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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.
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TTRPG Treasure Chest
Tactical Tuesday: Build it Loud, Build it Weird
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
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…
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
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.
Stories and Blogs
Portent and the Coward’s Last Chance
Based on the Masked Marvel, originally published by Youthful Magazines, 1949; created by Graham IngelsArizona, 1876Reuben Parks drove his oxcart into the badlands, Everything he owned left behind in the tiny town of Horseshoe. It didn’t much matter; the likelihood of finding safety now, was slim. If he were lucky he might survive being scalped…
Portent and the Long Hard Climb-A Western Tale
Based on the Masked Marvel; Youthful Magazines (1949); created by Graham Ingels. Arizona, 1876.Every February, Chet Fairchild made the journey up the Kachinas to visit, “Old Man” Aaron Fennessey. The black steed, Whirlwind made the climb up the snow mottled slope; a discreet outlaw-trail called The Lost Highway. Some years back Chet came this way…
Fire and Portent – A Western Tale
This story is based on the Masked Marvel, published by Youthful Magazines; created by Graham Ingels In the town of Crucible Rock 1876, townies watched as Blindside Avenue’s most popular den of depravity burned. Most folks believed Nasty Mikes was a sight more than a saloon and dance hall, it was a safe harbor for…
Portent: The Crooked Trail-A Western Tale
This story is based on the Masked Marvel, published by Youthful Magazines; created by Graham Ingels Ellis Warren shot his way out of the bank at the town of Silent Aces yesterday, the loot was thrown across his saddle and his partner, Fred Pride, was shot dead by the Sheriff while Warren shinned-out and disappeared…