Category: Rules

2024-01-012024-01-01Game Design, Game Publishing, Onyx Shards, Onyx Sky, Role-Playing, RPG, Rules

Exclusive sneak peek at Onyx Shards, fantasy RPG

In the spirit of showing my work, I’m sharing the latest draft of Onyx Shards, the fantasy RPG I’m close to finishing. Apologies in […]

2021-08-242021-09-08Adventures, DriveThruRPG, Game Design, Onyx Sky, RPG, Rules, Settings

Onyx Sky OUT NOW!

The ‘i’s are dotted, the ‘t’s are crossed, the editing and proofing are done, the PDFs are laid out. Onyx Sky is […]

2021-04-212021-04-21Art, DriveThruRPG, Game Design, Game Publishing, Mechanics, Onyx Sky, Playtest, POD, Role-Playing, RPG, Rules, Settings, Stat Blocks

Onyx Sky: Your thoughts for free books!

After two years’ work, I’m at the final proofing stage for my Onyx Sky post-apocalyptic role-playing game. For those who’ve missed the […]

2021-04-06Art, Forge Engine, Game Design, Game Publishing, Onyx Sky, RPG, Rules, Settings, Stat Blocks

Sprint to the Line: Two Years to Design Onyx Sky!

Seems like only ***checks watch*** two months ago that I was predicting that Onyx Sky would top out at 65,000 words and […]

2020-12-02Characters, Classes, Game Design, Mechanics, Rules, Skills

Taxonomy and nomenclature of role-playing game character elements

I’ve noticed lately the many of us (me included) use different terms for the characteristics of characters in the games we’re designing. […]

2020-11-222020-11-22Game Design, Onyx Sky, Playtest, Role-Playing, RPG, Rules, Settings

Onyx Sky: Role-playing our way into the climate apocalypse

Whenever I’m not working on Hero Kids, I’m slaving on Onyx Sky. Onyx Sky combines two great passions of mine, game design […]

2020-08-232020-08-24Forge Engine, Game Design, Mechanics, Onyx Sky, Playtest, Role-Playing, RPG, Rules

Onyx Sky post-apocalyptic RPG in development and playtesting now

Since the release of Forge Engine universal role-playing system in 2018, I’ve been working on a new RPG; Onyx Sky. Onyx Sky […]

2018-05-20Adventures, Board games, Character Sheet, DriveThruRPG, Forge Engine, Game Design, Game Publishing, Hero Cards, Hero Kids, Heroes, POD, Role-Playing, RPG, Rules, The Road to Ruin, Uncategorized

Hero Forge Games update

Folks, now’s a good time to take a moment to check in about what’s happening in Hero Forge Games land. Bundle of […]

2018-03-252018-03-25DriveThruRPG, Forge Engine, Game Design, Mechanics, RPG, Rules

Forge Engine and Savage Worlds?

Here’s a question I’ve seen a few times; how is Forge Engine different from (or similar to) Savage Worlds?  Both are universal systems, […]

2018-03-062018-05-04DriveThruRPG, Forge Engine, Game Design, Game Publishing, Role-Playing, RPG, Rules

Forge Engine released!

Forge Engine is out now on DriveThruRPG: Forge Engine – Universal Role-Playing System The Forge Engine universal RPG system puts full control of your […]