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Great RPG clearout begins!
I’ve got a number of books in my collection that are either duplicates or are of no use to me, so I’ve decided to give them away. As with the Pathfinder give-away recently, I’d rather these went to a decent home, and someone made a donation to charity. Alternatively, trade me something. Some of these books…
Open Games Day 2016
As de facto High Heid Yin for the Open Roleplaying Community (ORC Edinburgh), I thought I’d mention we decided to try and get more folk in to play RPGs. We’re open to anyone who wants to play RPGs in Edinburgh, but not everyone can get into a game. Also a number of GMs would like…
Fiction – Morning, Noon, and Night
This (very short) piece of fiction is set within the Mutant Chronicles universe, the day Imperial Conquistadors unearth a strange tablet on Pluto… The day of the Big Scream. It is also available to download as a PDF here. Happy to hear any feedback in the comments – I plan to do more of these. Morning,…
Demo Games and demonstrations of RPGs
It’s no secret that I’ve been running a lot of demo (demonstration) games over the year. Over at ORC Edinburgh we’re planning to try out a “Games Day” of demo games to allow those new to RPGs to have a shot at them. So what makes for a good demo? I’ve written some basic stuff…
RPG Retrospective – 2015
As has become the tradition, this RPG Retrospective looks back over my gaming year. It’s been one hell of a year for me. ORC Edinburgh After a management change at the Peartree lead to the possibility of being charged to play, ORC Edinburgh moved to the Kilderkin pub on the Royal Mile. It’s been a…
Dragonmeet 2015 – London ILEC
Dragonmeet 2015 was great fun. It’s safe to say that I had a great time. It’s a busy 1-day convention held in London, at the ILEC Conference Centre, usually on the first Saturday in December. It looks like it has outgrown the venue this year and will relocate to another location next year, though. There were…
Dragonmeet 2015: D-3 Days
Sorry, it’s been a bit quiet around here for a while – I’ll come to the reason for that shortly! Dragonmeet is on this weekend, a London convention that I attended last year for the first time. It’s only one day but I enjoyed it last year – plus there’s a pub meet for the…
Mutant Chronicles, Murphy’s Vault, and me
Sorry for a certain amount of radio silence here recently: I have been busy! And I have news! First up, there’s a new game store in Edinburgh – Murphy’s Vault open on Tuesday 10th November (I’m updating my Edinburgh Gaming page to reflect this). Not only will they be selling card games and board games,…
Writing Considerations – October 2015
I’ve been really busy these last few weeks, with one thing or the other. Much of it has been spent organising gaming stuff, but the majority has been trying to make a reputation for myself as a freelance writer/developer. I’ve recently indexed three supplements, and although it’s not “creative” it does encourage a certain amount…
Looking back at RPG Convention Season 2015
So I’ve been following the “Grand Tour” of RPG convention season this year. I started off with Dragonmeet 2014 in December, a one-day con in London at Earls Court. I followed this up with Conpulsion. The review of this here on this blog has apparently lead to some changes, and I’ve been interrogated quite thoroughly about it at…
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