-
Adamant Crown can be found at Itch or Amazon (for the print copy). ~ 4700 words. Read time: 20-25 minutes. Currently on sale until the end of April for $5.50 and despite this review, I recommend you take advantage of the sale (heck, do the bundle), because you’re getting your money’s worth at this price…
-
Tomb of the Dusk Queen can be found on Sersa Victory’s itch page for PWYW (I recommend $5, but even $1 goes a long way).~ 2400 words. Read time: 12 minutes. What distinguishes a starting adventure from a level 1 adventure is an interesting question, because most games will start at level 1, but not…
-
Holy Tinder can be found on Legendl0re’s Itch Page for $3. This read is approximately, 2000 words or 10 minutes. What is it? This is a Shadowdark adventure quest to remove an evil priestess from power for 3-6 1st level characters. It’s less dungeon crawl and more heroic mission. I snagged a few starter adventures…
-
Recently, there was a post on how bullet points are bad, ttrgps should be ugly & incoherent, and writing should be expressive. Essentially, it’s an argument for art. While I have a lot of issues with the article, I tend to agree with the sentiment that many adventures in the space are dull as best…
-
For as much as I see people discussing adventure design & its structure, I rarely see people elaborate on what a 1-page adventure is and what elements are crucial to a good one-pager. While working on Things Possessed of Power, I set a challenge to make the location more alive by having 1-page dungeons that…
-
Recently, I’ve started running a Shadowdark version of the Crystal Frontiers (converted by Jordan of 2d6 Stingbats) for my home group set in my world. For those that don’t know, Crystal Frontiers is the implied world of Tomb Robbers of the Crystal Frontiers that Gus L. from Ratking Production will elucidate upon when discussing dungeon…
-
Now that Stingbaats Vol. 0 is out & Things Possessed of Power is with a few readers for a clarity check, I looked around for something to review while I consider how I want to expand Crypt of the Child for the “Blood-Soaked” edition post-game jam. Since I’m thinking of adding a starting town to…
-
One of the most popular adventures in Shadowdark is the Lost Citadel, which makes sense given that it is in the quick start rules and is for characters level 1-3. I want to do a review to explore what makes it so good & what can be taken from it. Overarching Structure/Presentation Generally speaking, it’s…
-
My setting is set on the planet Gloam. A world in its twilight as it dies. The world itself has multiple continents. As you can tell, there’s a cultural reference built into the naming of each continent. But what about Kumonosu? In the Eastern Gates region of Koku-Gott, there’s a city in the Gray Wastes…
·
-
Okay, so the 8-bit Shadowdark Game Jam results are in and it was unanimous (a first) with the highest scores for a finalist in any of the game jams so far. And yet, I was disappointed, because despite how well Crypt of the Child did, the review started with criticism. Granted, I understand they were…
·