The Blackrow Ballads – songs from a mistaken pilgrimage

From the Preface: This is the secret no one Dare discuss:The final voice that sings and calls to DustAll who are called upon to Dance upon the dayThat foolish piper blows the Dream away. + The Tryst All fondly I recall the dayThe sun shone down, a gentle kiss,Your endless gentle courtly way,I smile in […]

Clear Path Forward

Often she dreamed of towers and dragonback flying and strong hands holding hers, of golden rings blazing with power and of long tracks in the wilderness that led, finally, to nowhere at all. At precisely 06:15 the screen in her apartment blared out its alarm and dragged her upright and attentive while she was still […]

September Round Up- RPGS and RTCs

I haven’t posted for a while so here’s a quick round up of what’s been going on in the world of Finn RPG StuffWe’ve finished the most recent story arc of Rogier’s epic D&D campaign with my stoic old veteran Alaric Helm and his stalwart companion Lia the half elf misanthropist/ranger (a non standard dual […]

History May Not Repeat, But Often Rhymes

Those old men in their towers, rich in gold and oil and powers Will never cry ‘enough, I’m satisfied’And they send out their town criers, and their skilful journaliarsAnd they cast their spell so trusted and so tried See the other, over there? What they’re doing is unfairAnd their ways are wrong and evil and […]

Jeepers Creepers

A creature for old school game systems (and others with a bit of tweaking) – inspired heavily by the explosive bastards from Minecraft DescriptionThese shambling humanoids are composed of vegetable matter and exhibit a basic level of sentience. They have no language, no culture, they are effectively a means for the species to propogate itself. […]

Star Stones of Atar

A capsule setting for fantasy gaming The land of Atar is a land beset on every side by the forces of chaos and wildness. Lawless men and creatures from out of nightmare roam the land and the wilderness is a little explored new frontier. Only the Star Stones provide sanctuary.The Star Stones are powerful artifacts […]

Sorcerous Sigils

Being a treatment of the art of magic for sorcerers and their ilk for Lamentations of the Flame Princess and similar old school games – in short some House Rules that suit my style of play a little better. Yoshitaka Amano SpellbooksEach sorcerer maintains a spellbook which is a working journal containing the details of […]

Hey, you. Yes, you!

Hey. I’m sending you an image. It will reach you somehow. You’ve been unresponsive since we got you back from the enemy, but the doctors say your mind is active in a dream prison they made for you. A life so real you can’t escape it. Reasons to stay there. I don’t know what dream […]

One from the (secret) vaults.

Yesterday I mentioned to a friend that before “A Step Beyond Context” I’d been working on a novel set in an early-Victorian magical subculture in England – but that I’d abandoned it because I couldn’t get the pacing right and it was too long and drawn out. I decided to dig it out just to […]

Lamentations of 1666

Now that I’ve discovered the Homebrewery I’m getting carried away with prettying up some otherwise drab notes and handouts. This link HERE will take you to a work in progress document that summarises (so far) the 17th century apocalyptic Europe setting I’m working on, and also a sample antagonist that fits (the dreaded Inquisitors and […]