October 2021 – Thomas P. King, author and game designer

New Release!

While playtesting for Winds of the North continues (and ends Nov. 15th!), I worked on a special project for Halloween. The Abigail Woods Spook is a FREE interactive horror short story. I also wrote a couple of pieces of music for it. It was a bit of an experiment to put this together, so ifContinue reading “New Release!”

Winds of the North v0.8 Release

For those new to WotN, it’s a sandbox RPG/Gamebook set in Viking Age Scandinavia where you’ll make your own character and begin a campaign to become a King or Queen over the course of multiple in-game years. There have been several previews that detail more about the various mechanics and activities there are. Below areContinue reading “Winds of the North v0.8 Release”

Board Game Session Report: Runebound 2nd Edition (solo)

I’ve never done a comprehensive review for Runebound 2nd Edition, but I’ll probably make one soon. It’ll be long and rambly, for sure, because this is still my favorite board game after a good 10 years in the hobby. And part of that is because I’ve used it as a design playground, making and tryingContinue reading “Board Game Session Report: Runebound 2nd Edition (solo)”

Winds of the North v0.8 Preview

At some point, I may have said there were to be no further large changes to Winds of the North. Well, there were still some things bugging me, and I felt the design needed something more than tweaking to deal with the issues. The two big areas where I had problems were Combat and Trade.Continue reading “Winds of the North v0.8 Preview”