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 To build the Radu Family’s criminal enterprise using the formal Adventurer Conqueror King System II (ACKS II) domain rules, we treat them as a Syndicate embedded within a Class II Market (a major city/metropolis of roughly 10,000 to 29,999 families). This blog post picks up from OSR Commentary - Running classic TSR modules like L2: The Assassin’s Knot (Len Lakofka, 1983) and B6: The Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0

There are new companions and an old enemy in store for Paul McGann in The Eighth Doctor Adventures: New Pathways, a box set of full-cast audio drama, due November 2026

 

The Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) returns later this year for a six-part audio drama miniseries across two box sets. For New Pathways and Fear the Reapers strong and loyal Alfie Steep and new recruit Chase Moyo join his adventures. Regular Big Finish contributors Sam Stafford and Natalie Gumede play Alfie and Chase respectively.

As New Pathways begins, the Doctor is travelling with Alfie when he encounters Chase – and realises he has already spoken to her, throughout his life, on the end of a phone line. What is the connection between the TARDIS and a call centre in northern England?

Then, on Chase’s first venture into the universe, the time travellers encounter a deadly enemy – the Sycorax. These tribal aliens first appeared in 2005 Doctor Who TV special The Christmas Invasion, fought the Seventh Doctor in a 2016 Classic Doctors, New Monsters audio episode, and now face off against the Eighth Doctor for the first time.

And in the third episode, the TARDIS arrives in the late twenty-first century to discover something is very wrong with Britain…

This box set also includes The Eighth Doctor: A New Pathway, a brand-new feature-length audio documentary, celebrating thirty years of Paul McGann’s Doctor and giving a detailed look at the creation of this new era in his life.

The guest cast of New Pathways includes Susan Aderin, Ben Fox, Barnaby Edwards, Harriet Kershaw, Alexandra Mathie, Lara Lemon, Nicole Deon, Sara Powell, Derek Griffiths, Richard Goulding, and Nicholas Boulton.

 

New Pathways features thirty years of the Eighth Doctor condensed into a week of Chase’s life

Script editor Matt Fitton said: “The Eighth Doctor’s had such a rich and varied life. It felt fitting that what we would do to celebrate it was invent a whole new era and bring in Chase and Alfie as new companions.

“We threw Natalie and Sam’s names into the mix quite early on in the process, and so we were able to build those characters around them. This new team has a different energy and a different way of looking at the Doctor, and that brings out new things for Paul to do as well.”

On kicking off this new era, the first episode’s writer Alan Ronald said: “I was given a bit of a blank slate to introduce two companions. With Alfie, we hit the ground running, and he’s already gadding about with the Doctor, and then we meet Chase, and see how the Doctor crashes into her humdrum daily life.

“Given that it arrives on the thirtieth anniversary of the Eighth Doctor first appearing, we had to find a way to touch on that, but not have it be all about that. I didn’t want it to be a look backwards, it had to look forwards. So, my approach to that was through Chase and the call centre, with her connecting with the Doctor across that entire period. We have a thirty-year period of storytelling condensed into her week!”

 

The three exciting new stories for the Eighth Doctor are: Chase by Alan Ronald

Chase had hoped for a different life… She sees no escape from her soul-sucking call centre job. But when she is accidentally connected to a mysterious police box, and the extraordinary Doctor Smith – who is just beginning one of his many long lives – her entire world will change forever.

Magic of the Sycorax by Katharine Armitage

It’s time to put Chase through her paces and so the TARDIS follows a distress signal to a remote mining base, beset by powerful forces.

The Doctor’s defeated the Sycorax before but, this time, they seem to have more magic, more darkness, and everyone has much more to lose…

Blast from the Past by Robert Valentine

When the TARDIS starts playing up, the Doctor accidentally brings Chase and Alfie to Burnley in 2096, only to discover that the UK has become an authoritarian dictatorship under fascist leader Bastian Clore.

Chase in turn discovers that her descendants, the Moyo family of No. 19 McKellen Drive, are major players in the underground resistance movement. Beyond the obvious, something is seriously wrong with history.

