Simon Rogers
@simonjrogers.bsky.social
Publisher of map-making software and #TTRPGs. Co-owner of Pelgrane Press and ProFantasy Software. Larper. He/him.
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Pelgrane are looking for play testers for my upcoming Halfling-detectives-solve-murders-and-eat-cake roleplaying game, THE MERRYSHIRE DETECTIVE CLUB.
There's a sample scenario, THE CASE OF THE GREAT RING, in the playtest packet, so all you need is a few players...
pelgranepress.com/2026/01/07/c...
There's a sample scenario, THE CASE OF THE GREAT RING, in the playtest packet, so all you need is a few players...
pelgranepress.com/2026/01/07/c...
January 8, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Pelgrane are looking for play testers for my upcoming Halfling-detectives-solve-murders-and-eat-cake roleplaying game, THE MERRYSHIRE DETECTIVE CLUB.
There's a sample scenario, THE CASE OF THE GREAT RING, in the playtest packet, so all you need is a few players...
pelgranepress.com/2026/01/07/c...
There's a sample scenario, THE CASE OF THE GREAT RING, in the playtest packet, so all you need is a few players...
pelgranepress.com/2026/01/07/c...
I ran a 13th Age time-loop adventure, and I now have a name for it. There's an tavern in the village called The Hound, and they are having their annual drinks festival, so I've called it Hound Grog Day.
January 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I ran a 13th Age time-loop adventure, and I now have a name for it. There's an tavern in the village called The Hound, and they are having their annual drinks festival, so I've called it Hound Grog Day.
I have a great fondness for this game. It gave me entirely the wrong impression about how easy it is to be a TRPG publisher - the ms and art was delivered on time and within budget and was of high quality. If it had been more like a typical project, I'm not sure Pelgrane Press would have continued.
Yesterday's Word Count = 798
I loved this book. Never got to play it but it seemed the perfect fusion of background and system. That also wraps it up for RPGs for now. I'm going to have to find something else to tart up my word counts.
I loved this book. Never got to play it but it seemed the perfect fusion of background and system. That also wraps it up for RPGs for now. I'm going to have to find something else to tart up my word counts.
January 5, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I have a great fondness for this game. It gave me entirely the wrong impression about how easy it is to be a TRPG publisher - the ms and art was delivered on time and within budget and was of high quality. If it had been more like a typical project, I'm not sure Pelgrane Press would have continued.
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Some of the best games I've ever played have been 13th Age, it's a wonderful system. I'm really hoping to get it to the table as either a player or a GM at some point this year myself
December 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Some of the best games I've ever played have been 13th Age, it's a wonderful system. I'm really hoping to get it to the table as either a player or a GM at some point this year myself
“It does not appear... that there can be urgent or sufficient reasons, racial or social, for departing from the old tolerant and generous practice of free entry and asylum, to which this country has so long adhered and from which it has so often greatly gained”
- Winston Churchill
- Winston Churchill
December 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“It does not appear... that there can be urgent or sufficient reasons, racial or social, for departing from the old tolerant and generous practice of free entry and asylum, to which this country has so long adhered and from which it has so often greatly gained”
- Winston Churchill
- Winston Churchill
A heroic bollard saved lives at Tooting Bec today when this vehicle swerved to avoid a car running the lights. The driver was uninjured.
December 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A heroic bollard saved lives at Tooting Bec today when this vehicle swerved to avoid a car running the lights. The driver was uninjured.
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in the real world not nearly enough buckaroos goin around looking at clues with a magnifying glass
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
in the real world not nearly enough buckaroos goin around looking at clues with a magnifying glass
Once there was a long-lived sheep
Which roamed both near and far
And when the sheep was laid to rest
Its epitaph was “Baa”
Which roamed both near and far
And when the sheep was laid to rest
Its epitaph was “Baa”
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Once there was a long-lived sheep
Which roamed both near and far
And when the sheep was laid to rest
Its epitaph was “Baa”
Which roamed both near and far
And when the sheep was laid to rest
Its epitaph was “Baa”
Making preparations for the annual Migration of the Pelgranes for Dragonmeet.
Huge quantities of cheese and wine, and ingredients for sticky toffee pudding have been purchased. 24 hours to diet amnesty and counting.
If I am still alive, hope to see you at Dragonmeet!
Huge quantities of cheese and wine, and ingredients for sticky toffee pudding have been purchased. 24 hours to diet amnesty and counting.
If I am still alive, hope to see you at Dragonmeet!
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Making preparations for the annual Migration of the Pelgranes for Dragonmeet.
Huge quantities of cheese and wine, and ingredients for sticky toffee pudding have been purchased. 24 hours to diet amnesty and counting.
If I am still alive, hope to see you at Dragonmeet!
Huge quantities of cheese and wine, and ingredients for sticky toffee pudding have been purchased. 24 hours to diet amnesty and counting.
If I am still alive, hope to see you at Dragonmeet!
Page Turners lets two players improvise a dramatic story using predesigned settings, characters and suggested arcs. You can also create your own setting using the tools provided.
Due to a security breach* it has now been revealed that the special @pelgranepress.bsky.social advance edition available at Dragonmeet this weekend is Page Turners.
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Page Turners lets two players improvise a dramatic story using predesigned settings, characters and suggested arcs. You can also create your own setting using the tools provided.
The 13th Age RPG is arriving with Kickstarter backers. I'm very proud of the team who created it, and I love playing it myself.
Starting a reaction thread on 13th Age 2E.
