Crossing the Rubicon It goes without saying not everyone is going to agree with what I have to say here. When I showed the outline of this script to my ed...

As I write this, Deathbringer , the self-proclaimed most anticipated RPG of 2026, is entering day two of its  Backerkit campaign  and h...

The Straight Dope In Monster-fighting games like D&D there exists a “problem” around a core part of the game, namely combat. More often than not, people p...

Luke Gearing is one of my many creative nemeses. I will not explain myself at this time. Luke Gearing has made a set of rules for violence named Violence)...

There's been a blog post that came across my desk, about how this is a literary hobby with illiterate hobbyists [^1]. Some people take issue with the tone, b...

The Straight Dope This post comes to you because I was at a convention running Draw Steel and found myself in an alll to familiar position. The players im...

ALT: a man with a red face says i wish i could do something about this ..

Upbringing, Profession, Specialties, Notoriety After rolling for stats, roll 2d6.  One result determines the kind of upbringing you were raised to and yo...

The Spiel This is my dungeoncrawler. There are many like it, but this one is mine. I come from the vaunted tradition of self-taught design, which mostly con...

The Straight Dope I love TTRPGs and I love running them. If you ask me if I need a break to be a player, I will almost always say no. I can’t imagine not wa...

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A magic item set for Draw Steel

A game jam from 2025-09-08 to 2025-10-09 hosted by The Dice Society & Jon de Nor. There are many treasures in the Timescape, and some have been created with the intention of being worn together. Donni...

While some heroes are chasing glory, fighting tyrants and accomplishing epic deeds, others prefer to stay down to earth, in the muck, helping those in need. The common people have a name for these her...

From Pesto Publications - Get Ready for The Kobold Ancestry

A community zine of new content for MCDM's Draw Steel: Mimics, dryads, living traps, map advice, and more!

A community zine of new content for MCDM's Draw Steel: Mimics, dryads, living traps, map advice, and more!