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Halflight Halls: Campaign & Setting Starter - Hack Shack Games | DriveThruRPG
Halflight Halls
Campaign & Setting Starter
An Off-Beat Campaign Setting, designed to reward clever teamwork, bold heroics, and spectacularly bad ideas.
Inside you'll find:
The Halflight Halls camp...
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HALFLIGHT HALLS: Campaign & Setting Starter
Now available as Pay-What-You-Want on DTRPG!
An Off-Beat Campaign Setting, designed to reward clever teamwork, bold heroics, and spectacularly bad ideas.
Compatible with Daggerheart.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Now available as Pay-What-You-Want on DTRPG!
An Off-Beat Campaign Setting, designed to reward clever teamwork, bold heroics, and spectacularly bad ideas.
Compatible with Daggerheart.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
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This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
Time to kick this tryptophan hangover, and get things done.
C'mon weak weak flesh, we can do this.
C'mon weak weak flesh, we can do this.
Thievery Corporation / The Outernational Sound
YouTube video by iMUSIC HARMONY
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November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Time to kick this tryptophan hangover, and get things done.
C'mon weak weak flesh, we can do this.
C'mon weak weak flesh, we can do this.
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Just released a free playset for #NowhereHome! Set in the Forgotten Realms, play as monsters fleeing a relentless party of adventurers.
samrobsondmg.itch.io/forgotten-re...
Don’t own Nowhere Home? No problem! Download it for free below for this weekend only:
samrobsondmg.itch.io/nowhere-home...
samrobsondmg.itch.io/forgotten-re...
Don’t own Nowhere Home? No problem! Download it for free below for this weekend only:
samrobsondmg.itch.io/nowhere-home...
Forgotten Realms: a Nowhere Home Setting by Sam Robson
Classic D&D monsters flee determined adventurers!
samrobsondmg.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Just released a free playset for #NowhereHome! Set in the Forgotten Realms, play as monsters fleeing a relentless party of adventurers.
samrobsondmg.itch.io/forgotten-re...
Don’t own Nowhere Home? No problem! Download it for free below for this weekend only:
samrobsondmg.itch.io/nowhere-home...
samrobsondmg.itch.io/forgotten-re...
Don’t own Nowhere Home? No problem! Download it for free below for this weekend only:
samrobsondmg.itch.io/nowhere-home...
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Technique Surface Embellishment
Crochet is already magical, but using BLO rows to create built-in embellishment paths feels like unlocking a secret cheat code.
My Owlbear pattern will be released on Dec 1st on my Patreon - and it uses this technique. www.patreon.com/c/myshinycas...
Crochet is already magical, but using BLO rows to create built-in embellishment paths feels like unlocking a secret cheat code.
My Owlbear pattern will be released on Dec 1st on my Patreon - and it uses this technique. www.patreon.com/c/myshinycas...
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Technique Surface Embellishment
Crochet is already magical, but using BLO rows to create built-in embellishment paths feels like unlocking a secret cheat code.
My Owlbear pattern will be released on Dec 1st on my Patreon - and it uses this technique. www.patreon.com/c/myshinycas...
Crochet is already magical, but using BLO rows to create built-in embellishment paths feels like unlocking a secret cheat code.
My Owlbear pattern will be released on Dec 1st on my Patreon - and it uses this technique. www.patreon.com/c/myshinycas...
Oh no, I forgot to post my annual PSA for Thanksgiving.. Well, better late than never.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Oh no, I forgot to post my annual PSA for Thanksgiving.. Well, better late than never.
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Happy Blackhat Friday, partners!
Pistolheart is live on itch! It's 10% of until Midnight and Itch is letting all creators keep 100% of their profits today, so if you were planning on getting it already... mosey on over to itch.
A more lengthy thread to come!
ckc09c.itch.io/pistolheart-...
Pistolheart is live on itch! It's 10% of until Midnight and Itch is letting all creators keep 100% of their profits today, so if you were planning on getting it already... mosey on over to itch.
A more lengthy thread to come!
ckc09c.itch.io/pistolheart-...
Pistolheart Vol 1 by ckc09c
A supplement for Western Daggerheart campaigns by Carlos Cisco.
ckc09c.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Happy Blackhat Friday, partners!
Pistolheart is live on itch! It's 10% of until Midnight and Itch is letting all creators keep 100% of their profits today, so if you were planning on getting it already... mosey on over to itch.
A more lengthy thread to come!
ckc09c.itch.io/pistolheart-...
Pistolheart is live on itch! It's 10% of until Midnight and Itch is letting all creators keep 100% of their profits today, so if you were planning on getting it already... mosey on over to itch.
A more lengthy thread to come!
ckc09c.itch.io/pistolheart-...
Skipping Black Friday nonsense this year to spend the day checking on the TTRPG world at large, and some writing and adventure prep.
