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Adventures Kickstart in September

August 30, 2021

As a game with potential to see troubled and wary Agents sent across all the counties of England and beyond into the troubled depths of Europe, a Dee Sanction GM is always in need of adventures. Simple mechanics and fast character generation combine to provide a great way to have … Continue ReadingAdventures Kickstart in September

Third Party Licence

Why Community Content?

August 23, 2021

Today, we made it possible for you to create third party content for The Dee Sanction, without permission, providing you keep within the rules and guidelines. Why are we doing this? Well, over the last four months, since the release of the Core Rules, we’ve seen a lot of activity and … Continue ReadingWhy Community Content?

Third Party Licence

The Dee Sanction Third Party Licence

August 23, 2021

This licence allows anyone to make adventures, monsters, or hacks for The Dee Sanction, whether to sell or publish for free. Rules If you keep to these rules, you can publish free or commercial material based upon or declaring compatibility with The Dee Sanction without express permission from Paul Baldowski … Continue ReadingThe Dee Sanction Third Party Licence

Awards and Recogntion

Judges Award Winner for Best Role-Playing Game at UK Games Expo 2021

August 2, 2021

The UK Games Expo Awards include both a Judges Award, determined by a panel chosen for their knowledge of games, and a Peoples Choice Award, voted for by the public through the UKGE website. I’m excited to say that The Dee Sanction won the Judges Award of Best Role-Playing Game against a challenging shortlist – of Osprey Game’s Jackels and … Continue ReadingJudges Award Winner for Best Role-Playing Game at UK Games Expo 2021

Adventures

The Gong Scourer’s Baby

July 5, 2021July 5, 2021

I think one of the earliest iterations of the most recently released adventures — The Gong Scourer’s Baby — happened at Conception in 2014 or 2015. By the time I ran it at Concrete Cow in March 2015, I had run it “at least four times” before and changed the … Continue ReadingThe Gong Scourer’s Baby

Game Mechanics

Nightmare – A Sample Combat

May 15, 2021May 17, 2021

I have had various requests to explain combat in The Dee Sanction. I have outlined a fight below, and I might return and add detail if what I’ve written doesn’t quite have the level of useful information needed. A ‘Mare Scenario Agents Julian Dunham and Isabel le Bone arrive at The … Continue ReadingNightmare – A Sample Combat

Playtesting

Dee’s Diary (No 1): Simple Goals

April 30, 2021

I think the suspicion, paranoia and intrigue of old have gone. In 1583, court spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham sent an adept gnostic team to Prague on a mission he didn’t commit to public record. These men journeyed through rough and heretic-infested lands engaged in a task of maximum-security in the … Continue ReadingDee’s Diary (No 1): Simple Goals

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Pre-Generated Characters

March 7, 2021

During the playtesting of The Dee Sanction, it always proved useful to have a set of pre-generated characters to hand. While I could sometimes depend on player-created characters as part of an ongoing game, pre-gens make a useful fallback option for one-shots and conventions. The five characters in the Pre-Generated Character … Continue ReadingPre-Generated Characters

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Update Draft Released

February 16, 2021

Those who backed The Dee Sanction Kickstarter have been sent a revised edition of the Draft Core Rules and we edge closer to a final version in that release. For those who have a copy in hand (and those who don’t can safely stop reading now!), the following key changes … Continue ReadingUpdate Draft Released

Game Mechanics

Checking the Numbers

December 8, 2020

There’s a weird juggling act going on between totally freestyle game design and having a solid structure of checks and balances. On the one hand, the numbers should make perfect sense. On the other hand, balance blows. Don’t get me wrong, there does need to be some kind of structure … Continue ReadingChecking the Numbers