Ca-caw! It's Andy Law here to introduce our guest for today, the absolutely brilliant Sage, a wonderful person who many of you may already know as a player from my LAWhammer 2023-07-29 14:37:41 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm off to see the Chaos Rising premiere today, all thanks to Loremaster of Sotek.
The event takes place in Duncarron Fort here in ...
2023-07-22 08:13:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Ca-caw!
Andy Leask here to introduce this week’s guest. This book nerd is feeling blessed, as we once again have a terrific writer of speculative fiction joining us Inside the Rookery to share some sneaky insights into their creative process. This week’...
2023-07-21 19:53:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, fellow Rooks! Andy Law here.
After almost two months of hospital visits, pain-killers, and body-related horror that could bring even the most die-hard Cthulhu fan to their knees, I'm back online and able to sit at my chair again (the reasons why I couldn't are best left unsaid).
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Ca-caw! You all know that us folks in the Rookery are oldskool by nature, so today's show certainly makes us happy! We're inviting Kelsey Dionne of The Arcane Library Inside the Rookery to discuss The New Old School, or how to build fresh and exciting RPGs using ...
2023-06-24 15:34:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Ca-caw! It's going to be a good one today, fellow Rooks! We're inviting Bee Scerri back Inside the Rookery (our original intro to them is here, and our brilliant vid wi...
2023-06-17 15:02:12 +0000 UTC View Post
If you missed today's tribute to Russ Nicholson, catch it here:
Remembering Russ Nicholson with Ian Livingston, Marc Gascoigne, James Wallis & Dave Morris (ITR S5) - YouTube
2023-06-15 22:45:58 +0000 UTC
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Do join us at 7pm UK today when we celebrate the work of the extraordinary artist Russ Nicholson.
https://www.twitch.tv/rookerypublications<...
2023-06-15 17:27:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, fellow Rooks!
Andy Law here to welcome you to the second of our Developer Diaries for Ship of Fools. The first can be found here....
2023-06-14 18:48:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Russ Nicholson, who died last month, was one of the great figures of British fantasy illustration in the 1980s and 1990s. His distinctive style is immediately recognisable in some of the cornerstones of the field: the Fighting Fantasy series including the Warlock of Firet...
2023-06-12 18:40:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Ca-caw!
Andy Leask here with a little post to introduce this week’s guest: Sci-fi author Tom Toner!
Tom’s a lover of far-future space opera, and a fellow lover of Iain Banks' Culture series. As I’ve mentioned at length - most recently when chatting to Gareth L Powell (2023-06-10 14:01:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Ca-caw, my feathered friends!
Today going to be a good one! We're joined by author and journalist Anna James to discuss Worlds Within Worlds, using other IPs in your original creations.
As always, if you have any questions you'd like to ask, either po...
2023-05-27 15:15:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Ca-caw!
Andy of the Leask variety here to introduce this week’s guest, the most excellent Anna James!
Anna is, amongst many other things, a terrific author, best known for her Pages & Co series. Tho...
2023-05-25 19:33:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Ca-caw!
Andy Leask here to introduce this week’s guest, though really, he needs no introduction! Chris Handley is a long-time friend of Inside The Rookery, having joined us in the past to talk about various things, including the increasingly topical topic...
2023-05-20 12:18:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Ca-caw, my feathered friends!
We're really looking forward to today's Inside the Rookery as best-selling, award-winning Gareth L Powell is just brilliant, brimful of sage advice for aspiring writers.
As always, if you have any questions you'd like to ...
2023-05-13 14:42:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Ca-caw!
Andy Leask here, with an exciting intro to this week’s Inside the Rookery guest: the great Gareth L Powell! Gareth is a bestselling writer and an active, posit...
2023-05-10 17:50:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Andy Law here to introduce our brilliant guest this week: the Loremaster of Sotek. I recently appeared on his 2023-05-06 15:12:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, fellow Rooks!
Andy Law here to welcome you to the first of our Developer Diaries for Ship of Fools. As many of you know, we here at Rookery Publications are working on finalising our first full adventure, Ship of Fools 2023-05-04 21:41:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Andy Law here to introduce our guest today, and I'm beyond excited for this one. For those of you who caught Andy, Lindsay, and me streaming part 1 of the Enemy Within past night, you'll soon understand why. Our guest,
Ca-caw, my feathered friends!
Let's start season 5 with a bang! And what better way to do that than by inviting the wonderful Gareth Hanrahan inside the Rookery to talk about the nigh-on uncountable number of TTRPG books he's written, his novels, and the links between them both!
As al...
2023-04-22 16:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Season 5 of Inside the Rookery! James here to introduce you to our first guest: Gareth Hanrahan.
Gareth is probably the most prolific games writer the UK has produced, with literally hundreds of tit...
2023-04-21 19:52:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Ca-caw, fellow Rooks!
Here's how to join in with today's Critical Cartography Masterclass from Andy Law.
Andy will stream live presenting 7 different points to consider when creating labels for your map locations. He'll also be taking questions as he ...
2023-04-19 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Wednesday! For the last time before Season 5 of Inside the Rookery starts THIS SATURDAY, it's time for Andy to jump in with another mapping masterclass. Today at 7pm UK time, we're covering location markers and feature locations. How to mark...
2023-04-19 11:34:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Ca-caw, fellow Rooks!
It's that time again! Here's how to view today's Critical Cartography Masterclass from Andy Law.
Andy will stream live presenting 7 different ways to tackle your coastlines. He will also take questions as he goes if you have any....
2023-04-12 16:56:42 +0000 UTC View Post
As Wednesday rolls around again, it's time for Andy to jump in with another mapping masterclass, and this time he'll be coasting, as he's mapped enough of these to draw them in his sleep. Yes, today it's coastlines!
At 7pm our mapping maestro, Andy Law, goes live with another 7 different wa...
2023-04-12 14:53:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Ca-caw, fellow Rooks!
Time to explain how to view today's Critical Cartography Masterclass from Andy Law.
Andy will stream live presenting 7 different ways to map forests. He will also take questions as he goes if you have any.
As with previous ...
2023-04-05 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Wednesday, so that means it's mapping masterclass time!
Today at 7pm our cartographical champion, Andy Law, goes live with another seven different ways map, this time covering forests on your fantasy maps.
Like last week's tutorial on mountains, this masterclass is aimed at begin...
2023-04-05 13:34:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Ca-caw, fellow Rooks!
Time to explain how to view today's Critical Cartography Masterclass from Andy Law.
Andy will stream live presenting 7 different ways to map mountains. He will also take questions as he goes if you have any. By the end of the str...
2023-03-29 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
It's map time!
Today at 7pm Andy Law goes live with seven (yes, SEVEN!) different ways to depict mountains on your fantasy maps.
Aimed at beginners and old hands, this masterclass will be duplicatable by anyone, regardless of skill level. By the end of it, you will be mountaineering t...
2023-03-29 14:30:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Are you ready to map?
Four weeks of Mapping Masterclasses are about to begin. Every Wednesday for the next month, mapping maestro Andy Law will guide you through all the core steps of building any fantasy map.
His first masterclass, happening on the 29th March, will guide you through ...
2023-03-27 12:26:56 +0000 UTC View Post