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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...
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...
My Philosophy of Fantasy TTRPGS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 or agreeable to everyone. But it will help explain how I view my world settings...