Site Overhaul and Relocation in Progress
I’ve been experiencing aggravations with this site and the web host for a month now, and am in the process of a theme and security overhaul, possibly also moving to a new host (haven’t decided yet)....
View ArticleFriday Excitement, 2016-07-22
First and foremost: I’m excited the site is working again! I had a number of technical difficulties over the last month, but after jamming away at them over the last couple of nights, I believe I have...
View ArticleGattaibushido:FUSION! Playtest Rules Alpha 1.1 Update Released!
I’ve released a major new update to the Gattai playtest rules, silently added yesterday afternoon. This also includes an actual dump of details over on the product page here, too. You can find the new...
View ArticleGoodbye, Gitkraken
Gitkraken, you were once a great git sync app. I loved your interface, loved your toolset, and practically relied upon your ease of access. But no more. Today you force updated and informed me I had...
View ArticleGattaibushido Playtest Version Alpha 1.3 Released
Hey there, haven’t heard from me here in a bit, right? Last weekend I quietly pushed alpha 1.2 to the site, and today I’m releasing alpha 1.3. You can find it here, as usual. There’s a changelog there...
View ArticleGattaibushido:FUSION! Kickstarter is Live, Playtest Alpha 1.4 Coming Soon!
Hey everyone! I’ve just now hit the button to launch the new Kickstarter for Gattaibushido. Check it out here! Also, I’m excited to be putting the last touches on the v1.4a playtest rules. Major...
View ArticleGattaibushido:FUSION Kickstarter Success! And a New Storefront!
Here’s the official announcement. Thanks for all your support everyone! In other news, I’ve been experimenting with setting up a digital storefront right here on my blog. I’ve upgraded the site to use...
View ArticleHomerules: Something Unexpected Happened Along the Way
In this post I want to share the “Random Encounters and Vistas” house rules that we use in my ongoing D&D campaign. This set of rules has crossed game editions from OD&D (using the Rules...
View ArticleGattaibushido Preorders are Now Live
I’ve had a few people ask if they could still get in on the funding drive for Gattaibushido, but they missed the KS. I have now made the basic game option available for anyone who missed the...
View ArticleDivorcing Word: Embracing Markdown and Git for Game Writing
Over the course of 2016 I have traveled a long but (surprisingly!) easy journey to simplify my writing practices by eliminating distractions from as much of my design tools as possible. Most definitely...
View ArticleHAMMERCRAWL! RPG Method version 2.2 is now live
After a bit of work over the past weekend, I finally assembled a newer, crisper version of the HAMMERCRAWL! gaming method outline document. This current version is a refinement of the last blog post I...
View ArticleSavage Worlds Motobushido is Officially Seeking Playtesters!
(I posted this earlier today directly to the original Kickstarter page, but with an official announcement pending I am putting this post up as an official rally point.) Hello folks! So a while back, I...
View ArticleRide the SAVAGE Motorcycle-Samurai Highway!
Hello fellow Savages! A number of you have been routed this way from the Pinnacle Website, and I want to introduce myself and the new game. I’m N. Phillip Cole, creator of Motobushido, the...
View ArticleRide the SAVAGE Motorcycle-Samurai Highway!
Hello fellow Savages! A number of you have been routed this way from the Pinnacle Website, and I want to introduce myself and the new game. I’m N. Phillip Cole, creator of Motobushido, the...
View ArticleHAMMERCRAWL! is now a full game!
It’s been a long while coming, but I’m pleased to finally announce that after much tooling around and growing dissatisfaction with games that I’ve played this process with, HAMMERCRAWL! is now being...
View ArticleGattaibushido:FUSION! RPG: State of the Game April 2018
I wanted to take some time to publicly follow up on details I’d only until recently given in a Kickstarter update. I sometimes forget about this website, but I’d like to get more things happening here...
View ArticleI’m an Evil King in the Vow of Honor RPG
I’m way behind on posting a link to this (because again, I keep forgetting that I even have this site these days). A while back I backed the creation of a wonderful role-playing game from Sigil Stone,...
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