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2020-10-13 19:37
Hey, there! Murder Hobos has just ventured out into roleplaying apparel, and Stuffer Shack is showcasing their wares. If you like gaming shirts and hoodies, then at least one of these design… Read More
2020-04-25 20:08
So, you have your character… some extremely talented wizard with maxed-out Intelligence. 18 or 19 is pretty high, right? And their name is… Grandalf (true sto… Read More
2020-03-21 18:15
If you get excited about new card, board, and roleplaying games (or just want to announce yours), then this Facebook group is for you. With very light posting rules (but still having… Read More
2020-02-20 18:29
Our first Kickstarter has funded in the first day.Pretty pumped!
Some of you reading this have already received some version of these accessories in the past through Stuffer Shack, so I was… Read More
2020-02-17 18:55
Hey folks! I’m pretty pumped to announce our first Kickstarter has just launched… Mini Counters and Condition Markers… In my opinion, the best way to track your monsters… Read More
2020-02-17 06:16
If you’ve known me for awhile, you’d know that I’ve been making some version of Mini Counters and Condition Markers here for a long time. In addition to that, Stuf… Read More
2020-02-12 19:45
When it comes to backing Kickstarters, I’m very finicky. Too finicky. So when I find something that piques my interest, it’s a big deal for me. You can laugh a… Read More
2019-09-05 15:47
Cha’alt… the latest from Venger Satanis…
Cha’alt is a gonzo, eldritch, science-fantasy, and post-apocalyptic… all rolled together. It’s a ruine… Read More
2019-04-28 19:37
I’ve been into RPGs for a while now, and I’ve enjoyed both playing in and running the game. I guess I’d split running vs. playing as 50/50, so I’ve had my fair share… Read More
2019-03-02 19:08
Despite being god-awful at math, I like to try to make sense of the D&D Economy.
So, assuming tenday weeks (as per Forgotten Realms), and according to the PHB, a skilled laborer makes 2g… Read More
2019-02-28 03:16
I know what you’re thinking, “what a dick.”
The PCs were tasked with escorting a rich historian and his bodyguard into a known dungeon. Every decade or so the dungeo… Read More
2018-11-25 04:59
Man! I thought something was weird. The Mini Counters and Number Tokens have been selling like hot cakes for the past few years. And why not? They’re awesome!&n&hell…Read More
2018-11-04 19:39
I normally recap our sessions in our own Facebook group, but decided to share this here because this time it was a different and particularly fun way to do it. Basically, I recapped the sess… Read More
2018-10-19 18:34
I’m giving more Number Tokens away…
Because gamers still want them!
The Store is back open for business, and we’re celebrating by giving more Number Tokens away! Ser… Read More
2018-09-17 21:46
It’s a big deal when a new tabletop roleplaying game gets published. It takes a lot of work, collaboration, planning, marketing, and gumption. Success is a big deal, and i… Read More
2018-09-14 18:34
The Store here at Stuffer Shack has been a labor of love. The Number Tokens are convenient, Mini Markers are cool, and Mini Counters are just way awesome and useful (easily our best se… Read More
2018-05-13 04:35
I’m giving more Number Tokens away…
Because gamers still want them!
Apparently, giving sets of Number Tokens away was a good idea. I’ve had a great run of orders the… Read More
2018-03-14 02:37
Want some free Number Tokens???
Because they’re awesome…
You don’t even have to buy anything – you can simply order a set of 1-10 Number Tokens… for fre… Read More
2017-11-30 21:56
ARCHIVER Issue 2 has just published.
What is Archiver, you ask? Well, let me tell you!
