The Watch House
RPGs and related matters, by Craig Oxbrow.
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Bring me the head of...
See a great suggestion for a head for a custom action figure, look on eBay, find the figure unusually cheap, and the seller notes they took the head for a custom. I wonder if it’s the same person.
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Summer games, 2026 edition
Vampires? Vampire Slayers? Something else?! Thoughts are forming.
Vampire: Straightforward plot, not an open city. Anarchs or outcasts, Camarilla peons. Doing some specific thing.
Buffy: One season. Graveyard Shift? Sounds Like Hell? Prepare?
Other?
A PC for NPCs
A computer I can be heard over in video chat could mean running games online again. Hmm.
Monday, 27 April 2026
Clean PC who this
Six years of dust can make a difference to a couple of small computer fans. Thanks to Alan!
Sunday, 26 April 2026
Chernobyl at 40
One of those terrifying news stories I remember vividly.
Roleplay Ukraine 2026
Roleplay Ukraine 2026, May 1st-3rd with Ukrainian and international players and GMs raising money for support.
Thanks to James Wallis for the link.
Saturday, 25 April 2026
Stranger Things: Tales From '85
This is, pun intended, a strange thing to have made.
Friday, 24 April 2026
Can a conspiracy survive an idiot?
Greg Stolze plans out a Delta Green plot hook about recent government slash and burn tactics.
OK, my idea for DELTA GREEN, which someone else could definitely write or homebrew is, in short, DOGE found The Program.
Thursday, 23 April 2026
The Buffy RPG history
Rascal looks at the history of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer RPG, some of which I heard through the same recent source but some also news to me.
Thanks to David Chapman. “As someone who worked for Eden, and worked on the Buffy RPG, there is a heap of info in the article even I didn't know. Really fantastic read.” And to Gar Hanrahan for reupping the link.
And sometimes you find just the right photo to edit
To pitch something that would rock.
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| Sophie Thatcher in a leather coat, edited to paint her face like Eric in The Crow. |
Real love is forever.
Dialogue for a Western or something like it
“First shot’s a warning, Second shot’s a wound. Third shot’s a widow.”
Wednesday, 22 April 2026
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Knutepunkt 2026
Seasons of Larp, the Knutepunkt 2026 book, is now online free, along with videos of a number of the conference talks.
Of most immediate interest to me is 10 Years of Reinventing Vampire Larp by Juhana Pettersson, which includes a look at End Of The Line and Enlightenment In Blood.
Monday, 20 April 2026
Gar Hanrahan on DIE: The Metadungeon
Gareth Hanrahan on the DIE RPG: Metadungeon at DIE creator Kieron Gillen’s RPG blog. “Declarations of conflict of interest are for lesser bloggers.”
“Possibly it’s all an attempt to justify the piles of RPG books I bought but never actually used. Exorcising the ghosts of games unplayed.”
Labels:
adventures,
comics,
fantasy,
genres,
history,
rpgs,
Weird Level
Sunday, 19 April 2026
Saturday, 18 April 2026
OO7 First Light
The new James Bond game version gets a full on title sequence with song by Lana Del Rey and David Arnold.
Having it start with a massive explosion on an island is... a choice.
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