An essay on the science fiction of the "Golden Age," circa 1930-1950. Excerpted from Golden Age Adventures (2016).
Days of Future Past
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Join the RPGs & Storygames Group on Goodreads.com
There's a new group on Goodreads.com, devoted to RPGs & Storygames. This group discusses books, rules and play aides written for GMs and Players of tabletop roleplaying games. We happily straddle the blurry line between RPG designers and GMs, so you don't have to be...
Golden Age Adventures
THE FUTURE AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE! DayTrippers Golden Age Adventures is now available in paperback, hardback, or PDF format for your science fiction campaigns! GOLDEN AGE ADVENTURES is an anthology of 16 roleplaying adventures based on "Golden Age" stories by famous...
DayTrippers AP with Rolling Boxcars
On 12 Dec, I ran an exhibition game of DayTrippers for the Rolling Boxcars blog, authored by Keith Mageau. In this 3+ hour session via Google Hangout, characters played by Keith Mageau, Tesla Ranger and Lloyd Gyan risk their fictional lives, appearing in the top-rated...
Malandros Stretch Goals
The Kickstarter campaign for Tom McGrenery's Malandros has funded, and I will be writing one of the stretch goals: a modern magical reality piece called Other Borders. Other BordersThere are borders everyone sees: the looming fence with its sporadic observation...
DayTrippers Q&A Chat – Nov 5
Well the DayTrippers Q&A session on #RPGNET is over, and we have the transcript for anyone who missed it right here: https://gmshoe.wordpress.com/2015/11/05/qa-tod-foley-daytrippers/ A somewhat cleaned-up version is posted below the jump. If you're curious about...
Talking “DayTrippers” with Legends of Tabletop
On October 21st, DayTrippers designer/author Tod Foley (that's me!) was the guest on the Legends of Tabletop podcast. The conversation included some of the "hybrid" techniques used in the game, including the YES/NO/AND/BUT action resolution system, progressive...
DayTrippers: 75% OSR
I was asked to explain how DayTrippers - with its collaborative interpretive action resolution system and narrative arc model - can be considered "OSR". Certainly those things don't sound very "old-school". Indeed, the action resolution system in DayTrippers is based...
Spellcasting Critical Failures
Fantasy Roleplayers: Show your magic-users some negative love! This table produces dramatic results for critical spellcasting failures in a world where the power of magic can actually harm you - even kill you - if it gets out of your control. [pdf-embedder...
What is Surrealism
An essay on surrealism in art and literature, excerpted from the DayTrippers GameMasters Guide.
DayTrippers Website Launched
It's official - the DayTrippers website now takes up virtual space on the interwebs. Right now it's basically a listing of all books and supplemental products available in the line, but coming soon - downloads, hacks, updates, maybe even a forum. Check it out,...
Surreal Science Fiction
Drawn broadly, the category of "surreal science fiction" includes two main classes of stories. One encompasses the first popular science fiction shorts, appearing in pulp magazines such as Amazing Stories and Astounding Stories (later to become Analog Science Fact &...