Marcus Bone (Unbound Publishing)
@unboundbook.bsky.social
A New Zealand based gamer, I love writing, editing and publishing material of all types of Tabletop Roleplaying Games.
Come visit me @ www.unboundbook.org, www.stormbringerrpg.com & www.darkconspiracytherpg.com
Come visit me @ www.unboundbook.org, www.stormbringerrpg.com & www.darkconspiracytherpg.com
A little while away yet, but something old that's new again coming to Unbound Publishing...
August 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
A little while away yet, but something old that's new again coming to Unbound Publishing...
Tidying up an old harddrive drive tonight, and I discovered a Con-style scenario wrote for this grand, old game. I had long thought the draft had been lost to the digital gods, and happy to rediscover it! A good candidate for a future issue of Unbound Magazine, maybe?
July 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Tidying up an old harddrive drive tonight, and I discovered a Con-style scenario wrote for this grand, old game. I had long thought the draft had been lost to the digital gods, and happy to rediscover it! A good candidate for a future issue of Unbound Magazine, maybe?
Undecided what to work on next, and happy to hear thoughts from the 'voices in the ether'... is it time to get back to a couple Esoterrorist scenario drafts or should I focus on my Call of Cthulhu Dark Ages adventures?
July 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Undecided what to work on next, and happy to hear thoughts from the 'voices in the ether'... is it time to get back to a couple Esoterrorist scenario drafts or should I focus on my Call of Cthulhu Dark Ages adventures?
Been in a writing funk for a while, so decided to challenge myself to produce a publishable supplement for @darrindrader.bsky.social's great Reign of Discordia RPG in less than a week. Almost there... a bit of an edit and an image or two (commission years ago) and it is going out the door for $1
June 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Been in a writing funk for a while, so decided to challenge myself to produce a publishable supplement for @darrindrader.bsky.social's great Reign of Discordia RPG in less than a week. Almost there... a bit of an edit and an image or two (commission years ago) and it is going out the door for $1
A little something more from a project in the works #CastingtheRunes, #TheDesignMechanism...
June 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A little something more from a project in the works #CastingtheRunes, #TheDesignMechanism...
A little something I've been inspired to work on... very much a draft as I get the text in order...
June 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
A little something I've been inspired to work on... very much a draft as I get the text in order...
So I've just released Issue Zero of - unboundbook.org/unbound-maga... - Unbound Magazine. My attempt to publish some of the crazy roleplaying ideas that have plagued my hard drive for decades.
Please share with anyone who might find weird RPGs interesting. So, more issues to come? ... er, maybe?
Please share with anyone who might find weird RPGs interesting. So, more issues to come? ... er, maybe?
May 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
So I've just released Issue Zero of - unboundbook.org/unbound-maga... - Unbound Magazine. My attempt to publish some of the crazy roleplaying ideas that have plagued my hard drive for decades.
Please share with anyone who might find weird RPGs interesting. So, more issues to come? ... er, maybe?
Please share with anyone who might find weird RPGs interesting. So, more issues to come? ... er, maybe?
After 'butterfingering' my way to deleting the existing menu on unboundbook.org, I've spent the evening rebuilding it bigger and better than ever (bar one little .css issue that I'm just too tired to muck around with)...
Love that Wordpress comes with some nice, free plugins...
Love that Wordpress comes with some nice, free plugins...
May 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
After 'butterfingering' my way to deleting the existing menu on unboundbook.org, I've spent the evening rebuilding it bigger and better than ever (bar one little .css issue that I'm just too tired to muck around with)...
Love that Wordpress comes with some nice, free plugins...
Love that Wordpress comes with some nice, free plugins...
On my current Planetary Romance/Science Fantasy kick, I rewatched 'John Carter' tonight. Still believe it is really under rated (even if it did have some story elements that seemed out of place)... okay so it ain't Princess of Mars, but it is a real good modern re-envisioning!
April 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
On my current Planetary Romance/Science Fantasy kick, I rewatched 'John Carter' tonight. Still believe it is really under rated (even if it did have some story elements that seemed out of place)... okay so it ain't Princess of Mars, but it is a real good modern re-envisioning!
Goes to show how much unfinished writing I have floating around on my hard drives, as today I found a mostly completed text for an Edgar Rice Burroughs meets Jules Verne style RPG. That 10k plus words I had forgotten I've even written from back in 2007/8.
Maybe I just finish up and and publish it?
Maybe I just finish up and and publish it?
April 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Goes to show how much unfinished writing I have floating around on my hard drives, as today I found a mostly completed text for an Edgar Rice Burroughs meets Jules Verne style RPG. That 10k plus words I had forgotten I've even written from back in 2007/8.
Maybe I just finish up and and publish it?
Maybe I just finish up and and publish it?
After seeing an RPG supplement I wrote (long ago) appearing for $8 US on a website (its an official site, so all good, even though there is no reference to my name as author), I realized that this... Groo: The Card Game... is all the 'profit' I've ever made for my efforts on the game line...
