We are ready for the hoards at #Salute53

We are off to that there London town, to set up the Free League stand at #Salute. Is anyone else in our Baku crowd going?

Campfire Tales: The Gift Horse - Effekt | DriveThruRPG In The Gift Horse the player characters embark on a trip to find a herd of wild Mustangs and capture a new horse, but run into more trouble than they bargained for. This is one of three adventures, th...

Our latest Campfire Tale is available on DriveThru. This a short adventure originally created to promote the kickstarter in demo games at cons and #ActualPlay, but written up as a stretch-goal. KS backers have already been sent codes for a free copy

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Serious is he suggesting an ai NETwork, in the SKY?

Tales of the Old West GM screen - Effekt | DriveThruRPG Whether you put it beside you, to have a handy source crammed with all the most useful tables, or put it up between you and the players to hide your notes, a screen with an evocative panoramic image i...

We are recording our next episode today, and in that we mention the difficulties of sending GM screens to the US. We have also been asked why the GM screen is not available as a PDF. Well, partly because of the difficulty our US customers are having, it is: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Last year we got a great review from the UK magazine TableTop Gaming. They don't put all their articles on-line, but the author Chris is allowed to share the articles he writes for them in his blog. If you want to know why he calls it "the best Wild West RPG" read:
allaboutchris.org/blog/2025/ta...

Four horsemen silhouetted against a rising sun, with the text "It's time. Tales of the Old West back in stock in the US. Buy it now at https://buytotow.square.site Stores: contact distribution@effektpublishing.com

Good news for our US fans. We now have warehouse stock of Tales from the Old West core book in the US! Shipping prices reduced for US customers.

Call to action: please lobby your friendly local gaming stores to get stock in. (Useful addresses in the alt text.)

Move 'em out, head 'em up, Rawhide!

PhD in Heritage Narratives. I can’t save your life, but I can demonstrate how stories of survival are less emotionally engaging, without the “down” beat that your death might provide.

Many Moving Parts | Effekt | Episode 279 We talk about writing Alien Evolved adventures 00.00.40: Introductions00.04.18: Welcome to our new patron: Leon Castro Lagunas00.06.41: World of Gaming: Ballad Hunters is NOT on Kickstarter (yet); Pac...

In our latest episode we discuss writing for #AlienRPG Evolved edition and the world of gaming is stuffed full, including: @pelgranepress.bsky.social's #BalladHunters; #Pact; #MythicBattlesRPG; @rebellionunplugged.bsky.social's #TunnelsandTrolls and much much more
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Mmmm going to look at this when I am done editing tomorrow’s episode. But my first question is: do we really still need backstory?

Oh yes! Check out play reports from @jwmuk.bsky.social and @thermalsatsuma.bsky.social of this parish, for example.

Ah dang, Teen Titans Go was not in our cultural scene at the time, so we missed out on your work.

If I recall, did you not actually WRITE for the Lego Dimensions game? (Which my boy enjoyed very much - we loved the Dr Who stuff)

Why would anyone want to go to the US now? Let alone go “back”?

A great article! Made even better by your mention of our game 😀. Only one issue we take issue with, Darkness points are clunky for the GM to spend, but the players do have a strong incentive to earn them which means the GM ends up with many more than they need.

Why the Year Zero Games Are My Favorite Type of Trad It's all about pushing, resource management, and more pushing.

Lovely to see a shout out to our game in this very balanced celebration of the #YearZeroEngine. The author is only half-right about the Third Horizon’s Darkness points though 😀

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Wow, this is a generous offer from Evil Hat. All these titles are worth paying for. But you decide what they are worth to you.

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That’s what we want to hear!

We love how sessions of Tales of the Old West can be all about finding your place in a community, without any guns drawn

Loving this!

Gold Country AP - Episode 3: Race to Stockton YouTube video by Effekt

Later this evening (20:30 GMT) we will be continuing our Old West "Marches" campaign. Meet four new players as they join Peter (Arthur Macphearson) to go fetch a Judge from Stockton to San Miguel to settle a claim dispute.

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Playtested our #AlienEvolvedRPG epic adventure for @ukge.bsky.social today. Only minor tweaks required for Act I. More major changes and a new map needed for Act II but it will a much stronger ending, and much easier for GMs to run. Thank you to my playtesters, you know who you are …

I have never heard of Crooked Moon either, but I might semantically filter out awareness of D&D5e rulesets.

Indeed! That is very good dick!

You coped admirably with an infantile attack. It wasn’t even a good dick!

I will be there (virtually)

So pleased to have three page sequence of the original art from this run hanging on my wall.

Yeah, I had a look at the KS and it seems the US/Americas fulfilment is taking its time but ROW was done last month.

Backers normally get their rewards long before we see a sample. I would drop them a line if you have not had yours yet.