My Stuff
Here is some free stuff that I've made over the years. I'm a big fan of CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reviews
Between Two Cairns
An OSR review podcast, hosted by me (Yochai Gal) and Brad Kerr!
Where the Wheat Grows Tall
I reviewed Where The Wheat Grows Tall by Camilla Greer and Evlyn Moreau, for Bones of Contention.
Posts
Collaborative Worldbuilding
A guide on collaborative worldbuilding and character generation.
Public Domain Art Sources
A list of great public domain art sources, with a link to public domain art folder.
Lulu Book Recommendations
A list of great print-on-demand books from Lulu.
Module Recommendations
Some adventures & settings that I love!
The Dungeon Game
A simple wargame/rpg to play with young children.
My Feeds
Communities I'm Part Of
- The NSR Cauldron Discord (NSR Chat)
- The Cauldron Discourse (NSR Forums)
- The Cairn Discord
OSR
Cairn
An adventure game about exploring a dark and mysterious Wood filled with strange folk, hidden treasure, and unspeakable monstrosities. Character generation is quick and random, adventures are tense and reward careful exploration, and combat is frantic and deadly.
CAS-1: Trouble in Twin Lakes
An adventure for Cairn Second Edition set in the Vald setting. The first in a brand new series of adventures for Cairn, set in and around the Twin Lakes area.
Free PDF + print at cost! Also available at the Cairn store. Written for Cairn 2e.
CAS-2: Rise of the Blood Olms
A starting adventure for Cairn Second Edition designed for new and experienced Wardens alike. The party must explore a newly discovered cave system in search of a lost expedition. But beware, for all is not as it appears!
Free PDF + print at cost! Also available at the Cairn store. Written for Cairn 2e.
Beyond the Pale
An adventure for Cairn inspired by Jewish history, folk tales, and mysticism. Also available from the publisher.
The Clay Shelf
An adventure for Into The Odd: Electric Bastionland. Free PDF.
The Positronic Library
A simple adventure site for Into The Odd: Electric Bastionland. Free PDF.
Into The Odd Syllabus
When I started running Into The Odd, I again found a system with a veritable bouquet of excellent tools, hacks, tips & resources, but no single place to keep all of the relevant links! And thus the Syllabus was born.
Into The Odd Content
A massive list of oddities, careers, monsters and hacks for Into The Odd. I don't keep it up to date, as there are better Itch collections.
PbtA
One Shot World
One Shot World is a hack of Dungeon World that removes most of the long-form mechanics and replaces them with simple rules designed to facilitate one-shots and short campaigns. There are also some useful tools in the GM Booklet (session starters, worldbuilding tips, etc) that would work for other systems, as well.
Dungeon World Syllabus
When I first discovered Dungeon World, I was overwhelmed by the incredible amount of 3rd-party resources, playbooks, hacks, etc that folks had built for the system. So I decided to chronicle my findings. Over the years, this document has become the go-to point of reference for many new GMs & players alike.
Keys for Dungeon World
Keys are goals, ties, beliefs, or vows a character has. They are meant to replace Alignment or Drives completely. Shamelessly stolen from better designers.
Alternative Location Rules For Dungeon World
A fairly concrete method for treating locations as monsters.
The Sorcerer Playbook for Dungeon World
An alternative spellcasting playbook to the Wizard, that doesn't require spell memorization, and uses CHA as a prime stat. I'm pretty proud of the move titles.
Minimald6
Generations | Pocketmod
A game about a generation ship, and the factions (and subsequent generations) living within.