April 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
After seeing an RPG supplement I wrote (long ago) appearing for $8 US on a website (its an official site, so all good, even though there is no reference to my name as author), I realized that this... Groo: The Card Game... is all the 'profit' I've ever made for my efforts on the game line...
Make some tweaks on all my sites last night, but happiest with the one for unboundbook.org. Not sure I like the Tagline that much but I'm sure I'll come up with something...
March 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Make some tweaks on all my sites last night, but happiest with the one for unboundbook.org. Not sure I like the Tagline that much but I'm sure I'll come up with something...
So roughly every quarter I release the sales figures from the various RPG scenarios I've published via DrivethruRPG. Have to say that I was hoping my latest Dragonbane scenario would have done a little better, while I'm happily surprised how well 'Hailing' (for Coriolis) continues to do...
March 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
So roughly every quarter I release the sales figures from the various RPG scenarios I've published via DrivethruRPG. Have to say that I was hoping my latest Dragonbane scenario would have done a little better, while I'm happily surprised how well 'Hailing' (for Coriolis) continues to do...
Published an article on Conspiracy X today - over on unboundbook.org/opinion-out-... - looking at why you should set your Con X scenarios in the 1990s (rather than the modern day)...
First of many I hope!
First of many I hope!
March 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Published an article on Conspiracy X today - over on unboundbook.org/opinion-out-... - looking at why you should set your Con X scenarios in the 1990s (rather than the modern day)...
First of many I hope!
First of many I hope!
Been a while since I posted here... so I thought I'd highlight one of my favourite RPG covers of all time... love me some #UnknownArmies
March 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Been a while since I posted here... so I thought I'd highlight one of my favourite RPG covers of all time... love me some #UnknownArmies
After releasing Just a Little Knowledge, and then 'begging'(?!) for support, I've thought about creator funding models. As such, I've posted - what I call - 'The Perils of Patreon or my thoughts on supporter funding in gaming' as a public post over on Facebook.
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
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March 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
After releasing Just a Little Knowledge, and then 'begging'(?!) for support, I've thought about creator funding models. As such, I've posted - what I call - 'The Perils of Patreon or my thoughts on supporter funding in gaming' as a public post over on Facebook.
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
Inspired by Linden's The Marshwood Vampire, I have released my own Casting the Runes scenario, Just a Little Knowledge.
Set in Norwich and London in 1908, it throws the Investigators into a mystery surrounding a book, the cathedral and centuries old sin.
unboundbook.org/just-a-littl...
Set in Norwich and London in 1908, it throws the Investigators into a mystery surrounding a book, the cathedral and centuries old sin.
unboundbook.org/just-a-littl...
March 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Inspired by Linden's The Marshwood Vampire, I have released my own Casting the Runes scenario, Just a Little Knowledge.
Set in Norwich and London in 1908, it throws the Investigators into a mystery surrounding a book, the cathedral and centuries old sin.
unboundbook.org/just-a-littl...
Set in Norwich and London in 1908, it throws the Investigators into a mystery surrounding a book, the cathedral and centuries old sin.
unboundbook.org/just-a-littl...
Another great adventure by Linden Dunham now up on Unbound Publishing - Dark Aquarius: A Delta Green Scenario.
Had lots of fun with this one stretching my (very limited) design skills attempting to replicate the fantastic DG layout (Jen McCleary's work rocks!)
unboundbook.org/dark-aquariu...
Had lots of fun with this one stretching my (very limited) design skills attempting to replicate the fantastic DG layout (Jen McCleary's work rocks!)
unboundbook.org/dark-aquariu...
March 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Another great adventure by Linden Dunham now up on Unbound Publishing - Dark Aquarius: A Delta Green Scenario.
Had lots of fun with this one stretching my (very limited) design skills attempting to replicate the fantastic DG layout (Jen McCleary's work rocks!)
unboundbook.org/dark-aquariu...
Had lots of fun with this one stretching my (very limited) design skills attempting to replicate the fantastic DG layout (Jen McCleary's work rocks!)
unboundbook.org/dark-aquariu...
Still on my Stormbringer RPG kick, so today I updated an oldie, but a goody, on stormbringerrpg.com site.
Richard Watts' Calisander sees the characters drawn into a mystery concerning a naked girl, a chaos sorcerer and a limping beggar... need I say more?
stormbringerrpg.com/calisander-b...
Richard Watts' Calisander sees the characters drawn into a mystery concerning a naked girl, a chaos sorcerer and a limping beggar... need I say more?
stormbringerrpg.com/calisander-b...
March 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Still on my Stormbringer RPG kick, so today I updated an oldie, but a goody, on stormbringerrpg.com site.
Richard Watts' Calisander sees the characters drawn into a mystery concerning a naked girl, a chaos sorcerer and a limping beggar... need I say more?
stormbringerrpg.com/calisander-b...
