Italians are awesome.

Last weekend, Alessandro Piroddi hosted two sessions of Hell for Leather at Internoscon 2010 in Emilia Romagna, northern Italy.

There are two playtest reports which I’d like to share with you sometime soon. For now, here’s a video of their antics. It really is Dice Tower Madness!

Grazie mile!

N.B. Don’t get confused by the naming! (Sebastian Hickey’s Hell for Leather and Joe Prince’s Hell 4 Leather were designed in partnership for the 2G1N 09 competition. Purposefully, they both have the same name, though vary hugely in their theme and design.)

Hell 4 Leather is Joe Prince’s Tarot game of satanic revenge. There were six players (including Joe Prince, Gregor Hutton, myself and Daniel Klein). It was nought-to-gaming in 60 seconds. This is probably the most elegant game on the market. More… »

Hammer Falls is a pocket play[1] game of dystopian storytelling. Together with the author (Pooka), I had a chance to playtest the game at Conpulsion last weekend. More… »

Over the weekend I was in Edinburgh, a city of old scale and culture. I attended a gaming convention there called Conpulsion.

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