Saturday 24 August 2019

Rick Loomis has passed

I'm saddened by the news that gaming luminary Rick Loomis has passed away. I'll be doing a full post tomorrow.

Rest in peace, Rick.

Sunday 18 August 2019

Gaming legend Rick Loomis needs your help


Recently Rick Loomis, founder of Flying Buffalo and all round gaming icon, has been undergoing treatment for cancer. Unfortunately this has left him with staggering medical bills in the tens of thousands of dollars. This is where you come in.

There's a gofundme page set up for Rick and your donations would be hugely appreciated.

Please dig deep for the guy who published Tunnels and Trolls, Nuclear War, Grimtooth's Traps, and who was one of the pioneers of PBM roleplaying games.

From this week, all sales from any Tunnels and Trolls product from Trollish Delver Games on Drivethrurpg will go directly to funding Rick's medical bills.

Saturday 10 August 2019

The Midnight Chimes out as part of Tunnel Goons Jam


Just a quick update to say I've released a new game as part of Nate Treme's Tunnel Goons Jam over on Itch. Tunnel Goons is a simple one-page d6 game using classes as stats. I quite like it.

The Midnight Chimes is a Victorian pulp horror game in a few pages, inspired by The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Hellboy and Penny Dreadful.

While Tunnel Goons has three classes to pop your points into, I decided to widen this with six archetypes: Ruffian, Hunter, Occultist, Priest, Acrobat, and Aristocrat. Putting points into archetypes determines the type of skillsets you have.

I've introduced Afflictions into the mix. These are what make your characters ghastly, but superpowered. These include Hyde, Invisible, Vampyre, Shadow and Demon. There's also a Ghost Affliction you get if you die.

To round off a character, you gain a knack. This offers another edge, whether it's being better at swordfighting, guns or simply being able to dismember an opponent easily.

I've included a monster codex and an extended play example in the mix.

You can download for free (at the moment) at itch.