Hello Scoundrels,
Finished up my entry for one of the TOO MANY game jams I'm participating in. The Devil's Almanac is a collection of random tables that help you generate devil's bargains for Blades in the Dark. This is for the 2021 Generator Jam. It's free! If you're a recent patron, look for your name in the credits!
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2021-06-24 00:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Sharpers,
Told you it was gonna be soon!
As I mentioned earlier, I've been hired to adapt this game into a new system. It's got spaceships, evil space church, and a big ol' grimdark galaxy full of factions, planets, and more.
I'm looking forward to working on it, and being paid to do so! But that only happens if the Kickstarter funds so, if you can spare some cash I appreciate it, if not please do spread the word.
Thanks again!
2021-06-17 16:49:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!
Well I can finally talk about one of those mystery projects I've been working on. Synthicide is a science fiction game of daring criminals surviving under the heel of synthetics and an overbearing church in an empty, ruthless galaxy. It was released a few years ago and recently the designer reached out to me to help him update the game and port it over to the Forged in the Dark engine. We've already put together a quickstart guide which folks will be able to read through for ...
2021-06-14 20:43:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks!
As of last night I have some games in some pretty awesome bundle sales happening right now on itch.io. If you want to get some deals on more indie TTRPGs and video games, please check these out:
Indie Bundle for Palestinian Aid. This is a collection of over 1,000 tabletop games, video games, supplements, etc. with all proceeds going to the United Nations Relief and Works Agenc...
2021-06-05 21:42:52 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks!
I am now selling my games on DriveThruRPG. It's... a very different process than hosting games on itch.io so I won't be bringing everything over. Right now I'm just diversifying to see if I can get some more sales. If my titles do well there I may start to bring over more products. I'll probably release future products there as well.
But honestly it's a lot more work ...
2021-06-03 21:53:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Artists!
Finally finished my entry for the Mock Cover Jam. I used one of the cover images provided by the jam organizer and made a game about tragic street artists doomed to die, fall in love, or sell out.
Sense & Stencibility is available now on my itch store for $5, and all $5+ patrons will be receiving a me...
2021-05-29 23:07:19 +0000 UTC View PostHello Tragic Youths,
This post contains the prototype for Sense & Stencibility, a game about young folks facing terrible fates like falling in love and falling out over street art.
This will be my submission to the Mock Cover Jam, a game jam where folks make games using covers provided by other designers. It's a great idea, and as soon as I saw the cover for Sense & Stencibility, I had an idea about...
2021-05-18 21:45:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!
So, there's some sales happening! Itch is having their first creator's day where folks on their platform get to keep 100% of their profits for the day. To mark the occasion I've bundled some games together in a sale. If you haven't gotten my games and want to pick some up, give them as a gift, or whatever, now is the perfect time!
My game World Maker is also c...
2021-05-14 22:02:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks!
Attached to this post you'll find a pdf of Prisoners of Light and Matter, my forged in the dark game of noir mystery and nihilism. This prototype is a little... I dunno. Light, I guess (hah). There's a lot more work I want to do to get it where I want it. Evoking a very specific feeling in a game is a difficult thing to do, and honestly I just haven't felt, well, hopeless enough to real nail this right now. But I'm excited to do the graphic design work on this one. 2021-04-30 22:04:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Workers!
Nasty, Brutish, & Long, my game about class and revolution is out! All $5+ patrons should have received a message giving them access on itch.io. I'm really happy with how this one looks and plays. I wanted it to be a small project and while 25 pages is longer than a lot of my games, I still feel like it fits the bill.
For the rest of the month I'll be working on 2 prot...
2021-04-14 19:32:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello Comrades!
So I actually made a handful of adjustments to the Nasty, Brutish, & Long prototype that I released a few weeks ago. Just made some rules clarifications and changed 'money' to 'resources' and so this version linked in this post reflects those. I think it gives a better overall impression of what the game is and what it's trying to do. I'm really happy with it!
Hello Revolutionaries!
Attached to this post are the prototype documents for a new RPG I'm calling Nasty, Brutish, and Long. It's an open world game of lives made complicated by some sort of revolution. It could be the dawn of the industrial age, the sudden appearance or negation of magic, or the death or ascension of the gods!
I'm using the Forged in the Dark engine again, but with a lot more changes and innovations to the core formula. I was also inspired by Luke Crane's The Bur...
2021-03-24 20:04:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!
Just uploaded some new graphics and layout for my fan playbook for the Scum & Villainy RPG. Similar to the Pledge, I just wanted to make sure I deviated some from the trade dress in the book. This will be the last time for a little while that I revisit my old work and give it a fresh coat of paint, since I've covered basically everything at this point. Going forward you will see updates about ...
2021-03-16 00:32:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Scoundrels!
In my quest to give a new graphic update to all my old work, I did some design work on my fan playbook for Blades in the Dark. The Pledge now looks less like I just copied the design in the Blades in the Dark book and more my own approach. Being a fan work of someone else's world this is available for free on my itch store, so feel free to check it out and see your name in the credits!
T...
2021-03-13 01:31:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!
I updated one of my more ridiculous RPGs this week. Wild Speed: Space Family is my take on ridiculous action movie franchises like Fast & Furious. It's an easy to play story game, no game master required, and easily played within an hour. It's a lot of fun and I'm happy I got to revise it with your support, and add some new names to the credits as producers! Thank you so much!
