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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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BROWSE INDEX / PULP CALENDAR & GUIDE
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WORLDS OF PULP: The Art of Simple
When it comes to role playing games, there are many different ways to approach the mechanics of dice rolling. Some games use complex systems with multiple dice, modifiers, and special rules, while Worlds of Pulp sticks to a simple two-dice system with minimal modifiers. While both approaches have their merits, there are several advantages to…
Celebrating 15 Years in Gaming
Scaldcrow Games officially began fifteen years ago at Origins in Ohio. Officially launched on the 4th of July, We began with The Dark Fantasy of Sundrah, an RPG fantasy set in a dark fantasy milieu. Since then we have continued with new titles in the pulp genre under the series heading: of Worlda of Pulp.…
Call of the Watch Crow, Part-2
Recap part 1: The V’lusian warlord Zahnak was usurped by The Poison Hoard. His slave armies were routed. Kall-Ku, a mercenary slave, incidentally freed by the violence, fled across the wilderness; a subdermal implant has become active and gave him instructions, directing him to find the Meinor space station so that he can join the…
Jeff Smith: Mighty Mace
Jeff Smith operated the conventions MACE and mini mace. When we were first announcing Davey Beauchamp’s Amazing Pulp Adventures, we offered tuckerisms as a prize in the convention auction. A tuckerism is when your name is used in a work of fiction. Jeff won and sat down with Davey Beauchamp and laid out Mighty Mace.…
Call of the Watch Crow, Part 1
The Consortium-Black Sun war had finally come to the world of V’Lusia-4 and brought its indiscriminant devastation with it. First, its terrible touch could be seen in the skies as military Starfighters waged a brutal melee high above, while immense capital ships traded blazing volleys in the night; the fury visible, even from the planetary…
Here we go again-Nightclub Names
I am back with more names that may help your games a fiction get a little more zest. Last time I presented names of famous Bulls as starship names, Think that was a reach? Watch this. Still sifting through Bull names, I pulled together a list that seemed appropriate for taverns, nightclubs, cantinas, saloons, etc.…
Stories and Blogs
Mazes & Mondays: Heroes v Villains
Every TTRPG campaign, whether it be a rollicking adventure of misfit heroes or a descent into darkness led by schemers and scoundrels, eventually finds itself drawn to these archetypes. The stoic hero and the wicked villain are the twin pillars upon which countless tales rest, but, dear reader, crafting these figures is no simple feat.