Category: king arthur and the devil cat
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A Kitten & A Dead God
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Logar the Barbarian and The Blue Wizard for the Hobos Collective podcast (which evolved out of the Wobblies & Wizards podcast). It was lovely to be interviewed alongside Eduardo Carabaño, whose Settlers of a Dead God I love (it’s a “dark fantasy setting for role-playing games”…
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Stats of the Cat
I love Patrick Stuart’s adaptation of Gawain and the Green Knight, a book which almost never saw the light of day, due to a failed Kickstarter campaign. I recall Patrick saying (though I can’t track down the source) that if he had included playable stats for the Green Knight then a lot more people would…
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Dan and Max Hit The Screen
I had a chat with King Arthur vs Devil Kitty illustrator Maximillian Hartley, about the book, about his background as an artist, about the novel he’s written about the Highland Clearances, and more. And then a thunderstorm started, and my internet connection got taken down by goat demons. Enjoy!
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Start trying to make “King Arthur vs Devil Kitty” happen
The Kickstarter for King Arthur vs Devil Kitty is going moderately well, but could be going better – right now I think that we will hit our target by the project deadline on 21st September, but it’s likely to be nailbiting – and it seems unlikely that we’ll hit the stretch goal that I really…
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“Just a flesh wound” – the inspiration behind Monty Python’s Black Knight?
This post contains spoilers for King Arthur vs Devil Kitty. And for Monty Python and the Holy Grail. John Cleese’s Black Knight is surely the best remembered character from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. As Arthur lops his limbs off one-by-one, the knight is reduced to a torso who declares the battle “a draw”.…
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You May Find A Bed
There is no convenient time to break your leg There is no convenient time to find your soul There is no convenient time to submit to force There is no convenient time to starve There is no convenient time to have a child There is no convenient time to lose your will There is no convenient time to have a…
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Kaverns & Kittens
COMING SOON FROM PEAKRILL PRESS… Writer Mister Daniel Nathan Sumption and Illustrator Master Maximillian Benjamin Hartley present: KING ARTHUR vs. DEVIL KITTY, a modern retelling of the medieval story of good King Arthur, and of how he killed a giant cat (how very brave of him!) This is a genuine medieval tale, and it’s about…
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Interview with Write Radio
Write Radio I was interviewed recently for Write Radio on Sheffield Live. I talked to host Jane Armstrong about writing for roleplaying games, and how it differs from the sort of short story writing I’d been doing before. We also talk about the differences between TTRPGs now vs. those I grew up with in the…
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The Book of Horkos
Your author and the Book of Horkos I wrote recently here about real-world magic. Bear with me skeptics (feel free to call it something more sciency if you prefer: perhaps “psychology” or “human nature” or “nudge theory”), for here is another powerful school of magic in the real world: the spell that is cast by…
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Future Peakrill Projects
Although I’m now full-steam ahead working on Mostly Harmless Meetings, I’ve also been thinking about future projects. The success of my SideQuest project has given me the confidence and inspiration to devote a large amount of my time to publishing my work (regular visitors may notice that the title and design of this blog have…