This adventure is an example of how to do it right. You don’t notice how good it is until you start paying attention. Why This Adventure Works The Black Wyrm of Brandonsford by Chance Dudinack ...

I started with 5e. Lost Mine of Phandelver, running before I’d even played as a player. I loved it. But then I discovered the OSR and everything changed. This isn’t about one being better than the...

Swarms suck. In 5e, in Old School games - they just suck. A bee swarm is basically “a weird creature that takes up space.” Boring. Let’s fix that. The Problem With Standard Swarms Look at a 5e...

The best starter dungeon. Maybe the best ever for introducing players to old school style games. It teaches your players how to be better players. It teaches you as a GM how to be better too. And ...

You can spend your time making a starting town. Or you can get this for free and be done in minutes. What Is Fourtower Bridge? A free mini-setting by Nicholas Wiad. It’s a starting town that gi...

David Hoffhassle was a retired actor whose last show got cancelled. He carried a shield with “Knight Industries” on it. He was one of my favourite characters ever. Let me show you how we make chara...

Last week I talked about the 4 Pillars of sandbox prep - location, situation, motivation, and observation. This week I’m going to show you how it works in play. With a story about a kobold named Ba...

I’ve run a bunch of sandbox campaigns - one-on-one games, group campaigns, and an open table sandbox which was probably the trickiest. This is the framework I developed to make it work. Running a ...

This is my number one go-to GM resource. Always the first thing in my bag. I’ve had it close to me ever since I found it. And it’s dirt cheap. What Is Maze Rats? Maze Rats is a game by Ben Milt...

This is me grabbing stuff off my shelf and showing you how to throw it into Blackmarsh without overthinking anything. Three different campaign styles. Mostly free. Years of play. The Faerie Fore...