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Tag: The Dee Sanction

  • Sanction

    Sanction

    I’m constantly excited when I see someone using The Dee Sanction to run something other than Elizabethan supernatural investigations. I made no particular move to promote the engine for that purpose, but I did write it system first. From the outset, Sanction was there in the backdrop, sort of. I had a pack of cards…

  • Past, Present or Future? – RPGaDay 2022

    The question is: When is your perfect game set? This is a trick question, right? The Past. While I have certainly played many games in all eras of history, the ones I have the greatest affinity with happen in the past. And preferably during the turmoil of the late 16th century. Admittedly, I have played…

  • System Sunday: Something Cool – RPGaDay 2022

    System Sunday: Something Cool – RPGaDay 2022

    The question is: Describe a cool part of a system that you love. Self-promotion alert! It’s one of my own games… In The Dee Sanction, the players take on the role of agents working for Queen Elizabeth in defence of the realm against supernatural forces as Agents of her advisor and alchemist, John Dee. One…

  • Reading Is Fun

    Reading about Sir Francis Walsingham and the shadowy war of espionage and counter-intelligence in the Court of Queen Elizabeth has been entertaining me on multiple levels. I’m covering several bases here – which is nice. Firstly, it’s my period of choice. I never consciously made a decision to solely focus on one period, but somehow…