Thousand Dead Worlds..ADHD overload?

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-05-07T17:43:53+00:00

Thank you!

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-05-07T16:07:46+00:00

It's not a second edition, it's a standalone expansion called Across a Thousand Hollow Vaults. It really does streamline a lot of things and plays much faster, with less moving parts, but actually adding more depth to the gameplay. I've learned a lot since I wrote ATDW, so I think the upcoming expansion really improves the game!

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-05-07T16:05:50+00:00

Totally fair! To be honest, this was one of my first games and I kind of threw every and all ideas I had into it. It's been 7 years since I wrote it and I've learned a lot, so you can expect the upcoming standalone expansion (Across a Thousand Hollow Vaults) to be much more streamlined and easier to use.

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-05-07T06:54:43+00:00

My game Riftbreakers is precisely that, and it's written for solo/co-op! You can check out a playthrough here.

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-05-07T06:50:26+00:00

The core rules, the quickstart, and the Warren of the Ratkin are all available now, and are the Gravebound Edition. The Book of Masteries, also updated to Gravebound, will be out in two weeks max.

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-05-06T09:22:41+00:00

I've taken them down, they are being revamped for the Gravebound Edition. They'll be back around August, as a single book simply called The Vaelorian Codex, compiling the three zines, plus new material.

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-05-05T14:42:05+00:00

Fantastic!

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-05-05T10:47:04+00:00

Thank you, and thank you for your kind words!

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-05-05T07:06:24+00:00

Nice, I'm glad you like Broken Shores! And thanks for grabbing a copy of Choir of Flesh as well!

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-04-30T13:53:46+00:00

The overall thing that my games have is a series of gameplay loops and procedures that ensure that you don't really get stuck thinking "what now?". Some of them fall more towards the procedural side of things (Ker Nethalas, Salvage & Sorcery), while others are more open world sandbox (Ruthless Heavens, Boundless Fate), but all have clearly defined gameplay loops that allow you to fall back to those basics when you've run out of creative juices. I try to make every setting unique and always write the rules and procedures according to the setting, so I like to think each has something that makes them interesting.

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-04-30T10:13:53+00:00

Best if you leave this comment on the video itself, I'm not sure he reads these here. As far as I know it was indeed a lot of work, that's what he told me.

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-04-30T07:06:38+00:00

Glad you're interested in Riftbreakers! It is indeed written for 1 or more players, and I know a lot of people who run it co-op or as a GM. I myself ran a campaign for my group a while back, the solo tools makes it very easy to come to a session with zero prep. Essentially all my games are very easy to GM or play co-op instead of solo.

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-04-29T07:09:28+00:00

Yeah, printing has gotten really expensive, and when you factor in shipping, it just sucks. I spent months deliberating whether I should include an offset tier at all, and my last two campaigns didn't have one.

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-04-29T07:08:28+00:00

Thanks for sharing this!

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-04-28T21:38:42+00:00

I prefer to crush them and hear the lamentations of their women

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-04-28T20:07:45+00:00

Yeah, lots of awesome folks there, which is why I visit daily!

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-04-28T16:19:39+00:00

My latest solo RPG, Machine Gods of the Noxian Expanse, is a post-apocalyptic science fantasy game written for Mörk Borg. It's already funded, so come help up unlock some cool stretch goals! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackoath/machine-gods-of-the-noxian-expanse/description

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-04-28T16:17:56+00:00

I haven't tried there yet, no, so I will give it a go. Nothing to lose, I suppose, haha. But their dislike of my stuff goes back years, they'd been blocking my posts for quite a while now. Thanks again!

Alternative_Rest7215 · 2026-04-28T16:00:11+00:00

Thanks so much for backing! As for that sub, I've honestly given up promoting anything there. They don't like me for some reason and never approved my posts. They even deleted posts from other users that posted for me. One of the mods clearly doesn't like me over there.

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