I went on +1 Forward to talk about SCUP. Fun!

I went on +1 Forward to talk about SCUP. Fun!

I went on +1 Forward to talk about SCUP. Fun!

Also, SCUP is now available for purchase as PDF on Drive Thru. Physical books should start shipping out late this week/next week to Kickstarter backers and, after that, we’ll make it available on Drive Thru as a physical book!

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/239692/The-Sword-The-Crown-and-The-Unspeakable-Power?affiliate_id=78493

SCUP team members update!

SCUP team members update!

SCUP team members update!

Nathan Paoletta, who did SCUP’s layout is Kickstarting a sweet new game, Imp of the Perverse. Marnie Galloway, our amazing artist, is doing the art for it. If this looks like something you’d be interested in, consider giving it some love!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndpaoletta/imp-of-the-perverse-a-jacksonian-gothic-american-h?ref=8p32c9

THOSE WHO WEAR THE CROWN TAKE NO HOLIDAY AND CRAVE ONLY THE SOULS OF THEIR ENEMIES UNDER THE TREE.

THOSE WHO WEAR THE CROWN TAKE NO HOLIDAY AND CRAVE ONLY THE SOULS OF THEIR ENEMIES UNDER THE TREE.

THOSE WHO WEAR THE CROWN TAKE NO HOLIDAY AND CRAVE ONLY THE SOULS OF THEIR ENEMIES UNDER THE TREE.

May your season be filled with treachery and malice.

-the squirrels at the Wheel Tree

We got a delightful little mention in WHAT’S HOT IN STORY GAMES 2017. Give it a listen!

We got a delightful little mention in WHAT’S HOT IN STORY GAMES 2017. Give it a listen!

We got a delightful little mention in WHAT’S HOT IN STORY GAMES 2017. Give it a listen!

Heat that sizzle? That’s us being hot!

Originally shared by Richard Williams (Epistolary Richard)

I made this post previously but I put in a bad link, I’ve deleted the old post and fixed the link. If anyone has further problems please let me know.

What’s Hot in Story Games 2017 Dragonmeet seminar

This is the recording, show notes and links for this seminar on what was hot in story games and indie rpgs in 2017. This was our sixth year doing this seminar and it was one of the best (the Dm coordinator told is that it was certainly best attended). Many thanks to the panellists: Robert Carnel, Becky Annison, Elizabeth Lovegrove and Lloyd Gyan

The handouts for the seminar (not directly related to anything said) are here:

https://plus.google.com/104855606903841258736/posts/HwAKALVJLzU

https://plus.google.com/104855606903841258736/posts/NwxvrUdsXvX

0100 Rob Carnel on Fair Verona Burns: A Tragedy In Three Acts (2017) by Adam Minnie

0300 Becky Annison on Bluebeard’s Bride (2017) by Whitney “Strix” Beltrán, Marissa Kelly and Sarah Richardson

0753 Elizabeth Lovegrove on Dialect (201?) by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu

1110 Lloyd Gyan on Tales From The Loop (2017) by Fria Ligan/Free League Publishing (and Hood: Swashbuckling Adventures in Sherwood (2017) by Fearlight Games)

1622 Rob Carnel on blurring the lines between mainstream & indie design and whether some rule systems liberate or constrain their hacks

2130 Becky Annison on non-violence

2700 Elizabeth Lovegrove on rpgs in education

2845 Lloyd Gyan on Irish rpg conventions

3218 Q&A: Games with mechanically supported courtly intrigue?

3548 Q&A: Games using Augmented/Virtual Reality?

3645 Q&A: What stakes can you use without violence?

4000 Q&A: How to get into indie rpgs in London?

4200 What games are you looking forward to?

Rob Carnel: The Sword, the Crown & the Unspeakable Power (201?) by Todd Nicholas & Thomas J.

Becky Annison: Winterhorn (2017) by Jason Morningstar

Elizabeth Lovegrove: Good Society (201?) by Hayley Gordon & Veronica Hendro

Lloyd Gyan: Katanas & Trenchcoats (201?) by Ryan Macklin

https://axthetable.wordpress.com/2017/12/09/whats-hot-in-story-games-2017/