Free GM Resource: Some 3d Printing Files from MojiBake

I was look at/thinking of some 3d printed coins for a future project and ended up on a Kickstarter that is ending in less than a day from when I post this. I wasn't familiar with the company running said Kickstarter, Mojibake, but I did go to their website anyway.

I did discover that there were two sets of freebie downloads you could get for registering for emails, which I generally loathe, but if i was a smart man I'd have an email setup just for that kind of thing.....

...but anyway, this page had a link for some Dwarven Coin .stl files and this page (the homepage) had a couple figures, along with some printable labels and a card mat case. I do not know how long those coins will be available since that is a tie-in to the Kickstarter.

Most of their offerings are not my kind of thing, but the treasure chests that are the focus of the Kickstarter seem pretty cool to me.

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.