Hi all, I’ve been running Laidback DM, my own Table Top Role Playing Game (TTRPG) content production business since 2019. It’s a job I love, possibly more than any other I’ve had throughout my long and hectic life. But every … Continue reading An Ending…And a Beginning
Wow. I haven’t written a book review in sooooo long, it’s not funny. It’s not that I haven’t been reading, it’s just that my priorities have lain elsewhere. Now I’m getting closer to retiring (at the ripe old age of … Continue reading Where He Can’t Find You. A Book Review.
DUNGEON KARIA is a 144-page softcover book/PDF (and possibly hardcover, depending on unlocked stretch goals) with 16 hand-drawn, connected, old school maps which includes spaces provided to feature history, treasures, NPCs, name your maps, stock your dungeons and add Session Notes as you run players … Continue reading Dungeon Karia DM’s/GM’s Workbook & Digital Maps Now Available on DrivethruRPG!
Instead of a BIG unplanned dungeon map series, I’m drawing individual maps for YouTube. This one is a multi-level tower map hand drawn on A3-graph paper. Enjoy 🙂 For more Laidback DM, click here. Continue reading Hand Drawn Map Video: Tower of Maraki!
Time for a free, old school map! I love drawing maps for D&D, Pathfinder & Dragonbane adventures. I have far too many, though, so I like to give away my hand-drawn maps when I can. I drew this map back in 2020. It’s a Tower & … Continue reading Free: Old School Tower & Dungeon Map!
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in 2018-19, the ‘Out of the Abyss’, a campaign I ran in 2020, the ‘Phandelver’s Pact’ campaign I ran from 2020-21, and … Continue reading Pathfinder 2e: ‘Vaults of Otari’ (2023-2025) Sessions 84-85 – The END of the Campaign!
Paizo is well known for their preeminent world building. Golarion for Pathfinder 2e is a crazy, gonzo (but coherent) world with so many differently-themed areas it allows you to play any sort of fantasy campaign you want. The Starfinder 2e … Continue reading Starfinder 2e Galaxy Guide Review!
Angus Shotfeather of the Troubledown Mine Co-Operative has problems. Big Problems. Something has invaded the Co-op’s mine, and the problem is too monstrous for his little company of miners to handle. But something else has also entered the mine, and … Continue reading Trouble Down Mine One-shot for Dragonbane, 5e & OSR – Now Available on Drivethrurpg!
It has been a long haul, but the unplanned mapping YouTube series Caves of Ghuvia is now complete! I think I might publish these maps in a book at some point. In the meantime, Enjoy 🙂 For more Laidback DM, click here. Continue reading Hand Drawn Map Video: Caves of Ghuvia (Part 24) – The Final Map!
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ DnD 5e campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in 2018-19, the ‘Out of the Abyss’, a campaign I ran in 2020, the ‘Phandelver’s Pact’ campaign I ran from 2020-21, … Continue reading Secrets of the Draaken Emperor (2024-25) – Session 38: The Final Battle!
Introduction I previously posted some warts-and-all email summaries of the ‘Curse of Strahd’ campaign I ran in 2017-18, the ‘Tomb of Annihilation’ campaign I ran in 2018-19, the ‘Out of the Abyss’, a campaign I ran in 2020, the ‘Phandelver’s Pact’ campaign I ran from 2020-21, and … Continue reading Pathfinder 2e: ‘Vaults of Otari’ (2023-2025) Session 82-83
Hi all, I purchased the Starfinder 2e Player Core the other day (the compact version, which is considerably cheaper than the hardback). I have the original Starfinder, which had lots of interesting differences from old Pathfinder (including stamina points on … Continue reading Starfinder 2e Overview!
Time for a free, old school map! I love drawing maps for D&D, Pathfinder & Dragonbane adventures. I have far too many, though, so I like to give away my hand-drawn maps when I can. I drew this map back in 2020. It’s a Chasm Dungeon … Continue reading Free Map: Old School Chasm Dungeon!
The unplanned mapping YouTube series of Caves of Ghuvia continues! Enjoy 🙂 For more Laidback DM, click here. Continue reading Hand Drawn Map Video: Caves of Ghuvia (Part 23)
Don’t know who Laidback DM is? Or maybe you just want to “top up” some adventures you missed at a super-cheap price? What better way to start than with the Laidback DM Starter Pack – 4 Adventures, FiveE Magazine #1 (with a free adventure included), a … Continue reading Laidback DM 5-Adventure Starter Pack on Sale – Just $5 on DrivethruRPG!
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