Table-Top Role-playing Games

I played table-top role-playing games throughout my teenage years, ever since finding a 1980s Dungeons & Dragons Basic Box set as a ten-year-old and teaching myself and my friends to play.

As an adult I lost touch with the hobby, as the rhythm of working as a freelance theatre director made it hard to commit to a group. But since 2018, I’ve thrown myself back in to TTRPGs, relishing the opportunity to create a mini piece of drama with my friends ever week (without needing to secure Arts Council funding. . .) Having played a lot of D&D my focus now is on a wider pool of games, especially horror and games exploring historical periods. My regular rotation currently includes Call of Cthulhu, Vaesen, Blades in the Dark, Blade Runner and Alien.

Recently I have started to play more publicly and am beginning to publish my own scenarios. Here’s a list of where to watch, listen or buy my public material:

ACTUAL PLAYS

Miskatonic Playhouse – Resort

Symphony Entertainment – Symphony Anniversary Sonata

Symphony Entertainment – Blood on the Snow, Campfire RPG

The Old Ways Podcast – Fear of Flying

TTRPG DISCUSSIONS

The Good Friends of Jackson Elias – Panel at A Weekend With Good Friends – Improvising as a Player or GM

Wicked Cool Kids – WCK Pod

  1. Interview with the DM – Tom
  2. Interview with the DM – Tom!…again

PRODUCTS

I contributed a section on writing horror scenarios set in York, England, in the DrivethruRPG Silver Best Seller Call of Cthulhu: Hometown Horrors, Vol.2