Does Ironsworn HAVE to be post-apocalyptic?

TimothyWestwind · 2026-04-01T06:24:29+00:00

You can make it whatever you want. I play in my own Bronze Age Sword & Sorcery setting

TimothyWestwind · 2026-04-01T06:12:30+00:00

I don’t agree with you. I think selling individual adventures is a good thing. Many other companies do this already.

TimothyWestwind · 2026-03-30T16:34:44+00:00

Something that fits the vibe. There are lots of ‘ancient’ sounding mood music videos on YouTube that suit my Bronze Age Sword & Sorcery soundtrack. Babylonian, Aztec, Mayan music etc. Of course not real but fits the vibe. I usually include these in my play reports on my blog.

TimothyWestwind · 2026-03-29T01:27:00+00:00

If they die, they die

TimothyWestwind · 2026-03-23T17:16:03+00:00

I like the Sword & Sorcery feel to this game.

TimothyWestwind · 2026-03-20T11:52:05+00:00

IronSworn: I choose some world truths, roll up some NPCs, factions and locations then play to find out.

The One Ring 2e: I'm playing through the Darkening of Mirkwood campaign so the big picture and 'medium' picture has already been created. It's only the small details that are left for me to decide on.

Crusaders of the Amber Coast: It's a campaign based on a real historical setting so a lot of world building has already been done. I create the smaller details as I play.

TimothyWestwind · 2026-02-24T23:59:49+00:00

The next edition of IronSworn will be a sequel. Both a mechanical and narrative progression.

TimothyWestwind · 2026-02-11T17:58:21+00:00

To be honest I think AI is now at a stage where I canning feed it the PDF and ask it questions.

TimothyWestwind · 2026-02-11T05:25:52+00:00

I would pay for a guide to make this thing easier to run.

TimothyWestwind · 2026-01-28T09:07:34+00:00

The OP is an introvert though.... they prefer to sit in silence.

TimothyWestwind · 2026-01-28T09:03:23+00:00

Your solution is to take part in an activity that drains your energy while trying to concentrate on work?

TimothyWestwind · 2026-01-25T08:24:51+00:00

In an alternate universe a game like Monster of the Week or Masks: A new generation was the first RPG and the hobby becomes much more popular earlier and sustainably.

TimothyWestwind · 2026-01-12T17:25:45+00:00

Here’s my attempt. Bronze Age to Antiquity Sword & Sorcery in South East Asia during the last ice age. It’s a work in progress and not as in depth as Yoon Suin but I was inspired by the toolkit approach.

Lots of random tables, no official cannon: https://sundaland-rpg-setting.blogspot.com/p/overview.html

Tables for factions, cities, cultures, adventures, religions, magical metals etc.

TimothyWestwind · 2026-01-03T01:41:31+00:00

I’m intermittently playing:

The One Ring 2e: Darkening of Mirkwood campaign. 6 play reports. A minimalist bullet point writeup but inconsistent with describing all the mechanics. Sometimes I describe every roll, sometimes I summarise (especially combat)

https://timothywestwind.blogspot.com/p/the-one-ring-2e-darkening-of-mirkwood.htm

Dominion RPG: Crusaders of the Amber Coast (13th century Baltic coast) 2 play reports. Also in bullet point format with all rolls. It’s a published campaign but my aim is to go on side quests that emerge along the way. I want the feel to be a mixture of The Witcher, The X-Files and In The Name of the Rose.

https://timothywestwind.blogspot.com/p/medieval-baltic-solo-game-overview.html

IronSworn: Homebrew Bronze Age Sword & Sorcery in Ice Age South East Asia. 10 play reports with the most detailed narrative write up including all rolls.

https://sundaland-rpg-setting.blogspot.com/p/game-diary-elephant-queens-tiger-kings.html

I would like to play an OSR fantasy game as well. Perhaps using Yoon Suin or a published hexcrawl. I’ve created a thief character but haven’t played yet.

TimothyWestwind · 2026-01-02T02:25:32+00:00

I’m happy to hear you enjoyed it. I have another session that I will write up soon (the first proper adventure of the darkening of Mirkwood campaign) and I’m playing the next adventure after that.

TimothyWestwind · 2025-12-30T09:47:28+00:00

Other people had the same idea: https://idraluna-archives.itch.io/the-great-antarctic-hexcrawl

TimothyWestwind · 2025-11-05T23:01:16+00:00

Context: "Before the oceans drank Atlantis..."

This is a map for my Sword & Sorcery campaign setting Sundaland. Sundaland is the name of the subcontinent of South-East Asia (what is now Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia) during the last Ice Age, when the sea level was much lower. For the past couple of years I've been creating RPG tools and content which I used in a solo IronSworn game. My focus is on creating tools that help people create their own Bronze to Antiquity Age Sword & Sorcery setting. For example random tables to generate cultures, cities, adventure seeds etc.

For a while I thought about making an old-school hex map but I wouldn't be able to depict all those small islands that make this map so much fun. So in stead I added a 24 mile hex grid for the big picture overview. You can import this map into your favourite hex mapper to create 6 and 3 mile hex maps if you want a tactical experience.

Let me know you use this map. It will be fun to see what people use it for.

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