Roleplaying Techniques : Adapting the Crucible to Other Games

March 27th, 2008

In Covenant, there’s a big round region on the centre of the the character sheet. All other elements of the character sheet feed into it. Because it’s the melting pot where story is created, I named it the crucible. This is about how to adapt it to other games.

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The Realms Codex : Redux

March 8th, 2008

The Realms Codex is now back in action following a severe bout of spam that was making it difficult to use. This mostly seems sorted with the new upgrade. There’s some good stuff there, contributed by folks who have run their own games. The cities are well worth investigating.

Thanks to Warpcon

January 30th, 2008

I had a great time at Warpcon in Cork over the weekend. Thanks to all the folks who stopped by the Indie Games Track, the organisers for such a social con and special thanks to the players in my Covenant game.

Off to Furnace for RPG Fun

October 18th, 2007

This weekend (20th-21st October), I’ll be at Furnace, a rather groovy convention in Sheffield. As always, I’ll be with my compatriots from the Collective Endeavour. Expect there to be lots of Indie games goodness, with a fair few interesting games hitting Ashcan (almost done) phases.

Ropecon-bound

August 9th, 2007

I’ll be at Ropecon near Helsinki over the weekend, hanging with the folks from Arkkikivi, who import Covenant and other excellent indie games to Finland. Pop by and say hi, and marvel at my lack of Finnish language skills!