As we prepare for the release of Gaslands, the game of post-apocalyptic death racing, we are running down the coolest… Read more Preview: Raiding the Toy Box
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Preview: Death Races
Ahead of the release of Gaslands on 30 November 2017, we’re running down the coolest features of the game, hoping… Read more Preview: Death Races
Preview: Hazards & Wipeouts
Leading up to the release of Gaslands, the tabletop game of post-apocalyptic ultra-violent petrol-powered death sports, we want to give… Read more Preview: Hazards & Wipeouts
Preview: Skid Dice
In the run up to the release of Gaslands: Post-Apocalyptic Vehicular Mayhem from Osprey, (which you can preorder here), I… Read more Preview: Skid Dice
Designing Around The Problem 2
Designing Gaslands is a voyage of discovery for me as a games designer. This blog is a way for me… Read more Designing Around The Problem 2
Gaslands: The Dice Game
In November 2015, I was thinking about the about the skid dice. I knew I wanted to manufacture and sell… Read more Gaslands: The Dice Game
Why Have Factions?
When I came to write Gaslands, I had just finished Hobgoblin. Hobgoblin is a flexible, setting-less miniature wargaming rules system… Read more Why Have Factions?
How To Promote A New Game
My experiences as a digital product manager, and working in an ad tech company have given me plenty of exposure… Read more How To Promote A New Game
Community Credits
The Gaslands Beta rules v4 are released today and I wanted to take a moment to personally give credit to,… Read more Community Credits
How Fluffy?
There are games that exist in an existing fictional property, such as Star Wars or Tolkien. There are games that… Read more How Fluffy?
Progression Systems
After a couple of false starts, the campaign and progression system for Gaslands is finally released in an “alpha” version,… Read more Progression Systems
Daffcon Prep
Daffcon Convention Preparation Across the weekend of 8/9/10 of April, Gaslands is going to its first proper gaming convention: DAFFCON.… Read more Daffcon Prep
Designing Around The Problem
I don’t know anything about designing games. I’m making it up. That being said I know a bit about product… Read more Designing Around The Problem
Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe
I got a question from a friend today: How long were you working on your rulesets before getting playtesters involved?… Read more Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe
Alpha Campaign System
Short post to announce the release, in the most recent beta rules, of the first alpha version of the Gaslands… Read more Alpha Campaign System
Night Of The Living Dead
A Halloween Scenario for Gaslands In order to play this scenario, you’ll need the Gaslands playtest rules, which are yours… Read more Night Of The Living Dead
Development vs Playtesting
I got some really interesting feedback from a playtester recently.
Game State
“State” is a concept from computer science: In computer science, the state of a computer program is a technical term… Read more Game State
Design Principles
To keep me focussed, and to help resolve difficult design decisions down the line, I here present the Gasland design… Read more Design Principles
Vision Statement
All good things need a clear vision. I have one for Gasland, but I wanted to write it down, so… Read more Vision Statement