Hyperborea 3e Monday Night Live Plays
On my YouTube channel, I organize and host a TTRPG livestream/actual play every Monday night at 8 pm ET. In the past two years, we have played Shadowdark and Lamentations of the Flame Princess with a variety of players and GMs or referees, including other...
The deserted or abandoned setting
Your Shadowdark or D&D players have been travelling on the old road for days when they finally see a town in the distance. It rests between two small mountain ranges, nestled on the valley floor with a winding river beside its defensive walls. Strangely there are...
Drawing my own hexcrawl map for Shadowdark
I spent some time today drawing up a regional map for my weekly Shadowdark game. We play with Discord and use Roll20 to show maps and occasionally move tokens. I am adding roads, forests, and using icon art for cities, towers, and other landmarks. This...
Exploring the Hyperborea 3e Gazeteer
If you watch the EruditeDM on YouTube, you know I have been playing Hyperborea 3e on Monday nights. And the best part is that you can watch the livestreams at 8 pm eastern or watch the replays. My friend Dan Tesch aka @DanTheFinalArbiter joins me to...
Avenge the White Mare for Shadowdark with Michael Putlack
Michael Putlack of @NightNoonGames joins me to talk about his Kickstarter based on the Hungarian folktale, Son of the White Mare. The adventure is the central theme of Putlack's new Shadowdark zine, Attack the Light. Are you ready to face the imposing Sárkány dragon? All...
My YouTube Channel Hit 800 subscribers!
Wow! 800 subscribers. Thanks to all of you who watch my videos and enjoy the livestreams with my friends. I try to keep it interesting and fun. Keep liking, sharing, and making comments on my videos. I try to answer all of them. I do not...
Pick up Between Two Fires
Do yourself a favor and pick up this book by American writer Christopher Buehlman, a USA Today bestseller. It is a haunting gothic tale set in France during the Hundred Years War. The great plague sweeps across Europe in 1348, affecting everyone, everywhere. Survivors despair amid...
Erudite Zines Go Copper Level on Drive-Thru
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I am happy to announce that my first two zines have gone Copper level on Drive-Thru RPG. Woohoo! Thank you very much to everyone who has bought the zines and I appreciate your support! As of March, 2026, both zines have sold 50 units so far....
Weaponry: Poleaxes
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By the late 14th century, European warfare had changed in fundamental ways. Knights and men-at-arms increasingly fought on foot, armor had become heavier and more sophisticated, and the sword alone was no longer enough to reliably end a fight. The poleax emerged from this shift...
Thinking About Light in Shadowdark
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Light is one of the quiet tricks Shadowdark pulls on you. Not cinematic light, not “for atmosphere only” light, but real, anxious, constantly-depleting light. The kind that makes players glance at the clock and ask how many minutes they have left before everything goes wrong. The...