by Newt | Sep 12, 2025 | Commentary
I had a big realisation when I was thinking about how my regular long-running OpenQuest Thursday game was going. A quick email was sent off to my players, of which the following is an excerpt. It’s long struck me that although we’ve reached the stage where...
by Newt | Aug 11, 2025 | Tales
In my Empire of Gatan setting, Sorcerers are a sort of Academic/Scholar class who engage in magical troubleshooting on behalf of their community. They are well embedded in the Empire’s culture, and have their own College of Magic, which has branches in every...
by Newt | Jun 27, 2025 | Release
This guide is now live as a web-page here. Playing OpenQuest Online It covers how to use Role (playrole.com), which is my preferred and supported VTT, Discord, and Foundry (which has a fan-supported system), with links to the relevant resources. Best of all,...
by Newt | May 24, 2025 | Commentary, OpenQuest Fantasy, OQ 3 Development
After struggling with the scope of the new version of OpenQuest’s Sword & Sorcery setting, Swords of the Savage North, for the best part of two years, I’m finally knuckling down and getting it done. It’s a weird mix of pruning the mass of dead...
by Newt | Apr 25, 2025 | Commentary, OQ 3 Development
One of the stretch goals of the OpenQuest 3rd Edition Kickstarter, was to provide support from myself for playing OpenQuest via the internet. Two ways that is happening. A Quick Guide to Playing OpenQuest Online. An actual supported implementation of OpenQuest in an...