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Sunday, June 22, 2025

Kickstarter - Temple of The Sheep God (ShadowDark Adventure)

 


Here's the part where I talk about connections. I've known Ian McGarty for about a decade. He's very creative, a truly loyal friend, and quite often a pain in the ass. That pretty much sums it all up ;)

Temple of the Sheep God is a ShadowDark adventure by Ian McGarty. It's part sandbox, part dungeon crawl, and 100% Silver Bulette. $It's 25 for print plus PDF.

This adventure for the Shadowdark RPG takes place in a dangerous 24-mile hex filled with remnants of past battles, where players encounter various creatures and challenges. The setting includes a temple dedicated to a sheep god, featuring unique encounters, treasures, and magical items. The Temple of The Sheep God is an adventure for Shadowdark for characters levels 2-4. The characters have a chance to explore the grasslands around an ancient temple that has gained some new inhabitants. This adventure has a dungeon containing more than 20 room locations. All locations are extensively mapped and filled with exciting puzzles and encounters. 

The book contains maps, art, and original monsters and encounters, including the deadly Boggle!

The temple features various unique rooms with magical items and challenges.

Rooms include the Mushroom Cave, the Infernal Coop, and the Rare Cheese Sanctum, each with distinct creatures and treasures. ​

Players can find items that enhance abilities or provide unique effects, such as the Rod of Life and the Ring of the Rams-head.

At this point, this project is in the final layout touches, most art is in and ready to go, and is otherwise print-ready. The final product will be about 50 pages of perfect-bound 8.5 x 5.5 sized digest, like the Shadowdark core book. 

This product will be printed in the USA and distributed from the beautiful NH mountains with as much child labor that ice cream can buy.

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Saturday, June 21, 2025

Free OSR - Machinations of the Space Princess QUICKSTART



I always reveal my connections with products or projects I highlight, and the Machinations of the Space Princess QUICKSTART! is no exception. James 'Grim' Desborough, the author and main man behind MSO, is both a friend and a creative partner, as we do a monthly livestream together (along with Ryan David) over on Rumble (Inappropriate Characters: Rerolled).

I actually playtested the new Machinations of the Space Princess rules, and they ran fast, were fun, and I would definitely play again? Did I mention the Quickstart is free?

Welcome Spacefreaks!
We're relaunching our successful Machinations of the Space Princess old-school swords-and-scifi game, and you're invited!

For the timebeing this is FREE and includes a psychedelic and surreal space adventure of time-loops and cosmic pizza, as well as quickstart rules so you can try out the game for yourself, as well as pregenerated characters in case you want to start some trouble right away!

This is also the start of our forthcoming Machinations-Media project, which will present a monthly 'zine supporting the worlds of Machinations of the Space Princess over the course of a year. More details on that forthcoming soon!

Lastly, this is our first full attempt at finding ethical ways to use AI, strong human oversight that aims to use AI to assist the disabled and neurodivergent in completing projects and achieving a little independence, or helping older creators to keep working and earning.

We hope people will be supportive of this aim, and the use of AI in this context, helping, rather than replacing human beings.

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Friday, June 20, 2025

Free OSR - B/X Frontiers (Modern/Sci-Fi Rules)



It's not often that B/X, or any OSR system for that matter (they are all 98 %+ compatible, you know), gets the Modern or Sci-Fi Era treatment. With B/X Frontiers, that's precisely what you get in toolkit form - use what you need, tweak what you like, and ignore what doesn't work in your game. Did I mention B/X Frontiers is FREE? 

This system combines the simplicity of old-school B/X systems and uses them for fast-paced, gritty, modern, and future adventures.  At only 51 pages, this rules set is the perfect launch point for your own non-traditional B/X games, allowing for light rules that can easily be expanded upon to fit your own vision.

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