Posted inGame Design

How we design a role-playing game

I thought I'd share a bit about how our game design process works and (in a subsequent post) what we're currently working on. This is not necessarily the best way…
Posted inGame Design

Game Developers and Publishers

I've just taken over editing of the Game Developers and Publishers area on dmoz. If you are in this arena and want your site listed there, please submit it through…
Posted inPrinting

Paper, PoD, PDF

All of the books we've published (whether as Crucible Design or LateGaming) have been less than 100 pages. In general, this has felt big enough for the game that was…
Posted inCommentary

Things like this inspire games

NASA media announcement I can think of a half-dozen things that would make a great game. It's not going to be any of those things though. It'll be something dull…
Posted inSolo

Solo: The Hero’s Journey (Part 3)

After generating all the names for the main people in Toby's life, I came up with a bunch of background - all of this just came to me as I…
Posted inSolo

Solo: What’s in a name?

I've seen a bunch of name generators, especially around generating random fantasy names, or names that look Tolkien-esque. However, this random name generator is for normal first and last names,…
Posted inCommentary WotW: Earth

225 days

SI 1995/3297, also known as "The Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995", this UK law came into effect on January 1st 1996. At its most basic, it…
Posted inSolo

Solo: The Hero’s Journey (Part 1)

[09:15:14] So, have you thought about where you want to set Solo? [09:16:11] Nope. ? A lot of that is up to you. Want to be a yank? [09:18:07] It…
Posted inWotW: Earth

WotW: Earth – Vox Populi

"Have you seen my Jim? Have you seen him? My son? About four feet tall, blond hair, covered in freckles? ... what about you, sir? Have you seen my Jim?…
Posted inWotW: Earth

WotW: Earth – The Second Launch

"Hundreds of observers saw the flame that night and the night after about midnight, and again the night after; and so for ten nights, a flame each night. Why the…
Posted inOut-of-Character

Site refresh

Bear with us while we engage in some site jiggery-pokery.  Those of you who subscribe to the feed shouldn't notice any difference.  Also it's a bit harder to tell who…
Posted inCommentary

Shopping for a new desk?

Tom Spina Designs (via therpf.com) show us what you can get if you have expensive and sci-fi tastes. http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=39500
Posted in23rd Letter

The 23rd Letter – Black Monday

"Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." - John Maynard Keynes The period…
Posted inCommentary Game Design

The Quiet Time

We've not posted much in the last couple of weeks. This has been for a few reasons: Real life has got in the way of roleplaying Real life has got…
Posted inCommentary

Qabal – The RPG that wrote itself

Not only are there multiple sites showing that Crucible Design have produced Qabal, this site provides a description and *gasp* someone has even rated the game. Saves us the effort…
Posted inIn-Character Pendragon

Tiroconium – March 531

In the fair city of Cirencester, the Duke of Clarence hosts a tournament each year for newly-made knights, called Tiroconium. Two knights have stood out as being particularly noteworthy in…