Heading to the end of a year+ campaign of MotW/Public-Access, and firing up a Daggerheart - Halflight Halls game soon.
Atomic Batteries to Power. Turbines to Speed.
Heading to the end of a year+ campaign of MotW/Public-Access, and firing up a Daggerheart - Halflight Halls game soon.
Atomic Batteries to Power. Turbines to Speed.
Caravan Palace - Dusty House Mix
YouTube video by CaravanPalace
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November 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Skipping Black Friday nonsense this year to spend the day checking on the TTRPG world at large, and some writing and adventure prep.
Heading to the end of a year+ campaign of MotW/Public-Access, and firing up a Daggerheart - Halflight Halls game soon.
Atomic Batteries to Power. Turbines to Speed.
Heading to the end of a year+ campaign of MotW/Public-Access, and firing up a Daggerheart - Halflight Halls game soon.
Atomic Batteries to Power. Turbines to Speed.
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All of those vegetarian, yoga-posing, D&D-playing, LotR fans are gonna burn in hell, I tells ya!
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
All of those vegetarian, yoga-posing, D&D-playing, LotR fans are gonna burn in hell, I tells ya!
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The Gauntlet Pitch Day is coming December 6th. We’re taking pitches for our in-development game, The Lands Remaining. Come do some sad fantasy with us!
Details: www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Details: www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Pitch Day
Pitch Day: The Great Forest We’re taking pitches for our upcoming game, The Lands Remaining ! Pitch Day will be December 6th, 2025. There will be three different Zoom calls you can join to make...
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Gauntlet Pitch Day is coming December 6th. We’re taking pitches for our in-development game, The Lands Remaining. Come do some sad fantasy with us!
Details: www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Details: www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Supertramp
Pink Floyd
New Order
Circle Jerks
Violent Femmes
Supertramp
Pink Floyd
New Order
Circle Jerks
Violent Femmes
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Barenaked Ladies
Nickel Creek
Great Big Sea
Florence + the Machine
Fitz and the Tantrums
Barenaked Ladies
Nickel Creek
Great Big Sea
Florence + the Machine
Fitz and the Tantrums
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Leonard Cohen (multiple)
Lilith Fair
Gogol Bordello
Drax Project (multiple)
The Muppets (yes, really)
Leonard Cohen (multiple)
Lilith Fair
Gogol Bordello
Drax Project (multiple)
The Muppets (yes, really)
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Supertramp
Pink Floyd
New Order
Circle Jerks
Violent Femmes
Supertramp
Pink Floyd
New Order
Circle Jerks
Violent Femmes
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If you are nervous about playing or running a TTRPG game please know that you got this and you are going to kill it. It will be your best game so far! #ttrpg #dnd #daggerheart
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If you are nervous about playing or running a TTRPG game please know that you got this and you are going to kill it. It will be your best game so far! #ttrpg #dnd #daggerheart
While the games bring us together, it's the communities we build through them that are the real magic. Heart full of joy to be included in this lovely group of beautiful dodo's! <3
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
The word Dodoborne, our theme song, and even creating this Daggerheart show in the first place has always revolved around the idea of finding your flock (even if the rest of the world tries to brush you off as extinct).
Grateful for how many of our flock has found us. Happy Thanksgiving! ❤️🦤
Grateful for how many of our flock has found us. Happy Thanksgiving! ❤️🦤
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
While the games bring us together, it's the communities we build through them that are the real magic. Heart full of joy to be included in this lovely group of beautiful dodo's! <3
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Yes. But to be more specific, I think every game should have a "what is this game" page(s), because not every TTRPG is played exactly the same or under the same base assumptions. If that involves what someone considers "common knowledge"—it's not, and that knowledge should never be assumed.
Do you think the "Explain what a TTRPG is" page is necessary or not
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Yes. But to be more specific, I think every game should have a "what is this game" page(s), because not every TTRPG is played exactly the same or under the same base assumptions. If that involves what someone considers "common knowledge"—it's not, and that knowledge should never be assumed.
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Slugblaster - Game of the Year Edition by @wilkiescandylab.com includes expanded solo rules, two play surfaces, a set of dice, enamel pin and stickers, original soundtrack, and a GM Screen built right into the box!
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/news/n...
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/news/n...
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Slugblaster - Game of the Year Edition by @wilkiescandylab.com includes expanded solo rules, two play surfaces, a set of dice, enamel pin and stickers, original soundtrack, and a GM Screen built right into the box!
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/news/n...
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/news/n...
