Darkworm Colt is now on Patreon!

It took me a long time to make up my mind about publishing on Patreon… and now, I finally convinced myself to do it.https://www.patreon.com/darkwormcolt is the address, and I'd be glad if you joined. There's only one tier (The Mighty Darkworm), and it's $1 for each creation.Thank y'all!

How Erick Wujcik gamemastered Amber

I am particularly grateful to Erick Wujcik for three things.First, for writing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (among so many other books). I grew up with the real Turtles comics, not the child-oriented, pizza-eating funny green turtlemen on television. The game gave me so many ideas. Thanks for that.And second, I'm grateful for Amber Diceless. This …

Kowloon Walled City: documentary

An old, German-language (with subs, tho) documentary about the legendary, lawless city of Kowloon. A MUST-SEE for hong kong action roleplayers. 

Cyberpunk: Why Hardwired is the real 2020 for me, part 2

The title is misleading. Hardwired is set 131 years later than Cyberpunk 2020, but still, at least to me, the setting seems more coherent and "realistic" than that of 2020:BackgroundThe desiccation of the soil is forcing farmers worldwide to use more and more water to extract any food at all from the land. But the …

Hong Kong action: film titles

In the old HKAT! game you could roll action movie titles with a wonderfully simple generator. Very often I start with the movie title and then use it as a springboard for further adventure ideas.A special feature of Hong Kong film titles is the translation of the Cantonese original into Mandarin. The Mandarin titles usually …

octaNe, and old love of mine

octaNe. A true storygame classic. I bought the book as soon as it hit the shelves, and I was never disappointed. octaNe uses "scene resolution" most of the time. That means, conflicts are resolved with one roll of the dice. Hm.How can I resolve octaNe conflicts in a way that keeps them exciting for the …