Advantage - A dice mechanic providing a player the benefit of an increased chance of success by rolling an additional die and using the higher roll.

Hit Points (HP) - A representation of a characters health, resistance to harm, or closeness to death, often times represented by a number, slots, or tally compared against a maximum value.

BBEG - A term standing for “Big Bad Evil Guy/Gal”, representing an overarching antagonist pulling the strings and creating conflict within a setting and against the protagonists.

Point-of-view - Often abbreviated to POV, representing the perspective of which a story or scene is told from, whether a named character, local observer, narrator, or other viewpoint.

Constructed Language - Often shorted to Conlang, a fictional language spoken and/or written by the denizens of the story world, or by a region or peoples (Examples: Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki, Huttese, etc)

Cubicle 7’s Easter Sale continues with 50% off of the physical core books for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar: Soulbound, and the Doctor Who: the Roleplaying Game 2E.

DriveThruRPG hosts Monster Mayhem, a series of bestiaries and monstrosities across many discounted products available in PDF or print-on-demand!

[5 DAYS LEFT] Pathfinder 2E’s Bundle at the Center of the World features a large treasure trove of adventures, maps, and the NPC core physical book, on Humble Bundle raising money for Comicbooks for Kids.

FLAIL: an old school fantasy brawler - An good ole-fashioned fantasy TTRPG that embraces wild odds, from weapons breaking to spells going awry. Low-prep, designed for single session dungeons and short campaigns!

Might I also interest you, and highlight JP Cooverts recent video on some of the more interesting crowdfunders over the past couple weeks?

For the Daggerheart players and enthusiasts, Darrington Press revealed the cover artwork and release date to the first expansion book, Hope and Fear, to the new and beloved RPG.

If you’re a Steam gamer, every now and then there are fun tools that come out that may prove to be helpful in creating resources or handouts for games (albeit non-commercially). Scriptorium is a fun little game and tool for designing medieval-style manuscripts, whether for a cozy experience, creative release, or fun way to throw a handout together for your game!

You’ll notice that I didn’t mention, and nearly slept through the Dungeon Crawler Carl hype these past weeks. … Its a game about aliens taking over the earth and turning it into a game show dungeon. Read GameRants thing on the game here!

The Indie Game Developer Network (IGDN) is hosting the Indie Groundbreaker Awards once again!! … If you’re interested in seeing what indie darlings are nominated, check out the list here. Winners to be announced May 24th.

Perfect thing to celebrate today (May Day)! … The workers of the Magic the Gathering Arena team have banded together to form a union!

Do you have a potion dice set yet?? … There’s a bunch of unique sets that look like curious tinctures and enigmatic elixirs that may be perfect for your character. And I’m not saying this for affiliate clicks either; they’re actually pretty awesome! Here’s one that I’m gawking over now!

Luke Hart over at The DMs Lair takes a dive into the matter of using taverns as the starting point in campaigns, why they’ve been so versatile a location,… but also throwing the trope against the wall and proposing completely different locations which one may start their journey!

Holy crap! So, I’ve done a lot of world building and map making for tabletop projects, and every now and then you come across a resource which makes you completely rethink how you place cities and build civilizations! … The Grainbound released a video that highlights the nuances map-making,… not just how geography affects where things go, but the interrelationship that allows it all to make sense!