Free GM Resource: Flail Ruleset (old-school fantasy brawler)

This week I'd like to introduce you to a small RPG publisher and their new game coming out:

Games Omniverous: Flail

Described as "A chaotic, frontstabbing OSR fantasy brawler where everything goes wrong - on purpose. Trip, swing, and fumble through a world that hits back."

Games Omniverous is giving the game's ruleset away for "free". Technically it isn't free because you have to follow them on Backerkit, but you don't have to pay a dime, so it is also technically free. This is literally a limited-time offer, so here's a bit of a twofer in case you come across this too late: Game Omniverous Free Flail Online Tools.

I've skimmed through the rules and it seems to be a quicker-play type game with relatively simple mechanics where the players will be burning through gear and probably PC sheets. More of live fast, die young while rolling a handful of dice.  It has some promise.....

Free GM Resource: Freesound.org

 

This week's Free GM Resource is a simple one: Freesound.org, a collection of freebie sound effects. If you're putting together a soundboard for your game, then you might need/want some good sound effects.

I think for the average fantasy TTRPG there might not be a lot of sounds you'll feel like downloading, but if you're doing a modern/futuristic game, then you'll likely find a lot more.

Like anything though, it'll depend on the level of effort you put in to it...

Free GM Resource: Pathfinder 2 Tools (Collection of Resources)

So this week's (I know, I know....more like this year's) Free GM Resource isn't so much a single thing....not even a twofer or a threefer, but a whole bunch of tools that have been gathered specifically for Pathfinder 2nd Edition.

Now I don't play Pathfinder, except for when I do (Looking at you Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous). I have these two games for my Xbox and I've reached basically dead-ends on both games because I don't know enough about the fricken game and my PCs suck.......

...which means I'm trying to either get a bit smarter or have to go back to Baldur's Gate, and I do not like the Xbox version.

Anyway, I came across the PF2 website which is a collection of tools. This site is bare-bones, pretty much just highlighting the resources, but you can cycle through specific categories:

• Actual Play
• Android
• Applications
• Character
• Google Sheets
• Guide
• PDF
• Podcast
• Reference
• Rules
• Stream
• Utility
• Video
• Virtual Tabletop
• Website

Not every single resource is free, but they are overwhelmingly free or have free options. I actually could be wrong and everything listed is free, but I haven't checked everything available....

....now just to find something to help me to properly create my next PC.
 

Fat Dragon Games Anniversary Sale over at DriveThruRPG

Just a head's up that Fat Dragon Games is having an anniversary sale: 25-75% off. If I didn't already own almost everything they've made (very few products I'm not interested in...) I'd be all over it.

PWYW GM Resource: 2-Minute Tabletop

I know I haven't been posting in a while, well not here at least, and normally if I do so on Mondays it is with a Free GM Resource. I'm listing this as a Pay-What-You-Want because while there are prices on the main focus of the site's items, the creator has everything at a low cost (there's just a lot of items to be had), allows you to get everything for free, and gives you the ability to tip.....

....also has a pretty good Patreon as well. Seriously, if you want the option to be able to tinker with these maps (either adding assets or straight-up altering base files) and/or get more versions of the maps, $8 or $20 a month might very well be worth it. Far from free, but the maps are gorgeous and I'm seriously considering reestablishing my Patreon. EDIT: I went ahead and signed up for the $5 a map ($20/month) option as I see a lot of value in it.

I've posted about 2-Minute Tabletop a couple of times now, but pretty much only to promote specific parts of the website and not the thing as a whole, which is really an omission on my part. That's why I'm using the recycling option as well.

As of this post there are four main aspects to the site, although at first glance it looks like there are really three using four categories as the first one is a bit of a twofer and the last one is a get-absolutely-everything-in-one-go.

• Maps
• Map Assets
• Tokens/Token Editor
• Written Resources

I did the maps, clearly, and I didn't think I'd like the tokens too much but they seem to fit a nice sweet spot for me and look good with the maps. The map assets I've yet to play with, but they are literally used with the maps and therefore look good one them. For me, the written resources are a pass. If I were you I'd check them out though. Just because I don't want to use them, doesn't mean you'll not get some good value out of them.

I should mention that there are also guest posts/maps from time to time featured on the site as well.

Free GM (and Player) Resource: Groupfinder

I got a Blogger message notification a couple days ago from the folks over at Groupfinder, asking if I'd help promote their new site. Normally not really my thing, but after taking a look at the site, it's totally my thing and had I found the site organically I'd have shared it.....actually need to double-check I haven't done so already (ok...checked, I hadn't).

So Groupfinder is a site, and Android app, that pretty much does exactly what you'd expect an app with the name to do: help you find a (gaming) group. It's based out of Estonia, if that matters, and "is a platform where users can post their player profile or list their group and be publicly visible to all interested. Whether they are looking to play a game online or at your local town or city." 

Now I did read the TOS and filled out an account, and....as expected, there were no open games within 200km. Yes, the distance is listed not in freedom units, but it is based out of Estonia....

Not super useful right now for in-person games, which is to be expected, but there were some online games listed for my time zone and there are some games stateside......so as this website/app grows and word gets "out there", numbers will improve. There's also messaging and the ability to post player profiles as well...

...and all for free.

Merry Christmas Gift to Y'all : Creature Catalogue Vol. 1

I wanted to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and decided that I should take one of the few Frugal GM titles that has a cost and make it free....well, technically Pay-What-You-Want, but please.....please put in $0.00 for the purchase price 110% guilt-free. I just know, from personal experience, that some people (ok, me) kind of need to pay for stuff in some fashion to mentally hold any value, so if that's you put in like $0.67 (my lucky number is 67 1/2......long story) or even $0.02, and call it good.

Creature Catalog Vol 1.

Free GM Resource: HexLands Web App

I haven't done a Free GM Resource in a while, and I almost missed this one (despite several emails on the subject) where Joe Wetzel of Inkwell Ideas put up a free hexmap creator/editor for people to use, presumably to promote his recently finished Kickstarter for his hexmaps (printed and digital).

Now I've been wanting to get some physical hexmap resources for myself and I have a very specific idea in mind for doing so, which means that the Kickstarter was on my radar and completely of no use to me so why bother checking it out? 

I'm taking a moment to weed through my backlog of emails (filtering by the word "unsubscribe" is a periodic requirement for me) and I have one from Joe that I hadn't noticed. It wasn't to me, but to his previous Kickstarter backers and I saw "But the good news is now we've updated the free HexLands web app", so now I have to check it out, but definitely will not be using it, nor checking out the Kickstarter....

...oh wait, this is kind of cool. I like the addition of overlays.

It couldn't hurt to check out the Kickstarter....oh wait, it ended last Thursday....but you can still make a late pledge, and I'll be damned, the overlays are part of the project.

Well it still isn't compatible with what I have in mind, but for s***s & giggles let's see what he's wanting for the various reward levels. Of course he has it sliced and diced every which way.....and he has just the hex tiles and .PNGs only for a price I cannot turn down. This will save me HOURS of work for what I'm wanting to do.....

.....got me again Joe. Good on ya!

For everybody else, check out not only the HexLands web app, but all the other freebie generators (this new freebie is listed with the other yet) he has at InkWell Ideas. A bit more of a twofer for you.

.....and again, here is the better-late-than-never Kickstarter.