Category Archives: Tabletop Games

Goodbye 2023, hello 2024

Posted on 01/01/2024 by ValeryNorth

So, another year over, and that I survived. A new one just beginning, bringing who knows what opportunities, challenges and trials. It seems like it’s time to look back and look ahead, achievements and plans, that sort of thing. The … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Cybertopia: Have an *Amazing* Day

Posted on 09/05/2023 by ValeryNorth

If you’ve been following me on Twitter as that Hell-bound site slowly disintegrates from the sheer forces induced by Space Karen’s ego in our dystopian cyberpunk present, you’ve probably noticed a lot of RTs for a TTRPG Actual Play podcast … Continue reading →

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D&D: The Soccer Of Tabletop RPGs

Posted on 13/12/2022 by ValeryNorth

There is a kind of snobbish meme around the indie tabletop roleplaying community that I see every so often, in which people argue that Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) must be bad, because, “the biggest selling point you have for your … Continue reading →

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Pivotal Destinies – a TTRPG by me!

Posted on 01/07/2022 by ValeryNorth

It’s occurred to me I haven’t yet posted about my major TTRPG project that I finally released earlier this month, and which is now on sale with 25% off on Itch. The game is called Pivotal Destinies and came about … Continue reading →

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My newest TTRPG is probably my most Queer game to date (and other updates)

Posted on 14/05/2022 by ValeryNorth

A few creative and writing things have happened since my last post, but all of them are to do with tabletop roleplaying games. The most important in a global sense has to be that my first two published games – … Continue reading →

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Goals And Goals: My New Tabletop Roleplaying Game!

Posted on 18/08/2021 by ValeryNorth

My creative wheels turn slowly at times, but I don’t think I’ve ever completely stopped developing music, stories, and ideas. One project that has been steadily working its way from a vague concept towards concrete reality is a roleplaying game … Continue reading →

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Would You Search Through The Lonely Earth For Me? – Second Playthrough

Posted on 26/08/2020 by ValeryNorth

After my last blog post, in which I talked about Michael Whelan and Zoe Delahunty-Light’s solo journalling TTRPG Would You Search Through The Lonely Earth For Me? and the ways I would play differently if I did it again, well, … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Would You Search Through The Lonely Earth For Me? – TTRPG

Posted on 25/08/2020 by ValeryNorth

Would You Search Through The Lonely Earth For Me? Is a one-page solo “journaling” RPG written by Michael “Wheels” Whelan of Dicebreaker, and Zoe Delahunty-Light of Eurogamer (two excellent youtube channels, by the way). Journaling and solo tabletop RPGs are … Continue reading →

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My Day Out At EGX Rezzed Video Games Fair

Posted on 06/04/2019 by ValeryNorth

On Friday, I decided to bunk off work and go to London for a day out in the big city, at a video games fair. (Actually, I’d booked my ticket to EGX Rezzed a couple of months ago, and in … Continue reading →

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