I’m going to be in Edinburgh for a few days at Tabletop Scotland, which takes place in the aftermath of The Fringe. It occurred to me that given that The Fringe has been running for almost 80 years, there must be tales to be told that might suit a Sanction session. While I recently wrote…
The whole point of #RPGaDay2026 this year, for me, was to use the prompts to create a bunch of articles to promote Sanction RPG as a system for newcomers, but also to help those who own it understand what creating their own content involves. The best place to start is at the beginning, with RPGaDay…
Thanks to Autocratik and Runeslinger for bringing RPGaDay together, this year and over the past decade. I appreciate everything that you and your many contributors have brought to the hobby. This year, it has been an invaluable diversion and helped my staggering and stumbling mental wellbeing no end. I’m sorry to say that 2026 has…
QkSLVa works best when victory has an aftertaste. Without belabouring the point—because we’re not here to preach—there’s something to be appreciated that the monsters here are suffering, too, because humanity overstepped the mark. The Characters have extraordinary power available whenever they decide the situation warrants the cost. We’ve outlined how this makes Strain an interesting…
The supernatural isn’t thriving in the eco-catastrophe of QkSLVa, which itself is a problem. When all was right in the world (or at least in some semblance of normality), the supernatural population of the planet could handle existence like anyone seeking basic needs. Yes, a few innocent parties might have suffered, but they were outliers….
In the first part, we discovered the setting for QkSLVa, the general premise for the Characters, and noted some of the references helpful in bringing the Genre to life. Next, we Hunger for the detail of character creation, kicking off with Resources and then covering Strain—which will repeat a bit from the earlier article for…
“My mommy always said there were no monsters—no real ones—but there are.” Newt, Aliens (1986) Humanity broke the world. Obviously, it didn’t happen all at once. There wasn’t a day when everyone woke to find the seas poisoned, the skies stripped and the weather weaponised against anything stupid enough to be alive. It took a…
With our backdrop laid out, our Resources measured, our Rivals off camera, and our Route pre-ordained by the very item we carry, we come—with some measure of Familiarity for anyone who has played Sanction before or read the last three weeks of posts—to our final post for Dead Letter Office, the Lifepath. Lifepath The three…
I hope that the little story yesterday and the concept outline offered a little substance for the concept of the Dead Letter Office as a Genre Setup for Sanction. Today, we cover the Distance between an idea and some actual gameable content with the three Rs: Resources, Routes, and Rivals Resources If you’ve been following…
