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Dave and Matthew, hosts of a fortnightly audio magazine about Year Zero Engine TTRPGs, and now, creators of an award winning RPG. Tales of the Old West. podcast: www.effektpodcast.org || game www.effektpublishing.com

The cover of Tales of the Old West, altered to read 250 years young
A water-color style image of a man on a horse looking down on a lake and a distant town. Text reads: YOUR DAD LOVES WESTERNS This fathers day, get him the game he needs Tales of the Old West Below that is an award logo for 2026 UK Games Expo Best Roleplaying Game
An illustration from Tales of the Old West featuring a young but determined woman punching a ruffian. The legend reads “Land the knockout blow! Make your People’s Choice vote count”
An image from our vote book featuring Native Americans watching a settler wagon cross the plains. A storm is brewing in the distance. The caption reads “Vote for us in the People’s Choice”
An African American cowboy is sadly training a bucking horse with a smoking woman looks on in the late afternoon sun. At the bottom is the Tales of the Old West logo. At the top, the laurel crown marking a UK Games Expo Awards 2026 winner for Best Roleplay game, and words reading “Vote for us in the people’s choice.”
An isometric map of UK Games Expo as a euro-medieval (with a remarkably modern grid layout) fantasy city, arrows mark the way to stand 3-601
A silent video of a small hand stamp being inked on a brown inkpad, and then being applied to a notepad, leaving an image of a bundle of dynamite with the legend Tales of the Old West
A isometric map of part of the the halls at UK Games Expo, with arrows showing the route from the Hall 3 Entrance and the Hall 2 Entrance to start 3-601, where a quest marker emblazoned with etc UKGE award winner logo
A grid of six awards winners, with bottom and centre Tales of the Old West claimed Best Roleplaying Game
A listing of three shortlisted candidates for Best Roleplaying Game, including Tales of the Old West, The Laundrey, and Totem.
The front cover of “the warren a roleplaying game by marshall miller” features a torn paper stylized rabbit
The front cover of the Action 50th anniversary special comic (not to be confused with Action Comics!) The cover highlights two stories the excellent Hook Jaw and the ok Dredger. Sadly no Kids Rule OK story inside…
A frame from a comic in which Captain America slings his shield at an enemy, whom it strikes with the onomatopoeia “Wank”
The cover of Tales of the Old West, depicting a Mexican American, and African American, a Native American a woman holding two pistols frozen style over spaced horses stampeding through a town. With an additional “seal” overlaid declaring it as one of Tabletop Gaming magazine’s Must Play games
Four horsemen silhouetted against a rising sun, with the text "It's time. Tales of the Old West back in stock in the US. Buy it now at https://buytotow.square.site Stores: contact distribution@effektpublishing.com
Assorted Pirate Borg maps and counters.
A four colour style cover illustration featuring undead conquistadors, natives and pirates. What more does a Pirate Borg adventure need?
A Morg Borg style character sheet but for Pirate Borg.
Some of the cards in the starter set
A set of white on black polyhedral dice with large and clear Arabic numerals.
The touchy-feely embossed box top of the Pirate Borg starter set.
Headline from Sky News social feed reads “UK will deploy Dragon in Cyprus, Sir Keir Starmer confirms”
Cover of Rum Sodomy and the Lash by the Pogues, an altered version of The Raft of the Medusa, a Romantic-era painting by Theodore Géricault, with the band members' heads, replacing those of various figures on the raft.
A floorplan for Tabletop Gaming Live 2026 at Doncaster Racecourse.
Cover of ROARING CAMP THE SOCIAL WORLD OF THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH SUSAN LEE JOHNSON
Cover of There is No Anti Memetics Division by qntm
Screenshot of a portion of a webstore with a placeholder image and the words "Tales of the the Old West OUT OF STOCK|"
Image of the bibliography in our book, listing: 1491 by Charles C. Mann Impressions of an Indian Childhood by Zitkala Sa The Earth is Weeping by Peter Cozzens Black Elk Speaks as told through John Neiharat by Nicholas Black Elk The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk And Still The Waters Run by Angie Debo The Mammoth Book of Native Americans edited by Jon E. Lewis New Mexico, A History by Sanchez, Spude and Gomez The Historical Atlas of Native Americans by Dr. lan Barnes River of Blood edited by Richard Cahan & Michael Williams American Slavery by Peter Kolchin Uncle Tom's Story of His Life-An Autobiography of Reverend Josiah Henson by Josiah Henson Black Cowboys in the American West edited by Glas-rud and Searles The Wild West by Frederick Nolan the Bold Cult of Glory-the Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers by Doug J. Swanson Mexicanos by Manuel G Gonzalez The Cherokee Nation Youtube: https://www. youtube.com/channel/UCRX-8MCNvhzPMe-
Digital illustration on a cowboy riding a bucking horse while three others look on.
Ink sketch by Andrew Turner, a horse and rider (with bedroll and broad-brimmed hat) from above, leaving hoof-prints in the snow.
A certificate proclaiming Tales of the Old West willing silver prize (or first among the losers 😉) at Dragonmeet.
The cover of Tabletop Gaming Best Games of 2025
Map depicting a Birds Eye view of a “town” with each building presenting a stand at Dragonmeet. Arrows mark the route between the main entrance and Effekt Publishing’s stand at J21
A screenshot of our webstore with details of the Deluxe edition
The graphic cover of the standard edition of Tales of the Old West, with an additional badge showing the games was rated Must Play by Tabletop Gaming magazine
A painted image of the aftermath of a gunfight in a saloon. Viewed between the victor's knees, the loser, shot in the chest, staggers back to the bar, his smoking gun on the floor. There is also a Tabletop Gaming Must-Play badge, and the Tales of the Old West logo. Text reads "The best Wild West RPG I've encountered - and my favourite implementation of the Year Zero engine." and there is a link to https://buytotow.square.site
The entrance staircase to the Gamla Riksarkivet, a most marvellous and atmospheric venue for Spelkongress
Flight map London Gatwick to Stockholm Arlanda
A wooden crate, like the ones we use at conventions, symbolically almost empty, with just one copy of Tales of the Old West in it.
A spread from Tabletop Gaming magazine with the headlines What’s Hot on one page and Indie Roundup on the other
A packet of five bobs coloured dice, labelled Trouble Dice Tales of the Old West. The “one” side of the dice features a cattle skull indicating trouble is coming…
An exhibition stand with crates of Tales of the Old West books and accessories. Banners behind read Tales of the Old West and www.effektpublishing.com
The boot (trunk) of a blue Skoda Enyaq opened to reveal that stuffed full of boxes. One label reveals that one box is filled with of the new Over Hill and Under Hill starter set for The One Ring.
Co-host Matthew standing outside, the Bishops Arms, Gamlastan, Stockholm
A wide angle photograph of the Dissection Theatre in the Gustavarium, Uppsala
Screen shot of text that reads “the more I read it, the more I am thinking it is the best implementation of the Year Zero Engine”
Maroon cloth bound hardback book with Tales of the Old West logo
A screenshot of a Facebook post, which features a ruggedly handsome Adonis pointing at a copy of Tales of the Old West, with another copy in the crook of his arm. With the caption “Matthew will be at (Free RPG day 06.21.25)”
The Effekt expo team, standing in front of a two meter banner with the Tales of the Old West logo across it. Dave with son (and cartographer) Dean, Matthew with wife (and Friday saleswoman) Sue.