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Swords & Sorceries: Orcs and Orcus in the Broken Empire

Swords & Sorceries: Orcs and Orcus in the Broken Empire

In the Broken Empire, orcs, ogres, and all their goblinoid kin are said to descend from Orcus, the Zyirran underworld demon-god of oathbreakers and traitors. ...

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Swords & Sorceries: The Tomb of Fire with 24-Hour Discount

Swords & Sorceries: The Tomb of Fire with 24-Hour Discount

Riches Beyond Counting…or the Storm God’s Revenge

My newest 5E adventure, Swords & Sorceries: The Tomb of Fire, is available in PDF and in full-color paperback. 

And it comes with a 24-hour bonus just for...

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REBELLION for Playtesting (formerly "Starwalkers")

REBELLION for Playtesting (formerly "Starwalkers")

A few weeks ago I posted a very rough draft of a Star Wars-inspired RPG that I called "Starwalkers" with tongue firmly in cheek. Well, I kind of liked the way it continued to take shape. It's way farther along now, and I think it deserves...

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Every Champion is Cosmic (No More Tiers!)

Every Champion is Cosmic (No More Tiers!)

No tiers. That's the lesson I've learned the last couple of months. From now on, every backer gets every item.

Back in October, I switched from charging of $1 per item to flat monthly of $2 or $5. I was publishing a lot of m...

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Early Access Audio: Surveillance Footage Tutorial by A Minor Film School

Early Access Audio: Surveillance Footage Tutorial by A Minor Film School

This is the audio track of a video tutorial. Click here to see the video. 

This episode shows you how to take a video clip and turn...

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Early Access Video: Surveillance Footage Tutorial by A Minor Film School

Early Access Video: Surveillance Footage Tutorial by A Minor Film School

This episode shows you how to take a video clip and turn it into something that looks like surveillance camera footage. This tutorial is just the basics. It’s for those of you who are looking to bring a little something extra to your gaming sess...

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Swords & Sorceries: Mystical Inspiration for 5E Spellcasters

Swords & Sorceries: Mystical Inspiration for 5E Spellcasters

My Swords & Sorceries campaign and adventures are inspired myth and history. I am fascinated by the challenge and opportunities of playing 5E adventures in a setting that ev...

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Delta Green: Jack Frost -- Text for Playtesting

Delta Green: Jack Frost -- Text for Playtesting

If you have time during the busy month of December, I would love to get your feedback on "Jack Frost." It's a scenario about Delta Green agents infiltrating a deadly MAJESTIC operation in 1998, before the MAJESTIC war went hot and before the schis...

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Arc Dream Presents: Gaming in History (Early Access)

Arc Dream Presents: Gaming in History (Early Access)

History is an inexhaustible well of deep mystery, action, comedy, and tragedy to inspire and feed even the most fantastical RPGs. Join game designers who specialize in historical gaming for tips on making it an easy and powerful resource.

P...

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November Review

November Review

At the beginning of November, I changed my pledge system to two options for a flat, monthly amount. If you're still at the original $1-per-item amount, here's what you ...

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Starwalkers: A Fan RPG

Starwalkers: A Fan RPG

Download revised at 3:29 p.m., 28 NOV 2019.

As near as I can tell from social media, every person in the world is jaw-droppingly inspired by The Mandalorian and trailers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Me too...

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Early Access Audio: Delta Green: The Garden, Part 2

Early Access Audio: Delta Green: The Garden, Part 2

Watch Part 1 on YouTube or listen on the Arc Dream Presents...

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Early Access Video: Delta Green: The Garden, Part 2

Early Access Video: Delta Green: The Garden, Part 2

Watch Part 1 on YouTube or listen on the Arc Dream Presents...

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Godlike: Female Talents of the OSS

Godlike: Female Talents of the OSS

“You have to think. If you look scared, you’re dead. So smile.” —Hèléne Deschampes, OSS code-name “Anick”

The Office of Strategic Services was an American wartime agency dedicated to espionage and sab...

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Delta Green: Dr. Penelope Hawtrey

Delta Green: Dr. Penelope Hawtrey

My friend Amber was a brand-new gamer when she played Delta Green for the first time. I ran Music...

