The printer’s proof of The Unlucky Isles has made its way to me and it looks great, and DriveThruRPG has now approved it for sale. If you’ve been waiting to buy The Unlucky Isles [affiliate link] in print, it’s available! As promised, everyone who purchased the PDF before the POD version went live has received […]
The Unlucky Isles is now available in print Read More »
The book I’ve been working on since July is now available! You can buy The Unlucky Isles [affiliate link] from DriveThruRPG. If you purchase the PDF now, I’ll send you a discount code that reduces the price of the print-on-demand version by the full cost of the PDF once POD is available. Large, high-resolution map
Now on sale: The Unlucky Isles, Godsbarrow Guidebook 1 Read More »
I love comics. But how I read them has changed over the years, from all single issues as a kid to all TPBs in college to all-digital…and then back to single print issues. And now back to digital-only again, but this time for good (I think). Reflecting on the notion of pulling or subscribing to
From pulp to pixels (and sometimes back again) Read More »
Today is Yore’s 10th anniversary! I wrote my first blog post here on August 28, 2012: Reading Appendix N: The project, the appendix, and the goal. 10! Years! That’s longer than my time blogging on Gnome Stew (just shy of 8 years) or Treasure Tables before that (just over 2 years). Hell, it’s almost longer
10 years of Yore, and dusting off proto-Godsbarrow ideas from 2013 Read More »
I’ve finished my first draft of half the countries in The Unlucky Isles! I also have about 60% of each of the other three countries written up, awaiting all the new material and restructuring I’ve done with the first three, as well as a good chunk of the introductory elements. It’s clocking in at around
Making good progress on the manuscript for The Unlucky Isles Read More »
After spending 15 months developing Godsbarrow, getting to actually start up a campaign in this setting was the spark I needed to convince me to give publishing another shot. Today I founded Halfbeard Press, the company I’ll be using to publish Godsbarrow material. Halfbeard Press has a logo, an incredibly spartan website, a (currently empty)
Getting back into publishing: Halfbeard Press Read More »
Yore has been quiet, but I’ve been busy for the past couple of months — hobby-wise, painting Warhammer 40k terrain (which I haven’t gotten around to photographing yet) and starting up the first Godsbarrow campaign. After over a year of lonely fun creating this setting using Worlds Without Number [paid link], it’s absolutely delightful to
The first Godsbarrow campaign Read More »
I’ve set Twitter aside and decamped to Mastodon (specifically, the dice.camp instance), where you can find me as @martinralya. Returning to Twitter during the pandemic made me realize three things: I miss the social connections and serendipitous path-crossings and discoveries that social media can be good at facilitating. I miss Google+ a great deal. As
Mastodon is the new Google Plus (I hope) Read More »
When someone in Godsbarrow dies at sea, the Headless Child lays claim to them. If they died in sight of their own god, or gods, or if their faith was strong enough, the Child cannot take them. But if not, they join the Endless Fleet,[1] serving its unspeakably cruel captain for eternity. And the Endless
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While I was on vacation, away from my Godsbarrow map and the text file where 99% of my notes live, I kept my worldbuilding streak going by emailing myself Godsbarrow ideas. Once I’d done two small gods, rounding things out with a third felt right. I haven’t explored small gods much yet, focusing instead on
Three small gods: a ship, an inn, and a family of swords Read More »
