A repository of notes, thoughts and ephemera from my RPG games. Singingbridge,Port Blacksand\ Credit[^1] I'm Stag, a generic British DM interested i...
What? What follows are side-based initiative rules for Dungeon Crawl Classics that are adapted from Old School Essentials with some notes for DCC's nuances. This is something of a living document and the rules are subject to change until we test them out thoroughly in our Caverns of Thracia campaign. Why? Though I am a huge fan of DCC, I am equally blessed(?) with a generously sized group of six…
Note: Caverns of Thracia spoilers abound here The party have survived their first delve into the Caverns of Thracia and returned to the surface; wounded, weary, grieving their fallen comrade (and hungry!). The party have regrouped at the quiet ruin to the north to rest and plan their next course of action, huddled over Myridos' map. Several motivations steer the party A warning from Sabazios…
Why? I'm a proponent of the philosophy that you should not introduce house rules without having played the game rules-as-written first. Having played DCC happily for years now, I feel justified in tweaking things here and there to suit my party/campaign and, really, it is in the very nature of DCC that not everything that might come up has been adumbrated in the canon. Rulings > rules. These house…
What's this? A simple, ready-made encounter for DCC (or any fantasy game really) to drop in to break up the monotony of overland travel. The setup Spanning a narrow ravine, built haphazardly over the frame of the former rickety wooden installation, the party discover a bridge... made from humanoid skulls. Skulls pave the walkway and form the sides; mortared with mud and moss, it spans the 20ft…
An Introduction... I run a Dungeon Crawl Classics campaign for a group of six friends every other Thursday (life permitting). In October 2025 we started a campaign centred around Jennell Jaquay's classic 1979 D&D module Caverns of Thracia . Originally released by The Judges Guild and republished by others later, it was recently the subject of a successful Backerkit campaign by Goodman Games who…
No doubt this has been done before. But, anyway... A collection of Backgrounds written for use with Troika! , for those who fancy taking the Otherworld's Favourite RPG back to its roots. Dust off that copy of The Riddling Reaver and have at it! Credit 1 All adventurers in Titan start with a common list of items in their possession: The clothes they stand in A dagger (as knife) A coin pouch…
Who I'm Stag , an avid reader and player of role playing games since the late '80s. Starting with OG Advanced Fighting Fantasy I moved on to AD&D and then 2nd Ed - it took me an embarrassingly long time to understand that you don't roll dice to cast magic in D&D a la Fighting Fantasy. I eventually moved on to Cyberpunks 2020 and World of Darkness during those troublesome teenage years, before a…