fragments of a blue ruin
The fabled vaults of Vaarn - ah! Those tech-tombs that glimmer with tantalising shards of the Long Ago, tablescraps of the gods gone to rot in the recesses of the Urth! Concrete caverns, open doorways like blind idiot eyes, supercoolant lagoons in which lounge creatures of utmost malice and depravity! I have walked silent halls… Continue reading EXPLORATION BENEATH THE URTH
Desire contains the seeds of its opposite, and thwarted love can easily curdle to hatred. Perhaps this is what drives some men to abandon the faith of the Promised Sun and walk a darker path. The Children pray for the extinction of Urth’s red sun and the stillbirth of the promised successor, calling instead for… Continue reading CHILDREN OF THE DARKLING SUN
Self-knowledge and spiritual purity are achieved not through enlightenment, but through a slow and patient process of endarkenment. There are other powers in this grand and mysterious cosmos that require no light to thrive; should the residents of Urth not therefore seek to follow their example? There are other sources of illumination than the red… Continue reading SEEKERS OF EYELESS WISDOM
Last time I updated this blog I did not know how the Vaults of Vaarn 2E BackerKit campaign was going to shake out. As you can probably see from clicking the link things have gone... really incredibly well. Unbelievably so, to the tune of more than £160,000 so far. Although I'm not a big fan… Continue reading 48 HOURS REMAIN TO BACK VOV 2E
Hello all, as you read these words the Vaults of Vaarn 2E Backerkit campaign will have already launched and been funding for 24 hours. You know how the campaign is going while I, writing this in the past, do not. I envy your privileged position. Hopefully it's all going well and I'm currently bathing in… Continue reading Interview with OSR Rocks
Dearest seekers, the crowdfunding launch for Vaults of Vaarn: Second Edition is now fast approaching! If you have not already signed up on the Backerkit preview page, hit the link above and do so now! I am preparing a special digital reward for people who back the campaign after following the preview page or pledge… Continue reading VAULTS OF VAARN 2E: IMMINENT LAUNCH UPDATE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQnYG9NxdqE&ab_channel=VaultsofVaarn Only eight days to go until launch! We now have a beautiful animated trailer video courtesy of the talented Mr David Blandy! Please sign up to follow along on the Backerkit prelaunch page to be notified when the campaign goes live.
Lots of exciting news this month at Vaults of Vaarn towers. Firstly, The Shrike, my enormous Hell-bound OSE adventure module, has been shortlisted for an ENNIE Award! This is a total surprise to me, but a nice one. I spent a lot of writing time feeling that the project was totally out of control creatively… Continue reading Ennie Nomination and Other News
https://www.youtube.com/embed/TQvCU3CM86U?si=uci3Xf0fwteEhUvM I had the pleasure last week of running Vaults of Vaarn 2E live on Twitch for the Weekly Scroll Podcast hosts and Chris P Wolf of Offworlders fame!1 There's now a video of the session on YouTube and an audio podcast version on Spotify. We also talk about the creative direction that I've taken… Continue reading VAULTS OF VAARN 2E: ACTUAL PLAY
As we get closer to the launch of the Vaults of Vaarn: Second Edition crowdfunder campaign, I'm going to share a few more extracts from the upcoming book. I've been working hard over the past year to expand the material on offer for players and GMs, without the book becoming overwhelming. Something I've noted from… Continue reading CAMPAIGN SCOPE: 2E PREVIEW
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