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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…...

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...

 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...

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...

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...

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...

Starting this website and spending my time with some great people, I think it is important to explain my philosophy of TTRPGS. That’s not to say my view is popular...

After watching these guys play Shadowdark every Monday night for almost a year on YouTube livestream, they asked me to join in and play! All of my snarky sniping in...

This was my first attempt at a watercolor map for my 5e campaign. You can tell that I'm no artist, but I thought it would be fun to show the...

eru-dite - an adjective having or showing great knowledge or learning. Why do I call myself, the EruditeDM? What’s it supposed to mean? Sounds cocky and presumptuous. I chose “erudite”...

 Welcome friends! My name is Mike, and I am the Erudite DM. This website presents fun content, adventures, monsters, spells, lore and other ttrpg ideas for your Shadowdark, D&D in...