Weird how taking a break from writing novels has made me a better novelist. I opened my book that I last looked at in 2021 and saw exactly how to fix it. And it felt good.

Monthly book tax has been paid (and it's only August 2 🫣)

Some days you're a bar wench, some days you're an adventurer, and some days you're a bad Oscar Wilde impersonator in a toga. Just another day as a professional in the games industry. 😂

I feel weird posting this given the news from ZA/UM, but Zero Parades is a thought-provoking game that deserves more attention. I talk on art as a tool of soft power, middle-aged women in games, and how you can’t save scum life. Video: youtu.be/4y_iACJ4PnE Essay: www.katclay.com/replayabilit...

Zero Parades Review: Because you can't save scum life

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Tonight's mood: judgement!

A friend of mine announced she was watching the 1995 BBC Pride & Prejudice for the first time and heaven help me if I did not run around like Mrs Bennet screaming NETHERFIELD PARK IS LET AT LAST!

Hans Capon is always my mood.

TTRPG creators please please please if you are making games have a one page website where I can find out a little bit about you and your contact details put this bio and contact in your game PDFs and your social medias you are missing out on work if people can't easily contact you 🙃

Had a fun time at Winterfest today - saw some fighting and some very good bois.

I hast been shamed for ye olde crime of existing.

when you're having a bad week then you wake up to news of a new Gareth Damian Martin game 👀

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Even the people of Signet City are changing... Fungal biotechnology has begun taking root throughout the city, blurring the line between body, machine, and infrastructure Wishlist now: 🍄 bit.ly/SC-Steam

In the 'this week can't get any worse' files, my car broke down in the ALDI carpark and couldn't be started. Had to wait there for hours for a tow truck... 🙃

New video up on how I edit my work. I talk about stepping away from projects, taking feedback and getting that ol' red pen out.

Writing Tips: How I Edit My Drafts (And You Can Too)

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My friends and colleagues James and David are launching their gorgeous TTRPG Time Without Tide. Have I had a sneaky look inside? Yes. Is it amazing? Yes. You definitely want to back this one.

Time Without Tide: Mirth & Misery in the World of Fog

From Chaosium - Time Without Tide: Mirth & Misery in the World of Fog

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My friends and colleagues James and David are launching their gorgeous TTRPG Time Without Tide. Have I had a sneaky look inside? Yes. Is it amazing? Yes. You definitely want to back this one.

Time Without Tide: Mirth & Misery in the World of Fog

From Chaosium - Time Without Tide: Mirth & Misery in the World of Fog

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There was a movie novelization of Bram Stoker's Dracula and it's blowing my mind that it's not actually the original novel.

I pay monthly book tax to keep bookstores alive. What you do is you go into the bookstore, pick out some books that seem interesting, and pay. You do not have to read them! This surefire strategy will keep the book tax collectors off your back.

I'm taking my time with Zero Parades. It's got me thinking deeply about time in video games, and I want to write a longer essay on it. But in the meantime, this is my current favourite line: "We are all a moron local to somebody."

Fantastic panel at Willy Lit Fest on speculative fiction, politics, genre definitions and believe it or not, stick insects. Great moderating from @clairegcoleman.bsky.social with Romy Ash, John Morrissey, and Rhett Davis.

Call of Cthulhu's award-winning campaign The Children of Fear is part of @drivethrurpg.com's Gayming with Pride Bundle. Supporting Outreach International. $355 value for only $24.99!

Call of Cthulhu's 'The Children of Fear' is part of DriveThruRPG's Gayming with Pride Bundle

Call of Cthulhu's award-winning campaign The Children of Fear is part of DriveThruRPG's Gayming with Pride Bundle. $355 value for only $24.99! All proceeds of this bundle go to the human rights chari...

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So, funny story. I scripted this video on why I love Call of Cthulhu so much before I got hired by Chaosium. I actually had to re-record it after the announcement. 😂 Anyway here's why y'all should be playing Call of Cthulhu: youtu.be/BGMU4uC9sjk

Why you should be playing the Call of Cthulhu Tabletop RPG!

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Vale Marjane Satrapi. I remember discovering Persepolis when I lived in France 20 years ago, and it inspired me to write my own biographical comics. I never became a comic writer, but that expression of creativity led me to write my first completed works in a year that changed my life.

The highlight from my trip to Swancon was meeting one of my literary heroes, Cthulhu. The elder god was keeping a low profile but I was such a fan they let me take this selfie.

Happy 50th, Swancon! A great time was had. Now time to retreat to my writing cave. 📸 With @katclay.com

Played my first ever game of Vampire: the Masquerade! 🧛 My Ventrue character wheeled and dealed their way to the top of Perth's power struggles under a very appropriate chandelier.

Heading off to Swancon for the weekend! Who am I gonna see there?

It's exciting, and yet a bit surreal, to see my name on a Chaosium publication. Thanks @lynneahardy.bsky.social for the opportunity to write for RoL!

Chaosium@chaosium.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just announced! Rivers of London: No Place Like Home is an all-new case file collection for Rivers of London: the Roleplaying Game. Arriving home August, 2026.

Can people stop releasing games I like or at least schedule them when I have at least 176 hours free? My current playlist...

Sorting out the games cupboard... Some thoughts: 1. I've been gaming a long time 2. I am old 3. Yes that is a copy of Star Wars Pod Racer.

It's official! I'm now a member of the Chaosium editorial team. I am so excited to be working on Call of Cthulhu and games I am so passionate about. 🦑

Chaosium@chaosium.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Chaosium welcomes award-winning TTRPG creator @katclay.com as part of our editiorial team. For the past several months Kat's been working with Mike Mason and Call of Cthulhu team on various projects, and with Susan O'Brien on fiction& legacy board game projects inc Encyclopedia Cthuliana and Credo.