R P Davis here, Head Kabouter lead designer at Kabouter Games. I’ve been in and around game design for a while now, as an amateur for nigh on 40 years, and as a professional since 2016. I want you to…
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Sly Flourish’s newsletter is worth a sub. He’s always posting thought-provoking content. The last one really made me think. The question he was dealing with is: How Many Rounds of Combat Are Ideal? I really appreciated his take, which amounts…
Happy New Year, gang! Buckle up. This is going to be a long one. I’m R P Davis, owner and CEO of Kabouter Games. I’m also the lead developer — hell, only developer — layout designer, project manager, you name…
Truth be told, we’ve had one for some time, but we haven’t made a big deal about it. If you’d like to support our work, please consider becoming a Patreon patron. You could even get your name in the credits…
or, I can’t believe we’re still having this conversation One of the things that regularly pops up in tabletop RPG conversations — and one that drives me absolutely batshit — is the idea that hit points directly equate to wounds…
In this “episode”, we talk about interacting with the environment, how to recognize when you need to do more of it (pretty much always), and how to avoid building a situation where you’re passive, basically watching the GM narrate like…
This is a new blog series wherein we provide tips to have a quality Old School RPG experience. These posts are aimed at Fifth Edition players coming to Old School gaming for the first time. In this first post, we…
I’ve been selling Fifth Edition work on the Guild since pretty much the beginning. I’ve experienced some small success on the platform. In that process, I’ve seen a lot of flap out there about selling your content on the Guild. Some…
Time for another #Swordtember post! This time we’ve got a semi-sentient scimitar for you. Hopefully it’ll come in handy! Dirge, Executioner of Pride’s Fall Sword (scimitar), very rare Dirge is a scimitar forged centuries ago from the tooth of a…
[note: this article first appeared on R P’s personal site in 2019] I see a lot of sound and fury about railroading on various internet fora. Trouble is, I think almost all of it is bullshit. The discussion which spawned…
