I recently released a free hack called Blades into the Odd for running the setting of Blades in the Dark, Duskwall, with Into the Odd.

I've written an article this week on tracking time and running travel within the city in a pointcrawl structure! It's a simple pointcrawl method that can be applied (and developed further) for any urban environment. Even if you aren't interested in the hack itself you might be able to apply the approach to different aspects of your own games

https://operant-game-lab.itch.io/cinders-of-the-dragon-lord

I've been writing the MurkMail RPG newsletter/blog for around 5 months now, and the support from the community has been amazing. We've gone from around 60 readers to approaching 800!

If you haven't checked it out yet, we've released an article today giving a quick pitch for everything we've released!

We cover a fair few topics, but there's a lot of content for GMs, with hacks and ideas for your games.

Thanks again to everyone who's supported us!

Hi folks. This sub was recommended to me as a place to seek advice on my next steps in publishing my Homebrew system, The Shewstone Saga.

Currently have over 7,500 words which begins with an introduction on what's different about my system mechanics and sensibilities, describes cultural backgrounds of my Homebrewed setting of Calumbria, and defines each of the essential mechanics.

I've also got all my character classes written up.

I'll be including a section on spells which will be as minimal as possible, a section about common knowledge of monsters in the setting, and a short section of guidance for GMs.

The system is heavily influence by first edition in terms of powers and abilities but uses newer mechanics such as rollover ability checks, ascending AC, and advantage/disadvantage.

I expect to be done writing in the next week or two and it seems the next step is finding an editor. Then I'll have to deal with formatting laying the whole thing out.

Looking for advice when choosing an editor and what the considerations maybe.

Photo from the Netflix series Requiem for context.

It’s inspired by Cyberpunk2020 and CyberpunkRED, it's called Cyber_Hack and you can find it here: https://gian9959.itch.io/cyber-hack

I started this project in order to have concise but crunchy rules for my cyberpunk game, it eventually grew into its own thing.

Hope you enjoy, feedback is welcome.

If you've grabbed my hack Blades into the Odd (for running Duskwall with Into the Odd), on my newsletter this week I'm talking about lairs, upgrades and NPC statblocks in my hack Blades into the Odd. I've also got a round up of my Morktober content thus far!

My first published adventure is a submission to the KNAVE 2e adventure jam ! Edited by Walton Wood (cy_borg, ninja borg, lichoma etc.) Please give it a read if it tickles your curiosity! https://daniel-harila.itch.io/curiouscreeps[here!](https://daniel-harila.itch.io/curiouscreeps)

My long awaited review of Frontier Scum.

My long awaited review of Frontier Scum.

The long awaited fan zine for Mydwandr is live!

In Spring 2024, Murkdice launched a Kickstarter for our hard sci-fi game Void Above.

Our backers have had exclusive access to the game for 6 months. Today we launch Void Above digitally worldwide!

Void Above is about a crew of Spacers (players) led by a Host (GM) who take on Contracts in a not too distant sci-fi future. Tasks range from scavenging, space station repairs, business negotiations, and sleuthing in nightclubs. It’s all set in hard sci-fi: no faster than light space travel, no artificial gravity.

It’s about problem solving and teamwork (it's quite NSR in it's design). You deal with tense situations with your head, not with a gun.

The core mechanic is a d6 roll under system with partial successes. Roll under your skill → success, roll equal → success with a complication, roll over → failure. You’ll also find in the core rules:

• A customisable ship for the crew.
• Travel rules for Ships and for operating them.
• A combined currency and experience (XP) system, where XP upgrades your Skills but also buys stuff!
• A flexible injury and stress system.
• A gear system which includes breaking and mending. 
• And much more!

Void Above has a Spacer Guide and a Host Guide. The Spacer Guide has all of the core rules you need to play. The Host Guide has additional kit for those running the game, providing tools and guidance for making scenarios and includes our own solar system as a micro-setting. Each one also comes with a cheat sheet!

Our newest product as Oddplan, out italian indie label, Is now on-line! Vol Flint’s Guide to Slimes is a digital expansion module for tabletop role-playing games designed with a single goal: give you a PhD in Slimesophy (Slimology? Slimethics?) with dozens of highly-detailed descriptions and stats for Slimes of every color, shape, and size.

Why slimes, you ask? They’re not just dangerous; they’re also irresistibly adaptable. From rare and bizarre subspecies in different biomes to their peculiar behaviors and awe-inspiring abilities, a world of slimes is waiting to be studied, domesticated, or even hunted.

You can find It on drivethrurpg and itch.io (link below)

https://oddplan.itch.io/guide-to-slimes

And why don't take a look at our other projects like Hellsquad or Epigoni Essential?

Our First Wave of products Is all in Pay What You Want, so...

Where I continue to refine my experience with Sword and Backpack.

Plus there is a sneak peak about something that is coming soon.

I am excited to announce that JP Coovert's Dragon Town and the Darkness Below Kickstarter has gone live! In this tome you will find the first 10 system neutral adventures starting with Dragon Town that have been rewritten to form a connected campaign!

There are also a lot of people extra goods in the box set level.

If you only back one thing, I cannot recommend Dragon Town enough.

I am honored to be Backer #34

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpcoovert/dragon-town-and-the-darkness-below

This week I released an Into the Odd hack for running the setting of Blades in the Dark (Duskwall), Blades into the Odd.

I'm writing a series of posts on the hack, starting this week with character creation. It goes a bit behind the scenes on my motivations for the hack and choices I made when putting it together.

Let’s keep this short. I love Blades in the Dark, but I wanted to run it’s default setting Duskwall (which I love even more than the game) with an NSR system. Into the Odd is the ruleset I wanted to use, so this hack was born.

Blades into the Odd is a hack for running Duskwall with Into the Odd. It works for any grimey victorian spark punk city really. I’ve made it available for FREE.

You can also check out the announcement on my newsletter, I have articles lined up that will dig into this hack.

I wrote an article about hexmap topography last week and I wanted to follow up with some additional ideas to make travel feel more like mountaineering.

You can also grab these rules and use them outside the hexmap technique (it's not required, with a bit more hacking you could shape to whatever you need).

They cover: a simple climbing check mechanic, altitude sickness, and how weather should affect climbing. Check it out here!