News

20-07-2010: Montsegur 1244 has been nominated for the 2010 Diana Jones Award.

"Montsegur 1244, by Frederik Jensen, uses actual history to frame a tightly focused game that explores faith, loyalty, and the bonds of kinship. Using the final, brutal siege in the Catholic crusade against the Cathar heresy as a backdrop, players take the roles of true believers trapped in the fortress of Montsegur. As the inevitable endgame draws closer, each player must decide—will their character abandon their faith and recant, or will they burn for what they believe? This single, simple choice drives the entire game.

Montsegur 1244 succeeds brilliantly in evoking the horror and pathos of the doomed Cathars, and combines the best of Nordic and North American roleplaying traditions. The game is carefully structured where it needs to be and completely freeform where it doesn’t. Elegant, simple mechanics support play that is often surprisingly emotional. The choices players are presented with are impossible to reconcile. The tangled web of family, love, duty and belief only amplify the difficulty of the decision each must eventually make."

For more information, see www.dianajonesaward.org.

16-07-2010: I am happy to announce that a French edition of Montsegur 1244 is now under way. It will be produced by the French company Ecuries d'Augias. Expected release is Fall 2010.

28-06-2010: I had an excellent time at InterNosCon in May - thank you all I met. I wrote about my trip here (in Danish).

Also take a look at this short form scenario/game from Peter Fallesen: Remembering the Fall. It is a story game in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, written for Fastaval 2010.

09-04-2010: It is now official: I will attend InterNosCon in Ravenna, Italy in May. Hope to see you there!

29-03-2010: John Aegard played Montsegur 1244 at Gamestorm 12 and writes about it on Story Games.

29-03-2010: Montsegur 1244 is the topic of this excellent podcast: Actual People, Actual Play Episode 11 Montsegur 1244.

10-03-2010: Now available: Italian edition of Montsegur 1244.

23-02-2010: Coming soon: Italian edition of Montsegur 1244, published by the Italian publisher Narrattiva.

15-12-2009: Montsegur 1244 Expansion Set: Invitation to participate.

14-12-2009: Montsegur 1244 voted as Game of the Year 2009 on Story Games.

12-12-2009: Shannon J.E. McNamara will run a game of Montsegur 1244 at DunDraCon 34, February 12-15, 2010.

22-11-2009: Rick Evans writes about playing Montsegur 1244 at IndieCon 2009 in southern England.

29-10-2009: On the website Make RPG, there is a review in Russian of Montsegur 1244.

22-09-2009: In the podcast show Narrative Control, Sean and Justin talk about Montsegur 1244 in several episodes (28, 34, and 38).

26-07-2009: Morten Greis Petersen has written a review of Montsegur 1244 on RPGForum (in Danish).

06-07-2009: Ryan Macklin facilitated a game of Montsegur 1244 at Go Play North West in Seattle, Washington. William Huggins, one of the players, wrote about the game in this thread on Story Games.

14-06-2009: My story game Nordland: Returning Home is now available in English. It is part of the Empire Anthology which won the Jury's Special Prize at Fastaval 2009. It is story telling game for 5 players and plays in 1-2 hours.

28-05-2009: Brian Rasmussen has layoutet a splendid color version of the relationship map for Montsegur 1244.

30-04-2009: Jason Morningstar writes about playing Montsegur 1244 with his regular crew. One of Paul Tevis' players writes about his experience with Montsegur 1244. Paul also played the campfire version of Montsegur 1244.

23-04-2009: Paul Tevis reviews Montsegur 1244 in this podcast on Have Games, Will Travel. He explains quite well what the game is about. Jason Morningstar has made a relationship map for Montsegur 1244. This can be very helpful the first time you play Montsegur 1244.

At Fastaval 2009, I participated with a short scenario in the Empire collection which won the Special Prize. Work is currently underway to translate this and other scenarios to English, check it out on Gnavpotveksler. The Danish edition of my contribution can be found here.

08-03-2009: Montsegur 1244 is now available from Indie Press Revolution. You can also now listen to the podcast from Dreamation 2009, where Paul and Brennan talks with me about Montsegur 1244.

25-02-2009: Launch of Montsegur 1244 at Dreamation 2009 was a great success. Three groups played the game and their feedback was very positive. Read e.g. this thread from Jason Morningstar on Story Games. I also did an interview for The Voice of the Revolution which will be available as podcast shortly. I have also discovered that Montsegur 1244 has been reviewed and discussed in France and Brazil.

08-02-2009: Resources for Montsegur 1244 are now available for download.

14-12-2008: Montsegur 1244 is now available as print-on-demand or as download from Lulu. Resources for download will be available shortly.

18-11-2008: Final proofread of Montsegur 1244 is now completed. Release is imminent. Furthermore, Montsegur 1244 will be set up at Dreamation 2009 in New Jersey.

14-10-2008: Four groups played Montsegur 1244 at Viking Con 27. See pictures here.

27-06-2008: Montsegur 1244 will be set up at Viking Con 27 (in Danish).

16-06-2008: Agreed with Anna Kreider to make an add-swap between Thou Art But a Warrior and Montsegur 1244.

06-06-2008: English website is up.

01-06-2008: Chris Bennet set up a game of Montsegur 1244 at Go Play Northwest 2008 in Seattle. They had a fabulous session. Read what they said about the game in this thread.

31-05-2008: My friend Flemming Lindblad has agreed to host the website for Thoughtful Games. He provides an excellent service.

21-05-2008: My friend Brian Rasmussen has designed a front page for Montsegur 1244.