On Friday 23rd February 1722, something horrible happened in Moy. It is almost Friday 23rd February 1923, and Moy will once again experience something horrible. The Bodach Glas has come. There will be Horror in the Highlands. After writing The Oxford Articles (now a Silver seller on DriveThruRPG!), I decided to go back...
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The Oxford Articles – A Call of Cthulhu adventure.
As per a previous post I signed up to take part in the Storytelling Collective‘s RPG adventure writing workshop during July, this time opting to write for Call of Cthulhu after previously writing a DMsGuild module – Unsettled Ground. I wanted to capture some of the thinking that went into The...
Continue reading...Call of Cthulhu – RPG Writer Workshop Summer 2021
After doing the RPG Writer Workshop in November 2020 and producing Unsettled Ground on DMsGuild, I came into 2021 with grand plans to produce more. Those plans haven’t turned into outputs and it’s in part down to the usual “spinning too many plates” but it’s probably as much due to...
Continue reading...Day 366 of Year 2020…
It has been 31 days since my last post and it also happens to be the last day of 2020. As far as leap years go, it has been a year full of challenge and no doubt many people will be keen for it to be over with as soon...
Continue reading...RPG Pre-Conditions and Self Limitations
So way back when I started this blog I kicked it off with a post called “I’m Dave and I’m a Roleplayer” and I proceeded to talk about the rediscovery of what I wanted my hobby to be. Since then I’ve managed to rediscover my hobby and I’ve achieved some...
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- 23/12/2014
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Gen Con – My Itinerary (The Saturday)
I hope you’ve all recovered from the last post not being about Gen Con.I could have put Gen Con references in it as after all it’s about posting daily about RPGs in August which is when Gen Con happens but I decided to make it all about RPGaDay instead. Anyway,...
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- 03/08/2014
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100 Days and Counting
Without letting this turn into one of those Oscar speeches where there are tears and lots of meaningless thank yous. I wanted to talk a little more about how I got this 2nd Chapter up and running and to thank those who’ve helped me to rediscover the fun. Before I...
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- 24/10/2013
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Nearly Gamer
I was recently away with work and whilst waiting for the flight home I sat at the airport with one of my colleagues at work who I don’t really know that well. So we cover the usual topics of family, work history, holidays and then she asks what I do...
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- 05/10/2013
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A fresh look at D&D.
I’ve been playing D&D since the Basic Red Box was released in the UK thanks to my brother Allan.When 1st Edition Advanced D&D came out I jumped onto that and never looked back.2nd Edition Advanced D&D never really clicked with me or my players but I did buy into it,...
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- 02/08/2013
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Are we there yet?
In the run up to Christmas 2012 Fantasy Flight Games released their Star Wars: Edge Of The Empire Beginner Game RPG. At the same time Star Wars The Card Game LCG came out. Having looked at the LCG offerings from FFG previously during the 1st Chapter I had never really...
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- 21/07/2013
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