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While I have been taking a bit of time off internet/computer world, I am pleased to say that you can now get printed zine copies of Rare Bird via itch.io here: Rare Bird by Infinite Twin, Kororinpah It is a 36 page stapled zine format, with nice colourful thick card cover and uncoated pages within. I personally hate running things from PDFs so having a nice A5 zine at the table is a blessing. I…
SWEET WATER A great many years ago, a pure freshwater spring was discovered in the tidal flats surrounding a dark and slow river, a river that would in time dissect the Smoke. A shrine was built around it, and over ages the worship of older gods changed to commerce. A grand bathhouse was built down into the grounds surrounding the spring, while the city spread around it - consuming it in the…
An Ontological Parasite A boundary, a hole - the most elusive entity. It is attracted when you've lost something very important to you - physical, magical or psychological. It starts as a tingling, a small speck on your body. Before long, the hole has has grown large enough to see through. The insides of the hole are cold and smooth, and no matter what angle you view it, the hole faces you - right…
Last weekend was DANCON, a convention run on the south-side of London by Melsonian Arts Council (the publishers of Troika, Swyvers et al). As a deep-south Londoner dweller, when MAC put out the call for GMs I immediately responded, and then promptly regretted it. I was quite nervous as hadn't run a game with strangers for a while, and also at the thought of running Swyvers around some of the…
Session notes: 4/03/26 Player Characters: Tony Abbot (literate) Stan 'The Man' Sir Percival Aloysius III (literate, ruined Nob) Third and final super-delayed session reports of one of the playtests for 'Rare Bird', with my regular table of thieves and miscreants. We cut directly back into the action - and where we left it, I had imagined this would end up a quick session. Turns out we went a bit…
Session notes: 27/02/26 Player Characters: Tony Abbot (literate) Stan 'The Man' Sir Percival Aloysius III (literate, ruined Nob) Second session of another playtest for 'Rare Bird', with my regular table of thieves and miscreants. Very delayed write-up here but adding for delayed completionism. NB if you are a player in this game, or potentially will play this later then please do not read ahead!…
Writing by Owen Braekke-Carroll, all art & cartography by Alice Carroll UPDATE - Rare Bird can be downloaded HERE Rare Bird by Infinite Twin, Kororinpah The following is the markdown version / final draft of an adventure/heist being made for the Swyvers RPG by Luke Gearing and David Hoskins. Currently working on layout and art to include as an actually readable PDF version soon. It has been…
Also at itch.io 110. BROTHERS EEFINK BUTCHERS A modest single story brick building with an arched, wooden roof. The large sash windows on the front and side are covered with the hanging carcasses of pigs, sheep and cows. Higher, and covering the eaves are the strung bodies of fowl weathering in the rain and soot. Smudged glass doors are crossed by a gutter gushed with blood, clogged into a…
WIP 'Rare Bird' Cover art - Alice Carroll Session notes: 27/01/26 Swyvers - Rare Bird Session 01 Player Characters: Tony Abbot (literate) Stan 'The Man' Sir Percival Aloysius III (literate, ruined Nob) Another playtest for 'Rare Bird', the Sywvers heist I have been developing on the side. This time with my regular table of players. They are familiar with Swyvers and had previously played some…
Slander - 1900 (Part 1 - d66 (other) Swyvers of the Smoke) (Part 2 - d66 Merchants and Workers of the Smoke) (Part 3 - d66 Nobs and Church Brass of the Smoke) The census continues - d66 Weirds, Wizards and Witches of The Smoke. The others - not noble, not usually chancing it but dribs, drabs and other loose ends. Assumes a 3 in 4 chance of literacy (except the bear), and an appearance to be…