The adventure For A Rainy Day opens a trilogy for The Agency—a sequence I’m currently continuing through playtesting Self Checkout. The long-term plan is to publish all three parts as a single, multi-session arc: something that can anchor a campaign rather than simply kick one off. But before any conspiracy unfolds, before any dead drops or damaged psyches surface,…
In the last week, my manager asked me to rate my skills. I find that sort of structure and assurance around rating personal expertise an unusual challenge. For one thing, I have a level of modesty that means I find it hard to assert to the degree of what I know. To say that I’m…
I always have this sort of nonsense happen. Words trapped inside my head, spinning around like leaves caught in the wind. The City Might Be Dying. I think it’s a game of survival, where the remnants of a great city serve as the basis for a society. But this isn’t society under threat from zombies…
I am a huge fan of the P J Hammond classic Sapphire and Steel (Amazon UK) series of the late 70s/early 80s, so my discovery of Elements of Procedure, on DriveThruRPG, was very welcome. By way of caveat, I believe the game is not final yet, but everything I write below follows multiple read-throughs of…
The question today is: Best Secondhand RPG Purchase A lot of my RPG collection is secondhand. So, I’m struggling to come up with just one answer. I’ll try… Not too long ago, I got hold of a copy of FreeMarket. The game is co-written by Luke Crane, who also wrote the likes of Burning Wheel,…
Today’s RPGaDAY question is: Favourite Licensed RPG Tough one. There have been some great licensed products over the years. Marvel Superheroes, from TSR with the much loved FASERIP system, was a solid piece of entertainment for me over many years. We played a bunch of adventures, and I read many more that I never got…
The question is: Favourite Published Adventure If I’m allowed any published adventure at all, I have a strange affection for Sky Rig, which was published in Issue 57 of White Dwarf way back in September 1984, which was not far off from when I first started collecting the magazine. It’s a disaster in space, with…
Question number 18 is: Favourite Game System These questions don’t get any easier! I’ll caveat that this is hugely subjective. For some, Pathfinder or Rolemaster might fit all the criteria (for them) that I’m looking for, but I’m not seeing it. No one is right or wrong; we’re just built differently. I think I look…
