Brad Kerr

@bradkerr.net

RPG designer. Original soy boy. Writer of "Hideous Daylight", "Wyvern Songs", etc. Co-host of Between Two Cairns podcast. Writer at Necrotic Gnome. He/him https://bradkerr.net/ https://betweentwocairns.com/

Say what you will about the ENNIE awards, you have to admit that I won one last year ("The Dream Shrine" with @skullfungus.bsky.social). It's a book, on sale at Drivethru right now and you can even buy physical copies at various places (Plus One EXP, Cairn Store) www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

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Some years ago, I tried my hand at adapting @bradkerr.net 's adventure Demon Driven to the Maw to play as a Vaesen mystery, and I spent *way* too much time with late 1800s railroad timetables just so I could properly estimate travel from London to Aberdeen. Also history and folklore...

The opening description of a TTRPG next to a photo of a flier advertising express train service between London and Scotland.

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The Journey

Read the following and let each player play a scene to gain an Advantage.

Shortly after you agreed to answer Fiona’s call, Hawkins procured round trip train tickets from London to Glasgow, Glasgow to Aberdeen, and from Aberdeen to Edburgh. He has written ahead to let Fiona know to expect you, and to meet you in Edburgh. You must leave first thing in the morning to have a hope of arriving on time.

In the morning, you gather beneath the Euston Arch, the entrance to Euston Station and the terminus of the London and North Western Railway. Though summer is approaching, the London streets are characteristically glum. The sodden stillness seems to capture and hold ...

I released my 4th Kala Mandala adventure — What Happened to the Silver Spoon Boys? — last week! The adventure came from a passing thought of “what happens after a TPK?”.

A tabletop RPG adventure module zine “What Happened to the Silver Spoon Boys?” held by a hand, photo taken in front of plants.

In a bonus episode of Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I discuss the very first Between Two Cons: How was it? Was it worth it? Was it even good (yes)? If you're not already a patron, now you have another reason to join! www.patreon.com/betweentwoca...

Between Two Cons Retrospective | Between Two Cairns

Yochai, Brad, and Sam discuss the very first Between Two Cons. What went right? What didn't? Who cares? Whether you were able to attend or n

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I finally got around to writing my recap of Between Two Cons! Which ruled. This is the first post on my new blog, too! It includes pictures from the weekend, some favorite moments, and summaries of the games I played. More detailed play reports to come. blog.maximlowe.com/between-two-...

Between Two Cons Retrospective

Two weeks ago, I traveled to Portland, Oregon for Between Two Cons, a "casual and inclusive convention dedicated to independent and old-school role-playi...

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You KNOW it's a good time when at some point you're holding a blowtorch in one hand and your own spinal column in the other! Thanks, @bradkerr.net for inviting me up, and @yochaigal.bsky.social and @betterlegends.bsky.social--I'd do weird chair stuff with you guys any day!

Yochai Gal@yochaigal.bsky.social · 4w ago

Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I are LIVE at Between Two Cons (again)! We do a mootsack and are then joined by @mattrollshigh.bsky.social for an actual play of the Chair by @emo-sludge.com, with Brad as GM! www.patreon.com/betweentwoca...

Hey what's up! I just put a cold, leftover vegetarian dinosaur-shaped chicken nugget on a tortilla chip and ate it and said out loud to no one "woah!"

I wanna tell you about Between Two Cons (June 26-27, in Portland) because it was such a fabulous experience. It was unique among the cons I've been to, and I heard that from all the attendees I talked to. Please enjoy these random thoughts...