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Surprise! New projects!
Two new projects sprang fully formed into my head this week, so I thought I’d update you all on them. Firstly I wrote a traditional, constrained dungeoncrawl called the Curse of Mizzling Grove. Just a small tower and its surrounds, a lot of treasure and some strange and eery creatures. I’ve written it, am seeking Continue reading
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Warning! Promotion Ahead!
It’s been a big week for releases for me this week! I mentioned a few days ago that I’d released my Mothership module written in collaboration with Hodag! It’s called HELL ON REV-X, and is a depth crawl through a derelict space hulk with four factions to interact with! I’m really proud of it and Continue reading
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Every Character A Major (Character)
This is a polish-up of a tweetstorm I wrote a while ago. I keep forgetting that it’s better to write here than on Twitter; force of habit I guess. I saw someone talking about how “only certain important NPCs really need detail”. I came to thinking of how I applied the concept “all NPCs are Continue reading
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New Release: Hiss!
Today I hit “publish” on the small module I’ve been playtesting the last few weeks, Hiss! Hiss is a horror module featuring a doomed village for your diy elfgame. It’s short, dense and flexible, and features simmering tensions that could explode over a short two or three sessions, or could become a mysterious feature of Continue reading
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Hiss: Play Report #2
Hiss is the zine-length adventure I wrote as a palate cleanser after finishing my gothic horror sandbox Bridewell. It’s a 30 page adventure, inspired by one of my favourite classic modules, Against the Cult of the Reptile God. Previous Play Report here. Ferdrek and Ursaline, played by Sandro of Fail Forward and Marcia of Traverse Fantasy, had made Continue reading
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Hiss: Play Report #1
I wanted to playtest Hiss, the zine-length adventure I wrote as a palate cleanser after the huge effort that was writing Bridewell, and also as a way to reinforce some of the lessons learnt in Bridewell without putting so many of the restrictions I placed on myself in writing Bridewell. It’s a 36 page adventure, Continue reading
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