Has the past been rewritten by more than just the propaganda wing of Clore’s jingoistic regime? And can Chase live up to the idealised memory her great-great-grandchildren hold of her?

 

Doctor Who: New Pathways. Cover by Sean Longmore (c) Big Finish Doctor Who: New Pathways

Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: New Pathways is now available to pre-order for just £19.99 (download to own) or £24.99 (download to own + collector’s edition CD box set), exclusively here. Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,500 copies and will not be re-pressed. 

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Radical Potholder Weaving: Techniques and Inspiration for the Potholder Loom by Deborah Jean Cohen takes this kid-friendly craft to the next level! After all, it's really just a small loom - so there are over 100 patterns in this collection, many never seen before. It's how I got my start with crafting - and now I need […]

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 Running classic TSR modules like L2: The Assassin’s Knot (Len Lakofka, 1983) and B6: The Veiled Society (David "Zeb" Cook, 1984) using the Castles & Crusades (C&C) system is an exceptional pairing.Because Castles & Crusades uses the Siege Engine mechanics but explicitly retains the math, tone, and architecture of Early Edition D&D (specifically AD&D 1e and Basic/Expert),Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0

So everyone knows I will be at North Texas Con this week. My books and maps will be for sale at the Black Blade Publishing Booth. I am running three sandbox adventures for the event: Scourge of the Demon Wolf, The Domain of the Rat Lord, and The Deceits of the Russet Lord. 

I will be available to answer questions throughout the event, and I am looking forward to meeting everyone who can make it.

Happy Pride! June is a month to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Especially in the times we live in, when kindness, respect, and inclusion seem to be under constant attack, we all must come together and fight back. Kindness is punk, and silence is capitulation!

I want to do my part as an ally because too many of my friends, loved ones, and fellow gamers are members of the LGBTQ+ community. While we all dream of a day when who you are and who you love are non-issues and universally respected, we are not quite there yet. Love is love!

To celebrate, I’m sharing a list of ten perfect games to bring to the table this month. You can check out the full CBR article here:

https://www.cbr.com/lgbtq-ttrpgs-to-play-with-friends-pride-month

And on a more personal note, I want to recommend Closet, a game by Paco García of GMS Magazine. I had the chance to back his crowdfunding campaign, and honestly, I absolutely love it. I think it’s an excellent tool to help us step into other people’s shoes and empathize a lot more with the struggles the LGBTQ+ community faces daily. You can find it on DriveThruRPG here:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/528214/closet

When someone attacks a party member, we all roll initiative!

 Adapting the iconic archetype of He-Man into The Sword of Cepheus 2nd Edition requires blending high-powered sword-and-planet heroism with the game’s gritty, 2D6-based mechanics. Since Sword of Cepheus 2e utilizes the clean, readable formatting compatible with Cepheus Deluxe: Enhanced Edition (dropping the traditional digit-string UPP), high-tier legendary characters are represented using Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0

By brine Self Published Yarn & Bone/Universal

A mage sits in a cemetery, sipping tea while his diggers excavate Lady Veshra’s grave. He must speak only in rhyme lest his lungs collapse. His murdered wife possesses the living to assist his ritual. The cemetery fights back with sentinel crows and grief wraiths. Veshra’s descendant wants the Soulstone inside the coffin… her last asset. Tonight he joins his true love in life or in death.

These twelve pages describe the idea for an adventure rather than adventure. 

I don’t even know what’s real anymore. I don’t know how I got here. Somehow this made it on to my list. I THINK that means someone had to specifically ask me to review it. I know itch is worse than DriveThru and so I don’t go clam digging there. Maybe while I was drugged up? 

It’s just twelve pages outlining the concept of an idea. A dumb ass mage who has to sip tea is digging up a grave to get some magic thing. There are undead in the cemetery, and a ghost-thing, and some other chick shows up with mercs who wants the same thing the mage is digging for. That’s the outline. And it takes twelve pages to do that.

