fragments of a blue ruin
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)
Vaarn’s microbiome is just as varied as its macrobiome, and aeons’ worth of genesculpting have left a fearsome legacy within even the smallest of Urth’s creatures. The biomancers and alchemists of the Long Ago devoted much energy to breeding pestilences to vex their enemies, and while the monarchs who funded the creation of such horrors… Continue reading VAARNISH DISEASES
Following the success of the previous two Vaarn Summer Jams, I’m hosting a third annual game jam on itch.io! The submission period began at the start of June and will run until the end of August this year, making it a true summer event. The returning Summer Jam is a non-ranked game jam, where entrants are invited… Continue reading VAARN SUMMER JAM ’24
After a long gestation period, the fourth issue of the main Vaults of Vaarn zine series is finally available for purchase. Printed copies of the zine, along with special edition cassette tapes of the official soundtrack by Out On Our Own, can currently be purchased from my online store Antipode Zines. I will be adding more retailers here as… Continue reading VAULTS OF VAARN #4 RELEASE
After almost three years in production (!!) the fourth issue of Vaults of Vaarn is complete. If you want to start reading the PDF, it is currently available for Patrons only. The zine will go to press by the end of May, and pre-orders will be starting on Antipode Zines soon. There will also be… Continue reading VAULTS OF VAARN #4 COMING SOON
Vaarn is, of course, synonymous with the pointcrawl, generated via a dice drop map. But what if you want something different? What if you want to fill a hexcrawl instead? Don't worry, I have you covered. This is adapted from Luke Gearing's procedure from Wolves upon the Coast. If it's good enough for one of… Continue reading VAARN HEXFILL PROCEDURE
I have finally begun work on the illustrations for Vaults of Vaarn issue 4. I don't want to make any firm promises on how long this will take. I'm really rusty and realised that I've barely had a proper illustration schedule since I was doing stuff for the Deluxe Edition back in April 2022! So… Continue reading SKETCHBOOK: VoV #4 BESTIARY
Only two days remain to back my gigantic OSE mega-module The Shrike on Kickstarter! Just as a reminder, this book is over 67,000 words of quality dark fantasy adventure. It boasts smythsewn binding, 70 lb+ weight paper, and measures 8.5’ x 11’ across. The book will be accompanied by a bookmarked and extensively hyperlinked PDF.… Continue reading The Shrike: 48 Hours Remain
My gigantic infernal pointcrawl module The Shrike is now live on Kickstarter! Click here to back the campaign! The Shrike is a modular sandbox adventure setting in a neglected fragment of Hell- a colossal blade dedicated to punishing a nameless God. The titular Shrike itself is a black iron mountain with serrated spires of rock… Continue reading The Shrike: Now Live on Kickstarter
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
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