Recent content by Gregor Hutton

A|state Second Edition is currently on Kickstarter. It’s a new edition of this dystopian scifi RPG powered by Forged in the Dark rules. ——— Step inside a baroque urban nightmare, the world of a|state. In The City you’ll fight off threats to your canalside home, trying to make this grim and...

Your delivery of it at the ENnies was spot on Mike. As I said to you afterwards, Mongoose's original Conan book had the terrible "spellb.ooks" in it. Another example of hasty find/replace very late in the process.

For me the ENnie nominations are a great way of seeing what was at the top of the tree in a year. The only "problem", if you like, that I have with the ENnies is that there are surely more than 5 really great products in any category, and the nominees cover such a wide range of gaming styles...

Hey, you should bid on the BoxNinja one! I'll have free swag to hand to my dream date: an piece of original art from AD 316 (preview here), a set of 3:16 Carnage Amongst The Stars Insignia (very cool hard enamel badges that retail for $10) and the 32-page AD 316 Sampler that'll be out at the...

Wow. Congratulations to all the nominees. Especially to Contested Ground Studios for Hot War -- the two nominations are bang on; Malcolm Craig is a great writer and the setting that he and Paul Bourne create in that book is highly worthy of nomination. And I'm excited to see Epidiah Ravachol...

Hey, that map and game layout is pretty sweet. Here's the fixed URL for the screenshot. Hail Terra!

The PDF of 3:16 Carnage Amongst The Stars is on sale for only $3.16 (normally $10), and the offer ends at the end of Wednesday 17 Dec. It was my 36th birthday so I had reason to celebrate/cry into my beer. It's a high-octane Science-Fiction role-playing game for 2 or more players has your...

[PRESS] Best Friends RPG released by BoxNinja (RPGNow, 50 pp, $9.95) Edinburgh, UK - July 28, 2006 - BoxNinja announces the release of "Best Friends" a "role-playing game about girlfriends and all their petty hatreds" designed for play between four or more friends. Written and illustrated by...

Thanks Justin. Hope to see you Indy for GenCon!

Contested Ground Studios (CGS) are pleased to announce the release of the first issue of our new games eZine, 'The Circular'. 'The Circular' takes up where our old in-house eZine, 'The Mire End tribune', left off. Where the 'Mire End Tribune' focused exclusively on the a|state RPG, 'The...

Contested Ground Studios launch 'The Lostfinders Guide to Mire End' in PDF format. (27 June 2005) Contested Ground Studios are delighted to announce the release of the PDF version of the first print supplement for the a|state RPG, The Lostfinders Guide to Mire End. The supplement is available...

Contested Ground Studios is pleased to announce the release of their first paid-for PDF supplement in support of the a|state game line. 'Ghostfighter' takes a long, hard look at these eponymous knife-fighters. From their philosophy and culture to their weapons and tactics, 'Ghostfighter' gives...

Thanks for the support. I'm hopeful that it will read as well as the Main Rule Book and the Lostfinder's Guide, and look as good too. We're making the production values as high as our print products and we're hopeful that the market will respond positively to that. :)

The 3 page PDF preview for the a|state supplement 'Ghostfighter' is now available to download from the Contested Ground Studios website. ‘Ghostfighter’ is the first in a series of character supplements for the a|state RPG. Each PDF supplement will take take an in-depth look at the culture...

It's true that Contested Ground Studios is a small company from Scotland, but the game was printed in Canada with fulfillment from Osseum in the US. In the UK distribution is through Esdevium. So the game should be widely available in US, UK and European game stores. I think it would be very...