Just submitted my set of leveled treasures for the Jams of the Timescape #1. Check it out here. schaab.itch.io/the-elangard... itch.io/jam/jott01-t... Shoutout to @mrmattdollar.bsky.social for the great Draw Steel icons. mrmattdollar.itch.io/draw-steel-s... #drawsteel #ttrpg

Book 51 of 2025: Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb. The 1st book in the Liveship Traders Trilogy. 9/10. I'm so glad I didn't skip this book. I almost did since it wasn't related to Fitz and the Fool, but that would have been a huge mistake. This book is a major departure from those books, but it is 1/5

I finished the 2nd draft of my WIP yesterday! Happy to be done and think it's gotten a lot better. Time to rest for a bit, maybe think about the next project, and then start finding beta readers. #writing #writingcommunity

Had session 2 of our Draw Steel Delian Tomb campaign last week. It went pretty well, and midway through we had a discussion about how people felt on Draw Steel. Here's the consensus: - Need to play more to truly feel it out - Rules lite player prefers other systems, but still enjoys it

I just posted my first "paid" Draw Steel product "Treasures of the Demiurges" for @thedicesociety.bsky.social's "Treasure Sets of the Timescape" Game Jam. This product also introduces a new mechanic: Treasure Kits, kits you can only gain access to when you wield certain treasures. Check it out!

My 1st level adventure for Draw Steel is done! And it's completely free. Get The Tangleblight below at the link below. It is a 38p adventure for 1st level Draw Steel heroes featuring radenwights and a thorn dragon. #drawsteel #ttrpg schaab.itch.io/the-tanglebl...

Book 50 of 2025: Half a King by Joe Abercrombie. The 1st book in the Shattered Sea trilogy. 9/10. This is by far my favorite Abercrombie book. I feel like I've really enjoyed some of the books I've read lately, but I haven't been engrossed by a book in a while. This book fully engrossed me. 1/4

Book 49 of 2025: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie. The 3rd book in the First Law trilogy. 8/10. This is a good book, which I think is let down by the ending. I really like Ardee, Sand, and Furious' arcs. But I felt like Logen, Ferro, Bayaz, and Jezal all have subpar endings. Having 1/2

Had my first Draw Steel session with the new group on Thursday. We had a good Session 0 going over things and then jumped right into the Delian Tomb. They opted to have all their abilities at the start, instead of the slow introduction that the Delian Tomb has normally. Lots of learning for 1/3

Book 48 of 2025: Assassin's Quest. The 3rd book in the Farseer Trilogy. 9/10. This book is a little slow at times, and that is really the only thing keeping it back from a 10. The story of FitzChivalry is so good, and it comes to a pretty satisfying close for this trilogy. Fitz's voice is 1/3

Are the monster stat blocks in the Draw Steel Monsters book able to be copied as part of the Creator License since that is text/mechanics/game rules or do they count as art? Which would mean creators would have to create their own versions of them? @hellomcdm.bsky.social #drawsteel #ttrpg

@jondenor.com Do you have plans for adding item creation into Stawl? #drawsteel

Finished with 22,724 words for the month of August! Pretty happy with that, since I was on vacation for 7 days and didn't make any progress on my WIP during that time. My goal is to have the 2nd draft of this WIP done by 9/20, so I should be on track. #writing #writingcommunity

Hit 60k words in the 2nd draft of my current WIP. This section is much harder to rework than others, but it is super important to get right. I definitely think I'll need to give this current chapter another detailed pass once I've finished the 2nd draft. #writing #writingcommunity

I severely underestimated the amount of work it would take me to turn my fully complete Draw Steel adventure and turn it into an actually publishable adventure. But I will eventually finish it. 🙃 #drawsteel #ttrpg

Book 47 of 2025: Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie. The 2nd book in the First Law trilogy. 8/10. This book picks up a bit from The Blade Itself. Abercrombie's writing is still amazing and really gripping, but I just find myself wanting more from this story. I still don't see how the 1/4

