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Dive into the exciting lineup of Scaldcrow Games' weekly blogs and get inspired for your next tabletop adventure!

Tactical Tuesday gears you up with strategies and tips for enhancing your TTRPG experience.

Wrestling Wednesday brings the thrill of the ring to life, perfect for fans of action-packed storytelling.

Fantastic Friday unlocks imaginative realms, featuring ideas and resources for Worlds of Pulp™ and beyond.

Each article is thoughtfully crafted by T. Glenn Bane and a team of passionate contributors, offering fresh perspectives, creative materials for generic TTRPGs, and updates on Scaldcrow's latest news and projects.

Your next story, battle, or world is just a click away. Explore now and join the adventure!

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Tactical Tuesday: The Next Job

By Glenn Bane

Alright, team, listen up—this isn’t one of those feel-good, wave-the-flag kind of missions. Out there in the Gulf of Atithia, the water’s not calm and neither are the people.

Tactical Tuesday: Operation Iron Howl

By Glenn Bane

Alright, listen up, tough guys. You didn’t sign up for this job because it’s easy—you signed up because you know how to handle chaos with a cigarette in your mouth and a gun in your hand. Well, congrats; chaos just knocked.

Tactical Tuesday: Build it Loud, Build it Weird

By Glenn Bane

Alright, soldier, you want a vehicle that’s more than just some rusty old tin can on wheels? You want a ride that’s gonna turn heads, drop jaws, and maybe, just maybe, leave your enemies wondering what the hell just hit them? Then you’re in the right place. These ain’t factory fresh; they’re built, not born. Every bolt and every weld tells a story.

Tactical Tuesday: Meet Your Assets

By Glenn Bane

Alright, strap in, rookie. If you’re rolling with this crew, you better know your assets, inside and out. The team’s got the looks of chaos, but it’s all built on strategy, guts, and gear. Everything in your hands or at your back is what keeps you breathing after the lead starts flying, so you better appreciate it. These tables? They’ll build your squad, gear ‘em up, give ‘em wheels, and show you where and how they operate. Roll, adapt, and survive.

Tactical Tuesday: Join the Best…

By Glenn Bane

Alright, listen up. You don’t call yourself a merc without backing it up. If you’re here, you’re looking for something tougher. Something sharper. You’re sniffing around for a shot at joining them. The mercenary outfit with the kind of reputation that wakes people up in a cold sweat. These guys aren’t your barroom brawlers or wannabe heroes—I’m talking the hardest, leanest pack of professional killers-for-hire you’ll find anywhere. If you don’t have what it takes, stop pretending and scram now, because this crew doesn’t babysit. They break you—or worse—and only the best damned soldiers come out the other end standing.

Tactical Tuesday: Know Your Enemy

By Glenn Bane

Alright, listen up, rookie. You’re running a military campaign, and your players just walked into the wrong stretch of nowhere. They’re not up against an orderly line of enemy troops, but the dirty underbelly of warfare—the shadows of the battlefield. Brigands, marauders, guerrillas, and raiders. They’re not the same breed, so don’t treat ‘em like they are. If you do, your TTRPG loses its edge, and worse, your players won’t respect the danger they bring. You’ve gotta know who they are, what they want, and how to use ‘em if you’re gonna make their lives hell.

Tactical Tuesday: Operation Ruinfall

By Glenn Bane

The story unfolds in the crumbling industrial underbelly of Tasrin City—a swampy, corrupt port town that sweats oil and smog. The squad has commandeered an old factory—what used to be a meat-packing plant during the good times.

Time to Rise and Grind!!

By Glenn Bane

Ladies and Gentlemen, the spectacle of Rumble City may have concluded, but who says the action has to stop? The legendary moments, the jaw-dropping moves, the unforgettable wrestlers—they’re all ready to step back into the spotlight.

Stories and Blogs

31 Days of Halloween: On the Mind’s Edge

By Glenn Bane

Dreamscape (1984)******* (7 out of 10 stars)Starring: Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Kate Capshaw, and Eddie Albert.“A nightmare is just a dream that you don’t want to have.” — Alex Gardner“Dreamscape” takes a deep dive into the unsettling world of parapsychology, a realm that was both fascinating and feared during the 70s and…

31 Days of Halloween: Jigsaw’s Deadly Puzzle

By Glenn Bane

SAW (2004) ******* (7 out of 10 stars)Starring: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer, and Monica Potter. “I want to play a game.” Jigsaw The film “SAW” opens with a grim and gritty atmosphere that immediately grips the viewer, with its filthy dilapidated, abandoned backdrop. The unsettling air is thick with tension,…

31 Days of Halloween: Myth Meets Monster

By Glenn Bane

Gargoyles (1972) ******* (7 out of 10 stars)Starring: Cornel Wilde, Jennifer Salt, Grayson Hall, Bernie Casey.“Oh. Don’t worry, dear. It gets worse.”—Dr. Mercer Boley Gargoyles is a unique 70s offering into the horror genre, blending legend and mythology with a traditional monster movie setup. An isolated desert, where an anthropologist and his daughter must face…

31 Days of Halloween: Enter the Haunted Asylum

By Glenn Bane

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)******* (7 out of 10 stars)Starring: Wi Ha-joon, Park Ji-hyun, Oh Ah-yeon, Moon Ye-won, Park Sung-hoon, Yoo Je-yoon, and Lee Seung-wook. Embarking on this film journey without any preconceptions, I dove in blind—no previews, no spoilers. My initial reaction was a raised eyebrow as it quickly began echoing the vibes of “The…