Industry – lategaming

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

Game Design Novel SeaFarers

Languaging and the Naming of Things

One of the important things for the World is familiarity. I remember reading a great (and hefty) first RPG by a Scottish crowd and one of the things I remember…

matt June 20, 2024

Game Design Novel Tales of Distant Lands

Talking to Dragons

Dragons of all shapes and sizes occupy this world but due to the spread of wizardry, they are most often found on remote islands or on lonely peaks. A solitary…

matt June 17, 2024

23rd Letter Game Design The 23rd Letter

The 23rd Letter, 3rd Edition playtest doc

It's out there in the wild. We are inviting you to the Playtest. Either join our little Discord or, if you already own The 23rd Letter 2nd Edition, check your…

matt March 21, 2024

23rd Letter Game Design Industry

The 23rd Letter 3rd Edition

So, we have been working a lot on this. The rules are probably 90% complete but we keep finding little places where we think a rule or guideline is needed.…

matt February 23, 2024

Game Design LateGaming Nor Gloom Of Night

Micro 2K

Today I released Micro2K - a distillation of the Step Dice Year Zero Engine as used in Twilight 2000 and Blade Runner. You can nab it here for nothing! It's…

matt October 19, 2023

Game Design LateGaming Twilight 2000

New Release: CONTRACTORS for Twilight 2000

It's been a while and a lot of research but also a lot of fun. CONTRACTORS for Twilight 2000 CONTRACTORS is a supplement for Twilight 2000 4th Edition detailing the…

matt March 2, 2023

23rd Letter Game Design Industry

23rd Letter, 2nd Edition PDF

After a lengthy delay, I released the PDF of the second edition of The 23rd Letter. Anyone who has the print edition gets it free (so, if you have it,…

matt January 7, 2023

Game Design Kick Murder LateGaming

Well, tonight we hit publish on our new #TTRPG: Kick Murder https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/419543/Kick-Murder "Your Emotions Make You Human, Even The Unpleasant Ones Have A Purpose" In Kick Murder, the players are…

matt December 10, 2022

Game Design Jorune Writing

Return to Jorune

I am in the middle of a writing project (Twilight Invasion, if you must know) but this just means I have extra procrastination for other writing projects. I've written about…

matt October 15, 2022

Art Industry

[Hiring] Comic Book Superheroes for an RPG

Hi folks, After a somewhat abortive attempt on Fiver to get some superhero art for my upcoming RPG, I thought I would try here. I’m looking for panels which wouldn’t…

matt March 9, 2022

23rd Letter Game Design The 23rd Letter

Twilight Tangents: LEGION

I just started watching the Legion TV series (bought on iTunes) and it's absolutely compelling. And then that made me think that it could easily be modelled using The 23rd…

matt March 5, 2022

23rd Letter Game Design LateGaming

Announcing Twilight Tangents – a multi-world sourcebook for Twilight: 2000 4th Edition

I've produced a couple of books for T2K4e but I'm really enjoying putting together this latest one. This book describes three alternate futures for the T:2000 game. Things to spice…

matt February 11, 2022

Game Design LateGaming Twilight 2000

T2000: CZTERY – Four Mystery Scenarios for Twilight:2000

Now available through the Free League Workshop, four mysteries for Twilight: 2000 referees who want something mysterious in their game. Ready to slot into an existing campaign or you can…

matt February 1, 2022

Game Design LateGaming Zombi RPG

An old ZOMBI review…

Because ZOMBI is back on sale, I figured looking at an old review might be timely. From Caliverbooks (Valkyrie mag) Zombi RPG Crucible Design Zombies have appeared in RPGs since…

matt December 16, 2021

Game Design Zombi Zombi RPG

ZOMBI now available on DTRPG

ZOMBI is now on DTRPG. Originally distributed in hardcopy through the US and Europe, this is the first digital version. The first few pages of this journal have been destroyed…

matt December 14, 2021

Game Design Nor Gloom Of Night

Nor Gloom Of Night – now available on DriveThruRPG

Nor Gloom Of Night is a post-apocalyptic setting for your favourite modern RPG. Become a horse-riding agent of the Reformation States twenty years after the fall of the United States…

matt December 9, 2021

Making Movies Scriptwriting Writing

Draculas Night Oot

Attached below is a script I wrote a few years ago. It was for a BBC comedy shorts competition they were running out of Writers Room. The competition was called…

matt July 8, 2021

Game Design Industry Regency Royale

Regency Royale

In late 2019, just before the Covid thing, I was working on a game design document for a real time tactics video game with the working title of "Regency Royale".…

matt February 10, 2021

Commentary The Apocalypse

Two Books on sale at DriveThruRPG

In an attempt to calm this raging passion I have for writing, I've begun to embark on putting my books on DriveThruRPG - the pre-eminent site for selling RPGs online.…

matt December 3, 2020