Category Archives: Writing

It wasn’t a disappointment

Posted on June 3, 2012 by hurcheon

Last week was the UK Games Expo. One of the things about that was C&S Essence was up for a “Best RPG” award. I didn’t get it (Airship Pirates did) but that was never a surprise. Goven other entrants like … Continue reading →

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Arthur’s Progress

Posted on May 15, 2012 by hurcheon

So. At present the second Apocrypha manuscript, which includes the Arthurian setting, has about 6,000 words in it, which means that it is, I think, more than the main Essence rules. There is more hand-written to add to the manuscript, … Continue reading →

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Highs and Lows

Posted on May 15, 2012 by hurcheon

Believe it or not I have enough thoughts for a couple of different strands of thoughts, so rather than have one long post with different themes, I’ll split it into a couple. I’ll start off with the low. There’s been … Continue reading →

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The Matter of Britain

Posted on May 4, 2012 by hurcheon

The “Matter of Britain” is a name given to the collection of stories about King Arthur and his Knights. When one reviewer wrote about C&S Essence not having the “High Fantasy” feel, though I would disagree with him on what … Continue reading →

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And now C&S Apocrypha is available for free download

Posted on May 4, 2012 by hurcheon

The first set of extra writings is now available here C&S Apocrypha

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O wad some Power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us!

Posted on April 5, 2012 by hurcheon

I often do. Sort of. Peer review when writing can seem quite harsh. You think you’ve crafted some bit of perfect rules then somebody breaks it apart doing ridiculous things that no one in their right mind would ever do. … Continue reading →

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It’s all about the style

Posted on March 20, 2012 by hurcheon

I was reading this blog post (thanks to the RPG Blogger twitter feed) and it struck a chord. I think he’s not being totally accurate. I remember E. Gary Gygax being very proscriptive, his way or else, but in general … Continue reading →

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Do the dice fall where they may, or it’s time to Insta-kill

Posted on February 2, 2012 by hurcheon

There are different way people run their games. Some see themselves as impartial umpires. The dice are the will of Fate, and the dice fall where the dice fall. Some are interventionist to a great degree, although not always to … Continue reading →

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Your place in the story

Posted on January 30, 2012 by hurcheon

This follows on from my previous post, and is basically me ranting on the same subject after criticisms I got in reviews of C&S Essence for the scenario that was included was my idea that the player characters might not, … Continue reading →

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Why do I have a loose approach to scenarios?

Posted on January 7, 2012 by hurcheon

I know I shouldn’t read reviews, but I do, mostly to get ideas for things I should add or improve or try and plug the holes in. However an attitude I’ve seen in a couple of places didn’t concern the … Continue reading →

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