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Early Access Video: Delta Green: The Garden, Part 1

Early Access Video: Delta Green: The Garden, Part 1

Adam Scott Glancy playtests Delta Green: The Garden, a scenario set in the last days of World War I. The Garden is part of a multipart campaign that sees agents facing a threat that recurs and grows across the decades. Hear more ...

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Early Access Audio: Delta Green: The Garden, Part 1

Early Access Audio: Delta Green: The Garden, Part 1

Adam Scott Glancy playtests Delta Green: The Garden, a scenario set in the last days of World War I. The Garden is part of a multipart campaign that sees agents facing a threat that recurs and grows across the decades. Hear more ...

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Swords & Sorceries: The Bladesharp Archetype for 5E Rogues

Swords & Sorceries: The Bladesharp Archetype for 5E Rogues

One inspiration for my Swords & Sorceries adventures and the Broken Empire setting was Fritz Leiber's stories of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. T...

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Godlike: The War From Here, Part 2 -- The Road to Carentan

Godlike: The War From Here, Part 2 -- The Road to Carentan

"The Road to Carentan" is a scenario for GODLIKE,  our RPG of superp...

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The Feasting Universe Calls You to Choose (aka Changing Reward Tiers)

The Feasting Universe Calls You to Choose (aka Changing Reward Tiers)

Thank you for supporting my adventures on Patreon! 

I've had a couple of months now to get a feel for my workflow and how that best fits the pricing models for me. So! 

MONTHLY, NOT PER CREATION

I'm changing from paym...

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Delta Green: Geoffery Hawthorne in The Labyrinth

Delta Green: Geoffery Hawthorne in The Labyrinth

SPOILER ALERT FOR DELTA GREEN: THE LABYRINTH. If you expect to be a DG player in a campaign featuring The Labyrinth, read no more!

2019-10-31 21:09:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Swords & Sorceries: The Shieldbearer Archetype for 5E Fighters

Swords & Sorceries: The Shieldbearer Archetype for 5E Fighters

The Broken Empire world of Swords & Sorceries is inspired by ancient history as seen through the lens of Fifth Edition. Fighters have the "Pro...

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Arc Dream Presents: How to Game the Weird (Early Access), Embedded for Patreon Audio

Arc Dream Presents: How to Game the Weird (Early Access), Embedded for Patreon Audio

I'm reposting this under Patreon's built-in Audio post format so it can be played in the Patreon app. In theory. If it doesn't work, let me know and I'll investigate further. 

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Arc Dream Presents: How to Game the Weird (Early Access)

Arc Dream Presents: How to Game the Weird (Early Access)

Arc Dream Presents: How to Game the Weird, a panel discussion on the ins and outs of designing and running a weird horror scenario. Moderator Daniel Harms leads a discussion with panelists Fiona Maeve Geist, Kenneth Hite, Shane Ivey, Badg...

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Godlike: Revised Character Sheet & Optional Luck Token

Godlike: Revised Character Sheet & Optional Luck Token

I put together a new version of the Godlike character sheet. It has all the s...

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Swords & Sorceries: The Summoning Domain for 5E Clerics

Swords & Sorceries: The Summoning Domain for 5E Clerics

Summoning spirits and monsters has always been the province of arcane spellcasters. That leaves a gap in 5E that seems critical to me: gods and goddesses that represent the underworld or the abyss, the mysteries of death and spiritual...

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Delta Green: Blood Type Generator

Delta Green: Blood Type Generator

Here you have a piece of my home campaign's history. 

When I was running "The Last Equation" last year, o...

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Delta Green: The Taste of Ashes (Early Access Podcast)

Delta Green: The Taste of Ashes (Early Access Podcast)

"The Taste of Ashes" was an hour-long Delta Green discussion at NecronomiCon Providence in August 2019.  This episode of Arc Dream Presents was recorded live at the Omni Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island. 

“Elite government o...

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Swords & Sorceries: Path of the Blooded, a Barbarian Subclass for 5E

Swords & Sorceries: Path of the Blooded, a Barbarian Subclass for 5E

The barbarian has always been my favorite D&D class to play, but one thing irks me in the 5E version and its paths, even the berserker: their total self-control. Where is the blood-red rage that takes a warrior's mind, already add...

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Researching Innsmouth

Researching Innsmouth

Excerpted from the upcoming Delta Green scenarios Ex Oblivione and Hourglass, available soon at delta-green.com.

Agents can pursu...

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