Podcast: Yellow Dawn The Age of Hastur – RPG – Episode 2

Tooling up and heading out So, Dirk and Eddie have signed up to the City Recovery Corps (CRC) and are about to head out into the infected wilderness. Are they prepared for what they will find out there? . YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY THESE: RPG Virgin Loses Cherry in the World of Yellow Dawn Role-playing: [...]

Podcast: Yellow Dawn The Age of Hastur – RPG – Episode 1

Tackling the Cthulhu Mythos in a post-apocalyptic world Soooo rather scarily, the secondary Yellow Dawn RPG group I’m acting GM for decided to create podcasts of the sessions. One player has never touched an RPG before; the other has some experience but is brand new and fresh-faced to the world of Yellow Dawn.  So you [...]

Yellow Dawn 2.5 ¦ Bolt-On rules: Nanomech & Synthology

Bolt-On Module Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur, first published in 2007, is an RPG written by sci-fi & dark fantasy author David J Rodger – it blends the Cthulhu Mythos and cyberpunk genres in a post-apocalyptic setting. Learn more… . This bolt-on is available as a free download in PDF format. . The [...]

Role-playing: GMs don’t always follow the rules

. Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur, first published in 2007, is an RPG written by sci-fi & dark fantasy author David J Rodger – it blends the Cthulhu Mythos and cyberpunk genres in a post-apocalyptic setting. Learn more… . Dead City Runs, Scavenging and the Infected I’ve got a small, secondary group I’m [...]

WiP: a slower pace – nanomech simmering

Work in progress I’ve been taking a more social stance past couple of weeks. Orient Express. A long weekend in London. Slower progress on creative projects but that is no bad thing. Means I’ve been seeing a lot of my friends. Meanwhile, the Nanomech system simmers on in a positive way; nearly finished, I just [...]

RPG News: special release (black book) of Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur – now in hardback

A quick video of British Sci-Fi and Dark Fantasy author David J Rodger, giving an introduction to the brand new hardback version of “Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur”. Originally published in 2007, a new updated version was released in February 2012 (version 2.5). This is a hardback edition of version 2.5. . . [...]

RPG Virgin Loses Cherry in the World of Yellow Dawn

. Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur, first published in 2007,  is an RPG written by sci-fi & dark fantasy author David J Rodger – it blends the Cthulhu Mythos and cyberpunk genres in a post-apocalyptic setting. Learn more… . Bringing old-skool RPG to a new audience Up until a few days ago Simon [...]

Just found great response to Yellow Dawn The Age of Hastur from World Wide Gamers

Sharing positive words This is a comment made by Kevin O’Neill on a post about Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur within World Wide Gamers website.  Ironically, the point being put forward in the comment is equally valid for this post: with so much information out there it can be hard to filter and [...]

Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur – packed with USPs that focus on drawing out the abilities of a character rather than the size of their gun

A couple of weeks ago I was sitting in one my favourite haunts, the Grain Barge, floating on the edge of Bristol’s stunning inland harbour; supping a pint of malty Milk Stout, I was making a final review of the freshly launched new edition of the primary rulebook for Yellow Dawn. Version 2.5.  The sun [...]

WiP: Quick wins and fleshing

WiP: it’s the weekend. huzzah. Got wonderful fire-glow of dawn sun burning through the mist hanging around the house right now: emerging view of nearby hills, fields and below me the urban sprawl of Bristol. Going to be nailing a few (hopefully) quick little articles and bolt-on rules for Yellow Dawn. Later: the walk around [...]

WiP: special release hardback edition of Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur

WiP: working on a special release hardback edition of YD rulebook. Had the first proof through from LULU. Looks bloody good but I felt the back cover needed some more work.  The cover is heavily blacked out and is intended for people who know and love the world of Yellow Dawn.  So I’ve refined the [...]

RPG Case Study: using research to find weaknesses in Mythos or Occult bad guys to exploit.

New rules within Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur I’m currently running the fabulous Call of Cthulhu campaign, Horror on the Orient Express within the post-apocalyptic universe of  Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur.  I’ve made a number of tweaks to the original story, primarily to spice things up a little with my [...]

Photo: Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur playtesters and British Sci-Fi Dark Fantasy author David J Rodger

Hayling Island This is a shot taken by the Norwegian photographer Hågen Landsem.  It was snapped at Hayling Island during a recent trip there, where we all got together at a house on the edge of the sea to indulge in a weekend of playing the Call of Cthulhu campaign Horror on the Orient Express, [...]

Hayling Island Horror – a boys weekend away

So my weekend starts now. Had a mate arrive from Spain last night, one of the original RPG crew. Picking up a big hire car (tank) this morning and driving a whole bunch of Yellow Dawn players down to Hayling Island to spend the weekend in a house by the sea. House belongs to my [...]

Sci-Fi & Dark Fantasy review – quote: I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoy fast-paced action, intelligent intrigue, and relentless in-your-face storytelling

Sharing positive review of Dog Eat Dog I caught a note about this review posted up by somebody who had just finished reading the novel Dog Eat Dog. It’s words like this that makes it worth all the months of gritted teeth and brain burn. This is one of the most engaging stories I’ve read [...]

WiP: Songs of Spheres and Special Hardback Release of Yellow Dawn 2.5

Work in Progress It’s been a pretty awesome weekend. Enough mist and eerie weather to keep me happy and enough sunshine to put a smile on my face. In the background to walking 12 miles I’ve completed a compilation of short stories called Songs of Spheres, 15 hand-picked favourites of mine. And, rather excitingly, I’ve [...]

WiP: not what I should be doing but grabbing armfuls of ideas whilst they’re there

Work in Progress I’m making great progress and having a lot of fun with the new murder mystery game: Mayhem at the Manor. It’s an idea I had last Sunday at Hayling Island, supping a dawn mug of coffee and gazing at the sea. Also fleshing out bullet point plot point of Camaraderie of Wolves, [...]

In the wind-blasted landscape of Arizona, people are taking shelter in the Cthulhu Mythos

British Sci-Fi & Dark Fantasy Author David J Rodger is evolving H.P.Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos through his novels and roleplaying game. I received a google alert about my RPG Yellow Dawn- The Age of Hastur and associated novel Dog Eat Dog getting a mention.  I checked out the link and was super-pleased by what I found. [...]

WiP: fleshing out new ideas

Work in Progress Mayhem at the Manor – a new murder mystery game. So I’m indulging my pleasure rather than continuing with the grind of building a wave of PR for last month’s release of Yellow Dawn 2.5 and the new novel Living in Flames. Tedious, necessary… but right now, I want to have some [...]

RPG Resource ¦ Monsters of the Cthulhu Mythos – a free download

Yellow Dawn Supplement This supplement has been written as part of the RPG Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur.  It expands upon the concept of the Cthulhu Mythos, introducing a raft of new Great Old Ones, Outer Gods and non-human species for characters to encounter.  This is a living document, in the sense it [...]