Gumshoe and Pelgrane Virtual Con 2024, Part 1
Gumshoe and Pelgrane Virtual Con 2024, Part 1 So it's all over, 11 games run over 12 days that featured a different GM for each game. We had around 70...
How to write an Esoterrorist Scenario the hard way
So you want to have some fun? Break out the big guns Here's a quick run-through of how I've put together my Esoterrorists scenario for a season of Gumshoe...
2024 McCfesto Part Three
2024 McCfesto Part Three (Community) Here we go, the final part of my plans/manifesto for 2024, this time we are looking at my Discord, The Raspy Raven, and...
2024 McCfesto Part Two
2024 McCfesto Part Two (Playing) Now we come on to what I want to play in 2024, this is a tough one, I get more enjoyment out of running games, but I still...
2024 McCfesto Part One
2024 McCfesto Part One Here we go for a Raspy Raven and jwmuk proposal of games to write, run and play, inspired in no small part by Neil oldscouserrping who...
2024 plans made to fail
So I've been filling in various tabletop roleplaying game 2024 lists... Gumshoe Season II Number one is planning for a Gumshoe Season of Tabletop Roleplaying...
Tuba Tales
So a second play-through of Fiasco, with tuba-playing Salvation Army members, gym bunnies, army buddies and a whole lot of gangs; Russian, Jewish and...
It's only just begun...
The time was upon us, Magda Klein of The Fulgurators had to be stopped. Only one person could convince Magda of her wrongs, Shiny Nick and so it was that...
Happiness is Laser Shaped
The troubleshooters head into SBR Sector to discover why citizens are unhappy. Happiness is mandatory citizen. Subscribe now Bottel-O-BEA-2: Roland &...
It never rains in Manchester...
Subscribe now It’s Grogmeet two days of RPGs with friends followed by MORPCon. AND it’s sunny in Manchester! This Grogmeet I’d offered four games, which is...
Dakota is hated
Here we go. We've just finished our world building and we're about to go silent for the next 90 minutes. I'm playing Dakota, best friend of Alice. I'm a...
Office Space
A lot of our downtime had centred on investigations into Magda Klein, a member of The Fulgarators (A guild that powers and runs the failing train network in...
Tea urn?
So a long-term ambition has been to play Sue Savage’s Matrons of Mystery. It’s a genteel take on Brindlewood Bay, a new wave of PbtA (Powered by the...
Drama in RPGs
We are play testing Windheim, a new setting for Dragonbane. This will become our going forward Sunday game and we were all keen to create PCs from scratch. I...
On the Gen Con Trail
I'd signed up with the intention of running Trail of Cthulhu, The Wreck and The Yellow King RPG, The Night of Masks. When it comes to Gen Con, for me it's...
Where is my mind?
Thro’ Centuries Fixed is a recently released second-edition version of a scenario for The Cthulhu Hack. Cthulhu Hack is based on The Black Hack by David...
A Declan in the hand is worth...
After the last session nailbiter, Lex had been facing off to a large group of Risers, on the top of Tower 9. Meanwhile, Shiny Nick, Keys and Alt hunkered...
Luso-Hispanic Sabbatical
First of all, work wise it's been insane, some major projects coming out of the blue plus a complete reorganization and some intense industry initiatives...
Up, up and away
Keys went on a date at the local club, a singer of some talent, Nick almost became a third wheel but decided to leave them to it and join Lex down the pub....
Out of the chip pan...
We'd left Nick and Lex to negotiating with gang members on behalf of Maeve the Pawn shop owner. Meanwhile Keys and Alt had pilfered some money to also help...
A song for every emotion ...
Dragonbane has some cool Heroic Abilities. My mallard, Moggie, has a few of them - Ill-tempered, when angry he gets advantage on attacks, he has to take the...
Between a rock and a hard place
We now have a good understanding of our “corner” in the city. The corner sits within Dreamingspires, specifically between two high, fog shrouded blocks,...
Urban Planning
I went all in on the a|state campaign, coins, books, play mats, compass the list goes on. So I was somewhat ecstatic to join a campaign, an excuse to read...
John Wick 4 versus Dungeons & Dragons. Let battle commence...
Subscribe now My birthday. A last-minute trip to the cinema. Son moaning that John Wick 4 is also on, “Why do we have to go and see something so sad?” Off...
Blade Runner, some thoughts
Subscribe now I've been thinking about Blade Runner the RPG a lot, I've run the starter set scenario around four times I believe now and worked on various...
How to create a TTRPG Discord Community?
This is The Raspy Raven Rag, a newsletter about TTRPGs. Subscribe now First a shout-out to the man that started me on this journey, Chris Sharp. Chris is an...