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Rogue Scroll is a little something I cooked up in my alchemical laboratory last week. A bare-bones version of Swords Without Master that fits on a single page. It’s got the rules for conjuring up some Rogues and running them through a bunch of Rogues’ Phases while collection Motifs. But there are no Morals, no Mysteries, no Perilous or Discovery Phases, and perhaps most importantly, no Overplayer.
Read MoreTo play Swords Without Master, or The Dread Geas of Duke Vulku, or some other pickup game, or just to say "Hail, fellow traveler in the lands of wonder!"
Read MoreIt could be that you are here, perusing this very page, because a companion showed you a certain post on The Guardian's website about the joys of reading roleplaying games. Or you are here because a fellow adventurer wishes to dig into this new game they have unearthed. Or you have found your way here through your own unguided and unprovoked exploration. I will not question your ways.
You have come seeking wonder and adventure...
Read MoreWe seek now that which was not meant to be sought. Horrors, monsters, vile creatures of the night, unquiet souls, sorcerous abominations, the unjustly cast out and flesh-hungry predators.
Read MoreIt is raining. A distant bell tolls, accompanied by thunder. Then the three most harrowing notes known to all of mortal kind split the air and we are at once transported.
Music is a portal. And we are seeking new paths to strange and wondrous worlds. Continuing our monthly challenges at the Swords Without Master G+ Community, September will be the month of song. Musical eidolons and simulacra, for rogue and tale alike. Bring us your metal, you prog, your hip-hop, whatever sings sword and sorcery to you. What is the soundtrack to your game?
Read MoreA new month has arrived and so has a new Eidolon & Simulacrum Challenge over on the Swords Without Master G+ Community. This month, in the spirit of the childhoods that inspired Sunday Morning Swords the challenge is to create a rogue featuring an action figure as an eidolon or simulacrum.
Read MoreOriginally posted April 8th, 2014, on G+, this is the second of my postmortems on Worlds Without Master, featuring issue three and the game Swords Without Master contained therein. Edited just a bit to fit new formatting and to update links.
Read MoreA tradition of brunch and sorcery is born. Inspired by a childhood filled with Thundarrs, Blackstars, Galtars and He-Men, we're bringing the weird fantasy back to the weekend morning.
Over on the G+ Swords Without Master community, every Sunday morning, we're gathering into online hangouts to play weekly games. All are invited. No experience with the game necessary (though it might help if you've read it).
Read MoreOver on the Swords Without Master G+ community, we are seeking adventure in the environs of this planet Earth.
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