I have a posted a new short film on my Youtube channel.
I have always been intrigued by found photos. I’ve been collecting them whenever I can. Antique stores, garage sales, estate auctions. Each photo shows a record of an instant. With no other information it’s fun to try to interpret that instant from years or decades in the future.
Found is created using actual photos, but the stories are entirely my own.
We should never forget the art of the past. Or, at least, the crazy and weird pop- and non-pop culture ephemera that people have created over time.
To that end I’ll be digitizing my collection of 8mm, 16mm, vhs, and laserdisc oddities that I haven’t been able to find online already.
You can find them on my Youtube Channel. There are two playlists so far and more to come:
TV and film Rarities
8mm Found Footage
Weirdbook #32 is out today. In its pages is a new tale by me called The Howard Family Tradition. I quite like this one, and the magazine looks great, so I’m happy to recommend it to you.
The story is about a family tradition that has its roots in a terrifying event.
Click the cover image below to check it out, and please feel free to let me know what you think in the comments.
Estate is a game designed to tell the story of a family through the objects they have left behind. It was originally designed for 2016’s 200 Word RPG Challenge at Technical Grimoire.
I was pleased that it was chosen as a finalist. Judge Jacqueline Bryk, had this to say about it:
“A quiet, domestic little game with a great set of themes.
Estate has an elegant ruleset, great flow, and potential for very
emotional, involved sessions.”
You can purchase the original version in a great PDF collection that contains every entry from both the RPG and Supplement categories.
I took the original and expanded it for clarity, as well as to flesh out a few concepts. That version is available for free right here! And at one page, it’s still very short.
Click below for the PDF.
Let me know what you think in the comments.
I recently wrote a small piece about how to introduce a story game to your group. I called it the CATS method.
The folks from The Gauntlet Podcast found it and they talked about it on a recent episode.
The Gauntlet Episode 53 – Everybody Loves Cats
This is very cool for me, because that podcast happens to be my favorite story game podcast out there. It’s concise, intelligent and filled with good information. You should listen to it if you enjoy the hobby.
Also, search Google+ for The Gauntlet and you can join their very active gaming community. They run story games online or in person in various places around the world.
They also have other podcasts with can be found at www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Happy listening!