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2021-03-12 01:51:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Scoundrels,
Last year (woof) I contributed to a collection of alternate starting scenarios and small supplements for the Blades in the Dark RPG. Now the collection is finally live and all proceeds are going to the Bail Project, an organization fighting against the mass incarceration of citizens in the USA and paying people's bail fund in the process.
If you're a fan of Blades, want some inspiration for your cam...
2021-02-19 21:43:20 +0000 UTC View Post
So uh... that all just happened.
The ECB Kickstarter went live yesterday morning and we funded in just under 20 minutes. Myself and the other designers are really floored by all this support and I can't thank folks enough for it. We've blown past our initial stretch goal, so now ECB will have a custom illustrated cover and some killer art ...
2021-02-10 23:36:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Folks,
Last month I wanted to share a prototype of Devil's Dice, my solo hack of External Containment Bureau (coming to Kickstarter tomorrow!) but I got quite a lot dumped on my lap at the end of month: in a good way. Some contract work, a possible full-time job, and an opportunity to work on another RPG.
I'm not sure when I'll be able...
2021-02-08 23:29:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Investigators!
So, this is the big project I've been teasing for the last few months. It's called External Containment Bureau and it's a tabletop RPG all about paranormal investigation and corporate bureaucracy. It's very much like X-Files or the video game Control.
I've been collaborating with 3 other designers from the Blades in the Dark community to put this together. I'm doing the lion's share of the writing for the rules and I've been having an absolute ...
2021-01-20 20:18:54 +0000 UTC View PostHey punks,
The latest version of Neon Black is now live on itch. This will be the version I resubmit to publishers, so there probably won't be many changes until I figure out if I have to do it myself or if I can get someone else to manage it for me :P
Odd bit of serendipity: the last version I submitted was v6.3. Weird how that worked out.
As for the future, you'll definitely be seeing something bi...
2020-12-31 01:16:25 +0000 UTC View Post
So there's this game design essay jam happening on itch.io, and y'all know how much I love a good game jam. I've seen a lot of folks in the Blades in the Dark community puzzled about how to start making their own version of this game. There are a lot of moving parts and it can be quite intimidating to start, make changes, and charge money.
Hey folks,
A member of the Blades in the Dark discord server recently proposed putting together a bundle of indie TTRPGs on itch to help raise money for trans folks. There is, as we all know, quite a bit happening in the world and trans folks often slip through the cracks. Whether it's healthcare, housing, or other essential needs, we often see trans people creating a GoFundMe page and begging on the internet for anything anyone can spare just so they can live.
Hello Hackers,
Well about time, huh? Finally managed to compile my pages of notes and feedback and push out a new version of my cyberpunk tome. I've been working on this thing for most of 2020 and I feel like it's almost something I can resubmit to publishers. I'm mostly happy with it right now, but I'll be adding 2 or 3 things in the future before I think I'm well and truly done with it. My sincere thank...
2020-11-19 19:28:24 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks,
I gave two of my earlier a games a nice make-over: A Few Degrees of Warming and One Trillion Years. The rules are more or less the same, I just updated them with new graphics and hopefully a slicker design.
2020-11-04 22:37:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Delvers!
I've finished A Torch in the Dark! Since version 0.1 came out in... the end of March? Oh god, that feels like forever ago. Uh, ahem, okay.
Anyway! This version is almost a complete overhaul. The core idea remains the same. It's a single-player RPG where you delve into the crypts and catacombs beneath the Imperial capital of Kynburgh. The People's Revolution has secured ...
2020-09-26 19:14:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again Scoundrels,
Last time I mentioned I was working on another fan playbook for the Unusual Suspects playbook jam, and here it it! The Operative is designed for Scum & Villainy, and is inspired by science fiction rogues with mysterious pasts and who always seem to have the right tool for the job. Most of t...
2020-09-18 19:19:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey scoundrels,
Well, I got bitten by the game jam bug again. I know, I know. But don't worry, work still continues on A Torch in the Dark, I've finished all 9 dungeons and am now testing them for balance and consistency.
In the meantime though my friend Justin started the Unusual Suspects Game Jam, a jam all about creating custom character playbooks for Blades in the Dark. I've had i...
2020-09-13 22:18:21 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks,
By now you've probably figured that A Torch in the Dark won't be out this month. Sorry about that but it was a lot more work than I thought it would be. I don't know why I thought I could write 9 dungeons each with 52 encounters, plus a character sheet, plus a whole new rule book in a little over a week. But uh... yeah, here we are.
My goal is to get A Torch in the Dark finished by the end of September. That should give me plenty of time to turn around a good looking ga...
2020-09-01 06:39:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey dungeon delvers!
Just wanted to give a brief update on how things are going. I have revised the rules for A Torch in the Dark and I'm hoping to get the new 1.0 version available on itch and for $10+ patrons by the end of August. Above you can see an unfinished version of the new cover image.
Revisions to Neon Black are going well. There have been... several versions 7.0 but I think I'm getting close to something I can actually start writing the rules for. Right now it just liv...
2020-08-16 23:15:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Incursion Team Members,
Finally wrapped up my first module for the Trophy Gold system, Area Zero One. It's an adventure influenced by stories like the Southern Reach Trilogy, The Ritual, and other horror stories of first contact and weird paranormal happenings. Didn't win the contest I submitted it for, but I'm still quite happy with it.
All $5+ patrons will be receiving their link to downl...
2020-07-07 23:02:15 +0000 UTC View Post