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About fakedtales

I'm a writer, a podcaster, a reviewer of games. Here's where I share my own fiction and my encounters with other people's media.

NaNoWriMo Wrap-Up: My Own Progress

Posted on December 15, 2015 by fakedtales

It’s over. The Word-God is sated, the Panic Jar has been put back in the darkened, blood-stained cave where it once came from. So how was it for me? My Project (s) I hit 77k this year, the first time … Continue reading →

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Lightning Update – No Idea

Posted on December 8, 2015 by fakedtales

When I was thirteen, all the way up until I was seventeen… maybe eighteen, I wanted to run a comic company. I loved comics, I wanted to write them ever since I discovered that they were written. All of my … Continue reading →

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Lady Blackbird Review and Actual Play

Posted on October 18, 2015 by fakedtales

Lady Blackbird is a free role-playing game by John Harper and it’s fantastic for a short game. I’ve written about my experiences with the game here on Who Dares Rolls.

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The Beginner’s Guide Review

Posted on October 15, 2015 by fakedtales

This is a difficult game to write about, but a few hours after playing it, I’m left with several thoughts and feelings still floating around about what I’ve experienced. There’s a lot to process and possibly more than I think … Continue reading →

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The Journey to NaNoWriMo 2015

Posted on September 20, 2015 by fakedtales

National Novel Writing Month is round the corner and I’m already excited about it. NaNoWriMo started several years ago for San Franciscan Chris Baty and some of his friends to finally get their crap together and write the novels they … Continue reading →

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You All, Everybody

Posted on July 19, 2015 by fakedtales

I love Lost, even now after all this time. It’s a terrible thing to admit, I’m sure, but there’s the truth. This April 1st, I wrote a review of the Lost board game for Who Dares Rolls. In fact, I … Continue reading →

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The Deep Forest

Posted on July 16, 2015 by fakedtales

Back in the old gaming site, Hooting into the Abyss, I reviewed The Quiet Year. It’s a map-making game where in three or four hours you make a map of a community and tell a story of a year in … Continue reading →

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Role-Playing Podcasts

Posted on July 14, 2015 by fakedtales

A couple of things. First of all, I’m a massive podcast fan and there are some amazing RPG, “Actual Play” podcasts. Inspired by a friend from work who used to be a role-player and now experiences the games by listening … Continue reading →

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The Mist in the Bridge

Posted on July 12, 2015 by fakedtales

I’ve been concentrating a lot on Lightning and less so on my short fiction, which is a bit of a shame. I was inspired by this Terribleminds flash fiction challenge so I visited the link and one of the titles … Continue reading →

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Role-Playing Podcasts

Posted on June 8, 2015 by fakedtales

I guest star on a podcast now, as part of the Who Dares Rolls crew. I’m also a bit of a podcast addict, so I wrote an article about some of my favourites. Think of RPG podcasts a bit like … Continue reading →

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