots of plans for how to keep expanding in the new year. Of course, that will demand even more of my time, and I’ll need to find a way to compensate myself for that. If I don’t, I’ll have to drop it – and no-one else will pick up this much work for free. I want to create something sustainable enough to outlast me.
Continue reading2023-so-far Roundup
At time of writing I’m enjoying a brief respite between attending MCM London Comic Con and UK Games Expo on back to back weekends. This just three weeks after getting married, and two weeks after getting back from my honeymoon. And two days after the Succession finale. What a month!
Continue readingEnd of 2022 Roundup
Welcome to the liminal space between Christmas and New Year! The perfect time to look back at the year that was, and take stock of where the world is heading. Actually, that sounds really depressing. Let’s just talk about games instead.
Continue readingWhat to Pack for a Roleplaying Game
A couple of months ago, I turned up to run a game of Heart: the City Beneath, and realised I’d forgotten to bring dice. Not a problem – our host was able to provide what we needed – but a little annoying. I’d planned to bring fancy red and black and orange dice!
A few weeks later, in the midst of pretty severe burnout, I was packing to go run the next Heart game. This time I was determined not to forget something. So much so that I even when online to look for “How to pack for an RPG” guides, to make sure I had what I needed. I couldn’t find anything good; at least not on the first page of Google.
Long story short, I forgot the character sheets. That was a problem.
Anyway, here’s a list of everything you (might or might not) need when you attend an RPG session. It’s designed for you to start at the top and work down, with off-ramps when you hit something that doesn’t apply to you. I made this for me, but maybe you’ll find it useful too? I’ve no expectation this will reach the first page of Google, but at least I’ll know where it is.
Continue readingRest of Summer 2022 Roundup
Unsurprisingly, I wasn’t able to keep up with monthly updates between freelance gigs – which means even more to catch up on now.
Continue readingJune 2022 Roundup
June was a very good month, because I got to go to the UK Games Expo and hang with my favourite nerds! My last multi-day convention was before the pandemic, and before switching to full-time RPG work, so this was a long overdue opportunity to catch up with clients and freelancers who I’ve barely interacted with offline. Didn’t play that many games though! But I did get to try Calico, Chai, and Catapult Feud, play Star Trek Adventures again in the Games on the Hour space. All-in-all, a great bank holiday weekend, that’s whet my appetite for GenCon in a month or so.
Continue readingMay 2022 Roundup
Trying something new today: using this blog as a recap of what I’ve been up to this month. Maybe this’ll become a regular feature! Or maybe I’ll get too busy, and neglect my blog for another nine months. Who can say!
Continue readingI Write RPGs for a Living Now
I’ve been doing this for six months now, with no immediate plans to quit, so I should probably make it official on my blog too!
Continue readingFerrymen Retrospective: End of a Campaign
Part 9 of the Ferrymen series, a long running home campaign adapting Diaspora to Fate Core.
Here’s my dirty little secret: I had a really good 2020.
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