Bill Heron: Writer, Editor, Proofreader

Category: RPGs

  • Crawling Chaos

    No, it’s not a reference to my flat or my mental state. It’s a reference to the HP Lovecraft creation known as Nyarlathotep. He/it is also mentioned in the Metallica song the The Thing that Should Not Be, which is about Innsmouth and the Deep Ones. With Halloween creeping closer, I’m getting back into the…

  • The World is not enough: RPG Settings

    Author’s Note: This article also appears in an edited format within the inaugural Tabletop Scotland 2018 programme – Bill, 26th December 2018. Planning for the new Against the Odds D&D setting got me thinking: I’ve created so many RPG settings now that I’d  like to think that I’d developed a certain flair for it. It’s pretty…

  • Waking the demon

    Angel:  “You don’t even know what you’re up against, do you?  You’re gonna have to face your demons sometime.” Marquez:  “What if I don’t want to face my demons?” Angel:  “Then you’ll have to face mine.” – Angel, TV series Interesting quote really, and got me thinking after I heard something similar in True Blood.…

  • Road to Hell: Creating Arunstoun

    This early sunrise malarkey is really messing up my sleep patterns: I keep waking up at 5am. As a side effect, I appear to be having very vivid dreams: I’ve had some great ideas for a new location for Cthulhutech and Call of Cthulhu, as well as a short story or two. It’s a fictional…

  • ORC: Through the Looking Glass

    It’s been a fairly achieving week for so far – Cthulhutech ran really well at ORC, and the whammy at the end surprised my players! The Cthulhutech game is set in Edinburgh, and it worked very well – although a few players were a bit put out when they found out that I nobbled the…

  • Cthulhutech Edinburgh – Tick Tock Tick Tock

    Gaming-wise, I’ve a new PC in Rogue Trader: Diogenes Valexor is the new Navigator. It took a while to create him and again the rulebook is badly laid out – yeah, it looks pretty, but two pages on how to create a PC would be nice! I’m hoping that he develops a little bit more,…

  • D&D Version Wars: A Prequel

    Got an interesting email (quoted as is) the other day about AD&D (the old Advanced Dungeons & Dragons), but the most pertinent section is: So here is my first question..What happened? why did TSR etc feel the need to update the game? Was it all about the cash with TSR? After all, once you had…

  • Thoughts for a Friday

    It’s Friday. Not that it really matters at the moment, in my situation 🙂 . I was woken by the sounds of scaffolding getting dropped outside this morning. Looks like the roof might be getting started. I forgot to mention it the other day, but I was making a cuppa, when I heard voices outside…