Role playing game software and accessories
The art of the empty room is a curious line to walk. On the one hand you want to keep things interesting… otherwise the players will meta-game that the room with no/little description has nothing worth discovering. On the other …
Spicing Up the Empty/Mundane Room: A Random Table Read more »
Our recently created mini-websites of creatures for Dungeon World & Fate have been very well received, so we created another mini-website with 0e/1e (Labyrinth Lord) stats. The art and stats come from our recently completed Creature & Encounter Decks Kickstarter. …
0e/1e (Labyrinth Lord) Creature Stats Mini-Website Launched Read more »
It’s been a while since we’ve done a fun random table, and while browsing other websites, something put the idea of a table of fantasy landmarks in the ole noggin. Imagine the Colossus of Rhodes or Mount Rushmore, but customized …
Thanks to artist/cartographer Robert Altbauer, we have just released a new set of battlemat icons that addresses the needs of Science Fiction settings. These were made for the map software Dungeonographer, but they are any tool that imports transparent PNGs …
Antony Brotherton, David Winterbottom, Matt Jackson, Keith Curtis, Tim Ballew, Shane Knysh, Brutus Motor, AJ Stone and I collaborated on two decks of Random Encounter Generation cards last year. Antony posted a retrospective/review of the finished cards and raves about …
Yesterday we linked to a great list of ways to make your villain stand out. #8 on that list mentioned the villain using “calling cards” aka objects or actions that let everyone know this particular villain did the deed. To …
A new volume of mostly “old-school” goodness by some of your favorite blogger/writers has just been posted. Highlights include: New DCC spells. Three new races for Labyrinth Lord. Magic fountain chart. Ghost’s background story generator. Mechanical trap generator. OSR Character …
Hexographer doesn’t currently have many compass roses or “north arrows” built-in to add to your maps. In fact there is just one. In the next few weeks we’ll be rectifying that with some of the following graphics. All of these …
Save vs. Dragon has put together this nifty pack of hex map sheets. The blank maps can be very useful for detailing your game world. The pack contains blank hex maps with large and small hexes where the small hexes …
I’ve recently put together the first draft of what I’m referring to as a Spell “Accents” Chart. It helps describe what the magical effects of a spell look like, smell like, etc. Of course the term “Spell Descriptions” is already …