It’s been a big year. Whenever I come to write a new blog it always a surprise to find just how long it’s been since the last one.
Was it really November? Seems it was.
Travel Broadens the Mind and Soul
2025 has been a busy year and a varied one. It began with an epic bit of travelling exploring Vietnam and Cambodia for about six weeks. It’s been a while since I invested time in travelling and it was a mind opening experience to enjoy such welcoming and friendly cultures and meet so many fantastic people in both countries.
Travel is certainly good for the soul and a complete change of scene refreshes the creative juices in ways you can only imagine. I’m something a of a Vietnam war aficionado too, so it was amazing to see places like the DMZ, Khe Sanh, Hanoi and Saigon which brought the history I’d read so much about to life. Sunrise over Angkor Wat was incredible too. Plenty of inspiration for further stories and adventures, when I get a chance to write them.
Even more RPGs
Returning to the UK in February it was soon back in harness, writing an epic five part RPG campaign for a well known fantasy series. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been announced yet so I can’t share details, but as soon as it, is you’ll be the first to know. Much more I can’t say for now, but I think you’ll enjoy it, aaargh!
Work on Modiphius titles also continue apace, with two new books for theAchtung! Cthulhu RPG which I helm as line editor. The first, Horrors of the Secret War, is a collaboration with A!C stalwart Bill Heron and brings a new compendium of terrifying mythos creatures, entities and deities to your tabletop. Release is imminent, so keep ‘em peeled on the usual channels.
The Norway Projekt, which I narrative directed alongside some splendid writers like Pat McNally, Al Spader and Brad Bell is also well underway. It’s a huge guide/campaign book based around the Secret War’s version of the Nazi’s atomic weapons programme and is now in proofreading with art and maps already complete. Once that’s done it goes into layout prior to production and release which is very exciting.
Videogames and Fiction
I’ve also just completed a demo script for a new videogames project which is ultra top secret and all I can say is it’s modern, gritty and very different from my usual sci-fi and fantasy fare. More on that soon I hope.
Finally, I have also made significant progress on Keeper of the Hidden Flame, the next Mon Dieu Cthulhu! adventure which is the sequel to last year’s Shadow of the Serpent. It’s now 70,000 words in and one or two more chapters to write before it’s complete. More details on that soonest.
Well, plenty going on there and more writing projects in the pipeline too, so I hope you’ll get a chance to sample some or all of them soon.
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