Monday, 29 September 2025

Alrightreads: Gamesmaster VI

R. B. Skald, Tails of Equestria: The Bestiary of Lost Creatures

2020 / Ebook / 50 pages

***

A handy fan update for the dead game adding some missing creatures and characters. It inspired me to add one of the sirens to a DIY adventure, which went down well.


Tyler Monahan, One Page Adventures

2022 / Ebook / 66 pages

*****

Loads of ideas and prompts, nicely themed by generic and more specialised locations. Diverse and flexible enough that I was able to craft multiple sessions for a five-year-old just by skipping the killing parts. Maybe one day I can put them back in.


Michael Shea, The Lazy Dungeon Master

2012 / Audiobook / 156 pages

***

I'm not this obsessive anyway, but good to nip any tendencies in the bud. The guide stresses that it's not for newcomers, but it just seems like common sense. It also didn't need to be so wrapped up in the D&D branding, unless it contractually did.


Plastiboo and Michele Nitri, Vermis I & II

2023 / Ebooks / 304 pages

****

An analog horror nightmare of some kind of game manual, I may retrieve them from the cobwebs and dust for inspiration if we're still roleplaying when she hits her Five Nights at Freddy's / creepypasta phase.


Mike Mearls and James Bell, Sword & Sorcery: Nature's Fury

2001 / Paperback / 42 pages

****

A couple of nicely intricate and variably appealing advanced roleplaying scenarios like the earlier To Stand on Hallowed Ground. I simplified the frozen tower for our needs and used some of the cutouts.