Matt Johnston - Writer
@sailingirishwriter.bsky.social
#Irish #Writer. #Sailor. #indie #TTRPG designer.
Living on a small island in the Med. Making the best of the hand we have been dealt.
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Living on a small island in the Med. Making the best of the hand we have been dealt.
https://linktr.ee/cimota
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A Whole New World is a diary of the future. You get a glimpse of what’s in store for us.
What’s in the book?
These are my TWs:
Climate emergency
Space Travel
Altruistic heroism
Escape from fascists
Non-binary/LGBT
Alien Worlds
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What’s in the book?
These are my TWs:
Climate emergency
Space Travel
Altruistic heroism
Escape from fascists
Non-binary/LGBT
Alien Worlds
amzn.eu/d/iEAF3ZT
If ever you needed evidence that the stock market is filled with rabid possums who play dead at the sight of danger.
Better the stock price take a dive than a plane load of passengers.
Better the stock price take a dive than a plane load of passengers.
The European planemaker said fixes have been delivered to a “vast majority” of the nearly 6,000 A320 planes that were impacted by a technical glitch caused by “intense solar radiation.”
Airbus Stock Nosedives As Planemaker Shares Update On Major A320 Glitch
The European planemaker said fixes have been delivered to a “vast majority” of the nearly 6,000 A320 planes that were impacted by a technical glitch caused by “intense solar radiation.”
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December 2, 2025 at 7:08 AM
If ever you needed evidence that the stock market is filled with rabid possums who play dead at the sight of danger.
Better the stock price take a dive than a plane load of passengers.
Better the stock price take a dive than a plane load of passengers.
I released d66 Toolkit: The Book of Hauntings this week.
A system-neutral horror toolkit containing 36 atmospheric hauntings. Perfect for horror one-shots, modern investigations, or adding dread to an ongoing campaign.
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A system-neutral horror toolkit containing 36 atmospheric hauntings. Perfect for horror one-shots, modern investigations, or adding dread to an ongoing campaign.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
d66 Toolkit - The Book of Hauntings - Late Gaming Company | DriveThruRPG
d66 Toolkit: The Book of Hauntings is a system-neutral horror compendium featuring 36 richly written supernatural encounters designed to unsettle, disturb, and linger in the imagination long after the...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I released d66 Toolkit: The Book of Hauntings this week.
A system-neutral horror toolkit containing 36 atmospheric hauntings. Perfect for horror one-shots, modern investigations, or adding dread to an ongoing campaign.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
A system-neutral horror toolkit containing 36 atmospheric hauntings. Perfect for horror one-shots, modern investigations, or adding dread to an ongoing campaign.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
My “plan” for this Substack is to post my “work” on weekdays and my thoughts on weekends.
So. It’s Saturday, buckle up buttercup.
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So. It’s Saturday, buckle up buttercup.
open.substack.com/pub/lategame...
I’ve kept a blog for decades
My “plan” for this Substack is to post my “work” on weekdays and my thoughts on weekends.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
My “plan” for this Substack is to post my “work” on weekdays and my thoughts on weekends.
So. It’s Saturday, buckle up buttercup.
open.substack.com/pub/lategame...
So. It’s Saturday, buckle up buttercup.
open.substack.com/pub/lategame...
Mind Games — A Rules-Light Culture Toolkit
A system-agnostic guide for telling stories in the spirit of Iain M. Banks’ Culture, focused on playing as Minds Inspired by Microscope, The Quiet Year, and Paved in Blood.
This is an unofficial fan work. Free, open content
🔗 lategamer.itch.io/mindgames
A system-agnostic guide for telling stories in the spirit of Iain M. Banks’ Culture, focused on playing as Minds Inspired by Microscope, The Quiet Year, and Paved in Blood.
This is an unofficial fan work. Free, open content
🔗 lategamer.itch.io/mindgames
mindgames - A Rules-Light Guide to Playing in the Culture by Lategamer
A Rules-Light Guide to Playing Minds in the Culture
lategamer.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Mind Games — A Rules-Light Culture Toolkit
A system-agnostic guide for telling stories in the spirit of Iain M. Banks’ Culture, focused on playing as Minds Inspired by Microscope, The Quiet Year, and Paved in Blood.
