Tag: Secret Fire RPG
RPG Piracy
YAAR! Or not. In the last week the SOPA and PIPA legislations were pretty much sunk. As is usual for such things there’s two perspectives you can have on this: one is that it a victory for civil liberties and privacy, and that such things are pretty much unworkable. The other perspective is that again…
My view from the Bridge – Bill Heron – 2011
My view from the Bridge – Bill Heron It’s been quite a year for me. I’ve blogged far more about RPGs in the last year than anything else. Consequently I’ve trimmed a lot of the dead wood from my blog to make it easier to read, as well as making the site easier to find…
2011 year end retrospective of ORC Edinburgh
ORC Edinburgh has had an “interesting” year – in the same vein as “May you live interesting times!”. This has been my second year as defacto ORC webmaster (and general heid yin) for ORC Edinburgh. I’m going to try to create these reviews on an annual basis. The year started off in a neo-Ice Age with…
D&D – the Version Wars!
I’ve been playing D&D for over 20 years in its various editions, from 1st Edition AD&D Dragonlance at school, to my own 4th ed. Against the Odds. Over time, each edition has developed its’ little faults: from bad marketing to an over-abundance of rules. Not to mention some god-awful changes in the system: I’ve heard…
September break!
I’ve been a busy guy over the last fortnight, both at work and at home. Work has been mad, but I’ve found some time to complete the following at long last. Secret Fire Games – website I’ve built a new website for Secret Fire Games, using WordPress and also phpBB3 for the forum. I created…
Playtesting RPGs
Over the years, I’ve participated in playtests for a number of games, often as part of ORC. It’s a good community to run such games in as we have a variety of different gamer age groups – from younger gamers just starting out in their first RPG, to those who first played D&D in the…
The Secret Fire Ignites!
The Secret Fire RPG is off to GENCON! While I can’t make it to the world’s biggest gaming convention, George Strayton and Secret Fire Games are going to be there! I’m feeling rather chuffed with myself at getting so much done for the game along with the others at SFG. I guess I really am…
Kickstarting!
Let’s get this party started! The RPG I’ve been helping with, Legends and Labyrinths (Secret Fire games), has now started a Kickstarter project to enable L&L (as it is called ) to be published. Kickstarter is “the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world”. Th game is hopefully going to be released in…
Dark & Dangerous
Well, I completed my work on the The Secret Fire RPG yesterday, right on schedule. Having never been involved on developing an RPG on a real basis, this has proved something of a learning curve for me. It will be officially released at GenCon – yes, THAT GenCon! When you design as part of a team,…
Dawn and Development of the (un)Dead
I’m feeling fairly fired up creatively speaking. I’m planning to get a lot of development work done this weekend for The Secret Fire, the new RPG that I’m helping develop. Certain shackles have been released (the game won’t be OGL any more) – so the D20 side of things is less restrictive, and we can…