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Visions of the Future (literally... ish)

I have been sooooo sick.

Quite seriously, I have been about as sick as a person can be without requiring hospital admission.  This year's 'flu virus came and hit me with the sick-stick h...

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Which narrative would you like to hear from next?

With the first two stories out, which narrative would you like to hear from next?  Back to Colyn Gryre and the Martians?  Do you want to know what happens next to Don Carter on Earth? &nb...

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Zero Dark: The Novel 1 - 2

Don Carter made his way through  the dense undergrowth with the patient care of a lifelong hunter - a proper one, who relied on his skills to survive, he reflected, not your rich-boygirl touri...

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Zero Dark Design Blog 4 - Allies

There's no limit to how many heroes you take in a game of Zero Dark, but I tend to find that 3-5 is the sweet spot.  Beyond that, and you'll find that some heroes just don't do much b...

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First Artist - David Sondered

I'm delighted to have commissioned talented digital artist, David Sondered, to paint our front cover illustration.

David has a terrific CV in the gaming world and I've been a follower of and ...

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Winner!

The winner of the first Monthly Mini Draw is...

STEFAN GREEN

Stefan wins a miniature of his choice costing no more than $10 and suitable for Zero Dark (I leave...

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Zero Dark Walkthrough 1 - Basic Play

I've popped this video onto YouTube, forpublic consumption.  Future videos will be on Vimeo to begin with, for patrons only to see.

Suffice to say that I am no video-making expert.  ...

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Zero Dark Design Blog 3 - Putting Together a Team

We all love a good heist movie, don't we?  My favourite bit is the early chapter - usually done as a montage or series of short, choppy scenes with a unifying musical track - when the Boss put...

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Zero Dark: The Novel 1 - 1

'What do you think they're going to do with her?'

Colyn turned away from the window.  He had seen Lison coming up behind him, reflected in the thick duraglaze of the observation...

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New Backer Rewards!!

I feel like patrons backing at $5 and above really deserve something a bit more than the warm glow of satisfaction.  So I'm going to start a monthly raffle.

Patrons backing at $5 and abo...

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Fiction!

As part of developing a consistent setting for Zero Dark, built upon the foundations of Horizon Wars, I've decided to start writing some regular fiction.  I'll try to keep it...

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Beta v0.6 is here!

It's like Christmas came early or something!  But you all need to thank new patron, Stefan.

Stefan helped me with playtesting and proofreading an earlier version of the rules, so he alre...

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Quick Update (November)

Hi, folks! Quick update on the latest version of the beta:

So, I have a lovely thing called cubital tunnel syndrome (or carpal nerve entrapment). This means that spending long at the lapto...

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Mars concept

Martians are practical-minded survivors, mildly paranoid and obsessive about always having the right piece of equipment. Unfortunately, the higher gravity on Earth means they have had to scale back...

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Udated Beta is incoming

I'm just putting the final touches to the current beta document.  You should be able to get your hands on it in the next couple of weeks.

Initially, it won't be very printer friendly, be...

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Venus concept

The planetary factions are highly diverse, so there's no restrictions on what mini represents what faction, but I thought you might like a preview of the briefing sketches in doing for an artist. View Post

Fourth Faction?

So, guys, I've got Mars, Venus and the Terran Survivors as broad factions for the game who will all, in due course, get their own special rules as well as suggestions for miniatures that can repres...

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Custom Control Deck

One of my plans for Zero Dark that should be realized, because it's broadly "affordable", is a custom Control Deck.  Of course, to play, you only need any normal deck of 54 playing cards (and ...

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Back in the Saddle!

Over the Horizon is basically done, just as soon as I can persuade Wargame Vault's artificial intelligence to accept my manuscript (there's a thing with the bleed margin that I just can't ...

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A brief intermission

I'll be a bit quiet here for a couple of weeks. This is because I'm working on getting Over the Horizon laid out in InDesign for release ASAP, and I've just secured a deal to be the UK di...

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What would you like to see next?

Once the rules are finalized by the end of December, I'll begin working on the supplements to expand on the core rules and bring new options and ideas to the game.  These will be exclusively a...

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Example of Play 1

At the request of one of my awesome patrons, I put together a two-page example of play.  I have to warn you that, as the game's designer, what I do on the tabletop doesn't always reflect what ...

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Business Card template

As promised, here's the business card template to print your own business-card-sized team rosters and share them with your friends.

I also have a design made for Horizon Wars, so let...

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Zero Dark Team Roster Cards

A thing I've tried to do with every game I've ever written is to make it so you can fit your "army list" on the back of a business card.  It's not just a funky marketing tool that encourages p...

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Zero Dark - Aide Memoire 0.5

There's no denying that Zero Dark is a tricky game to get your head around at first glance.  So I put together this basic aide memoire.

Longer term, I plan to release a bespoke card deck...

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Zero Dark Beta 0.5

So, here we go: the latest beta of Zero Dark, a game that's been in development in one form or another since... well, since about 2010, I think, but it's been a serious project in its own right for...

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Lurching into a semblance of life!

My Patreon page - which previously had all the life-signs of a month-old corpse - has lurched into action now that I have a business model that actually makes sense.

With Zero Dark j...

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December 2015 patron supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

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November 2015 patron supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

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October 2015 Patreon supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

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