A Re-Visited Free GM Resource: Dyson's Dodecahedron

It's been a good three-and-a-half years since Dyson's Dodecahedron was 1st featured as a Free GM Resource.

A lot has happened with Dyson over the last 30 months....a....lot.

Probably the biggest "thing" for Dyson is his Patreon Campaign where he's in the top tier of earners for his work, enough that he's pretty much a full-time cartographer now. Good for him, and also good for us.

Unless you've been living under a rock you should know that Dyson's Dodecahedron is an awesome place for RPG maps, but....and this is the reason for the re-visit, Dyson has made a larger number of his maps free for commercial use.

It's kind of a big deal, and you should go specifically check out these maps....maybe his Patreon Campaign as well.

Friendly Head's-Up Regarding a New Kickstarter Good for Online Games

I don't recommend too many Kickstarters (or at least I don't think I do), but Fantasy Maps, Floorplans & Art Pack for RPG games is one I just signed on to.

The creator, Jean Francois Senay, has done five previous Kickstarters and usually has most of the artwork completed before he even launches. For about $9 USD you can pick up some new modular interior floorplans (nothing too special there) , nine furnished rooms, and 135 items. I bought in for the finished rooms & items, which I think are great resources when playing online with the likes of MapTools or Roll20.

A Twofer of Tools From the Basic Fantasy Role Playing Game

A little over a year ago I posted the Basic Fantasy Role Playing Game as a Free GM Resource. I took a bit of a re-visit and noticed that the BFRPG folks have a few pretty cool random generators for the game that are worth checking out.

If you head over to the "tools" section of the site you'll find the generators, as well as a few other gems. The MapMatic tools pretty much deserve their own shout-out, so just consider this a twofer!

Free GM Resource: A Metric Butt-Ton of Free Adventures

This week's Free GM Resource, in honor of the recent "GM's Day", is a plethora of free OSR adventures collected over at the Dragonsfoot forums.

Seriously....we are talking about hundreds of adventures.....hundreds.

Too many to go through, so I'd just bookmark the page and visit as needed.

Free GM Resource: Roll 3d6 Roleplaying Game Resources

This week's Free GM Resource is late because.....well because I was an idiot and wrote up a post for something featured almost four years ago, so my after-thought of checking the post before I headed off for an unexpected 11 hour day...well I had nothing to post this morning.

Roll 3d6 Roleplaying Game Resources (say that 5 times fast) is a site that looks like it hasn't been updated in the last 18 months, but it still has a lot going for it. Honestly I didn't get much past the "Tools" section with a bunch of random generators, but I did also look at one of the adventures under the "Games" tab. Clearly there is more worth checking out.

Frugal GM Review: The Inn of the Buxom Wench

Last week I picked up The Inn of the Buxom Wench from A Hole In The Ground Terrain & Games.

I'll freely admit that I was hooked by the title and really, who has enough fleshed-out inns....I know I don't?

The Inn of the Buxom Wench is 14 pages (10 of content) long and comes in at 3.04 MB. Most of the pages are black & white, but there is a two page-full-color map at the back and some color on the front & back covers. Also included are maps (gridded and no grid) of the inn. You also get two versions of the maps, one in 72 dpi and the other 300 dpi.

The pdf isn't secured and it is bookmarked. While not really filled out, there is some actual info in the PDF properties pages, which surprised me quite a bit as most pdfs have nothing noted there. Also commonly overlooked is actually designating what info is considered "Product Identity" when they place the license. A lot of times on pdfs the license is simply added and not actually used appropriately.

The pdf is a bit on the rough side. Some of the artwork looks a bit hazy and I'm not a fan of the border around each page. That is really just a personal preference and not a big deal. Another nitpick I have is that some of the print is tiny, pretty much any stat block. When printed out it is rather small, but it still works.

What I really liked, and really the reason I picked this up in the first place, is that this is a well fleshed out locale. A good (enough) description of the building, rooms, and personnel are provided. Could there be some more detail? Probably, but it is too easy to put up way too much info and then the GM has to deal with a wall of text. I think there is just enough meat on the bones, as it were, for the GM to get what they really need and to add onto as they desire.

Overall The Inn of the Buxom Wench is a nice little location that any GM can use to add a little flavor to their campaign. As of the writing of this post this pay-what-you-want pdf is receiving an average donation of $1.06. This is definitely worth a couple of bucks, especially when you factor in the included maps.

Free GM Resource: Fat Dragon Games Newsletter with Bonus 3D Printer Files

I'm being a little proactive with this week's Free GM Resource because this tidbit isn't available until next month.

Fat Dragon Games is putting together an email newsletter, starting in March, and if you sign up for it you'll get some free 3D printer files. March's freebie is supposed to be some tomb props.

Free 3D files...yes, please.

I'm willing to go out on a limb and say the newsletter, even without the freebies, will be worth it. Worst case and I'm wrong you can easily just unsubscribe.

Free GM Resource(s): Kobold Fight Club & Improved Initiative

This week's Free GM Resource is Kobold Fight Club. Kobold Fight Club is a web-based encounter builder that feeds into/from Improved Initiative. These tools are clearly for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons, so they might be of limited use to my 12 readers, but you could say that about any of these Free GM Resources.