Look, I’m not saying all of the ideas here are bad. One of the hooks has you showing up, as relatives, to rob the grave. “You arrived early to claim it before your “dear cousin” and her hired thugs “ That’s good writing and a decent hook. Or the local official sending you to deal with some chick who he thinks is batshit crazy who insists her ancestors grave is being robbed. As “hired hands” goes at least its got some life. 

And, thus, some of the framings in this are fine, or more than fine. But it never does anything with them. It’s just a collection of motivations and ideas. Heavy on art and whitespace. I can’t emphasize this enough: this is not an adventure. It is a collection of ideas that one could build an adventure from. 

Whoever asked me to review this must have been trolling. I see that the system, Yarn & Bone, is variously describe as world-first, conversation heavy and solo. Who knows. But it also says its compatible with all RPG systems. In the sense that this is just a collection of ideas, yes, it is certainly compatible, just as the OED is as a roleplaying adventure. 

Gentle reader, why have you not shit in a box and charged $5 for it? 

It’s Name Your Price at itch, with a suggested price of $5.

https://casadeocio.itch.io/the-steep-mage

The old road east from Ervessos to Grancazarel skirts the northern edge of the Madding Plains, but no major roads pass through the heart of it. The Madding Plains are the only place where the frensy flowers grow and when those flowers bloom, madness reigns.
The flowers with colors reminiscent of dancing flames have a pollen that can intoxicate most humanoids. In low doses it is consumed recreationally in honey or alcoholic beverages, particularly popular in Mayura. When it is breathed in a concentrated form or for an extended period, individuals can enter an enter a state of ecstatic mania. Those that seek out this experience repeatedly are called Madders.
Madders eke out a meager living on the plains, foraging edible plants and stealing the eggs of the flightless owu (and sometimes getting killed or injured) for sustenance, but when the blooming of flowers peak, they in the heart of the area for a raucous festival. On some years they stay there, but on others the revelers breakup into smaller bands that rove wider region becoming a nuisance and sometimes a danger.
Halflings are the other group which live in the plains. Of all the mortal peoples, they alone seem immune to the frensy flowers powerful effects. They do much of the collecting of the honey made from the flowers and brew the mead made from it. The Madders can sometimes be an impediment to this, but the halflings don't let this deter them from their chosen livelihood.
More than merely an economic endeavor, the halflings view the harvesting and brewing as a sacred duty to a god that did not abandon the Earth with the others but instead sleeps (perhaps sleeping off a hangover) beneath the plain. Bok, as they name him, is the god of intoxication and the brewer's art. They depict him as halfling-like in stature, with an un-halfing-like girth (Parsulan halflings are un-Hobbitishly thin) and shaggy-fetlocked, cloven hooves.

 To adapt Skeletor for Sword of Cepheus 2nd Edition (the 2D6-based classic fantasy RPG), we need to translate his iconic Saturday-morning cartoon profile into a terrifying, high-tier sorcerer-warlord. In Sword of Cepheus, high-tier threats are lethal due to the bounded accuracy of the 2D6 system. This blog post picks right up from Darkness From The Cultclassic film Legend 1986 For SwordNeedleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0

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 These tables pick right up from D100 Sword and Sorcery Wastelands and Ruins Table For Castles & Crusades rpg with Treasures

“Poppa” is a heartfelt hero’s tale that sits in the sweet spot between a Silver Age classic and a modern superhero story. Originally envisioned as a 110-page graphic novel from…

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Like last Sunday’s post, today’s feature focuses on someone I met through the Puerto Rico Role Players community. Angel and I have crossed paths in a couple of different fields; since we both work in the education sector, albeit in very different roles, we’ve always had plenty of ground to cover.

He is a longtime gamer who, much like my own compulsive homebrewing habits, absolutely loves tinkering with systems and creating his own rulesets. Let me share my interview with him so you can get to know him and his work a little better.

Introduce yourself! Who are you and what do you create?

I’m Angel Miranda, better known as Enyol. I’m a full-time teacher and part-time TTRPG designer.

