Early Birds Catch the Worms (And Get Them Before Hogswatch)

The World Fantasy Convention returns to British shores for the first time in over a decade, running from the 30th of October to the 2nd of November at Brighton's Metropole Hotel.

Story Mode Productions funded their horror RPG in two hours. Erebus Mythos: Vampyr is a Shadowdark adventure set in 1846, post-independence Greece, drawing from the terrifying Vrykolakas legend that inspired Stoker and Polidori before vampires became SFDW (safe for drawing rooms).

DOOM Arena - The Board Game - storms onto Kickstarter in three weeks, and it’s not messing about. Designer Ben Maunder calls it “heavy metal chess” - two editions, one mission: total demonic annihilation.

There are fewer and fewer spaces where people can come together, especially for free. Scotland's small press community has weathered chronic underfunding whilst watching local creative spaces vanish beneath spiralling costs. Convention tables that foster careers have become unaffordable, many of the stepping stones that turn hobbyists into professionals have simply ceased to exist.