Richard Watts' Calisander sees the characters drawn into a mystery concerning a naked girl, a chaos sorcerer and a limping beggar... need I say more?
stormbringerrpg.com/calisander-b...
Something new up on SB! - A review of the scenario Stolen Moments! stormbringerrpg.com/review-stole...
Oh, if you like these and want to see me continue to create content on the site you can alway buy me a coffee - ko-fi.com/unboundpubli... - it helps with my ever growing website costs!
Oh, if you like these and want to see me continue to create content on the site you can alway buy me a coffee - ko-fi.com/unboundpubli... - it helps with my ever growing website costs!
February 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Something new up on SB! - A review of the scenario Stolen Moments! stormbringerrpg.com/review-stole...
Oh, if you like these and want to see me continue to create content on the site you can alway buy me a coffee - ko-fi.com/unboundpubli... - it helps with my ever growing website costs!
Oh, if you like these and want to see me continue to create content on the site you can alway buy me a coffee - ko-fi.com/unboundpubli... - it helps with my ever growing website costs!
I've never been good at self-advertising, and today I realised that I hadn't even put a post up for the Coriolis: The Third Horizon scenario I released a few months ago - Hailing From Darker Stars.
Oh, and you can find 'Hailing' over on DrivethruRPG for just US$5 - unboundbook.org/hailing-from...
Oh, and you can find 'Hailing' over on DrivethruRPG for just US$5 - unboundbook.org/hailing-from...
February 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I've never been good at self-advertising, and today I realised that I hadn't even put a post up for the Coriolis: The Third Horizon scenario I released a few months ago - Hailing From Darker Stars.
Oh, and you can find 'Hailing' over on DrivethruRPG for just US$5 - unboundbook.org/hailing-from...
Oh, and you can find 'Hailing' over on DrivethruRPG for just US$5 - unboundbook.org/hailing-from...
One game that never gets anywhere enough love is Liminal (by @thetweedmeister.bsky.social). A while back I wrote a couple of Liminal scenarios for a Con that never happened, and while I've shared these elsewhere, I thought it was time they start going up on UBB!
unboundbook.org/for-whom-the...
unboundbook.org/for-whom-the...
February 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
One game that never gets anywhere enough love is Liminal (by @thetweedmeister.bsky.social). A while back I wrote a couple of Liminal scenarios for a Con that never happened, and while I've shared these elsewhere, I thought it was time they start going up on UBB!
unboundbook.org/for-whom-the...
unboundbook.org/for-whom-the...
More 'Casting the Runes' content uploaded today - this time a neat scenario by my long time friend Linden Dunham.
The Marshwood Vampire is a mystery set in Dorset where the Investigators will discover, blood, ruin and a not-so ancient threat!
unboundbook.org/the-marshwoo...
The Marshwood Vampire is a mystery set in Dorset where the Investigators will discover, blood, ruin and a not-so ancient threat!
unboundbook.org/the-marshwoo...
February 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
More 'Casting the Runes' content uploaded today - this time a neat scenario by my long time friend Linden Dunham.
The Marshwood Vampire is a mystery set in Dorset where the Investigators will discover, blood, ruin and a not-so ancient threat!
unboundbook.org/the-marshwoo...
The Marshwood Vampire is a mystery set in Dorset where the Investigators will discover, blood, ruin and a not-so ancient threat!
unboundbook.org/the-marshwoo...
On a 'Casting the Runes' kick (more detail to come on why), so I've uploaded a few old reviews i did on the line over my site.
Core rulebook - unboundbook.org/a-study-in-q...
Scenario compilation -
unboundbook.org/quaint-myste...
KS exclusive scenario -
unboundbook.org/immersion-am...
Core rulebook - unboundbook.org/a-study-in-q...
Scenario compilation -
unboundbook.org/quaint-myste...
KS exclusive scenario -
unboundbook.org/immersion-am...
February 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
On a 'Casting the Runes' kick (more detail to come on why), so I've uploaded a few old reviews i did on the line over my site.
Core rulebook - unboundbook.org/a-study-in-q...
Scenario compilation -
unboundbook.org/quaint-myste...
KS exclusive scenario -
unboundbook.org/immersion-am...
Core rulebook - unboundbook.org/a-study-in-q...
Scenario compilation -
unboundbook.org/quaint-myste...
KS exclusive scenario -
unboundbook.org/immersion-am...
While I'm not the biggest fan of its layout and graphic design, the Casting the Runes RPG is another favourite of mine. Combining the works of M R James and GUMSHOE, you get this really nice, low pressure RPG that focuses on investigation, interaction and quaint horror... a winner in my books!
February 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
While I'm not the biggest fan of its layout and graphic design, the Casting the Runes RPG is another favourite of mine. Combining the works of M R James and GUMSHOE, you get this really nice, low pressure RPG that focuses on investigation, interaction and quaint horror... a winner in my books!