First, this is gorgeous edition, and it seems like a great upgrade and refinement of what already a really fun, smooth running game. /1
First, this is gorgeous edition, and it seems like a great upgrade and refinement of what already a really fun, smooth running game. /1
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The 13th Age RPG is arriving with Kickstarter backers. I'm very proud of the team who created it, and I love playing it myself.
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If you want to grab THE DRACULA DOSSIER campaign at a discount, Pelgrane have just launched a promotion over at Backerkit.
The Dossier remains the Most Fun Thing I've ever written.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...
The Dossier remains the Most Fun Thing I've ever written.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...
Operation: CRIMSON GIFT
The Bourne trilogy meets Dracula in The Dracula Dossier, an expansive, fast-paced, modern horror campaign for the Night's Black Agents RPG. Cut loose by your agency, you must take down the vampiric co...
www.backerkit.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If you want to grab THE DRACULA DOSSIER campaign at a discount, Pelgrane have just launched a promotion over at Backerkit.
The Dossier remains the Most Fun Thing I've ever written.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...
The Dossier remains the Most Fun Thing I've ever written.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...
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Humble Bundle are bringing the Map-Making Mega Bundle back: www.humblebundle.com/software/map...
Get almost the full suite of the ProFantasy software at a great price and and support Save the Children at the same time!
Get almost the full suite of the ProFantasy software at a great price and and support Save the Children at the same time!
Map Making MEGA Bundle Encore
Get the ultimate Map Making MEGA Bundle from ProFantasty Software and get apps like Campaign Cartographer 3+ and more!
www.humblebundle.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Humble Bundle are bringing the Map-Making Mega Bundle back: www.humblebundle.com/software/map...
Get almost the full suite of the ProFantasy software at a great price and and support Save the Children at the same time!
Get almost the full suite of the ProFantasy software at a great price and and support Save the Children at the same time!
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Join me tomorrow in mapping with a Cosmographer 3 style: multi-panel star system maps for Traveller and other science fiction games.
youtube.com/live/uk8oUEI...
youtube.com/live/uk8oUEI...
Live Mapping: Cosmographer System Map
In this live mapping session I create a star system map in Cosmographer's Traveller System style.
youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Join me tomorrow in mapping with a Cosmographer 3 style: multi-panel star system maps for Traveller and other science fiction games.
youtube.com/live/uk8oUEI...
youtube.com/live/uk8oUEI...
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What are your duet #TTRPG recommendations? I've done Cthulhu Confidential, NBA Solo Ops, PageTurners, and have HUNT(er/ed) lined up, but what else works well with just 2 players?
October 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
What are your duet #TTRPG recommendations? I've done Cthulhu Confidential, NBA Solo Ops, PageTurners, and have HUNT(er/ed) lined up, but what else works well with just 2 players?
Labour's response to the loss of Caerphilly is "more of the same, but faster." They've learned nothing.
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Labour's response to the loss of Caerphilly is "more of the same, but faster." They've learned nothing.
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Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
This has really lowered the bar for a plausible heist in Night's Black Agents. #TTRPG
cannot stop laughing at the louvre heist escape video as they’re slowly lowered down the ladder in a bucket
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This has really lowered the bar for a plausible heist in Night's Black Agents. #TTRPG
Trail of Cthulhu features Drives - the reason that your character is motivated to face horrors sensible people would flee. Drives also works in fantasy games - motivations bring static characters to life. #TTRPG
October 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Trail of Cthulhu features Drives - the reason that your character is motivated to face horrors sensible people would flee. Drives also works in fantasy games - motivations bring static characters to life. #TTRPG
I met this elderly, elegant specimen today.
October 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I met this elderly, elegant specimen today.
I'm really happy I subscribed to @dropout.tv
The shows are very funny, the cast and production crew are delightful, and they are a big gaming nerds. I am binge-watching Dimension 20 and getting tons of GMing ideas.
The shows are very funny, the cast and production crew are delightful, and they are a big gaming nerds. I am binge-watching Dimension 20 and getting tons of GMing ideas.
October 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm really happy I subscribed to @dropout.tv
The shows are very funny, the cast and production crew are delightful, and they are a big gaming nerds. I am binge-watching Dimension 20 and getting tons of GMing ideas.
The shows are very funny, the cast and production crew are delightful, and they are a big gaming nerds. I am binge-watching Dimension 20 and getting tons of GMing ideas.
I've run every single one of the Battle Scenes adventures for 13th Age - they stand alone, but they are also great for slotting into any campaign. And they have cool maps for the GM and players, too.
October 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I've run every single one of the Battle Scenes adventures for 13th Age - they stand alone, but they are also great for slotting into any campaign. And they have cool maps for the GM and players, too.
This works, and saves me from the terrifying prospect of updating my ancient BIOS so it has TPM 2.0 today.
Windows 10 users in the EU and UK, you can get free Extended Security Updates for a year just by:
> Settings > Windows Update > Check for updates. Click.
Scroll down to Enrol in Extended Security Updates (or similar wording).
Click on it.
Follow prompts.
Bingo, you're good for a year.
> Settings > Windows Update > Check for updates. Click.
Scroll down to Enrol in Extended Security Updates (or similar wording).
Click on it.
Follow prompts.
Bingo, you're good for a year.
October 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This works, and saves me from the terrifying prospect of updating my ancient BIOS so it has TPM 2.0 today.
Please make use of the “this is a joke” checkbox when skeeting - it will reduce Bluesky traffic by 27.3%.
October 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Please make use of the “this is a joke” checkbox when skeeting - it will reduce Bluesky traffic by 27.3%.