Roundhill
I walked up to Kelston Roundhill today And I took some photos With the Halide photo app for iOS Which is pretty good at producing a film look On a near-perfect summer day More photos
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Fortune Dark, second edition
I went back to revisit a bunch of rules and the layout for Fortune Dark , a rules-light system I wrote last year for running dark and desperate one-shot adventures. Download it here for free. The biggest change is that when a player Takes a Risk , they now tell the GM what they are risking if it goes wrong, and the GM counters by telling how it’s going to be worse. I entirely ripped this from…
Dog desire paths
Roddy, sniffing the wind In the graveyard where we often take our dog for a walk, there’s a place where the path takes a 90-degree turn, and I noticed that in the cold and damp of winter a fainter second inner-path has appeared that reveals the route that dogs take. A dog desire path .
New Year Roddy
We’re having some wonderful cold and sunny days… …here in Bath at the end of the Christmas holiday… …a bittersweet time, though Roddy’s happy More photos
TTRPGs of 2025
For me, 2025 has been all about tabletop RPGs. They’re such a crucible of the creative arts. A popular thought is that TTRPGs are experiencing a golden age, and the briefest survey of the flowering of games that are around right now — systems, settings, scenarios, adventures, and so much more — is good evidence that’s true. So, it’s a good time to be devoting more attention to them. I’ve been…
GOTY 2025
Carrying on my grand one-year tradition , I do solemnly present to you my games (that I played) of 2025. I didn’t play many games, again. I lost several months to a bout of RSI, but I thoroughly enjoyed the few games I did play, and here, in no real order, are the ones that have stuck in my head the most. Mario Kart World Avowed Despelote Keeper Donkey Kong Bananza Q-UP Honourable mentions Mario…
Sunrise Roddy
A fine December sunrise today More photos
Converting Gumshoe QuickShock rules to Night’s Black Agents
For my regular group I’ve been running Night’s Black Agents , a TTRPG in which players are cinematic hyper-competent agents who are fighting a terrible conspiracy which happens to be… vampires. Think Bourne, with vampires. Or Bond, with vampires. Or Mission Impossible, with etc. Specifically, we’re playing the Dracula Dossier campaign, which supposes that Bram Stoker’s classic novel is…
Exit
A room at Château de Javarzay in Chef-Boutonne, France More photos
Board of Mammon update
I released a new version of Board of Mammon , my one-page GM-less RPG in which players are demonic corporate executives competing for Mammon’s favour. Along with a suite of tweaks (Biz Climate is now an Event, and you get to roll more dice), V2’s hot new feature is a second Events table which gives each Board Meeting a bit more infernal colour. Now your supply chain issues might come as a result…