The Renaissance Troll
Monday 18 March 2024
Friday 15 March 2024
Shadowgrave - Cthulhu in Frostgrave, Stargrave, Rangers of Shadow Deep, and Ghost Archipelago!
Want to play Frostgrave, Stargrave, Rangers of Shadow Deep, or Ghost Archipelago with the Cthulhu Mythos? The complete Shadowgrave manuscript is now available to my Patreon backers, including 2 scenarios for each of those settings!
Thursday 14 March 2024
Halfling Rogue or Rogue Halfling?
Tuesday 5 March 2024
Huntress
I've said it before, and I still believe it - you can't have too many rangers!
I also took a photo of her patrolling the deep wilderness!
Monday 4 March 2024
RoboRally!
This fantastic board game has an interesting history. It was designed by Richard Garfield, who took it to Wizards of the Coast in the hopes of getting it published. WotC agreed to publish it, but as it had a lot of expensive components, they asked Richard if he had anything smaller that they could publish first, something like a card game... That card game was Magic: The Gathering. Several hundreds of millions of dollars later, they published RoboRally.
I love this game because the premise is simple, and the basic mechanics are completely logical. You just have to set out movement cards each turn to give your robot instructions - move forward, turn left, move forward, turn right, etc., and be the first to touch all of the flags. It should be easy, but because you get a random draw of cards, and because the robots can bump each other off course, and because elements of the board can move and turn you around, the results are often utter chaos.
I laughed a lot last night.
Thursday 29 February 2024
Public Lending Right
In the United Kingdom, authors are paid a small amount whenever their books are checked out of the library, so long as you register your books in advance. The actual rate per loan is set every year. This year it was £0.1369, but that amount is shared between all authors and illustrators that are listed on the cover. For major authors, this probably represents a nice little income stream. For someone at my level, it’s pocket change. I just got my statement for the past year and thought I would share the highlights!
The Story of Santa Claus: £1.37
Peter Dennis with the Cover Art! |
My biggest earner every year!
Dragonslayers: £0.41
Zombies: A Hunter’s Guide: £0.41
Zombies might not be the hot stuff they once were, but they
are clearly still of interest.
Steampunk Soldiers: £0.27
I told my co-author he should register. He’s missing out!
Frostgrave: Into the Breeding Pits: £0.41
Frostgrave: The Maze of Malcor: £0.41
Wait… what? That’s never happened before. What library is loaning
out Frostgrave books? (Answer – the BEST LIBRARY EVER!). Seriously though, I gave
up registering my gaming books because it seemed pointless. Looks like I might
be short-changing myself!
Possibly my favourite of the Frostgrave covers by the Burmaks! |
Wednesday 28 February 2024
Genestealer Cultists Investigate an Unholy Shrine
A few of my genestealer cultists investigate an unholy shrine. This might be just the variety of evil they are looking for!
I took this snap because these things were hanging around my desk. I think I've shown all, or at least most, of them before. The little shrine remains one of my all-time favourite terrain scratch builds. It was simple, easy, and looks terrific without being a huge pain to store! I've got one more genestealer hybrid to paint to complete the dozen I set out to complete for Space Hulk.