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Game Designer Fixes Daggerheart’s Starter Adventure

Hey everyone! My newest video is up, and it’s the longest one on my channel by far, clocking in at a massive 39 minutes long! In it I give you a review, and then an update, to Daggerheart’s starter adventure, the Sablewood Messengers. You can find the video here: https://youtu.be/sZeuYw3dQbc Patrons also get a 4Continue reading “Game Designer Fixes Daggerheart’s Starter Adventure”

Fixing Travel Encounters

Hey! My newest video just got online!This time we talk about travel encounters, five room dungeons, and how they fit with one another: https://youtu.be/MF1vX9hs9Jc You can find the battlemap, as well as the oblex’s “reblobbed” stat block, for free, on my… newly established Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/free-ryokan-stat-129800148 Hope you enjoy – until next time, have a goodContinue reading “Fixing Travel Encounters”

My Top 5 D&D House Rules

Hi! I’m back with another video, this time showcasing the top 5 best D&D house rules I’ve come up with over the years! Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/merH78Weif8 Until next time! ~Trek

Announcing Flare Fall February

Hi! This February marks the 2nd anniversary of my Youtube channel – to celebrate, I will be releasing TEN videos this month, about the Sci-Fi Post-Apo TTRPG I have been working on for the past couple years! So, welcome to Flare Fall February! This week: The first of these videos is already out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiTRPilp9J0 HopeContinue reading “Announcing Flare Fall February”

I turned Arcane’s characters into 5e boss monsters

Hi! My newest video is up! https://youtu.be/jWfOclyNlxA This time I’m wanted to answer this question: how do you design a stat block that will be fun for your players to fight against? And I’m answering that by transforming 11 of Arcane’s characters into 5e stat blocks! You can find the PDF here (warning: it containsContinue reading “I turned Arcane’s characters into 5e boss monsters”

Steal my D&D Campaign

Hi! This month’s video is all about campaign structure – I go through the process I went with to put together a 3-year long D&D campaign, and talk about the techniques you can use to ensure your players will care, and questions you need to ask yourself to make it all hold together. Here’s theContinue reading “Steal my D&D Campaign”

What Makes a Great RPG Town?

Hi! In this month’s video, we take a trip through the past, present and future of RPG town design, by talking about Hommlet, Phandalin, and… Two other towns, which show us what the state of the art might look like in 15 years! After all, these towns are what our adventurers are supposed to protect,Continue reading “What Makes a Great RPG Town?”

Presenting QuestCheck.org

Hi! My newest video is OUT and this month the theme is playtesting! It’s the video that took the most amount of work of my entire channel, so if you enjoy it, make sure to let the Youtube algorithm know! Video Link: https://youtu.be/8Q7T8gy7X8s Website Link: https://www.questcheck.org The video introduces a new website I have built,Continue reading “Presenting QuestCheck.org”

What’s next for this channel? (1st anniversary announcements!)

Hi there! As of 10 days ago, my Youtube channel is now one year old! So I thought I would share my plans for the next year in this special end-of-the-year video: https://youtu.be/hf8Mp2W3NZY Short version: I am making a new TTRPG called Flare Fall, set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where most of the technology wasContinue reading “What’s next for this channel? (1st anniversary announcements!)”

Mass Combat, but Fun

Hi! I’ve just released a new episode of Game Changer, where I attempt to make mass combat fun in D&D 5e! Watch it here: https://youtu.be/i6tWECXI5Vg And the freebie for this video is… A 12-page supplement for mass combat, including a bunch of battlemaps: Check it out here: https://trekiros.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/simple-mass-combat_trekiros_v2.pdf.pdf Until next time, have a good one,Continue reading “Mass Combat, but Fun”