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Elizabethan supernatural RPG: The Dee Sanction funds a Monad Edition

April 1, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The indie RPG is common at tables at UK gaming conventions, and now Just Crunch Games has taken it back to Kickstarter to fund the Monad Edition.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: All Rolled Up, just crunch games, kickstarters, Paul Baldowski, the dee sanction

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Steve Hatherley

October 29, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Our patreons voted for Steve based on his TTRPG, as he was among a shortlist of publishers drawn that month from DriveThruRPG names. So it’s with roleplaying games that we start.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: larp, Paul Baldowski, spotlight

Sanction: Kickstarter success for a generic RPG system of challenges and hacks

September 17, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Adapting the game to a setting requires a little work by the Game Moderator— configuring a set of skill-focused tables to generate characters; defining any unique mechanics, like angelic favours, expendable gadgets, or uncanny good luck; and customising unpredictable but determined foes to stand between success and failure.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: All Rolled Up, kickstarters, Paul Baldowski, the dee sanction

Sanction RPG engine: A first look at the settings and goals

August 27, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sanction is a simple system for challenge-driven games, with player characters who are usually anything but heroes.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: All Rolled Up, Paul Baldowski, the dee sanction

Slightly supernatural: A review of The Dee Sanction

November 28, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

John Dee and Francis Walsingham, men with very different approaches and outlooks, run a secret agency for the Queen to protect the country from the rising supernatural threat.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: All Rolled Up, just crunch games, Paul Baldowski, reviews, the dee sanction

Five years on, the Cthulhu Hack RPG returns for your soul, cash and a second edition

November 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Like the original edition of Cthulhu Hack, players assume the roles of investigators exposed to the cosmic horror of a universe far beyond their comprehension.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: All Rolled Up, cthulhu, Cthulhu Mythos, kickstarters, Paul Baldowski, the cthulhu hack

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