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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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TTRPG Treasure Chest

New Character: The Man on the Corner

By Glenn Bane

“Happy” Francais Blatti is The Man On The Corner, a character that can be used easily in Rotwang City, or Cape Noire, or really any other setting. Sometimes folks in a community may have need to get a message or a plea to the local mobster or gang boss. The question is how do you…

The Scorpion in…Consequence and the Fat Cat

By Glenn Bane

Alfrancais Brainvine, the magnate, slurped down another oyster, discarding the shell into a bucket beside his desk. He grabbed a letter opener with his chubby, oyster soaked fingers and with the other, a stack of papers.     The first letter was doubtlessly another shameless plea from the Victory Arms tenement. They all said the same thing.…

Merry Christmas Crow Crew

By Glenn Bane

Everybody here at Scaldcrow Games would like to wish each and every one of you a Very Merry, safe, and memorable Christmas! We’ll see you again after the New Year. We have exciting things planned for 2022. Look for our New Years Update! In the meantime, enjoy the holiday, and may your dice never let…

Remembering the Beginning

By Glenn Bane

I was remembering how I first began a lifelong fascination with tabletop role-playing games and was considering what they meant to me. It occurs to me that the reasons that I latched onto them may also be relevant to some of you.  So here is the story… Before, discovering gaming, life was pretty quiet and…

A Look Back: T. Glenn Bane

By Glenn Bane

Looking back almost ten years (pre moustache), I have been recalling the first collaboration I was ever involved in, and the remarkable people that shared that dream with me. All I can say about the energy that we all had was, well…it was electric.

Welcome Everybody

By Glenn Bane

My name is Glenn Bane. My favorite people have always been gamers. Whether sitting around my gaming table, playing at a convention, or part of an online campaign, I love meeting new gamers. It’s why I call this blog Geek Opera, because its not just about me, but rather all of us. An Opera has…

A Look Back: Drew Meyer

By Glenn Bane

Davey Beauchamp put me in contact with Drew Meyer, a creative mind with a penchant for theatre and gift of explosive ideas. Davey suggested that I meet Drew, stating that he had many interesting ideas. I spoke with Drew and discovered that yes…yes he did. I had a casual business meeting with Drew and near…

A Look Back: Davey Beauchamp

By Glenn Bane

Davey Beauchamp is a visionary designer and writer whom I am very proud to have worked with and hope to work with again. This interview was given back in 2012. With the ten year anniversary of APA coming up, I feel that it is imperative that I find some project for us to come together…

Stories and Blogs

Mazes & Mondays: Forgotten Relics

By Glenn Bane

the allure of power whispered from a gilded chalice, the promise of glory sealed in an ancient scabbard, the faint pulse of malevolence lurking beneath the innocent façade of a silver ring.

Frights & Fables: Shamble with Purpose

By Glenn Bane

Ah, the word “zombie.” How it drifts through the annals of horror like a ragged specter, dragging its feet and gnashing its teeth.

Pulp Fantasy for All RPGs-Coming Soon

By Glenn Bane

Game Masters and fantasy fans, prepare to ignite your imaginations! On May 1st, 2025, a groundbreaking tool for tabletop role-playing games arrives to transform your barbarian-inspired adventures into epic tales of legend.

Mazes & Mondays: Heroes v Villains

By Glenn Bane

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.