Current writing projects

Here are my current projects

Vanished in Vegas

Vanished in Vegas is the next game from Freeform Games. It’s pretty much written, and Mo is happy with it. I’m now going through it and giving it an edit, tightening up the language and making sure it’s clear and easy to run for hosts.

It should be done in a couple of months—certainly by the end of the year.

A steampunk game

Another project for Freeform Games, I’m working on a private commission for a steampunk game for 30-40 people. I promised this by the end of October, and there may be more work after that.

Children of the Stars

Children of the Stars is the third episode in my ongoing first-contact series of freeforms (which has an overall title of The Fermi Solution, but I may change that).

I’ve been writing this over the summer, and I will run it in a couple of weeks. (I am preparing more posts on the writing process, so expect those to start soon.)

After that, I have two thoughts. The first is to write the next freeform, but I may also go back and see if I can turn The Roswell Incident (episode #1) into something for Freeform Games.

How I write freeforms: the book

I’ve been writing articles about writing freeforms longer for almost as long as I have been writing freeforms themselves. This article is the core of the book—the overall process I use for writing freeforms.

I’ve taken this and other articles and am picking the best and improving them.

Interestingly, there are sections I find that I haven’t written stuff on (such as the structure of a freeform).

This will not only serve as guidance for writing freeforms but also as something I can direct potential Freeform Games authors to. It will be nice to have something in one place.

I plan to publish this on Lulu when I get it done—probably in 2023 at my current rate of progress.

Tales of Terror website

Tales of Terror was my first ever website, hand-coded in 1993. It’s gone through a couple of iterations since then.

Over the years, I collected over three hundred tales, which for a few years were languishing on my hard drives.

I’ve since started uploading them to their new home. There are now over 200, with about 100 to upload before I’m done. At my present rate, I should be done in a couple of years.

Great Murder Mystery Games

www.great-murder-mystery-games.com is my murder mystery games website. It’s where I promote freeform-style murder mystery games—not only those from Freeform Games but other publishers as well.

The site feels fairly mature to me—there’s not much more content I feel I need to add. However, I spend a few minutes each week on site maintenance (tweaking pages, cutting text, clarifications) because I don’t want Google to think it’s a “dead” site.

Enough for now

I think that’s enough for now!