If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.

Every time a gamer steps back from Yet Another Kickstarter I think an angel gets her wings.

In the deep forest There is a troll His fur is like a nest His back is like a knoll Rest your feet if they hurt He is the troll bus and his name is Burt.

What t-shirt are you wearing today?

If Mothers Day means flowers....

Grab your trenchcoats and prep your gravelly voices, as we're back to shadowy streets of Berlin for the second chapter of our Cold City campaign files: blog.monkeyx.games/2026/06/19/c...

Reflection on Against Time and Death: The game works because the cards force humility. You plan a brilliant move, then the hand tells you to lose, bluff, or spend your only strong card early. The fiction gets sharper when the mechanics deny total control. 1/4

Be ungovernable

Out of interest (& this is a genuine, non-loaded question) what visible impact have any of the higher ed courses teaching variations of game design had on tabletop game design? Can we point to actual things that have emerged from these courses? Ideas, coherent schools of thought, movements? In the…

Catching up with our Dragonbane campaign log as the ever-changing party finds themselves at the Road Side Inn: blog.monkeyx.games/2026/06/10/d...

I had a lovely time discussing my problem with Bladerunner RPG and listening to the rest of the panel's problematic settings. Thanks Steve for the invitation to take part. I may be biased but think this is worth listening to.

Really enjoying the new Death Cab for Cutie album. open.spotify.com/album/4D1zUs...

The last Children of Fear campaign blog: blog.monkeyx.games/2026/06/05/c...

We're back to our Children of Fear campaign, so time for a recap of the last session as the investigators leave China for Tibet and the mountains of Kham. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/06/01/c...

The second scenario I ran, Return to Sender, seemed to land well. Picked up lots of notes to improve it based on the run ways the players interacted with it. I had one player who picked up most of the literary inspirations for it so was well impressed.

I had a blast running The Off-Season People at Chaosium Con. Great players who really brought it alive. Piled on the social anxiety before slapping on the creepy folk horror.

Really need some Dragonbane campaigns that aren't collect the macguffins and confront the big bad. Made me think of Dragonlance's initial premise of heroes, and later refugees, on the run looking for safety. Can that be done without the railroading?

Off to @chaosium.bsky.social Con UK where I'll be playing a couple of things and running three scenarios I wrote: - The Off-season People - Return to Sender - Beneath the Summer Sky Very much looking forward to it and hoping getting there a bit earlier will mean more exploring the event.

Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits. Dragonbane Call of Cthulhu Cold City Out of the Ashes

Wrote up the first session of our Cold City campaign. Felt it landed really well with our group combining noir with elements of horror. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/05/15/c...

Men would rather roll on the Realm of Chaos - Slaves to Darkness random mutation table than ask literally a single living woman what it is they actually like

The current season of Delta Green scenarios comes to an end with my favourite scenario so far. Deserved a write up. One handler reviews the case file for Convergence, an After Action Report with lots of spoilers: blog.monkeyx.games/2026/04/29/d...

The sadness in those eyes will haunt me forever

Just in time for the next chapter, a blog on the concluding part of Chapter 2 of our Children of Fear campaign. The secret cave at Tun-Huang opens onto stolen relics, impossible murals, a speaking statue, and a quest that suddenly stretches far beyond China. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/04/27/c...

I decided to end my Vampire: the Dark Ages campaign after the first session when the tone didn't quite land and some of the players expressing concerns about what they perceived as lack of player agency, and I've been hyper-analytical about that. (1/16)

A midweek reminder to sign up early for the season 5 Lovecraft Investigations launch on Backerkit. #lovecraftinvestigations www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

NovaPulse is something I've built to keep my coding skills up to date now I mostly manage. It’s a free persistent browser game built for players who like long-term progression, checking in from time to time, and seeing a game world continue without them. Play in browser: novapulse.monkeyx.games

NovaPulse is something I've built to keep my coding skills up to date now I mostly manage. It’s a free persistent browser game built for players who like long-term progression, checking in from time to time, and seeing a game world continue without them. Play in browser: novapulse.monkeyx.games

Hello sailor 😘

Thanks to Alice (who did the layout design) made some corrections and published a revised version on Drivethru. Grab your copy and pay what you want 👇

A movie couple who would definitely have a podcast

This book has got me gripped. A secret war against ideas that erase themselves from memory is such a good hook, and the whole premise feels eerie, clever, and creepy (in the right way).

I just backed Fomoria – Epic Folk Horror Roleplaying on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/jno...

My first title is now live on DriveThruRPG! Last Dance in Shoreditch is a modern-day Call of Cthulhu scenario set in London, where a missing friend, the city’s nightlife, and something far worse collide after dark. Very excited to finally put this out there. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

I hope this email finds you rushing to the airport to find your sweetheart after a change of heart showing you believe in love after all, which inexplicably works out for you

There are two types of LotR readers. Those who skip the songs, and those who go hey dol! merry dol! ring-a-dong-dillo! tumble through every line of fol-de-rol and tum-ti-tarry, glad as midsummer, loud to the rafters Wrong in all the right ways, because the road goes on, yes, the song goes on longer.

what if we put issue 8 of Wyrd Science on sale? What if this got more likes & shares than our stupid jokes? featuring Dolmenwood, Blades In The Dark, Doomsong, Kamping Kitbash, Lee Gold, The Old King's Crown, weird fiction, aggro comics, dungeon synth & lots more shop.wyrd.science/products/wyr...

Toying with a return to Mystara (my favourite D&D setting) with Dragonbane. Tried b4 coming back to Mystara w/ various OSR systems but I find expecations of fiddly resource management in e.g. OSE a bit tedious. Also, whilst I like deadly, I also like PC continuity. Dragonbane just hits the spot.

This is a fabulous idea for a GUMSHOE game - history, spookiness and even an excuse for a sing-song, all in one, neat package.

Slept in my R.E.M. shirt and found out it's the end of the world and I feel fine.

My review of Feng Shui 2, plus how I prepped it for a London con one-shot as a first-time GM. Shots, schticks, mooks and mild panic included. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/03/27/f...

Prime Minister Farage

A cracking thread on this classic adventure.

Children of Fear, Episode 8. Tun-Huang at last, Langdon Warner’s sleepless theory, and a hidden stone door in the cliff: the Door to Paradise. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/03/23/c...

For any Trek fans who also like PC games with a combination of choose your own adventure and base building (plus a serviceable but not too demanding space combat), I've had a lot of fun with this: store.steampowered.com/app/2643390/...

Nowruz mubarak everyone! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2ZG...

Today I sorted out my little office to be my little sanctuary of gaming