My name’s Simon Burley. I play, referee, design, and publish table-top role-playing games (TTRPGs).
In 2012 I produced my first self-published - and completely solo - TTRPG.
My wonderful wife suggested that I attend games conventions to playtest, demonstrate, and promote that game. In doing so, I discovered that there were many TTRPG conventions in the UK, and that I thoroughly enjoyed attending them.
What struck me was how different they all were: different sizes, different styles of organisation, different games, and different ways to sign up to referee or play. Yet they were all given the same name - games convention. In addition, it often took quite a lot of research to find out about some of them at all.
So, in 2015, I published a couple of diaries detailing my experiences at various UK conventions, to inform other people about the wide range of events on offer and what to expect when they arrived.
I soon realised that the best format for disseminating this information was a blog. As a result, I started the RPGs4All blog in 2016, and maintained it alongside my convention-going hobby until 2020, when everything shut down during the pandemic.
I returned to the blog in 2025. Although the content is good, I found it hard to navigate and felt it needed a revamp.
Welcome to the new RPGs4All.
This site is a refreshed and reorganised home for my writing about tabletop role-playing game conventions, with a particular focus on the games played and run, the experience of refereeing, and the dynamics at the table.
Useful links
GOLDEN HEROES is no longer in publication, but copies do occasionally appear for sale.
SQUADRON UK
Available here
A free version is also available here
My original convention diaries are available here
The original RPGs4All blog is available here
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