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The Dee Sanction
**UPDATE ** The Dee Sanction has was successfully funded at over 200%, I'm reallyt looking froward to my assignments! Following our...
Pamela Leech
Mar 271 min read


MCM Comic Con London Spring 2023
One of the things we do at comic-cons is take photos of all the lovely cosplay folk. I'm always bowled over by how talented they are. ...
Symon Leech
Feb 5, 20241 min read


Day 10 - Favourite tie in fiction
I absolutely loved the Shadowrun books, back in 1990 these gave me a proper idea of how to run Shadowrun as a setting. The problem with...
Symon Leech
Aug 10, 20231 min read


Day 9 - Favourite Dice
I just don’t get the whole dice-collecting thing, I think it’s a conspiracy by “Big Dice” to encourage you to buy more dice!! I’m not...
Symon Leech
Aug 9, 20231 min read


Day 8 Favourite Character
I have run a lot of Call of Cthulhu over the years and so rather than choose a character of my own I’ll choose a villain; Carl Sanford...
Symon Leech
Aug 8, 20231 min read


Day 7 - Smartest RPG
Dracula unredacted is a cracking game by Pelgrane Press that takes a very simple premise and expands on it. The idea is that Bram Stokers...
Symon Leech
Aug 7, 20231 min read


My favourite game that I never get to play…
My favourite game is Cthulhu which I don’t play nearly often enough but it is the game of choice when I’m at cons. However, a game which...
Symon Leech
Aug 6, 20231 min read


Oldest game I have played.
In 1984 played Dungeons and Dragons back in the day in a sweaty teenage bedroom with my friends Dean and Darren. To be honest I’m not...
Symon Leech
Aug 6, 20231 min read


Last game bought this year.
Scritch Scratch by Lynne Hardy, a lovely little oneshot scenario for modern Cthulhu. There are some nice touches of folk horror in a...
Symon Leech
Aug 6, 20231 min read


First RPG book bought this year
We took Brambledown to UKGE this year and we were just down the way from the Chaosium stand. I have been working on several pictures for...
Pamela Leech
Aug 6, 20231 min read


First RPG GamesMaster
I had played RPG’s a lot before I went to university but the first person who really understood how to run a game was a friend called...
Symon Leech
Aug 6, 20231 min read


The First RPG this year.
This year started with a visit to Contingency a cracking little con in “Sunny Hunny” Hunstanton and I played Vaesen run by Matt Sanderson...
Symon Leech
Aug 6, 20231 min read


RPG-a-day 2023
Hello Folks, If you hadn’t figured it out already, we are massive nerds at Brambledown Towers, or at least one half of us is! We have...
Symon Leech
Aug 6, 20231 min read


What on earth is a Linocut
One of the most common questions we get when we are out at comic cons and festivals is "What is a lino print?" If you know, that's great...
Symon Leech
Jul 18, 20233 min read


Enter the Dragon Brambledown Designs SBSWinner - awarded by Theo Paphitis!
Some of you may know that back in December 22 we took part in and won the Small Business Sunday competition. If you haven't heard of...
Symon Leech
Jun 26, 20232 min read


UKGE Birmingham 2023
Oh boy, we got to take Brambledown Designs to the UK Games Expo (UKGE) and it was a hoot! When we walked into the NEC, it felt like...
Symon Leech
Jun 12, 20231 min read


UKCGF Brighton - June 23
Cosplay pics from UKCGF comiccon in Brighton on Jun 10th 23
Symon Leech
Jun 11, 20231 min read


Strange Things in Liverpool - Liverpool Comic Con Autumn 22
Liverpool is such a friendly city to go to, we’ve been doing Liverpool Comic Con since Monopoly took the con over and it’s gone from...
Symon Leech
Nov 26, 20222 min read


Controlled Chaos - MCM London Autumn 22
MCM London is a big deal, it’s probably the largest comic con in the UK. The con runs out of the Excel in London, taking over two...
Symon Leech
Nov 1, 20222 min read


The High Lands! Scotland Comic Con 2022
This was a big old con in many ways, the journey was big, the guests were big, the event was big and the fun was big! We had a cracking...
Symon Leech
Oct 11, 20222 min read
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