Posted inConventions

“Do people still go to cons?”

This year, Q-CON celebrates it's 15th year. It was sixteen years ago that I finished the 'market research' of conventions in Ireland (via Gaelcon and Warpcon - and getting illicit…
Posted inCommentary

Gates of Hell

A couple of pics of a really accessible volcano. Easily re-used for something gaming...
Posted in23rd Letter Commentary Game Design

New Downloads

Some people were looking for them so I've put some downloads on the books page: Wildtalents fanzine 1 60K PDF Wildtalents 3 fanzine 1.5MB PDF Wildtalents 5 fanzine 373K PDF…
Posted inCommentary In-Character Industry

Man vs…

The topic of conversation this morning in the car was the substance of plots. Traditionally, we have plots which are Man versus Man (and yes, I intend to keep the…
Posted inCommentary Industry

The State of the RPG Industry

An article on MSNBC writes about the woes in the RPG market: "Wizards does not reveal sales figures, but Pramas estimates the overall market for traditional role-playing games at $30…
Posted inReview

Albion

Okay, maybe this proves I'm not a comic geek but I'm seriously underwhelmed. It's like the British version of Planetary. And not very good.
Posted inGame Design WildTalents/Godlike

OREs Magica

I spent some time at work today thinking about things that could be done with the ORE system. I admit that I've not yet had the chance to really test…
Posted inCommentary

222 years ago

"Blood running in the streets. Mobs of rioters and demonstrators threatening banks and legislatures. Looting of shop and home. Strikes and unemployment. Trade and distribution paralyzed. Shortages of food. Bankruptcies…
Posted inCommentary

WP upgraded to 2.5

And things seem okay. Still somewhat frustrated that the theme keeps dropping and I'm not aware of any log files/errors. Annoying.
Posted inCommentary

This doesn’t make any sense

Alpha Flight used to be my hero team of choice but this doesn't make any sense. How many times must a guy die? Well, they were my favourite Marvel team.…
Posted inCommentary Cool

Real Creepy Places

Real Creepy Places is a link for myself. Any self-respecting GM should be able to pastiche one of these into a game.
Posted inCommentary

I get it. Be more concise. Fine.

"Six(1) words(2) can(3) tell(4) a(5) story(6) (while five is too small). Constraints (write without the letter “e”; use only one-syllable words; make every sentence exactly N words ) can force…
Posted inGM

Portion control

One of the hardest things to manage when GMing a game is portion control. Traditionally we game in the evenings starting at around 7 pm and finishing up around 10…
Posted inWildTalents/Godlike

Wild Talents / ORE

I've finally finished reading the system bits of Wild Talents and I do wish I'd read it earlier as it is a pretty solid action system with a lot of…
Posted inCool

It’s my birthday soon….so….

Brooklun Superhero Supply Company Sadly just a graphic. Always wanted to find a thrifty place to get new Anti-Grav Boots. But there is a STORE Here's the Times article talking…