Other London: Desk 17 published!

steveh

Rune Priest
So I’ve published Other London: Desk 17 on DriveThruRPG and Itch.io.



Other London: Desk 17
(DriveThruRPG or Itch.io) is a modern-day urban horror setting that uses Fate Accelerated Edition. The players play members of Desk 17, London’s supernatural police team. The 72-page pdf includes character creation, pre-generated characters, factions, folk, and a short investigation.

Other London: The Fallen (DriveThruRPG or Itch.io) is a free investigation for Desk 17.

How’s it doing?


Amazingly well, all things considered.

I put the core book up onto DriveThruRPG, didn’t announce it, and came back a few days later to discover I’d sold a small number of copies. It may be a small number, but given that I expected it would disappear into the ether, I’m thrilled.

I've sold one copy on Itch.io, which is better than expected.

Why isn’t it a book?


I’d love Other London: Desk 17 to be a book I can hold in my hand. But doing that through DriveThruRPG means mastering Indesign or Affinity.

I have Affinity Publisher, but I’m finding layout a challenge. Partly that’s because it’s not something I particularly enjoy, but mostly because my laptop doesn’t seem to have enough horses for Publisher, and it regularly hangs.

Maybe it’s not horses; perhaps it’s a conflict. But either way, it’s making laying out work much harder than I want.

But I’ll get there eventually.

What comes next?


Next, I’m getting Murder of a Templar finished. That’s the next investigation (and my favourite). The text is finished, but I need to sort some art. With a following wind, I’ll get it done by the end of February.

I have also realised I could do with a Desk 17 worksheet, for answering the session zero questions about Desk 17. So I’ll sort that out as well.

After that, I will start on The Orphan Room, which is currently a pile of notes. I haven’t run it yet, so it’ll be a while before it’s in a state to be published.

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@steveh’s blog post seems to have go stuck in a stasis loop for a while; Murder of a Templar (I got mine from DriveThru, but other purveyors of fine rpgs are available) and the worksheet he mentions have been available for a little while now. I really like Other London - it fits nicely alongside Liminal (and Pax Londinium), and has (for me) a bit more of a Bryant and May vibe going. I’m just wondering if I can shoehorn mantles (from Dresden Files Accelerated) into it…
 
@steveh’s blog post seems to have go stuck in a stasis loop for a while; Murder of a Templar (I got mine from DriveThru, but other purveyors of fine rpgs are available) and the worksheet he mentions have been available for a little while now. I really like Other London - it fits nicely alongside Liminal (and Pax Londinium), and has (for me) a bit more of a Bryant and May vibe going. I’m just wondering if I can shoehorn mantles (from Dresden Files Accelerated) into it…

Thanks - I only asked @Guvnor to link my blog yesterday, hence the delay.

Glad you're enjoying Other London - Christopher Fowler's Bryant and May series was a big inspiration, particularly the early, supernatural-ish books (Rune, Darkest Day and Soho Black). But all the Bryant and May books are good - and contain loads of London lore. (I was saddened to hear of Fowler's passing, earlier this year.)
 
From one chronicler of London's mysterious side to another, congratulations! I'll definitely be picking this up, especially as Fate Accelerated is the system that just keeps giving l!

Yes - and I enjoyed Pax Londinium (although my London is less folklore-y than Liminal's). But squint a bit, and Desk 17 could be P-Division.

Neither of us are Londoners, though. Let's hope nobody notices...
 
But squint a bit, and Desk 17 could be P-Division.
Or amusingly, they are indeed both extant at the same time, but unaware of each other..

Then, for shits and giggles.. is the Dee Sanction still running in the Secret Service? How does Torchwood fit in?
 
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