The Tone Report
Sunny Days and Rain, the next ESPionage Adventure, is coming to Kickstarter
Uncover the Secrets of Paradise Round in Sunny Days and Rain – A Mind-Bending New Fate Adventure Coming to Kickstarter in July 2026 from Cyclops Road. Prepare for an existential dive into the psychological deep end. Blending early-1980s analog aesthetics, surreal psychological horror, and high-stakes espionage, this adventure challenges players to escape an astral prison … Read more
Kickstarting The King in Giallo
I finally pulled the trigger on my first Kickstarter! The general advice for crowdfunding has been, “Don’t bother unless you have a sizable following on social media.” My Twitter never broke 600, but I’ve just reached 3000 on Bluesky, so here I am. Even still, an audience in one place might not carry over to … Read more

We Have a Cover!
Hey hey hey, I got some big new regarding ESPionage, the Role-Playing Game of Psychics and Spies. We finally have a cover illustration! Showcasing 5 NPCs from the game representing the five kinds of characters in the setting, and Drawn by San Diego’s own Joe Phillips Meanwhile, Elliot Balson‘s been working on the interior art. … Read more
Forward Motion on ESPionage
My submission email to Evil Hat was ready to go. I checked the guidelines one last time to make sure all my ‘t’s were crossed and ‘i’s dotted. And right there, at the top of the page, “As of August 17, 2023 our submissions are currently closed. We don’t anticipate re-opening them until late 2025.” … Read more
Bootstraps, engaged!
This post should start with a quote. If you’re a subscriber wondering why you didn’t receive this post by email, my MailerLite account expired- use it or lose it terms of service. Just as well, the mailing list made posting twice the work. I’m falling back on the Jetpack mailer integrated into WordPress. One less … Read more
Missed it by, that much
This morning’s agenda- submit ESPionage the RPG of Psychics and Spies for Fate to Evil Hat. Upon checking the requirements one last time (it had been awhile) I found this line in the middle of the page: “Update: As of August 17, 2023 our submissions are currently closed. We don’t anticipate re-opening them until late … Read more