Book 46 of 2025: Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb. Book 2 in the Farseer Trilogy. 9/10. This book is really good. The writing style really picks up, giving FitzChivalry a very strong voice. Fitz cannot ever seem to catch a break, and no matter what he does, it doesn't seem to make things better. 1/4

How do people feel about how The Delian Tomb breaks up the adventure into the different PDFs? I know that's partly because of how large the Delian Tomb is, but would people want that for smaller adventures too? I haven't decided how I feel on it yet. #drawsteel #ttrpg

I just hit 50k words on draft #2 of my current WIP. Things are really starting to come together, and I feel much more confident in this story. I still think I'm going to end up a bit short of my ideal word count though. I'll deal with that problem when I get there. #writing #writingcommunity

My friend was nice enough to loan me his drawing tablet, so I could try it out and see if I liked it. Had fun making these two trees. #pixelart #gamedevelopment

Bit of a longshot, but is anyone in the Austin, TX area wanting to play in an in-person Draw Steel game? We've had several friends from our group move away recently and trying to build up a new TTRPG group/friend group. We currently have me (the director) and two heroes. I posted on the MCDM discord

Book 45 of 2025: Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. The 1st book in the Farseer trilogy. 7/10. This series has been on my list forever, but I just never really got around to it. It was actually on there 3x, once for Assassin's Apprentice, once for Robin Hobb, and once for the Farseer 1/3

Back from vacation and feeling super refreshed. Excited to jump into more video game development, work on my Draw Steel adventure, and catch back up on my 2nd draft of my current writing WIP.

@mattcolville.bsky.social and @hellomcdm.bsky.social I was just discussing with my friend why it's hard for retailers to stock books for games like Draw Steel and Daggerheart. Then I watched the new video, which mentions the QR code in the dice. Do you think this will be 1/2 youtu.be/7_zie0B_XfI

I also ran another session of Draw Steel on Tuesday. We sadly didn't get to finish the adventure due to my internet issues, so now all that is left is the boss fight against the Thorn Dragon. My druid and druidic ritual encounter went okay. After years of running 5e, my homebrewing and 1/3

A big day for my current writing WIP. I finished the month of July with 24,343 words. Also, I crossed over the 40k word mark. This story is really starting to come together. It may never get published, but it at least is turning into something I am happy with. 🙂 #writing #writingcommunity

Book 44 of 2025: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. The first book in the First Law trilogy. 7.5/10. I don't know how, but I didn't realize this book was set in the same world as The Age of Madness trilogy. I was shocked to see the younger forms of Jezal, Bayaz, and Sand dan Glotka. I'm 1/4

@jon.stodle.net I'm using Stawl.app to create a custom monster for my next Draw Steel session. It's been super helpful. Is there a way to edit an existing Malice Feature or create a custom one? I'm starting from the Wode Elf Druid, but the Wode Elf Malice features don't really fit. #drawsteel

Book 43 of 2025: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. The 1st in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. 7.5/10. This one has been on my list forever, as I've seen the movie several times. At trivia last week our host brought it up, and that bumped it to the top of my mind. The book is good, but the movie 1/3

Today is apparently Rat Catchers day. It's funny to me that even exists, but how perfect would the timing have been if Draw Steel released today? #drawsteel #ttrpg

Hit 30k words in my 2nd draft of my current WIP. The last two chapters have been major reworks, and honestly feel like I'm pulling teeth. Definitely will have to fix them up later, but at least I'm getting words on the page. How's everyone's WIP going? #writing #writingcommunity

Book 42! of 2025: Dead Wake by Erik Larson. The story of the sinking of the Lusitania. 9/10. I've read several of Larson's books now, and I've thoroughly enjoyed all of them. The book is so well written, so well researched, and so full of small intimate details that it reads like historical 1/2

