Le Grog – French interest in Yellow Dawn The Age of Hastur – Le Guide du Roliste Galactique, l’encyclopédie des jeux de roles

Yellow Dawn gets a Euro reference This is a cool little site with an epic mandate.  Their mission is to reference every roleplaying game ever published in its database. Now including Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur.  :o) They’re a friendly crowd and the main man sent me an awesome photo of the utterly [...]

Festive holiday idea for game geeks: make chocolate RPG dice for your gaming buddies

Either you’re a GM looking to soften your reputation for cruelty with player characters or maybe a game geek with an angle on bribing camaraderie out of your fellow players: “Sure, we’ll let you walk away with that amazing artefact… since you baked us these amazing chocolate dice”. Or maybe you’re a “game widow”?  One [...]

WiP: getting near end of Terrain & Encounter chapter, simmering ideas for new non-human species

The days have been tumbling through my fingers, it seems. Yet another mammoth chapter as I plod through the overhaul of Yellow Dawn – this is a much revised “Terrain & Encounters”.  I’ve ratified the systems on exposure, wind chill, frost bite, fatigue and the risks of travel, hopefully allowing GMs to enforce the sense [...]

WiP: reshaping the terrain rules, new ideas coming into play

Morning world. Back from fantastic road trip through Devon and Cornwall in convertible Vdub Beetle. Hit Dartmouth & Burgh Island, all very Agatha, then down to St Michael’s Mount, Penzance, then across Dartmoor (very Hound of the Baskervilles) for some damn fine scones, clotted cream and jam with coffee in a cafe that was 500 [...]

WiP: reworking the map of the land, points of interest and encounters

Busy, busy, busy, progress with the overhaul of Yellow Dawn continues apace. Currently redeveloping the “mapping the land”, “points of interest” and “travelling encounters” and pleased by how much extra stuff I’m bringing in. Some of this I’ll be posting online to download for free, as it represents an upgrade for existing users of YD2.1. [...]

Scenes of terror and trouble: The Mansion on Knútr Marsh

A free RPG scenario Suitable for Yellow Dawn & Call of Cthulhu . Part of a collection of thumbnail plot sketches for locations and situations where the characters are faced by human, occult or Mythos terror.  Written to be used within the world of Yellow Dawn (RPG) but could easily be adapted to Call of [...]

WiP: Latest draft of Yellow Dawn 2.5 – Free Lite now available to download as PDF

It’s been a tough couple of weeks. Collating and reacting to feedback from review list.  The core rulebook now has a complete background to the Yellow Dawn setting – how Earth, in the near future is decimated by the apocalyptic event; details of Hastur and the influence of Hastur within this world; Carbons; the Changed; [...]

Yellow Dawn ¦ The Age of Hastur – first session in 2 years – wow what a rush – brilliant

Yellow Dawn – first session in 2 years – wow what an amazing rush.  So I’m referring to the role-playing game Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur. I last played this in October 2009,  just before a family tragedy left me reeling for a few months – and then saw me dive headlong into [...]

Recommend: The NightJar – Game. Playing on your senses. Can you see with your ears?

Recommend: The NightJar – Game. Playing on your senses. Can you see with your ears? Okay, first off, massive apologies because this is part of a commercial viral campaign for a chewing gum product. But, the game concept is wicked!  You’ve been abandoned by your crew on a failing space ship; there’s no lights, you’re [...]

Santiago – an exciting new card and dice game where conflict and strategy prevail

I was in Santiago recently and trapped in an airport for several hours as heavy storms battered the country.  During this time I came up with a brand new game, with the help of my good friend Pete Wills, utilising an ordinary pack of cards and two dice (d6). The result was surprisingly enjoyable and [...]

Video: Killzone 3 Trailer Contest – March of the Higs – using NIN as soundtrack

  Soundtrack “March of the Pigs” by NIN.   Being a massive fan of the Killzone games and Nine Inch Nails, it proved too irresistible not to combine the two for the official Killzone 3 trailer contest. This is my entry, enjoy. – HIAB-X   See more posts like this – click David J Rodger [...]

Cyberpunk concepts: beautifully rendered in demo of Samaritan Unreal Engine 3

Cyberpunk concepts: beautifully rendered in demo of Samaritan Unreal Engine 3 This isn’t just a great demo of a game-world reality. This is pure dose of cyberpunk dropped onto the tip of your tongue. How’s that taste? Metal-synthetic… nice. Better than many films out there today. Question is – how long before we can start [...]

Dead Island Trailer (cert 18) – zombie survival video game – trailer has cool cinematic storyboard

A new trailer for zombie survival video game, Dead Island. Developed by Techland and published by Deep Silver. It is an open-ended game, centered on the challenge of survival on a zombie-infested island. The game uses a first-person perspective with RPG elements. However, the developers are claiming that the game will be far beyond a [...]

Recommend: Cubicle 7 – an independent source of new RPGs and collateral

A few days ago I posted about a cool source book for 1920′s Call of Cthulhu “Shadows of Scotland“.  What struck me was the number of people who stated surprise (and delight) to see new material coming out for CoC. Not sure why so much surprise, but, there you have it. Anyhow.  I dug a [...]

Press update: Examiner.com runs an interview with David J Rodger author of Yellow Dawn RPG.

I had the pleasure to encounter this chap, Michael Tresca, during an interview with Examiner.com.  I talk about my early experiences of gaming and what led to the creation of Yellow Dawn. I give my personal view on the world of Yellow Dawn – about Zombies and Orcs, concepts that occur within the post-apocalyptic world, [...]

RPG game reviews: Age of Ravens – incredible source of recent opinion

If you’re looking for new RPG’s to get your teeth into and not too sure where to sink your hard earned (or criminally acquired) cash.  I’d highly recommend you check out these RPG game reviews on the Age of Ravens by Lowell Francis. This chap reviewed no less than 30 games in October, making his [...]

Murder At Sharky Point – fantastic review

MURDER at SHARKY POINT is a murder mystery game for 6 or more players. It can be set in any genre and takes place at the lavish and arcane mansion of Dr Black. Guests arrive for dinner, during which several conversations and observations take place. After dinner Dr Black excuses himself to retrieve a bottle [...]