The Wreckers Guild – Pirates or just Paranoia?
The Wreckers Guild – Pirates or just Paranoia? 27/10/2025 The Wreckers Guild are the pirates of the Grey Sea. But they’re also so much more — and, strangely, sometimes less. They’re not a fleet in their own right. The Guild isn’t about the ships at all. It’s about the captains. A loose but powerful brotherhood […]
On creating a religion
On creating a religion 19/10/2025 When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a professional footballer. Not “dreamed of being,” not “hoped to be” — I assumed I would be one. Unless, of course, I did something so bad that God personally vetoed the plan. Then (because parents always insisted on a plan […]
My line in the sand!
Artwork - My Line in the sand! 12/10/2025 So here’s the thing. Every so often I hear about a shiny new RPG book. Supposed to be brilliant. Everyone’s talking about it. It was crowdfunded (because let’s face it, no RPG company can afford to self-fund these days), so we the fans basically paid for it […]
Why Are the Sourcebooks Not Published in Order?
Why Are the Sourcebooks Not Published in Order? 05/10/2025 Otherwise known as The Convoluted State of My Mind “Good question,” I say to myself. And since I know you’re definitely about to ask it, let me get in first and answer it for you. A lot of my sourcebooks were born during the pandemic, when […]
A little bit of history
A little bit of history 28/09/2025 The very first draft of Scimitar was written way back in 1989. It was… well, let’s be polite and call it “ambitious.” The rules were tangled beyond reason, the grammar suggested I’d never met an English teacher, and the whole thing was scattered across hundreds of bits of paper. […]