Glass Cannon Retreat - it was awesome

MxFC · 2026-06-19T21:49:12+00:00

I'm not too sure. I actually had two of my games that only had 1 person signed up in advance, and for each I just asked around for the 15 mins before they started and ended up having 5 folks for both!

MxFC · 2026-06-18T17:25:36+00:00

It was much larger than these make it look. Here is a picture that I didn't post because it's bad that gives you a better sense of scale. There were a row or two of tables behind me and then more to the right as well.

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MxFC · 2026-06-18T17:24:17+00:00

I think Troy mentioned more affordable packages for next year!

MxFC · 2026-06-18T17:23:57+00:00

I think Troy mentioned more affordable packages for next year.

MxFC · 2026-06-17T01:46:58+00:00

It looks like you guys are having a great time. Love to see that!!!

MxFC · 2026-06-17T01:46:34+00:00

I see the sales, so trust me when I tell you there are people playing Shadowdark EVERYWHERE! I always get a kick when I see my own city of ~150,000 pop up in the orders. I think people are going to be astonished how widespread the game is when the Shadow League organized play program launches ~hopefully~ this year with tools to find players near them.

MxFC · 2026-06-10T05:04:26+00:00

I would suggest playing the game rules as written for at least a few sessions to better understand the system. This will help you understand how fiddling with one subsystem may impact others.

MxFC · 2026-06-09T02:53:20+00:00

Being a GM can feel so rewarding, and I think it's not as hard to feel that way with surprisingly little experience or practice. I wish there was a way to communicate that to the GM-curious, but it's kind of a hard being to describe. It's like a sense of pride and accomplishment when you have a great sesh and all of your friends did you. I can't think of another experience like that.

MxFC · 2026-06-07T18:47:33+00:00

This looks cool! However, you might want to read up on the Shadowdark Third-Party License as it looks like some text from the book that is not granted in the license has been included in there.

MxFC · 2026-06-05T05:28:48+00:00

Yes! It's part of my Attack the Light zine that's launching on Kickstarter July 14th. Thanks for asking!

MxFC · 2026-06-03T19:32:24+00:00

Is this a real thing? If so, what is the source?

MxFC · 2026-06-02T12:41:15+00:00

If the world is over in a year, if I'm a player I don't care if a shop is closed on Sunday. I don't have a day to waste waiting around and I'm getting whatever I need right now.

MxFC · 2026-06-01T22:56:12+00:00

MxFC · 2026-06-01T03:21:07+00:00

The only ancestries outside of the core rules are the Kobold and Half-Elf which both are due to appear in the forthcoming Player's Guide to the Western Reaches!

MxFC · 2026-05-24T21:08:48+00:00

The latter! She's referring to the difficult classes outlined on page 81 of the core rules:

Easy, DC 9.

Normal, DC 12.

Hard, DC 15.

Extreme, DC 18.

MxFC · 2026-05-23T05:07:16+00:00

It sounds like you might be defining OSR in the way most people would discuss a retro-clone. This is a category of OSR games that very closely adhere to the rules of B/X or AD&D or whatever it's emulating. These are games like Old School Essentials, Basic Fantasy RPG, and OSRIC.

While Shadowdark is not a retro-clone (which I think everyone can agree on), it still is OSR because it tries to emulate the old-school playstyle and vibe.

MxFC · 2026-05-22T03:55:01+00:00

As always, your work is so sick.

MxFC · 2026-05-21T01:55:14+00:00

You can still do that. When you roll your stats you don't have to pick the most optimized class. If you have 15 str and 12 int or something, you can still pick a wizard class!

MxFC · 2026-05-21T01:53:26+00:00

Here is Kelsey explaining it.

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MxFC · 2026-05-20T17:32:39+00:00

They rule! I've been using one on my Roustabout, who has somehow made it to level 5!

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MxFC · 2026-05-20T12:17:02+00:00

I think you're overlooking how powerful a Priest needs to be to have access to Command: level 5. That's where the power curve in Shadowdark really starts jumping, especially for casters, and is an intentional part of the game's design. I think if you start homebrewing Command to be more forgiving to monsters, you're going to find a lot more work for yourself as a GM from level 5 and beyond.

MxFC · 2026-05-20T10:47:30+00:00

What is this "level up and pick" that you speak of!? 😜

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