September 20, 2026
My family D&D game forced a reconsideration of my usual GM-ing style. I’m mostly an improv GM, and that style of GM-ing is supported by the kinds of games I design but also in the games I usually run. D&D Read more…
September 7, 2026
The campaign I am calling “Paper Chasers” has the PCs as ‘retrieval experts,’ who are hunting down ancient texts and artifacts for the archmage Silence Frost. The players requested an episodic game with minimal overarching plot and a dash of Read more…
September 6, 2026
Kiss My Axe Second Edition, on which I spent the last couple of years researching and working, is out now and the response is . . . disheartening. But I believe that is a reflection of my abilities as a Read more…
August 29, 2026
The first step of the family D&D 5E campaign started with a terrified village and a missing child, leading to their first “dungeon” and the first glimpse of the threat that would be the focus of the campaign. Homebrew is Read more…
August 22, 2026
The second D&D game I’m going to be running is for three friends—including the best man from my wedding and his wife—who have been my core virtual gaming group since the pandemic. It started as a way to introduce RPGs—a Read more…
August 18, 2026
Homebrew is going to encompass posts relating to my own gaming rather than gaming products—which will be posted over on the SEP website. So, let me tell you about the game I’m running for family. Along with my playtest for Read more…
April 5, 2026
As noted over on the SEP site, I have projects that might not get released because I need to crowdfund to get sufficient funds, and I’m not willing to jump into another crowdfunding campaign right now. Part of that is Read more…
September 1, 2025
Well, that was a fun August. No, really, it was. I took a week off for a staycation and part of my intent was to complete some RPG writing. Which I did. And that’s the first piece of news: Sic Read more…
August 3, 2025
Welcome to a snapshot of what’s happening at SEP. You can find the actual website here, but I’m going to stick with Sword’s Edge for most communications and just leave release announcements to SEP. SEP is in the red so Read more…
April 6, 2025
When the Borderlands movie was first announced, I wanted to have a little hope, but I couldn’t help but be excited. Borderlands 2 is probably my favourite computer game of all time. Well, depending on the day—you know how it Read more…