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I was the guest on the recently released 34th episode of the 'Watcha Doing?' Podcast, hosted by Matt Caulder. We talk about the vicissitudes of self-promotion, David Foster Wallace, Miffy the Rabbit, trying to find out where my ENNIE award actually is (it did show up at my house eventually), what I would bring to… Continue reading Guest Spot on ‘Watcha Doing?’ Podcast
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
https://youtu.be/P2e3cBkaEPQ I was lucky enough to chat again with Garry Snow of the Dieku Games Podcast, a follow up of sorts to my last interview just before The Shrike went live on Kickstarter last year. We talk about the process of bringing The Shrike to life, the ENNIE Awards, how I made the decision to… Continue reading A Second Interview with Dieku Games
https://www.youtube.com/embed/cHOl6vw3UIE?si=njRCO2HMare6SpXr I am back on YouTube with a second episode of my VOV 2E Actual Play with the Weekly Scroll hosts and Chris P. Wolf! Although we suffered repeated technical issues we did get through a decent amount of play, with a larger scale fight against some Greenguard, the acquisition of a Mystic Gift, some… Continue reading VAULTS OF VAARN 2E: ACTUAL PLAY (pt. 2)
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
Hey folks, I know things have been quiet recently here. I've been extremely busy and hopefully will have stuff to post about soon. In the meantime here's a podcast interview with yours truly. I appeared live on the This Is Your Lifepath podcast hosted by Kayla Dice. We had a good wide-ranging talk about my… Continue reading This Is Your Lifepath (Live from Norwich)
A red letter day for fans of my work and weird unplaceable accent: there are not one but two interviews with yours truly out today! First up we have my second guest appearance on module-review podcast Between Two Cairns, where I join Brad and Yochai to review Gus L's science-fantasy crystalcrawl adventure Tomb Robbers on… Continue reading Double Interview Day
I was recently invited on Brad Kerr and Yochai Gal's RPG module review podcast Between Two Cairns. As a long time fan of the show, I eagerly accepted, and we spent a lovely afternoon discussing Vaults of Vaarn, the work of David Graber and M. John Harrison, assassinating John Lennon for a second time, the… Continue reading Guest Spot on Between Two Cairns
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
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