Excalidraw Sheets for Tricube Tactics (+PDF)
December 12, 2024
TTRPG & Resources
Pretty simple post today: I whipped up some Tricube Tactics character sheets in Excalidraw, exported them, then made form-fillable PDFs. For those
Rambling On: Tricube Tactics
December 3, 2024
TTRPG & Rambling
Some times, rules-lite RPGs will put emphasis on role-playing but fail to cater to those who want to play games. I personally enjoy the “G in RPG”
d100 Games You Need to Check Out
December 1, 2024
TTRPG & Resources
No, this isn’t a dice table of a hundred games, sorry. Instead it’s just four freely available ones that I think are, criminally, flying under
Echoed Invocations: Deviations
March 25, 2024
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & Echoed Invocations
After I had published “Issue 0” of Echoed Invocations, I decided my next issue was going to be themed Deviations, as it was going to focus on
Invoked with Sigil & Shadow
October 5, 2023
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow
Although Sigil & Shadow is not released as open gaming content, this post is an invitation to anyone who wants to create works compatible with my
Deviations - On Skills and Background Experience
September 13, 2023
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & Echoed Invocations
Some have expressed that in Sigil & Shadow, the -20% penalty to Untrained skills comes off as punishing for starting characters, especially when
Charm City — a Sigil & Shadow AP
August 11, 2023
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & 2000 Tales
Just wanted to take a moment to point out the cool peeps at 2000 Tales have been running a weekly Sigil & Shadow game live on YouTube & Twitch!
Sigil & Shadow:
Randomized Characters
May 4, 2023
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & Echoed Invocations
This is a very rough draft of a variant character creation system for Sigil & Shadow. While S&S core rules are already a hybrid of player choice and
Sigil & Shadow: Dark
Fantasy Backgrounds
May 4, 2023
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & Echoed Invocations
Another experimental draft! Modern urban fantasy and occult horror is great, but I’ve also dreamt of using Sigil & Shadow to run gothic, grim
Echoed Invocations, Issue 0: Clarity
January 12, 2023
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & Echoed Invocations
Find it on itch.io!! Echoed Invocations is a new series of supplemental zines for Sigil & Shadow, providing expanded rules and content for my
The Dim Waters of Houston
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow
All artwork on this post was done with Midjourney AI UPDATE: This was written years ago, and my stance on AI art has reversed drastically. I
New Myths on Old Streets
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow
All artwork on this post was done with Midjourney AI UPDATE: My stance on AI art has changed drastically over the years. Know that I only used it
Faction & Stature
March 4, 2022
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & Echoed Invocations
Header Art by Luis F. Sanz Sigil & Shadow strives to cover the tropes of urban fantasy and modern horror — hunting down monstrous threats,
Invoking the Fanbase
February 21, 2022
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow
Header Art by Luis F. Sanz First off, apologies for the delay on anything new regarding Sigil & Shadow. While I’ve been distracted trying to get my
INTERMIXX — An RPG Mash-Up
February 18, 2022
TTRPG & ChaosGrenade Games & Intermixx
INTERMIXX is an RPG Mash-Up — a remix of cool ideas and styles to create a fun gaming experience all its own. This is a barebones, blank canvas DIY
Mud & Blood: SIGIL & SHADOW Actual Play!’
November 1, 2021
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & Wythe
I was honored to have the chance to run SIGIL & SHADOW for the Mud & Blood podcast’s Halloween Special! Just a fun note: this episode essentially
Gonzo-Mutoids-Pocket
October 16, 2021
TTRPG & ChaosGrenade Games
FREE ON ITCH My love letter to bat-shit crazy, kitchen sink, post apocalyptic settings is now available as a tiny pocket RPG — this time powered by
The Wythe Case, Part 4: A Shattered Nightmare
September 25, 2021
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & Wythe
The entity paralyzing Samantha pays no attention to Julia, continuing to attempt to suffocate her with a swarm of shadowy bugs that bleed out from
The Wythe Case, Part 3: Dead End Friends
September 25, 2021
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & Wythe
Samantha couldn’t sleep the nights following her encounter at the Wythe Estate. Any time she closed her eyes, that wretched man-bug with the
The Wythe Case, Part 2: Fight or Flight
September 19, 2021
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & Wythe
This narrative is a continuing example of gameplay for Sigil & Shadow, my role-playing game of Urban Fantasy & Occult Horror. We left Samantha Cane
The Wythe Case, Part 1: Break In
September 16, 2021
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & Wythe
Samantha Cane exits her ride, tips the driver, and proceeds to walk down the wet street towards the Wythe estate. Myrtle and Benjamin Wythe, as the
Julia Grave, Shadowed Occultist
September 4, 2021
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & Wythe
This is Part 2 of a series showing game play examples for Sigil & Shadow. You can read Part 1 here. Today we’re having a look at a sample Shadowed
Seeking Samantha Cane
August 21, 2021
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow & Wythe
This is the first part in a series of blogs that with the hopes of being walkthrough examples for Sigil & Shadow. Future posts will show sample
SIGIL & SHADOW
February 16, 2021
TTRPG & Sigil & Shadow
All posts tagged Sigil & Shadow Echoed Invocations — The official supplemental zine The Wythe Case Ongoing story that doubles as game play
Little Heroes, Big Adventures
February 13, 2021
TTRPG
This may come as a surprise, but while many know me for being into grim settings (cyberpunk, dystopian, horror etc) one of my favorite types of
Rambling On: NEUROCITY
August 12, 2020
TTRPG
Gavriel Quiroga was really cool to send me a review copy of his game Neurocity,a dystopian nightmare RPG that has recently released following a
Rambling On: NEON CITY OVERDRIVE
May 19, 2020
TTRPG
Neon City Overdrive is a new cyberpunk rpg put out by Nathan Russell/Peril Planet (creator of Freeform Unlimited), and is available in PDF for $8.
