Game Design – lategaming

NEW RELEASE: The UFOlogists Field Manual – a Quickstart for MAJESTIC

Step into the shadowy world of conspiracy, cover-ups, and cosmic intrigue with the Ufologists Field Manual, the Quickstart for the upcoming tabletop RPG, MAJESTIC. This essential manual invites players with…

matt January 27, 2025

Novel Tales of Distant Lands Tales of Distant Lands

New Release: Short Tales of Distant Lands

Short Tales of Distant Lands Step into a world where magic whispers through ancient forests, shadows hold forgotten secrets, and ordinary lives are touched by the extraordinary. Short Tales of…

matt January 7, 2025

Novel Tales of Distant Lands Tales of Distant Lands

Into Darkness, TALKING TO DRAGONS, book 1 of TALES OF DISTANT LANDS

After their meal, they continued their journey, the forest growing darker and more foreboding as the rain intensified. The compass remained steady, its needle pointing unwaveringly ahead. It was late…

matt December 3, 2024

Game Design GM In-Character

The Crossing

The Wanderer rocked violently, a fragile speck in the vast, storm-beaten waters. Spicer, the captain, stood barefoot at the helm, his wiry frame braced against the ship’s shuddering frame as waves…

matt November 5, 2024

Commentary Game Design

Domination….no, not what you’re thinking.

I was a fan of Domination (the RPG) for a while. It was published by Starchilde Publications in 1989. Starchilde also made another game I really liked: Justifiers (and I…

matt October 22, 2024

Game Design Tales of Distant Lands

New posts on Childbirth and Death in Tales of Distant Lands.

I've done a lot of worldbuilding here and on the RPGPUB but the place where the most content for Tales of Distant Lands lives is on the Patreon. Thers's heaps…

matt October 2, 2024

Game Design Rise of R'lyeh

NEW RELEASE: Rise of R’lyeh – a new post apocalyptic vision

The strange aeons arrived and R'lyeh rose from the dark waters. A Dark Past When the darkness came for me, There was no-one who stood in their way In 1998,…

matt September 20, 2024

Game Design Tales of Distant Lands

Tales of Distant Lands – Fights

Drennus is a Privean pirate who fights with a long blade. He's matched against Blackfeather, a Saalian dockworker. Both have seen several scrapes in the past Drennus Body d10, Pirate…

matt September 18, 2024

Game Design Whole New World

Whole New World: Seeking Artists

The art for Enhanced or Through the Silver Gate doesn't vibe well with Whole New World so I'm hunting for an artist again to produce the cool retro-space vibe I…

matt August 29, 2024

Game Design

Using Twilight 2000 Resources with Blade Runner

Blade Runner is one of the published games by Free League which uses a version of the Year Zero Engine (YZE) which eschews dice pools in favour of stepped dice.…

matt August 27, 2024

Game Design Rise of R'lyeh Twilight 2000

New Release: Through The Silver Gate – a new alt-campaign for Twilight 2000

Through the Silver Gate is a new alt-campaign for Twilight 2000 cementing it as a flexible and practical modern task and combat resolution system. It sits alongside Here Be Dragons…

matt August 27, 2024

Game Design GM In-Character

Tales of Distant Lands Playtest: Group 2, Session 2 – AP

Once she was sure that everyone was asleep, Joy crept from her stuffed straw pallet and slipped out of the room. She was sure no-one would have heard her move…

matt August 21, 2024

De Occulta Enhanced Ex Sanguine

The Fantasy War – putting the War in Wardrobe

I wrote some notes a while ago so forgive me for brevity. This morning on the bus....I kinda expanded them. Images are placeholders, I've pinged my artist, Dino, to produce…

matt August 7, 2024

Game Design

One Page RPG Jam 2024 – Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf

This is an examination of being a starfaring race in the Dark Forest. The idea of a violent and hostile void out there filled with predators lurking in the vast…

matt August 3, 2024

Commentary Game Design

One Page RPG Jam 2024 – Communists in the Funhouse

So, where did this one come from? Communists in the Funhouse is a euphemism used in Denmark to describe a woman who's at a certain stage of her menstrual cycle.…

matt August 2, 2024

Game Design

One Page RPG Jam 2024 – We Go In – Saving the World when you’re not From The World

The third RPG I've posed to the Jam is WE GO IN The concept is being a disaster relief operative. A little like "International Rescue" also known as Thunderbirds. Now…

matt July 30, 2024

Game Design

One Page RPG Jam 2024 – Chosen Men – “Sharpe” by any other name

The second RPG I've posted for the Jam is Chosen Men This game is the "Sharpe" of RPGs. The idea of romping around Spain putting Napoleon back in his place…

matt July 30, 2024

Commentary Game Design

One Page RPG Jam 2024 – Talking to Dragons – an Earthsea-inspired RPG

So far I’ve posted two entries for the Jam The first is....Talking to Dragons This is the base system for "Tales of Distant Lands" and could be considered a QuickStart…

matt July 26, 2024

Game Design

One Page Game Jam 2024

We will be hacking together some entries for the one page game jam over the coming month. Pop onto our discord if you want to join in.

matt July 21, 2024

Game Design Novel Tales of Distant Lands

Tales of Distant Lands: The Song of Rusal and Erse

The Song of Rusal and Erse In the history of Saaland, Rusal was a legendary warrior, poet and prince. In the story, Rusal become enchanted with a woman he sees…

matt July 15, 2024