A lot of RPG websites have a lot of old (but great) articles, but those articles can become forgo… Read More
2017-11-28 18:40
“Plague City is a side-plot, intended to occur in the background of a longer campaign. The events will sneak up on the PCs, becoming more relevant as time goes on – until they ca… Read More
2017-11-22 21:06
I’ve just completed my 13th Kickstarter. It’s a location-based adventure called Gamma Turquoise: Santa Fe Starport. So, just wanted to dispense a little more wisdom from my wealt… Read More
2017-10-30 18:30
When I first got into blogging several years ago, I found the concept of a blogging network to be really cool. I got to find and read several other blogs dedicated to gaming, while dr… Read More
2017-10-24 03:19
Do you like buying things at a discount? DriveThruRPG is having a Halloween Holiday Sale. BILLIONS (billions?) of downloadable horror-themed products have been marked down by ove… Read More
2017-10-17 14:00
Across the folding table John tossed his d20, this was an important roll. It caught on his finger and went high into the air. The die came down, hit the edge of the Player’s Handbook o… Read More
2017-10-17 00:28
An espionage and science fiction setting for Savage Worlds, somewhere between Tom Clancy and the X-Men. Need I say more?
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2017-10-10 18:55
Many refer to The Dark Eye as Germany’s Dungeons and Dragons. It is a fantasy RPG featuring elves, mages, dwarves, and all the typical things one might expect from a fantasy RPG, and u… Read More
2017-10-04 17:51
106 products for only $25. That’s 95% off. Need we say more?
“Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria a few short weeks ago, and is in dire need of humanitarian… Read More
2017-10-03 14:00
Venger Satanis does not shy away from the controversial… He is the author of Alpha Blue, an RPG that places sexual themes into a spotlight, and his new Adventure Writing Like a Fuckin… Read More
2017-09-28 17:32
Gnomes have been present in mythology since the 16th century. Their roots can be seen in several mythologies, among which are the type of domestic fey that resided in people’s homes fi… Read More
2017-09-22 18:17
A concession of middle age, but I’m finally starting to warm up to space opera or, science fantasy themed RPGs. I’m still yet to delve into the major IPs. I haven’t read an… Read More
2017-09-18 21:33
I had to shut the store down a few months ago due to time constraints – I just didn’t have enough of it! However, I have received multiple emails asking for some exceptions… Read More
2017-09-12 20:48
Shadowrun: Anarchy (hardcopy, PDF) is the narrative-heavy, shared-storytelling, alternate ruleset for Shadowrun. Among other differences, it has a non-traditional, abstracted movement system… Read More
2017-09-09 18:20
He became a Moon Druid pretty much by accident, and now he travels the countryside looking to restore his karma… “Just call me The Druid. Wait, I’m a druid, right?… Read More
2017-09-08 18:03
I love the RPG community. You can always count on them to step up when needed. Check out this bundle…
It’s the “Hurricane Harvey Relief Charity Bundle.”… Read More
2017-09-05 18:26
Editor’s Note: This article by Brad Murray was originally posted here. I loved it so much that I asked to repost it on Stuffer Shack. Thanks, Brad!
