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| "Frost Giant Battle" by Akeiron |
November 29, 2024
November 28, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving! - "Feast of Fellowship in the Warmth of Hearth" by The Medieval Bard
Happy Thanksgiving!
Enjoy this time with family and friends... and a beer or three!
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| "Feast of Fellowship in the Warmth of Hearth" by The Medieval Bard |
November 23, 2024
My Dungeon Master Tool Kit Part 3 - Dungeon Master Screen of Bad-Arseness
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I have a problem... I own *a lot* of Dungeon Master screens. I've been on the quest for the perfect one... never resting... never ceasing... until NOW.
Behold, the Loreweaver GM Screen! I participated in the Kickstarter for this... because.
It's excellent. You can get it at NTSD Gaming (amongst other cool stuff).
It's made of vegan leather (WTF is that you may ask? It's a material made of polyurethane and polyvinyl chloride). It looks great and does indeed feel a lot like actual leather.
It folds up nicely with a strap for extra sassiness.
I opted for a few customizations. I figure this will be the last DM Screen I'll ever buy (God willing). I opted for:
- landscape orientation
- chestnut color
- name embossed on the one side
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| Totally my real name. |
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| The NTSD logo is on the other side - I dig it. |
- Sprung for art, namely this great piece by Everett Patterson called "Deadly Encounter:"
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| Shit is about to go down. |
- Cool d20 magnets to attach my own inserts. I made my screen inserts via Marq (a great free service).
- Related note: While I've found lots of screens with cool art, they never seem to have exactly what I want. A custom screen is definitely the way to go.
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| Adorable... like your mom. |
- Magnetic initiative trackers that afix right to the screen.
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| My dice are totally not posing. |
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| Initiative trackers... "Evil" is what I use for any opponent. |
- Two magnetic white boards (one with a grid and one without).
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| Whiteboards aplenty. |
I also splurged for other goodies.
- foldable dice tower that magnetically attaches to the screen.
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| Works pretty well, despite what my players think. I can't help that I roll 20s, bitches. |
- A sweet dice box with "The Duel" art from Sketchy Sermons. This art was a close second choice for the screen.
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| Shit is about to go down (again). |
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| This is what dice look like in a dice box (FYI). |
There were some other goodies, too, like magnetic spell cards and PC ards.
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| Spell cards. The PC cards are, sadly, MIA at the moment. |
This was an awesome purchase. I love it and highly recommend.
However, if you want a more budget friendly customizable screen, there are options here: link
Prior to finding the Kickstarter, I was on the verge of making my own screen. Here are some great ideas on how to do that. The DIYer in me still finds these options appealing.
November 15, 2024
November 12, 2024
My Dungeon Master Tool Kit Part 2 - Rocketbook
1 being here: link). (Technically, I'm a Castle Keeper these days, but let's not trifle.)
As much as electronic tools are great, I still like using analog tools as much as I
can. However, I'm not as organized with pen and paper. Notebooks, graph paper, etc... I'd grab whichever paper was closest. My notes would get scattered. This was especially the case when running one-shots that then later got resurrected into something more episodic.
My latest hotness is using a Rocketbook. I've had the original one for a few years, but never made much use of it (for gaming or otherwise). Once I splurged for the executive-sized Pro (7 inch x 9 inch), that all changed. This size is perfect. I really like that it's a hardcover. It's freaking great. Most importantly - it keeps me organized!
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| Player names redacted to protect the reproachable |
A Rocketbook uses special paper on which you can write, clean, and rewrite. (You need to use particular Pilot Fixion pens.) At the bottom of each page is a "destination" icon. You place an "X" through that icon, and then use the Rocketbook app to scan the page.
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| "X" on the bell marks the spot |
In the app, you associate each icon with a particular storage destination/folder (Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, an email address, etc.). You can get as granular as you'd like (e.g., direct to a particular subfolder in Google Drive).
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| Rocketbook destinations aplenty |
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| Destinations in the app |
I have a separate Google Drive destination for my C&C campaign, a Through Sunken Lands episodic "campaign" (i.e., periodic, loosely connected one-shot games), a personal journal (which I really should use more), and one for general gaming notes.
The Pro model lets you swap out different insert Page Packs. For example, you can get one already set up like a planner. There is special D&D Page Pack that I did splurge for (because it was on sale). It has pre-set pages for campaign notes, PCs, NPCs, random tables that you develop, etc. I probably would not get it again (well, maybe I would at the sale price), but you really don't need it. Obviously, a lot of the pages are D&D-specific. It's not horrible, but you can also design your own permanent pages for any Rocketbook with a Sharpie. If you're really curious about the D&D Page Pack, there is good review here (and embedded below): link
Here are a few assorted shots of my Rocketbook for good measure.
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| Dungeon info |
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| PC Info |
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| Uhm... with the cover closed. |
Good review of the D&D Page Pack
November 8, 2024
November 5, 2024
November 4, 2024
Gaming Inspiration - "Meanwhile Back in the Dungeon"
If you're looking for great art to inspire RPGing / TTRPGing, check out the Meanwhile Back in Dungeon
Tumblr site. I've been following the site for ages. It's amazing.
Just a small sample below (that will update periodically if I coded this right!).
Tumblr site. I've been following the site for ages. It's amazing.
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