Back at the start of April, I wrote about my inability to replay the old AD&D computer game, Pool of Radiance. The difficulty lay primarily in its user interface, which was clunky and difficult to use on a contemporary computer. Likewise, the graphics, which looked fine on the screen in the late 198
My Aurikesh campaign has its own player species – I wrote new mechanics for humans and goblins, and wrote several new species. Only the githyanki PC uses D&D’s official mechanics. One of these new species is kagandi, who are lightly reptilian humanoids. In the narrative they’re as common and “defaul
Chagrinspire cutaway was different to my sketchesThe second chagrinspire volume is on my patreon up now - its a draft and bigger than I wanted but I knew it wasn't going to be finished but it's bigger than I expected at 110 pages.Will update the book this week after some other commitments with some
I gave the the Shadowdark adventure generators a turn to create a session for my Friday night open game. Whenever folk ask about adventure generators it is one that comes up alongside Worlds Without Number and Knave 2e. The Shadowdark one is quite terrain tied with a lot of it being in the 'quest' a
One of the most valuable tools for a Night’s Black Agents GM to have behind their screen is the Agent Tracking Sheet. As with similar sheets from other GUMSHOE games, this tracking sheet allows you to record the ratings for all of the PCs’ investigation abilities. USING THE SHEET In most RPGs, I g
The Iron Llama is painting Car Wars 3d printed minis. And painting them in horrifying interesting ways. - I don't think I'd be a good GM for it, but rewatching The Wild Bunch recently made me really have an interest in running an "Old West" campaign set way, way too late to be the Old West. Like
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New Questing Beast Releases!Knave 2e, Summer’s End, and the print edition of Maze Rats are all publicly available now, along with the Knave 2e poster and patch! Get the PDFs at DriveThruRPG, or physical copies at Swordfish Islands. I also have flip-through videos of Knave 2e and Summer’s End so you
The 2024 Player's Handbook arrives September 17, but you can immediately unlock digital preorder bonuses for your D&D Beyond account today! Learn about these preorder bonuses and others here!
This is a community submitted press release.In response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine, Jesthehuman is hosting a TTRPG charity auction with support from 19 creators to support Save the Children’s “Children’s Emergency Fund.” Save the Children's team in the occupied Palestinian territory has be