Eldritch Horror Meets the Wild West
An alternate history of Wild West taking place in the late 1860s after an event that caused a corrupting fog to envelope west of the Mississippi River. Players play as the Posse, a group of survivors who will go down as legends or forgotten victims. The world is a dangerous place where wounds heal slowly and resource management is a must for survival. The frontier rewards planning, caution, and retreat. Death comes quick for those who tempt fate.
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This is not my first project. A couple of years ago I worked on a game called Hero Within, but it self-imploded after changing my design goals. Lesson learned. After taking a break on game design, I decided to start working on my current project, Corrupted Frontier. Seven-ish months of work and it’s in a…
This is not my first project. A couple of years ago I worked on a game called Hero Within, but it self-imploded after changing my design goals. Lesson learned. After taking a break on game design, I decided to start working on my current project, Corrupted Frontier. Seven-ish months of work and it’s in a playable state. What is Corrupted Frontier To put it simply, it’s the Wild West meets cosmic horror. Or at least my take on it. Taking a gunslinger and having them face off against unspeakable horrors and attempting to hang onto their humanity. It’s been a…
I do not receive any money from any links. The year is wrapping up and Hanukkah and Christmas are right around the corner. Here are a few my tabletop game gift recommendations for 2025. 1. Heroes of Barcadia Grab a drink and hunt for the Drink Hoard. This is one of my personal favorites this year and a perfect gift for anyone over the drinking age. I was skeptical as games like these can be unnecessarily difficult but it was a load of fun. 8 candles out of 8. 2. Call of Cthulhu An elder god made flesh. This is…
Fun is very subjective. This is why we have hundreds of thousands of games. Unlike a single-player video game, tabletop games require multiple people, so you need to try to appeal to a larger group of differing play styles. I recently re-watched a view by Deficient Master D&D players SUCK. This is why. He dives into a few player archetypes he has come across and provides tips on how to better game master for those types of players. This started to make me think about how a game itself accommodates these players. As game designers we can’t make a game…
Dice systems are more than just what math rock you are rolling. It affects your game’s skills, stats, player success rate, and more. Replacing Dungeons & Dragons’s D20 (20-Sided Die) with a D100 would greatly change the game mechanics and balance.
