Just a short update here, but I wanted to share some news that’s been teased for a while – Unconventional GMs has launched!

Unconventional GMs is a collaboration between me and Gaz from The Smart Party podcast, where we produce short, snappy one-shots showcasing some of the techniques we blog and/or talk about on our shows. Episodes are 2 hours long, with minimal editing, and have a rotating roster of players.

While you’re reading this, I should tell you about my Patreon. Patrons get access to content 7 days before they hit this site, the chance to request articles or content, and the chance to play in one-shot games, for a very reasonable backer level of £2 per month. If you like what you read, want to support the blog, and have the funds for it, please consider supporting here. Telling people about the blog, and sharing links/retweeting is much appreciated also – thanks!

So far we’ve released games of Ironsworn: Starforged and Candela Obscura (check out my blog post about the latter here), and the first part of a short campaign of Odyssey Aquatica, an Agon hack where you play oceanographic explorers. Sessions of Deathmatch Island, 13th Age Glorantha, Vaesen, and even D&D are scheduled for release – and if there’s anything you’d like to see us tackle, let us know in the comments or on twitter!

Release schedule is every two weeks, but we’ve put a few eps out first to give you all something to watch.

As well as this, both me and Gaz, and Ben (the other half of the smart party) led a seminar at The Kraken game convention in Germany last week, where we designed a scenario from audience prompts in an hour. Watch out for the actual scenario appearing on here soon!

Similarly, as a patron bonus, I’m going to start putting my convention notes for scenarios up on the Patreon – so if that’s something you’d like to see, be sure to join, as £2/$3 a month gets you access to not only these but access to blog posts 7 days early.