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Hub & Spoke design is a concept in IT & Data used to facilitate access and reliability
But I also think it can and should be used in TTRPG Adventure & Setting design.
thewelshdm.wordpress.com?p=4270
But I also think it can and should be used in TTRPG Adventure & Setting design.
thewelshdm.wordpress.com?p=4270
Hub & Spoke Adventure Design
I recently spoke on a video with Mike Underwood about a concept for Hub & Spoke Adventure Design in Daggerheart. It’s a concept that has been intriguing since the reveal of Campaign Frames in t…
thewelshdm.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hub & Spoke design is a concept in IT & Data used to facilitate access and reliability
But I also think it can and should be used in TTRPG Adventure & Setting design.
thewelshdm.wordpress.com?p=4270
But I also think it can and should be used in TTRPG Adventure & Setting design.
thewelshdm.wordpress.com?p=4270
My Podcastmons, let me show you them..
As we head into a long weekend of slumped digestive torpor, what better way to spend hours of tryptophanic delerium, than catching up on awesome TTRPG podcasts?
These are the ones on our current rotation (not counting what's on Youtube). Give em' a click!
As we head into a long weekend of slumped digestive torpor, what better way to spend hours of tryptophanic delerium, than catching up on awesome TTRPG podcasts?
These are the ones on our current rotation (not counting what's on Youtube). Give em' a click!
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My Podcastmons, let me show you them..
As we head into a long weekend of slumped digestive torpor, what better way to spend hours of tryptophanic delerium, than catching up on awesome TTRPG podcasts?
These are the ones on our current rotation (not counting what's on Youtube). Give em' a click!
As we head into a long weekend of slumped digestive torpor, what better way to spend hours of tryptophanic delerium, than catching up on awesome TTRPG podcasts?
These are the ones on our current rotation (not counting what's on Youtube). Give em' a click!
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Today at 1pm EST, I'll be streaming with my thoughts about designing Boss Encounters for Daggerheart - making a boss worth remembering as well as the environment/support adversaries needed to make an incredible boss fight.
Twitch.tv/turbotango
Twitch.tv/turbotango
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today at 1pm EST, I'll be streaming with my thoughts about designing Boss Encounters for Daggerheart - making a boss worth remembering as well as the environment/support adversaries needed to make an incredible boss fight.
Twitch.tv/turbotango
Twitch.tv/turbotango
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Check out this 2 hour interview/chat I did with @thedungeonplunger.bsky.social where we talk about... pretty much everything RPG. It was a lot of fun talking as he's trying to keep up with my ADHD ass that's bouncing all over the place. youtu.be/p_F5lduKeOI?...
Chatting Skilled Based RPGs and a LOT more with Seth Skorkowsky
YouTube video by The Dungeon Plunger
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Check out this 2 hour interview/chat I did with @thedungeonplunger.bsky.social where we talk about... pretty much everything RPG. It was a lot of fun talking as he's trying to keep up with my ADHD ass that's bouncing all over the place. youtu.be/p_F5lduKeOI?...
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Just got back from PAXU and feeling energized, inspired, and ready to create something? I have some opportunities that might interest you! I'm hitting the ground running on a new project, The Lands Remaining, and there are ways to get involved. Details in the thread!
(Art by PK Ashur)
(Art by PK Ashur)
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Just got back from PAXU and feeling energized, inspired, and ready to create something? I have some opportunities that might interest you! I'm hitting the ground running on a new project, The Lands Remaining, and there are ways to get involved. Details in the thread!
(Art by PK Ashur)
(Art by PK Ashur)
An under sung gem of a book, full of humor, really fun art, a solid faction system with cool job roles to expand character's, a wealth of random tables full of campaign and character details, and a Bitchin' Battle Balloon. What more can folks want, honestly..
For me, AI does not mean Artificial Intelligence. It means Acquisitions Incorporated. And this time of year, as PAX Unplugged winds down, will forever remind me of making the Acquisitions Incorporated D&D hardcover. I have endless stories about that book, but those are best saved for another time.
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
An under sung gem of a book, full of humor, really fun art, a solid faction system with cool job roles to expand character's, a wealth of random tables full of campaign and character details, and a Bitchin' Battle Balloon. What more can folks want, honestly..
Fighting #PAXUnplugged FOMO the only way I can; coffee, music, & adventure writing. Sure looks like this year was bangerarang though.. LE SIGH. LE MEOW.
Today's work jamz.
Today's work jamz.
Plug me IN and turn me ON: Noisy no wave and post punk jewels with Manuela Gimenez
YouTube video by BA Productions
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Fighting #PAXUnplugged FOMO the only way I can; coffee, music, & adventure writing. Sure looks like this year was bangerarang though.. LE SIGH. LE MEOW.
Today's work jamz.
Today's work jamz.
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In all mediums of communication (stories, poems, songs, comics, paintings, games, etc) we're hungry for another person's true lived experience that contends with narratives programmed into us by society that aren't in our interests, and with other ways society uses and abuses us.
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In all mediums of communication (stories, poems, songs, comics, paintings, games, etc) we're hungry for another person's true lived experience that contends with narratives programmed into us by society that aren't in our interests, and with other ways society uses and abuses us.