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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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