Category: Shadowdark Review
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We continue our review of starting adventures. Part of the reason, I’ve been focused on this particular brand of adventure is because I want to write a good starting adventure as part of my next project. In general, I’m finding that most highly rated ones tend to be overly simplified, but understandably, that makes them…
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Into the Shadows can be found on DTRPG for PWYW.~2200 words. 11 minutes read time. There are times where your personal obsession dictates what you look at to review, & there are times where you see a rating and wonder, how did it get that mark for essentially a free adventure, I need to figure…
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The Cursed Knights of Crestmoor can be found on LowKeyTTRPG’s itch.io for PWYW. $2 is a reasonable price.~2600 words. 13 minutes read. After our foray into settings, we’re back to exploring starting adventures. Something low key. I admit, I saw LowKeyTTRPG posting about this in the Discord and a few others commenting on it, &…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…