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Attending the heralded North Texas RPG Con in Dallas, Texas was a goal for me this year, and I can honestly say the reputation and hype around this event were...

RAISE THE ALARM! THE FRENCH ARE COMING! From France, the Merry Mushmen publishes fantastic third-party supplements for TTRPG and several that can be used with Shadowdark RPG. I am a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...