26 December 2012 ·

Aww, lovely.

This short comes in at just over two minutes in duration, and packs a good snowball’s punch with it. I’d love to capture this feel in a role-playing poem.

8 November 2012 ·

Apocalypse World Fonts

I’m creating custom sign-up sheets sporting the London Indie RPG Meetup branding for Dragonmeet.

One of the games we’ll be running is Apocalypse World. I’ve just tracked down the fonts that Vincent Baker uses in the Apocalypse World text to use in the custom sign-up sheet.

Here are links to download all of the free fonts he uses:

The Apocalypse World text also uses Chaparral Bold, but that one costs bucks.

7 November 2012 ·

Who knew that R’lyeh was pronounced Rill-yeah?

Not me, hence the burn of the Girls Laughing meme.

I only realised my error after listening to the latest Dark Adventure Radio Theatre audio drama, Call of Cthulhu: if you like the Cthulhu Mythos and old time radio, it’s quality.

Who knew that R’lyeh was pronounced Rill-yeah?

Not me, hence the burn of the Girls Laughing meme.

I only realised my error after listening to the latest Dark Adventure Radio Theatre audio drama, Call of Cthulhu: if you like the Cthulhu Mythos and old time radio, it’s quality.

6 November 2012 ·

The sign-up sheet for Pig, my swine-flavoured hack of Witch: The Road to Lindisfarne that I’m running at Indiecon.

Evidently plenty of animals were tried in the law courts of medieval Europe.


  All over Europe, throughout the middle-ages and right on into the 19th century, animals were, as it turns out, tried for human crimes. Dogs, pigs, cows, rats and even flies and caterpillars were arraigned in court on charges ranging from murder to obscenity. The trials were conducted with full ceremony: evidence was heard on both sides, witnesses were called, and in many cases the accused animal was granted a form of legal aid — a lawyer being appointed at the tax-payer’s expense to conduct the animal’s defence.

The sign-up sheet for Pig, my swine-flavoured hack of Witch: The Road to Lindisfarne that I’m running at Indiecon.

Evidently plenty of animals were tried in the law courts of medieval Europe.

All over Europe, throughout the middle-ages and right on into the 19th century, animals were, as it turns out, tried for human crimes. Dogs, pigs, cows, rats and even flies and caterpillars were arraigned in court on charges ranging from murder to obscenity. The trials were conducted with full ceremony: evidence was heard on both sides, witnesses were called, and in many cases the accused animal was granted a form of legal aid — a lawyer being appointed at the tax-payer’s expense to conduct the animal’s defence.

5 November 2012 ·

a LOL comic riffing on the fact that folk really love burning Elouise in Witch.

a LOL comic riffing on the fact that folk really love burning Elouise in Witch.

2 November 2012 ·

A page from the “classic” 80s British RPG Dragon Warriors, reviewed on RPGGeek here.

A page from the “classic” 80s British RPG Dragon Warriors, reviewed on RPGGeek here.

1 November 2012 ·

Possibly the best goat-fighting RPG since GOAT ATTACK 2nd EDITION.

Possibly the best goat-fighting RPG since GOAT ATTACK 2nd EDITION.

25 October 2012 ·

A compendium of your favourite characters from Witch, lovingly statted up for the Lamentations of the Flame Princess Role-Playing Game.

A compendium of your favourite characters from Witch, lovingly statted up for the Lamentations of the Flame Princess Role-Playing Game.

23 October 2012 ·

A role-playing game about not very much of nothing at all.

A role-playing game about not very much of nothing at all.

21 October 2012 ·

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