As you step into the quaint country tavern, eager for a pint and a bite to eat after a long day on the road, you overhear a farmer complaining loudly of his pigs going missing in the night. The fellow he’s talking to spits and says “I suspect I know what did that! I caught […]
Quite a few updates have come out since my last post about REKS, so I figured it was high time I talked about those! Just looking for the user script? Grab it here. Since v1.0, I’ve added the following features and improvements to REKS: Better Dice Rolling The dice roller (\r) now supports all Roll20 […]
Are you running tabletop RPGs in Roll20 and finding yourself frustrated by the limitations of its keyboard shortcuts? Want to control audio, automate combat, roll dice, and even create characters and handouts all from the comfort of the keyboard, and without having to spring for a pro account? Perhaps you’re looking to drive Roll20 with […]
The first proper wargame, called, appropriately enough, Kriegsspiel (“wargame” in German) was developed in the first half of the 19th century, initially as a curiosity. By 1860, it had achieved broad adoption as a training tool for the Prussian military. But In 1873, Lieutenant Wilhelm Jacob Meckel published a treatise citing four complaints about the […]
This seems like something every RPG talker-abouter is talking about right now. First there was Matt Colville and Amy Vorpahl’s video, then Zee Bashew’s video, then Matt Colville’s other video, oh and actually there was The Dungeon Newb’s video a bit earlier and it’s all over RPG Twitter, oh and of course a lot of […]
In the dark beneath the stars That swim in inky firmament Where the grey elves’ houses are, Where e’er they’ve dwelt since sky was rent Their fishers dredge from darkness deep The things below, all pale as snow, And in their tongues they sing to keep The words they know, whate’er they meant A dozen […]
Update (10/22/2021): Version 1.2.0 has been released! GitHub: cogspace/roll20bookmarklets Release: Roll20 Bookmarklets v1.1.0 (New) đź•’ Turn tracker controls Clear Turn Tracker – Clears the turn tracker. Close Turn Tracker – Closes the turn tracker dialog. Next Turn – Advances to the next turn in the tracker. Sort Turns Desc – Sorts the turns in the tracker numerically (descending). (New) […]
Roll20 is a great tool for running tabletop games online. One of its features is the ability to play audio that is synchronized across all players in the game. Excellent for setting the mood! Unfortunately, the built-in audio controls are a bit clunky to mess around with, especially when you’re trying to keep all the […]
The Stream Deck XL, as you might infer from its name, is a useful tool for streamers, but it has also proven to be a powerful and easily programmable macro pad for games and productivity applications. In this post, I’ll show how I’ve set up my Stream Deck XL for augmenting the RPGs I run […]
Context: This was written primarily for the players of one of my current RPG campaigns. No effort has been made to provide further context, but I may eventually publish more about the setting. Ardland, the country in which the town of Blightmoor exists, is a quasi-mercantile feudal society. Land ownership is divided between the crown […]