The last few weeks I've been playing around with Godot and doing some game dev. I'll just shout out a few great tutorials I've used to learn. It's been a ton of fun, and now I'm working on a prototype game on my own. youtu.be/_eK26atXTds?... youtu.be/GwCiGixlqiU?... youtu.be/LOhfqjmasi0?... 1/2

Blue is the color! If that doesn't get you excited for next season, I don't know what will. 💙 #cfc #chelsea #cwc

I know the CWC isn't the biggest tournament, but COYB. Chelsea! #CWC #chelsea #cfc

Book 41 of 2025: Gatebound by Daniel T. Jackson. The 3rd book in the Illborn Saga. 7/10. This is a bit of a harsh rating, considering how much I enjoyed large sections of the book, but I think this is a perfect example of why expectations matter when reading. This series was recommended to me 1/5

Book 40 of 2025: The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie. The 3rd book in the Age of Madness trilogy. 8/10. I still really like Abercrombie's writing, and there's tons of great passages in this book, but I just wasn't really happy with the ending of the series. It felt like the last 50 pages 1/3

The last day of June, crazy how time has flown this year. My original goal was to have the first draft of my WIP done by today. I finished that on 5/26, and I spent a bit of time thinking about the story and restructuring it. I started the 2nd draft on 6/13, and I already have 15k words. I am 1/2

Book 39 of 2025: Aiduel's Sin by Daniel T. Jackson. The 2nd book in the Illborn Saga. 9/10. The Illborn story really picks up in this book. Each of our heroes start to really grow in their powers, and you get to see what they can really do. I particularly like Arion and Leanna's chapters. 1/3

Very hyped for the full Draw Steel release. Can't come soon enough. #drawsteel #ttrpg

Ran session 3 of my level 1 Draw Steel adventure last night. Our heroes brought back Kai, who they had rescued from the Cult of Thorns, awarding them with their first title. Kai's Savior gives them an edge on tests made to influence people from Orens. -- The players really liked the titles and one

Book 38 of 2025: The Trouble With Peace by Joe Abercrombie The 2nd in the Age of Madness series 8/10. Another good book in this series. I really like the chapters where he jumps POV to all the "common" people involved in the background to the main characters. It gives you a much deeper sense 1/2

Book 37 of 2025: Illborn by Daniel T. Jackson. The 1st book in his Illborn Saga. 8/10. This book starts off with a bang. The first chapter is great and stands out as one of the better first chapters in any fantasy book that I've read. The middle slows down a lot, but it does a lot of setup 1/4

Both my draw steel games are on hiatus due to people traveling a lot during the summer (including me). It feels like I'm starting to suffer from ttrpg withdrawal. #drawsteel #ttrpg

Started draft 2 of my WIP a couple days ago. Giving myself 100 days to complete it, since lots of it should be rehashing existing scenes. But I have a lot of scenes to completely rework and even switch the POV for them. How do y'all handle your 2nd drafts? #writing #writingcommunity

Book 36 of 2025: Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. The 3rd book in the Empyrean series. 6/10. I really fell like this book fell short compared to the rest of the series. Large portions of the book felt like filler plot that existed just to make this series one book longer. Only the last 20% felt 1/3

Lost my girlfriend in the Bermuda Triangle.... But I came back with a Fiancée! 💍

Book 35 of 2025: A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie. The 1st book in his Age of Madness series. 8/10. This book took me a while to get through, but that was largely due to Clair Obscur, travel, and just life things going on. The book is pretty good, but it takes a while to get going. There 1/4

Book 34 of 2025: First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher. The final book in the Codex Alera series. 9/10. This book is really great, and it made me glad I stuck with some of the middle books which I enjoyed a bit less. The book is very fast-paced as every character's story is hurtling at a break- 1/5

I hit 60k words in my WIP today! At this point, I have one more chapter to write to finish up the story. Then it'll be time to go back, add in details for all the TKs, and then start fixing all the issues. The word count is about 20k off from where I was shooting. I still have more to add, but I