Greetings Programs!

Welcome to the latest instalment of the State of the Cataclysm blog things, in which we'll give you a brief update on what's happening in the many worlds of Beyond Cataclysm and share some cool stuff we thing you might enjoy.

Dragonmeet

In the last weekend in November we hit the Excel in London, which is the new home of Dragonmeet, the finest one day gaming convention in the world (certainly in the UK!). It was a whirlwind of driving, sleep deprivation and chocolate, but we had a total blast. It's always nice to reconnect with folks we maybe haven't seen since last years Dragonmeet and give hugs the myriad of rpg creators we share this crazy life with. We had famous faces like Chris McDowell, Paolo Greco and Will Rahman swing by to say hi as well. And and this guy, who made a total nuesence of himself and actually lost us at least one MORK BORG sale!

Hellspawn

We're currently crowd funding HELLSPAWN, which is a ghastly MORK BORG hack about demons trying, and failing, to escape the tortures of hell! It's compatible with just about every MB hack you can think of, including our very own MORK ORG. Help us smash a few more stretch goals here before it's too late!

Surprise Mega Bundles

Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for that hard-to-buy-for friend? Look no further! Our Surprise Mega Bundles are now available in values of £25, £50 or £100. They're guaranteed …

The State of the Cataclysm – Summer 2023

Updated on 15 June 2023

Hey folks!

Welcome to our State of the Cataclysm update for Summer 2023.

Here's a quick summary of what Beyond Cataclysm has been up to as a company, and then a little about Dave and Chris' exciting lives too!

ISBN COFFEE

It's been an exciting few months here at BC HQ as we launched the pre-release page for ISBN COFFEE.

ISBN COFFEE is a beautiful bag of coffee beans selected for easy, enjoyable drinking, with a companion book dedicated to the fusion of coffee & culture.
We are still looking for art, games and poetry submissions, so check out the submissions page!

Want to know more? Click here to follow the pre-release page for ISBN COFFEE.

Operation S.A.N.T.A.

We also got Operation S.A.N.T.A back from the printers! PDFs and print have been sent out to our Kickstarter backers, and you can check it out yourself by clicking below:

UK Games Expo

We also recently had an amazing time attended the UK Games Expo at the Birmingham NEC, where 190 people bought something from our stall including 77 purchases of our daft one page rpg Bar Fight!

Our next two planned conventions are Tabletop Scotland and Dragonmeet - hopefully we will see some of you there!

Dave has been...

Playing: Ten Pin Bowling. I recently hung out with some very competitive friends at the bowling alley. I decided that instead of getting caught up in the constant one-up-manship I'd bowl a perfect zero. So I did! Proof on …

The State of the Cataclysm – Winter 2023

Updated on 29 March 2023

What have we been up to?

Beyond Cataclysm has been...

Going to conventions.

This Winter we've been at Dragonmeet and Airecon! We plan to also be at Tabletop Scotland and UKGE later in the year!

Printing cool things!

We've also released three games! Tyrannosaur Inside, Lucky for None and Bar Fight!

Podcast podcast podcast

Our podcasts have begun a regular 2 weekly release schedule:

In the first half of the month a new This Book I Read... drops... ...then in the second half we release a new What Is Roleplay? episode!

ISBN COFFEE coming soon...

Finally, we've finally got the prelaunch page for ISBN COFFEE live! Why not follow it?

Chris has been...

Listening: to the debut album from Lucias Malcolm, lead singer of Call Me Malcolm! It's called Past, Present and Future Regrets and you can hear it on bandcamp. Emo-ey punk rock. Good stuff.

Playing: Notorious, an awesome solo bounty hunter game. Lots of fun!

Reading: Stephen King's The Dark Tower series - first time I've got stuck into something of his aside from the seminal book on how to be a writer, called "On Writing" which EVERYONE should read...

Watching: The West Wing. Again. I'm not a big TV person, but this is my second time through the classic early 00s political drama series. My only issue with it is that it makes you believe more deeply and hopefully in politics than is sensible...

Working: Nearly got …