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Inspiration – Two New Characters To Play With

Posted on September 26, 2011 by iain

The winning characters designed for our recent competition are now up for all to see! You’ll find them in the Dark Texts section of the site, complete with Sara Dunkerton’s amazing illustrations.  The characters are Smylzo Kladu and Johann Sitorius, … Continue reading →

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Inspiration – Edith Margaret Garrud

Posted on September 13, 2011 by iain

The very amazing Juliet E. McKenna brought this truly incredible woman to my attention – the 4’11” ju-jutsu expert who trained the Suffragettes to fight. Born in 1872, she lived to the grand old age of 99.  She was quite the … Continue reading →

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More Character

Posted on September 13, 2011 by iain

Sara has now sketched up the second of the prize-winning entries. You can pop over to her blog now and be stared down by the amazing Johann Sitorius.  Thanks to all who entered.  You can look forward to reading all about both … Continue reading →

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Building Character

Posted on September 2, 2011 by iain

Sara Dunkerton has just posted the first sketches of the first character designed for our recent competition.  Head over to her blog to see the amazing results. Sara was recently interviewed by GirlsReadComics.com, and this gives you a great opportunity … Continue reading →

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We’re On The Radar with Here Be Gamers.

Posted on August 28, 2011 by iain

Nathan, the presenter of Australian podcast On The Radar, has posted his review of DH:LoF. The entire podcast episode is dedicated to a very in-depth review of the setting and the system, and he very much liked both. Check it … Continue reading →

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Competition Winners!

Posted on August 15, 2011 by iain

The winner of our Facebook competition and the two winners of our Design A Character competition have all been contacted. Well done, Stephen, for posting a pic of your gameing group to our Facebook page.  A copy of DH:LoF, signed … Continue reading →

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Inspiration – Spiru Haret: Mathematician & Politician

Posted on August 4, 2011 by iain

Spiru Haret was born in 1851 to an old Armenian family in Jassy, capital of Moldavia, and had already published two mathematics textbooks by the time he entered the University of Bucharest in 1869. After graduation he went to the … Continue reading →

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Inspiration – New Occasional Series

Posted on July 28, 2011 by iain

Like an occasional table, only with people. The very wonderful Mortmere, a British chap who lives within the borders of Romania itself, approached us a little while back with a brilliant idea to do a series of character ‘sketches’ of … Continue reading →

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Going Last… again

Posted on July 28, 2011 by iain

To help promote the US GenCon… erm… promotion, the guys at the Going Last podcast ran an interview with Iain Lowson (that’s me). The interview is in Session 28, along with the usual news, information and fun stuff.  Go have … Continue reading →

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Ooh! Announcements Inbound!

Posted on July 27, 2011 by iain

Looks like Thursdays are now Announcement Day. Thanks to all the stuff we did with Sara Dunkerton over the past little while, Thursday is becomming our day for letting you know what we’re up to.  Tomorrow will continue this trend, … Continue reading →

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