About the Adventure: A recently successful merchant in Kowal, Gregor Eliuska, has hired you to be his right-hand guards. This has been a very well-compensated and easy job to date, until an old rival tried to assassinate the merchant and you. Gregor has now sent you to eliminate this threat, the thugs who run the … Read more
It’s time for that discussion of imagination again, the Appendix i of our creativity, where Dane and Mike discuss the things that made them the creatives they are. Mike: This month we are visiting the inspiration that really started the whole sword and sorcery thing we love so much. It’s time to travel to the … Read more
Originally published in the Saga, Dec 2022 We all know about zero sessions and how important it is for character-building. The goal is always to let players have agency within the world. But once the adventures start, I often forget that we need little pauses in the middle as well. I just wrapped up a … Read more
Join us for a live session of SagaBorn 1.5 with the intro adventure that will be coming out with the starter guide.
SagaBorn Roleplaying Game, an old-school D20 system, has launched a Kickstarter for the latest version of their core rulebook. Since their initial launch in 2017, they have made many improvements to the rules and character classes while also focusing on what made the system shine, collaborative heroic storytelling. The new system will be free as … Read more
Cruise through your futuristic city on a large map of a city interstate. About the map This cyberpunk city highway is the heart of the city. Neon lights and holograms of advertisements float over the road, casting a fluorescent glow on the busy street below. The sleek cars driving on the highway move in perfect … Read more
I don’t know about you, but to me, heavy metal and D&D just went hand in hand back when we first started. I am not sure if it was the outsider status of both, but I am positive it was not just us. From Black Sabbath’s The Wizard to Frazetta’s paintings on Molly Hatchet, there … Read more
A staple of my routine is listening to the Vintage RPG podcast. Like most good things, I forget how I got exposed to it, but now I can’t imagine not having it as a part of my weekly entertainment. One of the hosts, John Hambone McGuire, is a man of many talents. Game designer, bassist, … Read more
I am sure everyone has heard the buzz about the new OGL 1.1 . At first, I thought, well, they can do what they want, and I’ll just keep doing my little indie thing. But today, I realized if they can change OGL 1 (and from what I can tell, they can, I listened to … Read more
Nashvegas Alley – Cyberpunk Map About the map Surprise end-of-the-year map! Well, we got snow here in Nashville today, meaning we are stuck at the house again. but that meant I had time to make a new Cyberpunk map. What better map than a simple alleyway? What city adventure doesn’t end up in a seedy … Read more