Frugal GM Review: Easy Dice Roller Co 105 ct Bulk Dice

About two weeks ago I was contacted by Michael over at Easy Roller Dice Co. about reviewing some of their product. I made sure they knew about the 1st two rules I had about reviews, which I should really put down on a page for posterity, and asked them to send me "something" instead of me cherry-picking product.

I get enough of that when I'm paying for review product, which inevitably skews my reviews in a favorable manner.

I was surprised when a much-larger-than-expected package arrived with enough stuff for three reviews. I did my customary quick glance at everything and figured I'd start from what I assumed (based on that initial glance) would be the worst of the lot and work my way up.

Free GM Resource: Grey Tower Games YouTube Channel

This week's Free GM Resource is another YouTube channel. You'd think I'd be sick of these by now, but I keep stumbling across interesting RPG terrain builders...

Grey Tower Games is a "newer" channel that has, at the time of this post, fewer than 400 subscribers. That isn't a lot, especially when compared to the other channels I've posted as resources.

What I really liked about GTG is that these builds generally tackle terrain building from a completely different perspective. Instead of heavy use of cheap foam core and lots of hot glue gun action, there is a lot of sculpy and modeling clay. I like being able to add a few new ideas to the table, and I think those of us who make terrain for their games will like Grey Tower Games as well.

FGM042: The Invasive Invertebrates Available now as PWYW

It is late (or early, depending on your interpretation), but I wanted to post about the finished Tweak & Toss OSR Adventure Seed called "The Invasive Invertebrates".

Unlike some of the other Tweak & Toss offerings, this one is a bit more subtle/in the background. I could see a GM using this to highlight a Druid PC or just letting things go on in the background. This little thing, left unchecked, can change the entire structure of the region and cause all sorts of interesting complications....an enterprising GM may wish to keep the name of this Tweak & Toss away from the players....

The Invasive Invertebrates is available as a PWYW product on DriveThruRPG (and other OBS sites). To go to the appropriate page, click on either graphic for this post or use this link.

A Little Tweak & Toss Bonus Content Available Over at Patreon (for free)

Even though I haven't finished my latest Tweak & Toss (actually I've barley started...) I decided to do a little bit of bonus content in the form of a one-page "Ecology of" article.

This is the Ecology of the Carnivorous Clam, which is almost a throw-away creature. Sure it could do some damage to a party in the right setting, but then so can everything else. This is a background creature central to what will be FGM042: The Invasive Invertebrate.

I was inspired by the scourge that is the Zebra Mussel, but put some spin on it, adding a couple of features not present in "real" mussels.

This bit of an extra "thing" is available over at my Patreon campaign. You don't have to be a supporter to download this and I won't be throwing it up over at DTRPG. Click on either graphic in this post or use this link.

Free GM Resource of the Week: Dungeons & Gluesticks

This week's Free GM Resource is another cool terrain-building YouTube channel called Dungeons & Gluesticks.

I heard about this channel last week and I've watched some of the videos.....some pretty cool stuff there.

Even if you aren't into making tabletop terrain...I've made some in the past but haven't broken out the glue gun in years....the videos are enjoyable to watch.

Well, at least I enjoy them.

Fat Dragon Game's Deluxe Edition Dragonshire is the Deal of the Day!

I just found out that Fat Dragon Games is having a HUGE (as the Deal of the Day) sale on one of their more popular offerings. Last time it was 50% off of an array of paper terrain models, but this time it is 70% off of the Deluxe Edition of Dragonshire.

If you have any interest in making cool paper models for your game, you want to check out this sale!

Frugal GM Review: Stranded at the Doomsday Drive-In!

This week I'm going way off on a few combined tangents for this week's Frugal GM Review. You know how OBS likes to throw up personalized suggestions based off of your purchase history? Well on DriveThruRPG I skipped past that and looked at the "Exclusively on..." list. I'll poke through that list but I'd say at least 99% of what is there are items I don't need/want/could care less about.

If I have to spend my money on review products I tend to get things I think I could use.

Today I went far off the reservation and picked up a tiny solo adventure for a game system I've never heard of (or at least don't remember hearing of).

Free Map065: The Great Lakes

Today I spent waaaaaayy too much time working on this large map. I had several ideas I wanted to try out and most of them were a waste of time.....well, I generally don't consider learning new techniques, or more specifically techniques not to use, that big of a waste of time.

This map was inspired by a couple of things, one of which should make it to a Tweak & Toss adventure.

My Patrons get a much larger/better map and a few alternate versions. To get the free map, click on any of the graphics from this post, or use this link.