I recently ran a one-shot of Tiny Cthulhu, the Tiny D6 Mythos horror RPG from Gallant Knight Games. It's a super-light system, quite good for one-shots. I ran the published adventure Sister of Yhanith’lei. It's about a expedition to a supposed shipwreck off the coast of Arkham. It's a short scenario, easily run in a … Continue reading Tiny Cthulhu: Pregens sheets for Sister of Yhanith’lei
One of the more interesting indie RPG systems out there is Gallant Knight Games' Tiny D6 system. Gallant Knight has produced a lot of material for Tiny D6 - Tiny Dungeon, Tiny Wastelands, Tiny Supers, and even a Baywatch-based system called Beach Patrol. Each of these books are self-contained. There is no core Tiny D6 … Continue reading Tiny Cthulhu: Mini-Review and Fillable Character Sheets
I'm still running my weekly Lumberlands (DriveThruRPG / itch.io) campaign using the Black Hack OSR rules set. The Lumberlands book is just a 48 page zine, so there's plenty of room to add my own details. I've been posting them here. (previously I, II, all Lumberlands posts) Tattlesnakes - HD 1 Highly venomous snakes, who … Continue reading Oddities of the Lumberlands – Part III
I recently had a scenario for Zaibatsu, Bring me the Head of Izumi Takahiro, published in issue #10 of the Cepheus Journal. I thought I'd post some design notes and inspirations. You can download the issue for free. The name of the scenario comes from the curious Sam Peckinpah movie Bring Me the Head of … Continue reading Design Notes for a Zaibatsu scenario: Frozen Heads & Fanboys
I just ran the introductory adventure for Viking Death Squad using the pregenerated characters provided in the rulebook. I copied the stats from the book into the fillable version of the character sheets I posted previously. I'm posting the pregens from the book here to save time for any prospective VDS GMs. viking_death_squad_redcarsonDownload viking_death_squad_olafDownload viking_death_squad_lokusDownload … Continue reading Viking Death Squad: Pregens
I just wanted to go over some highlights of the latest issue of the Cepheus Journal, the free fanzine for Cepheus Engine games. They've been putting out some great stuff recently, and it's worth promoting. This isn't a complete list, just the stuff that stood out to me. I'm also happy to say one of … Continue reading Cepheus Journal #10: Some Highlights
Just picked up a copy of Viking Death Squad, a gonzo little OSR-style RPG from Runehammer games. It's got alien War Pigs, demons, Borgs, and unfrozen vikings. It's a very heavy-metal inspired game. There's a PDF character sheet available, but it's not fillable, so I've made a revised version of the original that is fillable, … Continue reading Viking Death Squad: Fillable version of the Character sheet
I've been running my weekly Lumberlands (DriveThruRPG / itch.io) campaign using the Black Hack system. It's a fairly fast paced game with a lot of events happening. To make it easier for players to keep track of what's happened and where they've been, I've made a map of the campaign area. I took an old map of … Continue reading Lumberlands Campaign Map
This isn’t a pop-culture blog. I don’t do movie reviews, and I’m not going to start now. However, I just got back from a screening of Everything Everywhere All at Once, the new movie by Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, and I wanted to discuss it a bit, at least in RPG terms. I don’t … Continue reading Everything Everywhere All at Once: Initial thoughts on making it a game
I've been continuing running my ongoing Lumberlands (DriveThruRPG / itch.io) campaign using the Black Hack OSR rules set. It's been fun getting deep into one system and world, after years of just running one-shots. I've decided to post all the new details I've been adding to the fantasy lumberjack setting. The rules are Black Hack … Continue reading Oddities of the Lumberlands – Part II
Polyhedral Nonsense 