Weaponry: Rondel Dagger
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Your fighter is locked in melee against an Orc or a black knight. On your attack you drop your shield and try to grapple with him. On the next attack roll you successfully knock him prone and pin him on the ground. Now it's time...
Weaponry: The Bardiche
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Continuing my series on interesting historical weapons for use in Shadowdark, I give you the Bardiche. Like some other medieval weapons, the Bardiche came from its primary use as a practical tool in agriculture or animal husbandry. A polearm of sorts, farmers used a very similar...
Weaponry: The Falchion for Shadowdark
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Slash, bash, and chop your way through Shadowdark melee battles Recently, I created a video series about weaponry in Shadowdark, highlighting some additional selections from European history to add more tactical options and flavor for players and the GM. The free pdf below is yours to...
Video: Advantages of Duet RPGs with Tim Shorts
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Duet games are one-on-one games where a GM runs the game with only one player. As a kid, we often played AD&D this way circa 1980. The player might run alone facing dangers and reaping the awards all to himself, or he might play an...
10 Low-Level Spells for Shadowdark
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Never one to be happy with the status quo, recently I thought about expanding the spell list for wizards and priests in my Shadowdark game. Even though our wizards or priests begin at 1st level, we might assume they have had some experience in gaining...
Dungeons and Dyslexia Reviews “Saints of the Shadowdark”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Popular YouTuber and TTRPG reviewer Dungeons and Dyslexia, reviewed Saints of the Shadowdark this week bringing a fresh outside perspective of my second zine designed and written for Shadowdark RPG. This popular Shadowdark supplement includes religious orders, saints, dark saints, NPCs, holy sites and relics, plus...
What’s in the Grave?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The knight pants steadily, loudly on one knee. Sweat pours down his face and beard. He and the northman take turns digging up the grave until they tap on the wooden lid. After a few quick glances, the knight and the northener leap back into...
Review: Saints of the Shadowdark, ZINE #2
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Watch my walk-through review of EruditeZINE No. 2 "SAINTS OF THE SHADOWDARK". It includes the one-shot Shadowdark adventure, SAINTS BENEATH US for character levels 3-5. The new zine is only $8 here on this website. Click now to Shop and review what's included or buy it...
Played The Black Sword Hack
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Unfortunately, I don't have enough time to try many other ttrpgs as often as I would like. Conventions are a great way to sample other RPG systems and settings. And there are always Discord channels or Start Playing to try different flavors and mechanics. I...
Rethinking The Last Candle for Shadowdark with Chubby Funster
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Welcome back, friends! Prolific TTRPG publisher and writer Greg Christopher, aka "Chubby Funster," joined me last week on a YouTube live stream to discuss his French medieval-themed setting for Shadowdark - 'The Last Candle'. Originally, a setting for his own ttrpg system, Ambition & Avarice, Chubby...