+Cam Banks got me thinki… Read More
2017-09-04 18:18
I love terrain, and Fat Dragon Games has continuously been my favorite. They just announced a few sales, but the one that I love is 80% off their bundle of paper-printable terrain.&nbs&hell…Read More
2017-08-29 00:06
You’ve got a big boss fight lined up. You want it to be scary as hell, with the players fearing for their character’s lives, while still invested enough to take on the beast. An… Read More
2017-08-21 21:21
Ever since the creation of such board games as Mice and Mystics and Gloom that utilize aspects of tabletop roleplaying games, the line between roleplaying game and board game has become murk… Read More
2017-08-14 19:54
There are role-playing games (RPGs) designed to take horror as the main theme, similar to horror novels. These games are designed around the concept that there are events and things making… Read More
2017-08-07 18:13
Deadly Trappings By Kenzer & Company
82 pages (PDF)
This review starts with a gamer admission as well as a disclosure, and the gawds of the many faced dice, demand my confession. First… Read More
2017-08-03 13:30
I was watching Luc Besson’s new movie, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets…
“In the 28th century, special operatives Valerian and Laureline work together to maint… Read More
2017-07-28 13:30
In the vast expanse of the interwebs, a roleplaying game titled Alpha Blue was successfully funded October 2015 via Kickstarter for $4.5K internet bucks. The book was up for general sale in… Read More
2017-07-25 13:30
The Stuffer Shack Press book Truly Terrifying Vampires is full of a lot of really interesting ways of creating horrific monsters – completely unlike the overused tropes of today. … Read More
2017-07-22 13:30
During DrivethruRPG’s Christmas in July sale, you can select up to 40,000 titles at a 25% discount. 40,000 titles would be cool to have, but I’m letting you know about just… Read More
2017-07-13 13:30
On making vampires that your players will never forget and always fear…
Guess what? I’m a professional writer. Yup, I finally dove into writing material for roleplay… Read More
2017-07-09 18:17
Check it out – Stuffer Shack has just released its first official product to our patrons…
Truly Terrifying Vampires
If you are tired of love-torn, angsty, immortal models with f… Read More
2017-07-05 13:30
Avid role-playing gamers are known to learn about the monsters they expect to encounter, especially players who also are game masters (GMs). This has made for a steady market of expansions f… Read More
2017-06-26 13:30
Elves are often depicted as guardians of the wilderness, be it forests, plains, mountains, desert, swamps or tundra in RPG games. In the case of the Drow/ dark elves, they would be living i… Read More
2017-06-19 21:29
A lot of RPG websites have a lot of old (but great) articles, but those articles can become forgotten, lost to time. Stuffer Shack is no different. So, we’re putting together a quart… Read More
2017-06-19 14:00
Doors. Every dungeon has them. Rules governing traps and locks have made them an essential part of every dungeon crawl. Unfortunately, the narrative influence of doors on a given game&rsquo&helli…Read More
2017-06-12 13:30
Your party enters a tavern in the distant land they have spent weeks travelling to. The human fighter walks up to the innkeeper and asks about rooms. The innkeeper responds, but in a differe… Read More
2017-06-09 19:58
We’ve had a great run, but it’s time for our store to come to a close.
We have a few horses left (including some that we’ve never sold before, and their price was been slas… Read More
2017-06-08 13:30
A longsword does a d8, right? A greataxe does a d12, a dagger does a d4, and longbows can fire arrows accurately at a distance of 100 feet. That’s just how it is. Using the default D&a&hell…Read More
2017-06-07 13:30
Want to win $5 worth of roleplaying game stuff from DriveThruRPG? It’s easy! All you have to do is write a one-paragraph plot-seed.
Stuffer Shack will soon be publishing its first prod… Read More
2017-06-05 15:57
I didn’t know how the tracking of a character’s equipment was affecting the roleplaying games people were playing. My article, Do You Have That On Your Character Sheet, generated… Read More
2017-05-30 00:51
Not too long ago, the player characters went up against Paramour, a cyber-assassin that outclassed them in every way. She had been a thorn in their side for several weeks, and they finally t… Read More
2017-05-22 14:00
Dwarves are typically viewed as masters of mining, crafting, and warfare in RPGs. Although these stereotypes may be a starting point, in and of themselves they are, quite frankly, boring. W… Read More
2017-05-15 18:22
Most role players have a favorite system. For many, it’s Dungeons and Dragons. Sometimes it’s Shadowrun. Hopefully, it’s never FATAL. Regardless of the specifics, it might… Read More
2017-05-11 01:54
Have you heard the hoopla? Kort’thalis Publishing came out with a scenario for their flagship game, Alpha Blue. However, there may have been a few people (namely OneBookShe… Read More
2017-05-03 13:30
“Where do you go when you graduate from Hogwarts?”
That question was very much on our minds as we set out to create Scarthey, the University of the Arcane, which we introduced i… Read More
2017-04-21 17:22
Have these situations ever happened to you?
