Make an easy d66 table for exploration
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I believe that travel and exploration can be an entertaining part of your TTRPG. And most RPG and OSR systems are woefully lacking with fun, playable mechanics for effective travel and hex crawls. It takes a little organization, planning, and flexibility. I have always enjoyed GMing...
Awesome medieval melee combat in RPGs
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Director Roman Polanski brought Shakespeare's "Macbeth" to the big screen in 1971. And the final fight sequence of men in plate armor with swords, axes, and daggers is still one of the best ever caught on film. It shows the grit and ingenuity of two men...
New Shadowdark Tee
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Whoa! New Shadowdark tee for North Texas RPG Con. I am guilty on two fronts. I am a closet nerd I am a dad. So, I make dad jokes. Checkout that slick new tee from The Arcane Library. I will be sporting this beauty at North Texas...
Using Shadowdark to flesh out NPCs
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our Monday night YouTube livestream with Tim Shorts, Flint Fireforge, and Vance A. was all about NPCs: How do we create them? Where do we find inspiration? And, how we use them in our #TTRPG sessions. When I need a quick NPC, I look no further...
Do we need a Caller in Shadowdark like D&D in the old days?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you've played tabletop RPGs for a while—especially old-school D&D—you might have heard of something called the “caller.” It’s a role that’s kind of faded out in most modern games… except, maybe not entirely. While Dungeons & Dragons has moved on from formally using a caller,...
Making a BIG dungeon map for your table
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Check out how Flik Silverpen makes an easy, large-scale dungeon map perfect for your TTRPG group! I mentioned in an earlier post that I am no artist. I still love to use hand-drawn maps whenever possible. As kids playing D&D in the 70s-80s, we always used...
Joined Joe the Lawyer to celebrate 3,500 subscribers on YouTube
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Many of us who play D&D in all its iterations, Shadowdark, Old School Essentials, Castles & Crusades, etc know @JoeTheLawyer from YouTube and other social media platforms. Joe is a vocal advocate for the OSR and appears in many OSR circles on YouTube. Here is...
Chubby Funster Talks Terra Invictus and Shadowdark RPG
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Shadowdark RPG is sizzling hot and top content producer for the system, Chubby Funster, joins our Monday night show on YouTube. Watch the April 14th show with special guest, Chubby Funster aka Greg Christopher. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/live/Hxb27PNaqCM?si=YCKuwbHsEWJkt0Mx[/embed] [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="65px"][vc_single_image image="14653" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_empty_space height="65px"][vc_column_text]You can follow me on YouTube: @EruditeDM, or...
Knight Lancer Class for Shadowdark RPG
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A FREE download for Shadowdark RPG. For the longest time, D&D and other ttrpgs, and now Shadowdark have failed to satisfy my need for a traditional jousting knight in the mold of the Arthurian cannon. Now I am working on my first Shadowdark supplement for warhorses...
A New Podcast for Shadowdark Fans
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Started in 2024, by veteran gamers Matt Bruner and Jody Kropholler, Dungeon Master Diaries (DMD) is a podcast about Shadowdark and other roleplaying games. I stumbled across it while listening to other podcasts. My favorite is Monsters & Treasure from Daniel Norton (Bandit's Keep) and...