fragments of a blue ruin
I was interviewed about Vaarn by Andrew at the excellent Bucolia blog. We talk about novels, videogames, Moebius, early Vaarn trivia, and I reveal my favourite TV show. It's well worth visiting Bucolia if you haven't already; there are Vaarn actual plays, solo plays, and some new generator tables and mini games. I have also… Continue reading Bucolia Interview
They are the fulfillment of humanity’s oldest and fondest wish: that we might join the birds we envy in the unbounded blue of the depths above. Despite forsaking the ground they have renounced none of their ancestors’ pride and the creatures are famed for their mercurial tempers and capacity to hold a grudge. The harpies… Continue reading PLAYER ANCESTRY: HARPY
I was asked recently about monster stat blocks and how I come up with them. I thought we should take a brief tour of the anatomy of a Vaarn monster, dig around in their metaphorical guts, and learn what all their numbers and stats are telling us. Hopefully you will arrive at a clearer understanding… Continue reading ANATOMY OF A MONSTER
Is there any sweeter smell? Fresh baked hardback books, just like mama used to make. The Deluxe Edition is now on sale at Exalted Funeral, so all my North American friends can now purchase a copy (if President Brandon's bungling on gas prices has left you with any dollars in your pockets of course. I… Continue reading AMERICAN VAARN
They were made to be devoured, a divine gift from GAEA to Her charges. Each adult weighs more than two men, the flanks beneath their soft white skin laden with fat. Their eyes and ears are weak, their legs likewise. They were never intended to run. Within the pliant confines of their frames, twinned… Continue reading FEASTBEAST
The Deluxe Edition hardcover is out in the world, and judging by my social media feed the packages have been arriving in a lot of homes already! Huge thanks to everyone who bought a copy. Games Omnivorous are sold out of the first printing, and we at Antipode Zines have also sold our last copy.… Continue reading Summer News
This is not a drill! The Deluxe Edition hardback is available in the EU via Games Omnivorous and Antipode Zines in the UK. It will soon be stocked at Exalted Funeral in the US, along with other retailers who will be revealed in due course. A sample of the new artwork What's inside the book?… Continue reading VAULTS OF VAARN: DELUXE EDITION RELEASE
To mark the impending release of the Deluxe Edition hardback, I'm hosting a Vaults of Vaarn game jam on itch.io. The Vaarn Summer Jam is a non-ranked game jam, where entrants are invited to contribute submissions relating to Vaults of Vaarn, and science-fantasy roleplaying games in general. Entries can be adventures, maps, artefacts, NPCs, art packs, or… Continue reading THE VAARN SUMMER GAME JAM
I'm back for a sixth dose of Monsters in the Machine. To re-read our previous entry click here, or you can go back to the start and see how it all began. To quickly re-cap what's going on, this is a follow-up to an earlier creative session, where I feed an AI entries from the Vaults… Continue reading MONSTERS IN THE MACHINE 6: RE-RETRIBUTION
The Deluxe Edition hardback is a compilation of the first three issues of Vaults of Vaarn. I have generally restricted the changes to correcting obvious errors and expanding on some parts of the core rules that were ambiguous. An example would be that the first issue includes several monsters that dealt damage directly to a… Continue reading WHAT’S CHANGED IN THE DELUXE EDITION?
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