You’re in a dungeon and because the enemies were a bit tougher than you thought that they would be, the PCs either have to retreat back to… Read More
2017-04-17 13:30
Your party has been tracking down the dragon across the wilderness. Traveling over the plains took a long time. The forest was full of minions who harassed and ambushed you. Now, mountains… Read More
2017-04-07 19:47
There are a lot of RPG players – way more than Game Masters. So, it was high-time that I wrote a little something for those on the other side of the screen. Recently, I came out with a… Read More
2017-03-29 14:00
“Hello, I’m your neurosurgeon, Doctor Michael Clauberg. Don’t worry, this won’t hurt—much!”
It’s usually a bad idea to screw over the rest of your p… Read More
![Class-Based Character Backgrounds [part 1]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/1901/190119-1699025240.w320.jpg "Class-Based Character Backgrounds [part 1]")
2017-03-26 22:05
It’s throwback-time, where we revisit an awesome article from years ago…
In my last article, Character Connection = Player Satisfaction, I talked about hooks that connect the ch… Read More
2017-03-13 13:12
Olympus Inc., a modern day setting for Savage Worlds written by Gilbert Gallo and Charles White (produced by Fabled Environments), is a setting in which the world is controlled by shadow gr… Read More
2017-03-08 15:00
I’m currently engaged in my 10th Kickstarter campaign at the moment. It’s a project called Trinity of Awesome Returns!
A lot of people have asked me about what all goes into my K… Read More
2017-03-04 22:45
Shadowrun: Anarchy is the new, rules-light, narrative-focused, alternate ruleset for the world of Shadowrun (You can read my review Here). It allows GMs and players to get into the action a… Read More
2017-02-22 15:00
In a recent review of CGL’s new Shadowrun: Anarchy, I pointed out that the cast of NPCs published therein were best used as inspiration for your own cast of NPC threats. There were is… Read More
2017-02-18 21:51
Our store provides a good chunk of the funds that are used to pay our writers (because RPG blog authors are awesome). We use Patreon to help those writers earn even more… … Read More
2017-02-13 14:30
The Dracolich… all kinds of cool
Liches are common threats found in many types of RPG games. Unfortunately, it’s far too easy for the GM to roleplay them in a simplistic manner… Read More
2017-02-06 14:30
It’s throwback-time, where we revisit an awesome article from years ago…
I don’t think I’m being overly presumptuous when I say that most, if not all gamers want to… Read More
2017-01-28 19:24
“How do you design awesome RPG cities? You know, the kind that feeds your session with ideas, that comes alive in player’s minds and that is uniquely memorable. A city that play… Read More
2017-01-21 19:12
It’s throwback-time, where we revisit an awesome article from years ago…
I have not played in many groups. That stands to reason that I have also not experienced many GMs… Read More
2017-01-16 15:00
In order to make the best furniture that they can, a carpenter learns how to use several different tools, and then puts those tools in their toolbox. When woodworking, they simply pul… Read More
2017-01-12 16:00
It’s Throwback-Thursday, where we revisit an awesome article from years ago…
I find devoted (read as, crazy) power gamers perfectly adorable. It’s funny how they wil… Read More
2017-01-10 04:37
Vampires and their spawn are common threats found in many types of RPG games. Unfortunately, it’s far too easy for the GM to roleplay them in a simplistic manner (as simple monsters t… Read More
2017-01-06 02:45
It’s Throwback-Thursday, where we bring an awesome dead article back to life!
