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Corpus Malicious – Update
I featured the deliciously dark DnD 5e companion Corpus Malicious shortly after ...
Kickstarter Spotlight: The Blessed and the Blasphemous ...
Launching 8th April 2023 on Kickstarter, The Blessed and The Blasphemous is a si...
The Cloud Dungeon – Review
Available from www.andhegames.com My love for tabletop RPGs (TTRPGs) started a l...
Why is there an Old School Renaissance?
The OSR means different things to different people. For me the Old School Renais...
High Moors – Zones without labels
I’ve had a request for copies of the zone maps without labels. Here they are!
Defending 10 CN = 1 lb
The earliest versions of D&D were about resource management, whether that was fo...
What is the OSR?
In my previous post I talked about how the OSR came about. In this one I want to...
Print copies of The High Moors
Some customers and potential customers have asked about getting a print copy of ...
Twenty OSR Systems Reviewed
I frequently see people asking about which OSR game system they should play. Bel...
Using the Adventures in Middle Earth classes outside Mi...
I have been looking into ‘Adventures in Middle Earth’ (AiME), the Cubicle Seven ...
Twenty OSR Game Systems Reviewed: My Analysis
State my assumptions In comparing these systems I think I should start by settin...
First Look: *Rune & Steel*
Adventures in a realm of Viking mythology await in this Kickstarter-funded game ...
*Degenesis: Justitian* Review
The two-volume Justitian setting book describes the Protectorate and the largest...
UJ is Back!
After a long hiatus, I’ve finally given UJ a well-deserved overhaul.
Is Fantasy Role-Playing Hurting America?
People are drawing the wrong conclusion from an opinion piece in Christianity To...
GenX Teenage Gaming Tales: Playing in the Information D...
In the 1980s, lack of information shaped how gamers and non-gamers perceived the...
My Favorite Video Introduction to Tabletop RPGs
If you are curious about tabletop RPGs, this video will help.
Check This Out, Worldbuilders
Put The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity on your reading list.
First Post
Welcome to "The Parchment Paladin", intrepid wanderer! I'm Erich, a long-time en...
SYWTBAGM Running Sheets
Justin Alexander's recent book, So You Want To Be A Game Master is a stunning a...
The Benefits of Print-and-Paste Terrain
So, when it comes to crafting terrain for tabletop gaming, I'm a big fan of the ...
SYWTBAGM Wilderness Calculator
Pages 366-369 of "So You Want To Be A Game Master" detail a system for modeling...
On the Use of QR Codes at the Table
It seems we're never to be without our smartphones, even at the table. Half of m...
Alternate 5e Character Sheet
It's been awhile since I've searched for 5E D&D pregenerated characters, so I wa...
The Ties That Bind...
I've been GMing at my local area game store lately, running Adventurer's League ...
RPG Achievement Badges
Printable awards to give your players. All icon art licensed under CC. Generated...
Magnets all the way down
As mentioned in a previous post, I'm a big fan of print-and-paste terrain tiles ...
Forgotten Realms Travel Matrices
Maybe you want travel in your Forgotten Realms campaign to seem a bit more "real...
Forgotten Realms Travel Matrix - The Sea of Swords
During my previous work on travel matrices, I discovered that I'd never really s...
Printable D&D 5E Initiative Tent Cards
Printable Initiative Tents to streamline initiative for your 5E players. ...
Tabletop Trial- Old Gods of Appalachia
Last night, I had a session zero with a local group planning to run a one-shot ...
Terrain Build- The Temple of Shadows
This build was inspired by a module I ran for Adventurer's League, DDAL-DRW11 S...
Reading the Bones - Tension Dice
I've recently discovered the Angry GM's Tension Pool mechanic, which is quite in...
Candlekeep - Keys to the Great Library
from Marco Bernardini's map, Elminster's Candlekeep Companion Candlekeep—basti...
Display of Abstract Progress at the Table
Blades in the Dark introduced the notion of progress clocks which are a very co...
From Screen to Scroll - Prep Table-Ready Tokens in Seco...
From Module PDF to Printable Tokens, Automatically # When playing through tac...
DIY 1" Magnet Base "Shoes" for RPG Miniatures
DIY Magnetic "Shoes" for RPG Miniatures # Something simple today: I've been a...
Converting from 2E to 5E D&D
Converting from 2E to 5E # I've been revisting some older D&D content this year...
The Cracked Kingdom
All was well in the reign of Curefin the Good, but that reign is over. Martyn n...
Solo tinkering — Play all the Books
The Tinkerage has been experimenting with solo roleplaying as a way to test some...
Narrative adventures at the Green Dragon pub
#Repost#A speculative sketch, loosely inspired by the (rumored?) free-form, impr...
Craft and Luck at the Green Dragon
[Since the Blogger app caused an inadvertent repost of Narrative Adventures at ...
He do the NPCs in different voices
If you're interesting in the craft of the GM as much as solo gaming and its poss...
The Green Dragon in its lair
Under pandemic restrictions, the Tinkerage is confined to home and taking the op...
Fighting Fantasy for your freeform game
Fighting Fantasy (the minimal gamebook rules) could be enough of a framework for...
An adventure for FF Freeform
Orzan's TwistA scenario for SKILL 7 adventurers. For basic rules, see Fighting F...
Ramshackle rules and roles
While tinkering with the free-form Fighting Fantasy rules, it strikes me that th...
Solo: Play ALL the Books II
In the first Play all the Books post, I tinkered with solo play and roll-and-re...
One Sheet Rules — Your Old School Experience
The OSR movement (the Old School Rules/Revival/Renaissance, etc.) has, over the ...
