An upcoming talk and some playtesting

Apologies to those of you who read both this blog and my history blog, but I wanted to take a moment to say that I am going to be at ExiliCon 2016 in Cambridge this coming Saturday 22 October. It's at the St Andrew's Street Baptist Church, it runs from 11 to 5, and it's free. People will be showing off and selling all kinds of stuff, from games to art to films to I don't know what all, so if you're in the area you should drop by and check it out.

I will be there playtesting B-Movie Mogul, the card game that fellow bad movie nerd Luke and I have working on fitfully (I have a busyish life, and he has a very busy one) over the last ... well, over a year actually. It is still very much a work in progress, but people seem to think it's fun.

Also, I will be giving a talk at 1:45 on "Myth, mystery and archaeology in the fiction of H.P. Lovecraft," if that's your kind of thing. And I believe I'm moderating a panel on historical gaming and fiction later in the day, details TBC.

Anyway, if you're in or around Cambridge on Saturday, come on by. Like I said, it's free.

Buy things for cheaps!

Is it that time already? It's DriveThru's annual Christmas in July sale, which is good news for all you pound-spending PDF buyers, since that exchange rate's not doing us any favours right now. Lots of good stuff is on sale, and I'm going to quickly list a few things I've talked about on the blog that are currently on sale. 

First off, I'd be remiss not to mention my own book, The Barest Branch. It's an early-medieval Lovecraftian novella, and it doesn't have a satisfying ending or sympathetic characters or anything like that. But I like it. It's available in both PDF and MOBI formats. 

Obviously, this year I've been playing a lot of Frostgrave. I think it's pretty good, and the PDF is on sale at the moment, as are its various supplements. 

Still grooving on Silent Legions, although I haven't had a chance to play it. I recommend pretty much anything Kevin Crawford does, honestly. If you'd like to read my review of it, the first part is here and the second part is here. 

And of course I've gone on and on about King of Sartar, now available in a dandy new edition.