This is an unofficial fan work. Free, open content
🔗 lategamer.itch.io/mindgames
A system-agnostic guide for telling stories in the spirit of Iain M. Banks’ Culture, focused on playing as Minds Inspired by Microscope, The Quiet Year, and Paved in Blood.
This is an unofficial fan work. Free, open content
🔗 lategamer.itch.io/mindgames
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It’s the WARS Open Day this Saturday so a heap of geeks will be descending on Floriana to play RPGs, board games and war games.
I’ll be running a non-violent space game (think first responders in space).
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#malta
I’ll be running a non-violent space game (think first responders in space).
facebook.com/events/s/war...
#malta
W.A.R.S. Open Day
Event by WARS - Wargaming and Roleplaying Society on Saturday, November 22 2025 with 113 people interested.7 posts in the discussion.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It’s the WARS Open Day this Saturday so a heap of geeks will be descending on Floriana to play RPGs, board games and war games.
I’ll be running a non-violent space game (think first responders in space).
facebook.com/events/s/war...
#malta
I’ll be running a non-violent space game (think first responders in space).
facebook.com/events/s/war...
#malta
This weekend I’m running PIONEER, using the preview of Mongoose Publishings latest game. It’s still on kickstarter so have a look.
Adventures at the dawn of the new space race.
Adventures at the dawn of the new space race.
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This weekend I’m running PIONEER, using the preview of Mongoose Publishings latest game. It’s still on kickstarter so have a look.
Adventures at the dawn of the new space race.
Adventures at the dawn of the new space race.
Today’s “sit back and realise nothing really matters” is realising that even when given the definition of diegetic and non-diegetic, most people are never going to get it.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Today’s “sit back and realise nothing really matters” is realising that even when given the definition of diegetic and non-diegetic, most people are never going to get it.
Pioneering Space Adventures is a toolkit of grounded, near-future mission hooks for hard science-fiction play. No aliens. No hyperspace. Just people, machines, politics, and pressure.
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D66 Toolkit: Pioneering Space Adventures - Late Gaming Company | DriveThruRPG
Pioneering Space Adventures is a toolkit of grounded, near-future mission hooks for hard science-fiction play. No aliens. No hyperspace. Just people, machines, politics, and pressure. From EVA failure...
www.drivethrurpg.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Pioneering Space Adventures is a toolkit of grounded, near-future mission hooks for hard science-fiction play. No aliens. No hyperspace. Just people, machines, politics, and pressure.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
New for Twilight: 2000 (4E):
Vilkalaukis — Resistance and Superstition in War-Torn Lithuania
Fight Soviets. Survive the winter. Fear the wolves.
legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5354...
Vilkalaukis — Resistance and Superstition in War-Torn Lithuania
Fight Soviets. Survive the winter. Fear the wolves.
legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5354...
Vilkalaukis - War-torn Lithuania and Werewolves in T2K - Free League Publishing | Free League Work Shop | DriveThruRPG.com
“The forests of Lithuania don’t just hide partisans — they breed monsters.”In the ashes of the Twilight War, sol
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September 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
New for Twilight: 2000 (4E):
Vilkalaukis — Resistance and Superstition in War-Torn Lithuania
Fight Soviets. Survive the winter. Fear the wolves.
legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5354...
Vilkalaukis — Resistance and Superstition in War-Torn Lithuania
Fight Soviets. Survive the winter. Fear the wolves.
legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5354...
I have a Multiverse setting. Sure. Everyone does. This one is specifically to enable some stories. Jerry Cornelius/Luther Arkwright/Doctor Who/Barsoom/Melnibone/Conan/Kit Kimble/Elijah Snow type stories.
I’m telling you this because I released the first book that mentions it…last night.
I’m telling you this because I released the first book that mentions it…last night.
