Hi all, here’s a link to a recent YouTube livestream where I talked about Midnight of the Century , discussed future updates, what to expect in the final book...

For those who want to keep their logs in a digital logbook instead of a physical notebook, I’ve just uploaded the digital Twine version alongside the original...

If you enjoyed Do Not Read This Journal , you’ll definitely want to check out its sci-fi sibling: Do not access this log! is out now! This time, you’re not...

As I've seen the current version of the PDF recently downloaded more than ever before, I wanted to write a little bit about the ambitious rewrite of the system...

Hi everyone! I want to thank everyone again who downloaded my new game, Colossus! This is really making my dreams come true to see so many people interested in...

Figuring out the “best” way to handle arithmetic in a game is my least favorite part of playtesting. I obsess over it anyway because I want to save myself...

In Kobold Krew, all actions are going to be solved with an Action Roll. The kobold will roll all the dice in the dice pool and then look for the highest number...

First off, wow. Thank you, each and every one of you, for taking a chance on a fan TTRPG. I really hope you are enjoying the game. No point prevaricating: "The...

I was on the Geeks With Shields podcast talking about my game design process, DOOM, and minis-games in general. Check it out here: Direct Link: https://open.spo...

Work is going forward on the new expanded version of Kobold Krew. I am going with a full color PDF and I will be making and selling hand made printed copies. I...

Just wanted to share a video I posted today - 5 Things you Didn't Know about Dwarf Mine. I hope you enjoy!...

Hey Everyone, There is a Mega Sale happening for Dwarf Mine currently here in March! If you're missing an expansion, or have a friend who has been waiting for a...

One of the core concepts of VIGIL's setting are the soulfalls and the fragmented mindscapes that appear in the Midnight Vale. A Soul is Falling Within this quas...

Where does an idea come from? Well, in this particular case, drugs, punk rock, and a lifetime love of fantasy adventure ttrpgs. I remember I was staying with an...

MECCANICHE DI GIOCO Punti Movimento: il vecchio sistema di Velocità è stato sostituito con i “Punti Movimento”. Necessità : in seguito al feedback ricevu...

A huge thank you to those of you who have downloaded the MVP, and to those who even threw a few dollars towards it! Even in this prolonged dormancy. This mornin...

As I rework the rules for kobold Krew. I find myself trying to fix things I think could have been better. One of those areas is combat. I never really liked the...

Hello today! Happy new year! I know it's been a while, this year has been extra busy for me along with changes I made to how the game is developed, but the comm...

I made a public Patreon post about my plans to work on Mangayaw this 2025 . Some important points: Cairn 2e/Electric Bastionland-style character creation Making...

Hello everyone! It's been almost a year since the release of Kernel and in that time I've gotten a lot of feedback about what's strong about the game and what n...

The current version of Ikezu-ishi contains both the original Cairn 2e SCARS but also implements WOUNDS from Block, Dodge, Parry . I like Wounds because BDP does...

Let me tell you about working with Jeremy Forbing. I'd be like, "Look, I threw this dumb thing together, it maybe sort of works, isn't it funny?" And Jeremy wou...

MECCANICHE DI GIOCO Condizione : Il sistema delle tre necessità è stato semplificato e riassunto in un'unica meccanica chiamata "Condizione", per ridurre la c...

And Solstice is no different! To this end, I've starting to work on Solstice 2: Winter's Respite . This will transform Solstice from it's zine-format into an en...

The Nine is dead. Long live The Nine! I have taken all the ideas from here and recontextualized them into the upcoming TTRPG using the Mörk Borg license, Under...

Hey everyone! We’ve been working hard on Why We Fight the last few months, testing the game extensively and building the game out in advance of when we launch...

Today I'm gonna be writing up my process and thinking for designing the Extra Advances of New Blood! Actually I'd already done this but then lost my draft which...

We reached the table book stretch goal! You wanted tables? You got 'em—all organized, all separated. And yeah, the cover art's done too. Right here. From toda...

I’ve been thinking a lot about how to simplify Fast Action Wrestling and while I have a number of simplifications in mind, the major ones are below: Change th...

Hello everyone. In the time that I haven't been updating Gothic-Punk, I've been studying several other skirmish games. I've been seriously considering changing...

Hi there! I don’t intend to be in your inbox too much, but people have claimed a whole ONE HUNDRED community copies and we’ve been at #5 on the itch.io phys...

Remember way back in March, a whole 6 months ago, when Ikezu-ishi v0.4 came out and I was like "is this a finished game?" 3 months later v0.5 came out so clearl...

The Help Action We finally cracked the code, campers. During every play test players would ask me if they could help another practitioner cast a spell. The only...

I’m going to need another extra week or so to post the update 1.2 of Magical Girls & Mecha. I took an unexpected detour to update Hot off the Press (which you...

I am writing a Technicolour Post Apocalypse expansion for 6Q, it was going so well, and at almost 50 Pages my brain finally went: Hold it, 6Q doesn't need fully...

I am going to do a series of Post-Mortems on this game, kind of laying out all the different stuff I did and where I drew inspirations from. The design of this...

Finally drafted a setting. How much (or little) will go into the core book is still up in the air, but here's the setup for folks who want a ready made environm...

41 days ago I rolled out v0.5 of Ikezu-ishi and thought I was nearly done. Then I found some rabbit holes... In the works: A little bit of setting - Not looking...

Hey Degenerates, You may have already noticed that I released the sequel to Dismal Armory and made this one free instead of pay-what-you-want. I want you to kno...

Let’s start off with the big news: There are about 46 days until the self-imposed deadline that I set myself to update Magical Girls & Mecha to version 1.2, S...

This playtest is using a version of Awen somewhere in between the second draft of the cards and the third; it may not exactly match what you've got if you downl...

[Adventure] Journey into Malebolge Pt. I (2014) Paul Elkmann & Geoffrey O’Dale (Spellbook Games) Portal to Adventure (AD&D 1e homebrew) Lvl 10+ And now it beg...

Last time I made a post about mechanics I talked about the Grid . Now I’m…still talking about The Grid, kind of! But it’s a different one this time. Home-...

Hello July and welcome to the second devlog of the update of Magical Girls & Mecha v1.2 which really it should be v0.2 because in retrospect what is currently p...

I've just uploaded a separate PDF that goes into a few details about the making of Hill Marks. This was motivated by the Disc 2 jam . I was particularly interes...

Perros sin Dios llega al a que ha sido considerada su mejor versión. Un juego más completo que continuará desarrollandose y creciendo con el paso de los año...

Stamina is a resource I bolted onto both the RUNE engine and the NULL/CIPHER healthless idea for Valiant Horizon Tactics. It’s a very major change to how a RU...

THIS POST IS FROM AN OUTDATED VERSION OF THE GAME. Brimstone and Lead: Arena uses a modified UGOIGO structure. The Active Player has four action points, while t...

It was pointed out to me that my Cheat Sheet and Wandering Creature Prep Sheet do not factor in Surprise when determining the encounter distance. This is a feat...