Rambling On: TRICUBE TALES
January 26, 2020
TTRPG
Tricube Tales is by Richard Woolcock of Zadmar’s Games. There’s a lot I want to say about it, which is crazy because it’s also pretty lite and
MAIN SEQUENCE: TRI-FOLD EDITION
December 9, 2019
TTRPG & ChaosGrenade Games
Download MAIN SEQUENCE: Tri-Fold Pamphlet Edition on Itch.io! MAIN SEQUENCE is a fast, “Rules-Necessary” science fiction RPG written by Matt Bryant
SHROOM GOONS - A New Free Title!
August 20, 2019
TTRPG & ChaosGrenade Games
SHROOM GOONS is a “Spore-Core” Fantasy Trip for Weird People. A hack of Nate Treme’s Tunnel Goons , players take on the role of tiny mushroom folk
FABRICATED VENTURERS — a Classless Hack for Vieja Escuela
July 25, 2019
TTRPG
I have written a classless, patchwork/piecemeal character hack for Vieja Escuela. Taking advantage of the format of VE: Pamphlet Edition, it’s
VIEJA ESCUELA: Pamphlet Edition
June 28, 2019
TTRPG
I have taken the core rules of Vieja Escuela and repackaged it. As the name implies, this version is intended to be printed out and folded into
AWESOME D.P.S. — A Free, Narrative-Driven Dice Pool System
May 28, 2019
TTRPG & ChaosGrenade Games
AWESOME D.P.S. (Dice Pool System) is a fast playing, narrative-driven dice pool RPG framework that is now live on itch.io! as a Pay-What-You-Want
Rambling On: VIEJA ESCUELA
May 25, 2019
TTRPG
There’s a lot of cool minimalist and “OSR-Adjacent” D&D clones out there. Black Hack, Into the Odd, and Knave are a few of the titles many talk
Drive·10 Toolkit: Expanding Tags
April 25, 2019
TTRPG & ChaosGrenade Games & Drive10
Tags in Drive·10 make up all the cool traits, powers, skills and features a character can have. When I set out to design the framework, I decided
Drive·10 Toolkit: Attributes & Vocations
April 18, 2019
TTRPG & ChaosGrenade Games & Drive10
The Drive·10 was written to be as fast, compact, and complete as possible. I wanted the core to be as essential as can be, so that it would be easy
5-Point Conflict Map
December 7, 2018
TTRPG
This isn’t anything original — just a cool idea I had for a tool to map factional conflicts in an RPG. Specifically it came to mind thinking about
Drive·10 Mockups: Dungeon Delvers
August 6, 2018
TTRPG & ChaosGrenade Games & Drive10
Today I wanted to show some mock-ups for using the D·10 framework to run a high-action, mid-fantasy dungeon delving game. Let’s start with a few
DRIVE·10 is Out Now!
June 25, 2018
TTRPG & ChaosGrenade Games & Drive10
Drive·10 has been released on Itch.io! GET IT HERE Drive·10 is a fast, simple, traditional tabletop role-playing system with easy character creation
The Plant Hack
May 11, 2017
TTRPG
The Mutant class in The Rad Hack is pretty flexible — you can easily be a mutant animal, plant, or some other strange humanoid. Still, I’ve had
Rota Fortunae: A Simple Fantasy RPG Framework
April 18, 2016
TTRPG & ChaosGrenade Games
Rota Fortunae is a simple fantasy rpg framework driven by CarPG. We took the base rules and repackaged it as a complete, stand alone 16-page PDF