You know the drill: A group of gamers get together, one’s a GM and the rest of us are players… Read More
2017-01-06 02:00
It’s Throwback-Thursday, where we revisit an awesome article from years ago…
You know the drill: A group of gamers get together, one’s a GM and the rest of us are players… Read More
2017-01-03 03:24
Ghosts. Shadows. Spectres. Wraiths. These incorporeal undead (and many more) are common threats found in many types of RPG games. Unfortunately, it’s far too easy for the GM to rolepl… Read More
2016-12-28 14:15
So… for some reason, Stuffer Shack has received a lot of orders over the past few months. Apparently, gamers like what we put out… Mini Counters to track your figur… Read More
2016-12-22 18:26
It’s been a few months since Shadowrun: Anarchy’s release and now the hard copy is available as well. I got my hands on the PDF immediately after much anticipation. The game, whi… Read More
2016-12-12 14:00
Multiple meanings intended. For a great many, it’s been a rough year. For me, November really brought that home. I had a bout with depression – something I’ve only recently… Read More
2016-12-05 14:00
Well… perhaps empire is a bit grandiose, seeing as how my business only grosses a few hundred dollars a year. But Blue Max Studios (my publishing house) has put over thirty RPG titles… Read More
2016-12-01 15:00
Click to check out Part 1 here…
Animated objects have been around forever with the flying rugs, levitating rope tricks, swords that swing themselves and the Golem portrayed in Jewish… Read More
2016-11-29 14:00
Animated objects have been around forever with the flying rugs, levitating rope tricks, swords that swing themselves and the Golem portrayed in Jewish mythology. More recently there have be… Read More
2016-10-28 17:00
“This ever happen to you, chummer? It’s 4 a.m. and you find yourself in front of the SoyFroYoGo machine (again), choosing between pink-blue and orange-yellow (tan? really?… Read More
2016-10-19 13:00
Chris Stevens recently asked me if I’d like to write something regularly for his site, the STUFFER SHACK. He didn’t have anything specific in mind, so I gave it some long th… Read More
2016-10-10 13:00
Most DMs don’t have many encounters with plant monsters, slimes, molds, and puddings. They’re oftentimes relegated to things that players stumble into like traps, side quests, a… Read More
2016-10-05 13:00
It’s no secret… Shadowrun (any edition) has not exactly been a rules-lite game. It’s a meaty cyberpunk-fantasy dystopian setting with a very solid fan-base, and it a… Read More
2016-10-03 13:00
Mapping out your campaign world and key locations can be a hassle, and that battle map that took hours to plot out might never get revisited. Simpler maps work fine, are fast to make a… Read More
![Anticipation In Your Games [mature]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/1901/190119-3754394184.w320.jpg "Anticipation In Your Games [mature]")
2016-09-19 12:52
Creating a sense of anticipation is a worthwhile technique no matter what genre or artistic vehicle you choose. However, this blog post is about erotic anticipation (I can get away with usin… Read More
2016-09-07 14:00
Combat in D&D is an abstract affair. It has been this way since day one. And, probably since day two, there were those who preferred a more concrete, blow-by-blow, experience, and came u… Read More
2016-09-01 03:49
Probably the best advice would be to just have fun, but I particularly like Dungeon World’s advice to “Play to find out what happens.”
This advice doesn’t &hell…Read More
2016-08-30 14:44
Today’s entry is a bit late, and as it turns out I’m doing a combo entry covering two days.
If I could play anywhere in the world, I’d have to say I’d prefer gaming a… Read More
2016-08-29 23:26
Wouldn’t it be the bee’s knees if you could run a game session without those pesky non-fun moments? I think so. Actually, I know so! That’s why I laboriou… Read More
2016-08-29 03:47
There is one book that I believe is at the foundation of all gamer’s pasts, or if it’s not, it should be. It’s a classic tale of a hero’s quest, but one told in… Read More
2016-08-28 02:23
The time that comes to mind was after the great blizzard of 1996 in Victoria, British Columbia.
Now, although that’s in Canada you should understand that Victoria’s weather… Read More
2016-08-27 04:30
This is a pretty easy one, since RPGs naturally fit in a constellation of various hobbies. Wargaming is the one that gave it birth and miniature painting goes hand-in-hand with it. Comp… Read More
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