Picture from here: https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cloud-kingdom-opening/ Kiah realizes it'll be a while before she returns home. Ranna stormed from the pavilion. However, Kione the Wise, his party, and Kalina the Fox stayed. Overseer Stone Mark did not seem distressed at all that he had lost the suit. Kalina had stepped aside with her people, and they were in a heated but hushed conversation. Gruff patted Kiah on the shoulder. Owena chuckled and said, "You

Yes, it's been over a month since I last updated this blog. I was waylaid by inspiration. I was browsing the Ironsworn Discord when I encountered the Elsewhere setting jam . I'm a game designer whose been blogging my Ironsworn game for over a year, so I thought I'd try my hand at writing a setting. It got a little out of hand. 21 assets, 7 locations, and 55 NPCs later, and I've released: Wizards of the Jumble . Let me tell you about it and then I'll get back to my regularly

So my novella is out and I'm rather proud of it. In this book, Mari Wolf goes from a spooky, abandoned child, to one of the most feared pirates in the Blue. She sails in a world full of ghosts, demons, and angels. She turns her guns against a brutal monarchy. Mari not only wins riches but a solid place for her in this world. Tales of the Haunted Blue is part one of a three-part series. I believe it stands fully on its own. Read it, and if that's all you want, keen! Read it, a

I've decided that it's a good idea to start a series of Dream Chaser anthologies. These are the sessions grouped together and lightly edited. I won't make them super professional, this is just a 'for fun' project. Each of these will have an asking price, but will also be pay what you like. This way fans of this blog can get their collected additions, and donate to me if they are so inclined. If not, no worries. It's enough to know that you love this. I've already complied the

Picture From Here: https://picryl.com/media/pieter-bruegel-the-elder-hunters-in-the-snow-winter-google-art-project-chimney-13d01e I don't like complications dragging the story on. However, I've learned to let such color future stories instead. Neda Frosthide was larger than their longship, a hill of blue fur. "We'll need many to skin and butcher her," stated Tristan Toothhand. "It'll take several trips to bring everything back," considered Ishana, one of the Eight. Gruff gla

Picture from Here: https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/became-mad/ Kiah wasn't part of this fight, as such everything was done with Oracles. In some ways they were very kind, in others... (Do Tristan and Reema avoid the Thin Ice Trap?: No ) (Do They Escape With A Viable Invasion Force? Yes ) (Does Reema Survive? Yes ) (Does Tristan Survive? Yes ) ( Does Kione Dream Talker Survive? Yes ) (Is the Weather Horrible? Yes ) The following morning Great Mount's warb

Picture from here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/12458915605/in/album-72157659990533249/ A struggle of magic. I am rather concerned with what will happen with Reema and Tristian, in the next session. (Priests who serve Reema: Amara Deep Laugh, He/Him, Incompetent, Generous, Obsessed Kato Steel Path, He/Him, Bitter, Armored, Connected ) (Swear and Iron Vow: strong hit ) The next morning Kiah stood before the Great Hall, flanked by Reema's preists, Amara Deep L

Image from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11039427914/in/album-72157639804990613/ I decided to write Tales of the Haunted Blue during the start of the pandemic. I felt it was time to take a crack at another novel. I love pirates, ghosts, and magic, so thought I'd write a series of fables about a pirate on a haunted sea. That expanded into a 140,000 word novel, of which, I have finished the rough draft. Looking back at it, I'm proud of what I've done. I love the

The form of Serene's curse is not what I expected, but still pretty cool. She's jumping to using it right away because of Kayan Ghostbeard's preemptive raid. I imagine she doesn't expect her curse to wipe out Great Mount, but she hopes to at least cause damage. She will then move to the next stage of her plan. A previous set of oracle checks revealed to me what the sentinel's deal is. Such will be revealed later. The real fun is that Kiah doesn't know, and I hope what foll

I'm happy Kiah met with her father and brother. She might not have, if so, the later part of this session would have been finding a boat. A roll a few sessions ago lead to what happened in the last part of this session. Making those oracle checks had me on the edge of my seat. After gathering herself, Kiah considered her options. It would take four days to reach Broken Helm, let alone Great Mount. Four days, by herself, with limited supplies. (Gather Information: Miss ) The b

I had a solid idea of what would happen before I started this session, so I guess this is more a visual novel than a standard Ironsworn session. I even chose to not make Face Danger rolls, because I liked the idea that Kiah was being tricked. Even so, some things surprised me. I was introduced to Stoad the Wanderer. Kiah will need to wait a little longer for the magic Bayara Doom Axe will grant her. (What Does Kalina Ask? Threaten Trade) Late that night Kiah was shaken aw

Progress on Orboboros, the Brick Kingdom is going well, I've nearly finished the rules section and will soon fill out the adventure parts. This has got me thinking about the kind of backdrop I want to offer. My original idea was that; no matter what background you roll, you're related to the heroes of old. You've got knight, wizard, or princess blood in you, and through the course of the game, you'll become what you're meant to be; amazing. However, some dialogue on the Mari

I recently got this feedback on Reddit, and it filled me with joy: Hi, I tried to leave a comment on the blog but couldn't for whatever reason. These Ironsworn sessions have been a great read, and a major eye-opener for me - I am new to Ironsworn and have not actually played a session yet, but I imagine it as very combat/ martial focused gaming...and then in 5 sessions of Kiah's saga, the Battle move is used once and no other combat...all adventure and social drama! I feel b

So I attended CanGames this weekend and ran a little Orboboros . It went well, it went really well. So well, in fact, that at every game, I sold at least three copies. Which is huge. For me. I 'm no Cam Banks or Fred Hicks, okay? I wrote Orboboros for the Troika 2021 Game Jam . Trokia is a surreal science fantasy RPG that doesn't take itself at all seriously. You make wacky characters and explore a hunchbacked sky. Not a lot is explained, just floating flavor text, but it w

One of my earliest childhood memories was visiting my grandfather in Garden Hill. Chateau Challice was a white farmhouse, windmill, sunroom, and everything, at the top of a hill. I thought the 'Garden HIll' was my grandpa's place. I remember visiting the general store with my Dad and spying a really cool spaceship toy. Being an easy-going guy he bought it for me. It was a Captain Harlock spaceship, maybe the Arcadia, maybe one of his support vehicles? I'm not sure, but I do r