The Raspy Raven

In the season finale, we sit down with Sarah Cole. Sarah is the author and designer of Darkened Hill and Dale and Terminus, two hit Kickstarters set in her hauntingly atmospheric world, This Blighted Isle. Both are system-flexible horror scenarios, and in this episode, Sarah walks us through her process for crafting and preparing this style of adventure, as well as the common pitfalls every writer should watch out for.
Sarah Cole on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/irny.bsky.social
The Raspy Raven Discord - https://discord.gg/gU9GA4MhQP
The Rasy Raven Blog - https://buttondown.email/theraspyraven
Terminus, pledges close 1/Oct - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/patchworkfez/this-blighted-isle-terminus
More on This Blighted Isle - http://patchworkfez.games/
Shop This Blighted Isle - https://shop.patchworkfez.games/
Trick or Retreat - https://trickorretreat.uk/

Another week and another episode. Our penultimate one of this season, as we meet up with power duo Becky Annison and Josh Fox, also known as Black Armada Games, to discuss writing scenarios for their emergent sci-fi mystery Kickstarter, Ex Tenebris. The bastard offspring of Warhammer 40,000 and Brindlewood Bay, this dark, supernatural sci-fi investigative game will take your hand and drag you through the Tenebrium and out the other side, to solve the darkest mysteries of the universe.
Back it - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackarmada/ex-tenebris
Visit it - https://blackarmada.com/
Watch it - https://www.youtube.com/@blackarmada8030
Chat Becky - https://bsky.app/profile/beckyannison.bsky.social
Chat Josh - https://bsky.app/profile/armadajosh.bsky.social
Join us - https://discord.gg/gU9GA4MhQP

We're back after a break, with episode 4 of 6. Here we meet up with Sue Savage. Sue is a notable gamer, running her own scenarios and others at gaming cons around the country. She's also a writer and game designer, writing for Liminal, Cthulhu Dark and designing her own Brindlewood-esque game of UK cosy mystery, Matrons of Mystery.
You can find Sue's blog of her campaigns, games and gaming conventions https://savagespiel.blogspot.com, and she's often on the socials as SavageSpiel.
Here you can purchase Matrons of Mystery in PDF and print, or watch some actual plays.
In more Actual Plays, Sue runs and plays in Liminal for Chambers of Roleplay https://youtu.be/IFQu2COlU3U?si=v9NtlPsge93T4k_E
Cthulhu Dark Actual Play for Symphony Entertainment https://youtu.be/YDPfi1OOuw4?si=kUfKtmX0jOBZTZXo
and Kult: Divinity Lost at the Illusion Horror Con https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDELwjhCtxM

Welcome to episode three of six. In this one, we are lucky to entice Dr Paul Mitchener, the Tweedmeister himself, to impart many useful tips for writing cases for his Liminal RPG.
Paul generously shared the New Official Liminal site, including the Liminal SRD. Note, there is some tweaking before a fanfare of promotions, but have an early look.
There are three more episodes to come in September 2025.
The Raspy Raven Discord
The Raspy Raven Blog
Paul Mitchener
Official Liminal site (pre-launch)
Liminal SRD
The Mitchester Arms Discord
Liminal Casebook pdf
Pax Londinium pdf
OpenQuest
Beyond Dread Portals
Mythic Britain: Logres
Age of Arthur (2e coming soon)
The Grey Lady
Rivers of London Books and RPG
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
The Lost Boys (not The Goth Boys!)
Graham Spearing
Sue Savage
Neil Gow
Neil's Kickstarter, The Journal of Paranormal Research
Paul Baldowski
Dave Paterson
Frankenstein's RPG Podcast
Barbican
Google Street Map
Jason Behnke Art
Faeries and Folklore Art (the next Liminal release, fall/autumn 2025)
That Werewolf art aka Accalia the Lonely
Reboot the Future Kickstarter (Liminal system for Cyberpunk)

Graham Walmsley took time out from a busy Kickstarter project to discuss with us how he goes about coming up with ideas for Cosmic Dark scenarios. Some darkly humorous discussion and fascinating insights.
Thanks again to Graham Roewe for his editing expertise.
You have until Tue, June 17 2025 11:00 PM BST to back Cosmic Dark, and you can also pick up Cthulhu Dark & Stealing Cthulhu as part of the Kickstarter.
Links:
The Raspy Raven Discord
The Raspy Raven Blog
Cosmic Dark Kickstarter
Graham's Patreon
J. G. Ballard
The Singing Statues
Stanislaw Lem
Solaris
The Employees by Olga Ravn
Agatha Christie