August 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I have a Multiverse setting. Sure. Everyone does. This one is specifically to enable some stories. Jerry Cornelius/Luther Arkwright/Doctor Who/Barsoom/Melnibone/Conan/Kit Kimble/Elijah Snow type stories.
I’m telling you this because I released the first book that mentions it…last night.
I’m telling you this because I released the first book that mentions it…last night.
On the plus side, the Witcher Hack is expanding vastly.
August 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
On the plus side, the Witcher Hack is expanding vastly.
Social Media was easier in the Noughties. I had a job I could talk about and I was in my early thirties and scads of enthusiasm
Now? I’m channelling my GenX nature, treating every interaction with deep suspicion and disappointed when a potential extinction level event turns out to be a flyby
Now? I’m channelling my GenX nature, treating every interaction with deep suspicion and disappointed when a potential extinction level event turns out to be a flyby
August 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Social Media was easier in the Noughties. I had a job I could talk about and I was in my early thirties and scads of enthusiasm
Now? I’m channelling my GenX nature, treating every interaction with deep suspicion and disappointed when a potential extinction level event turns out to be a flyby
Now? I’m channelling my GenX nature, treating every interaction with deep suspicion and disappointed when a potential extinction level event turns out to be a flyby
This week on the Witcher TTRPG Hack. Added Fumble tables to the Hack. And rules for Dwarven clockworks and Gnomish Firepowder.
All prep for a game I’m playing. Which means the REAL books that I can make money on take a back seat.
Silly really. But writing has to remain fun and not just work.
All prep for a game I’m playing. Which means the REAL books that I can make money on take a back seat.
Silly really. But writing has to remain fun and not just work.
August 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This week on the Witcher TTRPG Hack. Added Fumble tables to the Hack. And rules for Dwarven clockworks and Gnomish Firepowder.
All prep for a game I’m playing. Which means the REAL books that I can make money on take a back seat.
Silly really. But writing has to remain fun and not just work.
All prep for a game I’m playing. Which means the REAL books that I can make money on take a back seat.
Silly really. But writing has to remain fun and not just work.
I’m launching my fourth book tomorrow.
Short Tales From Distant Lands:
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A Whole New World:
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This Bitter Earth:
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Three Verdicts of Ruo Xianling:
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Short Tales From Distant Lands:
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A Whole New World:
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This Bitter Earth:
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Three Verdicts of Ruo Xianling:
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Short Tales From Distant Lands
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2025
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June 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I’m launching my fourth book tomorrow.
Short Tales From Distant Lands:
books.apple.com/gb/book/shor...
A Whole New World:
books.apple.com/gb/book/a-wh...
This Bitter Earth:
books.apple.com/gb/book/this...
Three Verdicts of Ruo Xianling:
books.apple.com/gb/book/thre...
Short Tales From Distant Lands:
books.apple.com/gb/book/shor...
A Whole New World:
books.apple.com/gb/book/a-wh...
This Bitter Earth:
books.apple.com/gb/book/this...
Three Verdicts of Ruo Xianling:
books.apple.com/gb/book/thre...
Another new book. This time it’s about the nuclear winter in Twilight 2000.
Can you survive PERMAFROST
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Can you survive PERMAFROST
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June 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Another new book. This time it’s about the nuclear winter in Twilight 2000.
Can you survive PERMAFROST
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Can you survive PERMAFROST
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**Shameless Self-Promo**
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Made this with the help of a few complete strangers on RPGPUB. royalties all split. Clever innit.
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Made this with the help of a few complete strangers on RPGPUB. royalties all split. Clever innit.
d66 Horrid Things in an Abandoned Storage Unit - Late Gaming Company | DriveThruRPG
An Inventory of the Unwelcome, the Uncanny, and the Unclaimed
You were told it was condemned. You were told it was cleared. You were told the padlock was rusted shut.
You were told wrong.
Inside this ...
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May 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
**Shameless Self-Promo**
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Made this with the help of a few complete strangers on RPGPUB. royalties all split. Clever innit.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Made this with the help of a few complete strangers on RPGPUB. royalties all split. Clever innit.