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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.

Wonderous Wednesday Tips, tools, and news from the Worlds of Pulp™ for most TTRPGs..

Friday Frights and Fables Wretched realms and crooked paths in the woeful worlds of horror. 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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Tactical Tuesday #4: Recon Adventures

By Glenn Bane

In the myriad military possibilities of tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs), military scouting campaigns offer a thrilling blend of strategy, stealth, and exploration.

SHAPE THE STORY: MILITARY GENERATOR

By Glenn Bane

Alright, listen up! We’re back with our second Shape the Story product. Sick of scrambling to piece together a decent adventure plot with enough grit for your military-themed TTRPGs? Your solution’s right here. Brew up a cup of action and watch your game explode into life. Release Date: 12-11-2024, Wednesday at Drivethrurpg.com. Cost: $4.99If you buy…

Spotlight #4: “Malevolent” Mickey Malloy

By Glenn Bane

As the excitement for Rumble City reaches a fever pitch, all eyes are not just on the wrestlers but also on the man tasked with maintaining order in the chaos: “Just” Jerry Johnson, the esteemed Head Referee.

Tactical Tuesday #3: Dynamic Warzones

By Glenn Bane

Crafting immersive and dynamic settings for military-style tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) involves blending creativity with a keen understanding of military conflicts. By designing fictional hotspots…

Spotlight #3: “Just” Jerry Johnson, Referee

By Glenn Bane

As the excitement for Rumble City reaches a fever pitch, all eyes are not just on the wrestlers but also on the man tasked with maintaining order in the chaos: “Just” Jerry Johnson, the esteemed Head Referee.

Tactical Tuesday #2: Military Game Mastery

By Glenn Bane

Designing military campaigns for tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) involves creating immersive and strategic scenarios that captivate players and simulate the tension of real-world operations.

Spotlight #2: Rapidfire and Rolling Thunder

By Glenn Bane

Dive into the thrilling universe of the Worlds of Pulp with Scaldcrow Games, where every Wrestling Wednesday brings you an electrifying update! Each week, we’re unveiling two new dynamic characters,

Blading the Game: Sharpen Your Tabletop Skills

By Glenn Bane

In this first edition of Tactical Tuesdays, we look at and compare the art of Role-Playing and storytelling, to the dedicated philosophies of knife fighting. The concept of a sword or knife fight is common to many TTRPGs. Often, we try to craft characters who can expertly apply these skills and win the day against…

Stories and Blogs

31 Days of Halloween: Three-Witches Glee

By Glenn Bane

Let us descend into the cobwebbed corridors of memory, where celluloid ghosts flicker and dance upon the silver screen.

31 Days of Halloween: Twin Lenses of Poe

By Glenn Bane

Welcome, my dear fellow travelers upon the eerie planes of cinema, to a labyrinthine tale where the haunting whispers of Edgar Allan Poe serve not as the foundation, but as the muse. Two Evil Eyes offers not a devout tribute to its literary progenitor but rather a platform for the darkly distinctive imaginations of two cinematic titans, George A. Romero and Dario Argento.

31 Days of Halloween: Colors of Fear & Fire

By Glenn Bane

Before the name “Lecter” became synonymous with gourmet cannibalism and suave menace—before the perfumed gloss of mainstream thrillers and slick serial-killer dramas—there was a whisper in the dark, a haunting prelude cloaked in dread and sharp neon.

31 Days of Halloween: Eyes-Closed, Fear-Open

By Glenn Bane

When A Nightmare on Elm Street first appeared, it landed differently for us than it might for the young people of today.