Work continues on Our Terrible Fate.  Here's an overview of what I've been working on lately. Sanity I've got an outline of a sanity system.  That might sound like a small thing, but with the way it will integrate into the...

I've already written how part of what I'm working on with this game is integrating some board game elements into the actual gameplay. Probably the most obvious example of how the table will look different from many games is...

One question that pops up from time to time is how to actually instill fear into horror games. There’s plenty of techniques for setting the atmosphere – especially for games like Call of Cthulhu (CoC) – but I recently...

Work continues on my efforts to create an adaptation of Fate Core to place investigative cosmic horror. One area of the rules that I remain a little unsure about is also one of the first pieces of Fate Core...

The Authorship Spectrum Before I get into what changes I'm making to Fate Core's rules as written, I think it's important to look at how I apply those rules to get the style of game I'm going for. The...

As I've mentioned elsewhere, in the past couple of years I have played two Call of Cthulhu scenarios with my family. The first game, The Haunting, did not go as well as I wanted. The second game, the Peru...

In Part 2 I looked at some of the big name mythos roleplaying games out there and briefly discussed a few reasons I'm not just playing them. Of course, those are not the only mythos RPGs available - it's...

Before I start posting details about my mythos gaming project, I'm just going to post a quick list of the various games and products that are serving as inspiration and sources for the game: Call of Cthulhu (all editions) ...

Just posted some thoughts about some challenges faced by those that want to play characters that start as nobodies and eventually become heroes - and why character competence might be a little over-emphasized in the Fate community. More at: Twisting Fate:...

Just published the first of a series of posts examining some frequent topics regarding Fate Core.  After spending a lot of time learning about the system and how I might tailor it to Proteus, I've seen lots of players...