I read a great little book a little while ago, called "We Are All Weird" by Seth Godin. I wish I had read it a few years ago. But I feel its lessons apply to everyone trying to create something - whether that's a book, a...
Last Sunday I was lucky enough to participate in a game at BrigadeCon! It was a fantastic day, with three great RPers and a lot of fun and shenannigans. To cut a long story short, the three of them were sent on a mission to...
A talented artist called Jacob Thompson sent me this doodle the other day. It seemed substantially cooler than a doodle, so I was inspired to write a short story, set in our Myths of Khoralla setting. It's something I've been meaning to do for some...
I was recently looking for some cartographers on the Cartographer's Guild, and I was approached by a number of talented cartographers. Christian was one of the artists whose work really appealed to me. On top of that, he even sent me an application piece because...
Note that this glitch has now been fixed by the Backerkit team (praise the gods!). There has been a glitch in Backerkit for Pre-Orders that I would like to let all pre-order backers be aware of. For some reason, every order gets a $65.00 Pledge Level added...
Venger Satanis has been featured here before, and now he's back with a brand-new work recently released, called Alpha Blue, and its companion piece Girls Gone Rogue which is on Kickstarter now. I caught up with him for an interview - check it out! ~Oliver R. Shead Hey...
I recently got the opportunity to interview Peter Hollinghurst, an Indie Designer with a new tarot-based RPG that is now on Kickstarter. Here's what he said about his experiences in creating this cool game! ~Oliver What is "Fortune's Wheel" about, in a nutshell? Fortune's Wheel is actually two...
I recently had the opportunity to interview Indie Tabletop RPG Designer (and OSR disciple) Venger Satanis, the creator of two successful Kickstarters (for "How to Game Master Like a Fucking Boss" and "The Outer Presence."), with one more currently open for funding!. Check out his...
BackerKit is now live for Infected Zombie RPG! This is pretty cool. Not only are the surveys being sent out and all that cool stuff being organised, but we are also now available for Pre-Orders! So if you or your friends missed out on the Kickstarter, it's...
I recently interviewed Nicholas Robinson, the creator of Pilgrims of Rao RPG, about his new game on Kickstarter (there's still a bit over 24 hours to go, so check it out!). It's an interesting game, and Nicholas is a really passionate creator, so I'm really...
A couple of days ago I got the opportunity to play a one-shot game of Infected! with Nick-Nack, a YouTube Vlogger, and two backers of the project on Kickstarter (Richard and Tom). It was a lot of fun! Quite hilarious at times, and also dramatic, terrifying and intense. But I...
Our Contest for Infected! is drawing to a close! There are just 4 days left in the Kickstarter, and just 4 days left in the contest as well! We've been getting some really fantastic entries, and it's been inspiring to read all these great ideas, story...
I had the opportunity to interview the Thorin Tabor, the designer of the Indie RPG Shadows Over Sol the other day, which is now on Kickstarter! Enjoy. ~Oliver Thank you for the Q&A! First off, would you like to let everyone know what your tabletop RPG is about, in...
Our Kickstarter for Infected Zombie RPG is nearly ready to launch. August 16 is the big day (remember, Australian Eastern Standard Time - around 10am). If you would like a sneak peek, you can see a Preview of the Kickstarter here. We're also putting out these beautiful promotional images....
Immersion Studios is now officially part of the Game Publishers Guild! This is a new and upcoming alliance of Indie game publishers, dedicated to assisting each other with advice, services and mutual promotion in the game industry. Personally, I'm really chuffed to be part of such a...
I was sent this hilarious (but totally factual) lesson on economics by a good friend of mine some years back. Somehow I never forgot it. Recently, I discovered it again, and have been having some long candle-lit nights thinking through these lessons and scribbling with...
Our Sampler for Infected Zombie RPG Sampler is now up on Drive Thru RPG! Actually, it's been there for some time, and is now in its third iteration. I have doubled its size and added more and more content into it until it's now 63...
[caption id="attachment_763" align="alignleft" width="379"] Ghost DM[/caption] Ghost DM, of the blog "Ghost's Bump in the Night," gave our Infected Zombie RPG Sampler a try as a one-shot game with his group! Check out how they went with the game. He played it using different rules, for sake...
Hey guys, check out my first ever tutorial on how to create this cool splatter/water-stain effect on your book. You can use lots of different Photoshop brushes - I've linked to the ones that I used, though there are literally dozens out there. This is...
I recently discovered Daniel Warmke and his interesting game "Cartomancy" on Kickstarter. It uses cards instead of dice to resolve actions - these are actually playing cards, rather than game-specific cards. In his Kickstarter video he speaks (somewhat tongue in cheek) of how this will change...
The final stage in the Infection is what's known colloquially as the Shambler. The virus has at this point almost completely destroyed its host's body. The boils cover its body from head to toe, gases and stinking liquids fill its flesh. The thing moves slowly....
Check out this guy! A revolting Infected, one who has been infected for quite a while. The virus is slowly but steadily killing him, consuming his body, and covering it in highly-contagious boils. In particular, Bursters are often filled with gases that horrifically distort and twist their...
This nasty individual is...
Check out our first ever Wallpaper for our upcoming setting Infected Zombie RPG! It's a "Mimic," and yes...
Obskures, a German blog on all things RPG and awesome, has just done an article on our upcoming Infected RPG Setting. Needless to say, that makes us pretty excited. I've got to say, he's gotten the scoop on it, seeing as he's showing some pics I haven't...