How would you describe your creative endeavor?

I design all sorts of things for different TTRPGs. I’ve designed 4 different game systems and published one. I’ve designed monsters, classes, and rules for Pathfinder 1e and D&D 5e; most of these have been self-published.

How did you discover TTRPGs?

I discovered TTRPGs in college, when I saw a group of people playing at a table. I was immediately interested in it. I’ve been playing and running games since 2006.

Do you actively play TTRPG? What are you playing?

I’m actively playing at the moment. I’m running a Paradigm Odyssey campaign (a system of my design and my baby), and I’m a player in a Daggerheart campaign and in a D&D 5e Campaign.

What do you want to play next?

Next, I’d like to keep playing and polishing my Paradigm Odyssey system with friends and strangers, and I’d love to test out Fabula Ultima and Vagabond.

What projects are available, and what are you working on next?

I’m currently working on a Spanish-language TTRPG YouTube channel for my local audience, and I’m always looking to take Paradigm Odyssey to different stores across the island.

Where can people get your project?

People can find me on YouTube at: Roleplayers de Boriken and on Instagram at @Paradigm.Odyssey.

Any closing thoughts? Final commentary: Remember rule #1, always have fun

Thank you, Angel, for sharing your time and your creations with us. You can check Angel’s DriveThruRPG page here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/31128/enyol

Daleks conquer and destroy in Doctor Who Magazine 630!

The Daleks have been on their quest to become the masters of the universe for over 60 years. This month’s Doctor Who Magazine looks back to their origins with interviews with those that helped bring them to life in the 1960s.

It’s also the 30th anniversary of the TV movie starring Paul McGann. There’s a preview of the new 4K remaster, out this month, and an interview with the man behind its incredible look.

 

Dalekmania this issue!

• Brian Hodgson – the legendary Radiophonic Workshop sound designer who created the voice of the Daleks, and the sound of the TARDIS, discusses his Doctor Who work.
• The Lost Dalek – The story of the remarkable recovery of a unique Dalek prop that has survived in a private collection since 1965.
• I was a secret Dalek! –  Nicholas Evans, Dalek operator and Slyther in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, among other roles, talks to DWM.
• Mickey Lewis – sharing his memories of playing a Dalek, and a Dalek zombie, in 2012’s Asylum of the Daleks.

 

Three decades of the Eighth Doctor

• Movie Preview – A preview of the new ULTRA HD release of the TV movie starring Eighth Doctor Paul McGann.
• Alan Yentob – controller of BBC1 when the TV movie was being made – talks about his role in the return of Doctor Who in an interview conducted shortly before his death.
• Richard Hudolin – the designer on the TV movie discusses his extraordinary TARDIS sets…
• Reviews – including Paul Kirkley on the TV movie

 

Also this issue:

• Mark Strickson – the actor on his time as shifty Fifth Doctor companion Turlough…
• Rutans vs Sontarans: Scores to settle! – Find out all about how the music and sound effects come together in the latest in a series of articles following the production of Big Finish’s latest range from beginning to end
• The Lie of the Land – The Fact of Fiction dissects this unsettling Twelfth Doctor story.
• Corruption of the Daleks Part Six – The Fifteenth Doctor and Mel face off against the Daleks in the comic strip.
• Gallifrey Guardian – your monthly round-up of news including the latest on the multi-platform series Circuit Breaker.
• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
• Competitions – prizes to be won include the latest audio dramas featuring the Fourth, Sixth, Eighth and Ninth Doctors.

 

Doctor Who Magazine 630 (c) Panini Doctor Who Magazine 630

DWM Issue 630 is on sale Thursday the 28th of May from the online Panini store, TG Jones and other retailers priced £8.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from Pocketmags for £7.99. You can also save with a subscription, as well as receiving exclusive, text-free covers.

 

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If you’ve spent any time around independent comics in recent years, there’s a good chance you’ve come across the work of Fish Lee. Hailing from Arkansas, Lee has steadily built…