Hwaet! Review of Beowulf Beastslayer by Jonathan Green
The early Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, in particular The Warlock of Firetop Mount...
Many ways in (to the FKR)
The Many Ways Inn is famous for standing at the meeting of three great roads on ...
Geting in to Character
Those who meet at the Many Ways Inn are a curious group, driven by many strange...
Getting in to Adventure
The scenario is the bridge between the characters and the world. But how do your...
Roll on the random notes table
It's been a while: some random notes and impressions.Roll a d6:1. Warhammer FRP...
Alone on the range: Strider Mode
Recently, the tinkerage picked up Strider Mode, the solo rules for The One Ring...
A faster BRP
There's no doubt here that Basic Roleplaying is an excellent system that's surpr...
Micro-Encounters and scene aspects
Mostly, all you need is a d6. Here are a couple of compact six-sided die tools d...
Rise of the meta-GM
If you find yourself flicking through one RPG system, like Imperium Maledictum, ...
Russ Nicholson: an appreciation
Some years ago I made an off-hand remark that the fantasy world I would create w...
On Converting Your FRP Rules System
One of the intriguing sections of the old Iron Crown Enterprises modules for Mid...
Root and Branch: generating your campaign
When you start a campaign, solo or with a group, the best advice is always to s...
That Year in the D&D20
So for about a year, the Tinkerage has been playing various editions, mainly the...
Reality check
Realism, in an RPG, is mostly a mirage. Even if the dice could do more than broa...
Happy Thanksgiving, Family.
In TableTop RolePlaying Games, we fight a lot of battles, both real or imagined....
The TTRPG Topic of the Week: Nov 24-Nov 30.
Yup, I'm upset. Jason Tondro has once again said some things about people somewh...
So I Heard There’s This Game Called Dungeons & Dragons.
I remember all those years ago when Dungeons & Dragons was new to me. I imagine ...
Chaosium Partnership
RPGMatch is excited to announce a partnership with Chaosium, the award-winning p...
FATE Core TTRPG Review
Details Quick Introduction Whether you have plans to play in a high sci-fi setti...
Dungeons & Dragons 5e TTRPG Review
One of the first, if not the first, game that will inevitably be heard by new ro...
Modiphius + RPGMatch Partnership
RPGMatch is excited to announce a partnership with Modiphius, the award-winning ...
Paizo + RPGMatch Partnership
RPGMatch is excited to announce a partnership with Paizo, the award-winning publ...
Renegade Game Studios & RPGMatch Partner to Bring More ...
Tabletop matchmaking service, RPGMatch, and award-winning games publisher, Reneg...
TTRPG Review: Pirate Borg
About This Review Pirate Borg, written by Limithron, published and distributed b...
Blade Runner RPG Review
The Blade Runner role-playing game markets itself as a “Neon Noir wonderland tha...
Roll20 VTT Review
Roll20 is a great option for playing TTRPGs online and the best part is that it ...
Exciting News: Introducing the Groups Feature on RPGMatch!
Hail and well met, RPGMatch community! We are thrilled to announce the launch of...
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[Das Schwarze Auge] Some interesting social skills
I was reminiscing about skills in Das Schwarze Auge again the last few days, mos...
Campaign Starter: The Retinue
Here’s a campaign starter I was thinking about using at one point soon: You are ...
[HârnWorld] Tool: Campaign Tracker (for DnD B/X derivat...
I am currently going through a lot of trainings, and specifically I am doing som...
[Traveller] Reaction Rolls and Morale for MGT 2e
Reaction Rolls and Morale for MGT 2e I am prepping for a Pirates of Drinax campa...
Podcast: Internet Office Hours about Maps and Mapping
Recently got around to take part in a discussion on the Internet Office Hours po...
Art and Inspiration: Flash Gordon (Dan Schkade)
I have some nostalgic fondness for Flash Gordon. As I do for Prince Valiant, and...
The Highest Level of All: The Story of Fantasy Wargaming
The Highest Level of All: The Story of Fantasy Wargaming by Mike Monaco, is a fr...
RPG Magazine Recon pt. 1 – Dragon Magazine 63, 74, 104,...
Dungeons and Dragons was published 50 years ago, and almost immediately afterwar...
Monday Miscellany of Links pt. XIII
A bit late with this one, holiday season was way too busy for my taste, and I go...
A Monday Miscellany of Links pt. XIX
Free Stuff Pendragon Quick-Start with “The Adventure of the Sword Tournament” (c...
A Monday Miscellany of Links pt. X
I actually have not had much time this week for blogging, even reading my feeds ...
Glimmermark Session 1
Nobody knows where the name Glimmermark comes from. One might assume it was the ...
A Monday Miscellany of Links pt. XVII
A Monday Miscellany of Links pt. XVII I haven’t done a link post for a while, so...
A Monday Miscellany of Links pt. XV
A Monday Miscellany of Links pt. XV In the beginning I thought I’d manage to mak...
A Monday Miscellany of Links pt. XII
This time a few more links than last week. Maybe even too many this time. News R...
[The Dark Eye] Retrospective: B15 Im Spinnenwald (In Sp...
So let’s go through Das Schwarze Auge scenario B15 Im Spinnenwald (In Spiderwood...
Delving into Greg Stafford’s Pendragon
So during my holidays last month I managed to go to an actual physical, brick-an...
Grenzland #3 “Worse Things happen at Sea”
Issue 3 of Wanderer Bill’s Grenzland fanzine just landed in my mailbox yesterday...
[Review] Stirring the Hornet’s Nest at Het Thamsya
This is a 28 page “temple-crawling adventure” written by Munkao ostensibly for I...