No more games – play what you’ve got! Part 2, Return of the Living Deck Builders

I’ve banned new games from being purchased in 2014 to allow us a year to play through all the games we’ve already got – and there are a fair few of them, though a very modest collection compared to many other gamers.  If a brilliant, must-have game emerges this year I’ll just have to wait to see if it survives a few months of fair reviewing and the cult of the new to become a lasting classic, and if so I should theoretically have no problem picking it up in 2015 anyway.  Truth be told, we’ve not passed the first... View Article

2014 catch up, creativity and “1066, Tears To Many Mothers” gamers wanted!

EDIT – 1066 has now been added to the BGG database here: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155122/1066-the-tears-of-many-mothers For numerous horrible reasons 2013 was a difficult year for us.  I’m not going to dwell on it, and I’m determined to minimise its impact on 2014.  The end result is that after an unusually long drought, I’ve recently undergone a period of renewed creativity, the first in a long time.  The kind where ideas keep me awake at night so I have to pen them down and get them worked out as quickly as possible. Truthfully I’d been banging my head against the wall on a... View Article

‘GLOOM OF KILFORTH: A FANTASY QUEST GAME’ – RULES, latest version

Gloom of Kilforth – Fantasy Quest Rules 12th January 2013 ‘GLOOM OF KILFORTH: A FANTASY QUEST GAME’ – RULES Okay, we’re creeping closer ever so slowly to delivery and here is the latest rule set for my opus. The formatting is all over the shop by the looks of things, this always happens when I upload stuff to scribd or embedit.in – but please let me know if there are any grammar or spelling errors or if there any major uncertainties to the rules!  Thanks in advance, and you can catch me at the usual email address: holycriphesacrapple at gmail... View Article

Final Fantasy Quest Tease

Hello Questers, I can’t be too specific as things are still being ironed out but I wanted to update all those of you who are still following my game.  As a gamer I know how impatient people can become for news and as a designer I’m really excited to share something with you, but for now all I can tell you is this: Fantasy Quest is now in the hands of a very cool publisher and we will hopefully have some more details for you soon.  So these are the first baby steps towards delivering to you the best Fantasy... View Article

Fantasy Quest complete!

Fantasy Quest is finally complete!  Here is the last page of the rules to celebrate – if you’re a play-tester and you’re not listed, now is the last chance for you to get in contact with me. And hopefully the next update on Fantasy Quest will be considerably more exciting…  😉

Fantasy Quest Hi Res Rules!!

First draft, please parse for spelling, grammar, formatting, errors, etc – cheers! Embeditin has gone now so I’m not sure how to host a PDF on blogger yet, and at 30 meg BGG will not have it so if anyone has any suggestions please let me know. And if you want a copy of the PDF just PM me your email address and I’ll send it on. Also, I’m putting together the final page which will include a thank you list. So far I have:Sam Lawton (Mmzomba) Dicky P (Boom04) Chris Stanton (Toc13) Houserule Jay (jayjonbeach) Lestat Lioncourt (DrawingBlood)Chris Bowler... View Article

Fantasy Quest: Keywords, Symbols and Actions

Here is the latest page from the painstakingly slow-coming Fantasy Quest high resolution rules book: Please let me know if you see any errors/typos/etc.  I’m thinking this could be the back page, a ‘summary’ of sorts.And here’s the Contents page: Slow and steady wins the race…

Branching Paths at LCGPARIS 2012

Big shout out to Michael Hatik and all the French LOTR: LCG gamers at LCGPARIS 2012 who, whilst also play-testing FFG’s new scenario Foundations of Stone, also played through my own Branching Paths scenario.  More info including photos of the event can be found here: http://sdajce.forumactif.org/t837p120-championnat-des-lcg-samedi-23-juin-2012-photos Looks like a great time was had by all!  🙂