Vulcanbridge!
If you’ve been following Raging Swan Press for any length of time, you’ll almost certainly have encountered one of Mike Welham’s villages. Mike is one of our longest surviving freelancers, an...
2020-07-10 07:04:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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More Wondrous Items for Your Characters
Every adventurer on the planet (and on the known planes) loves magic items. They crave and covet them for the power and prestige ownership of such wondrous items brings. But often, our magic items ...
2020-07-03 06:57:26 +0000 UTC View PostA Day Out at Low Market
This week, we’ve got June’s free monthly mini-eventure—A Day Out at Low Market— for you. Shopping! Pick pockets! Rumours!
Low Market
Low Market is a hodgepodge of...
2020-06-26 06:59:41 +0000 UTC View PostGM's Miscellany: 20 Things V
I love this line of books. 20 Things was a line that accidentally grew out of my campaign about five years ago. Since then, we’ve published over 50 instalments and I just can’t see and end to t...
2020-06-19 06:57:32 +0000 UTC View PostMore Dungeon Dressing
This week, we are back in the dungeon with Dungeon Dressing: Ceilings & Walls. I am very much enjoying revisiting the Dungeon Dressing line and updating and revising its various instal...
2020-06-12 07:01:12 +0000 UTC View PostTigley!
This week, we are back in Steve Hood’s Tigley taking an extended look at the village and its folk. Tigley is a cracking location. One of the things Steve does really well, in my opinion, is build...
2020-06-05 06:59:37 +0000 UTC View PostCampaign Codex V2
Yesterday, I posted up a rough first draft of a two-page spread for the Campaign Codex--a new product line I'm plotting and scheming.
I've had loads of feedback--thank you 2020-06-03 15:08:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Campaign Codex
A week or so ago, I mooted the idea of a Campaign Codex style product for 5e (and, perhaps, other systems). I've been noodling about with the idea since then, and thought you might be interested to...
2020-06-02 09:49:44 +0000 UTC View PostNew Sales Tax Laws and Raging Swan Press
Hello everyone! Happy June!
I appreciate this probably isn't the most exciting post you'll read today, so I've kept it as brief as possible.
I wanted to give you an update o...
2020-06-01 07:23:06 +0000 UTC View PostRuined Monasteries and Get One Give One
June’s free 20 Things instalment is one of those that emerged from my own campaign. At time of writing, I’m running the old classic Horror on the Hill and wanted to ad...
2020-05-29 07:04:25 +0000 UTC View PostDungeon Stairs and the Bloody Eagle
This week, we are back in the dungeon and exploring the “delights” of dungeon stairs. Dungeon stairs are high-traffic areas that often link various dungeon levels to one another. Make them spec...
2020-05-22 07:29:15 +0000 UTC View PostSailing Aboard the Widow
One of my players has a legendary fear of adventures on boats. I have no idea why, as at least one of the adventures I've run on boats hasn't involved kraken, storms or mysterious islands rising fr...
2020-05-15 07:07:29 +0000 UTC View PostNominate a GM
A lot of the news over the last few weeks and months has—quite frankly—sucked. The Coronavirus pandemic rumbles on. Millions of people have lost their jobs, millions more have been ill or confi...
2020-05-12 12:50:40 +0000 UTC View PostRifthammer
This week’s release—Village Backdrop: Rifthammer—has a long (mostly hidden) history with Raging Swan Press. Originally only available as bonus material for GM’s Miscellany: Village Back...
2020-05-08 06:59:19 +0000 UTC View PostAbnormal Low-Level Undead for Your Campaign
Undead are great! For some reaons, my adventures often feature undead but—like many monsters—I never spend too much time detailing the monsters themselves—their stat blocks and treasure are a...
2020-05-01 06:56:14 +0000 UTC View PostYour Survey Results
Last week, I asked you all “Which one of the games or editions we publish books for would you most like to see Raging Swan Press create adventures and supplements for?”
168 of you v...
2020-04-28 11:22:29 +0000 UTC View PostA World of Eventures
I love bringing the game world alive for my players. I want them to immerse themselves in the setting and to become connected to the folk with which the interact. Adventurers should have lives outs...
2020-04-24 07:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWhat’s Your Current Favourite System?
Hello everyone!
Long standing members of our Patreon campaign know I occasionally post polls to get a better understanding of the games you play. This week, I thought I would check in on your...
2020-04-20 15:43:56 +0000 UTC View PostDungeon Bridges and a Day Out Shopping!
This week, we’ve got two new books for you—and one is a Patreon exclusive which is my (free) thank you to you for supporting Raging Swan Press—particularly at this tricky time.
Dungeon... 2020-04-17 07:01:50 +0000 UTC View Post
To Macrimei!
Last week, we presented 20 Things #48: Ruined City. This week, we travel to Macrimei--a village standing above and within a ruined city! (Sometimes my plans *do* reach fruition).
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It’s the start of another month, and that means another free 20 Things instalment is on its way to you as a thank you for your epic support. This month, we dare to explore a ruin...
2020-04-03 06:58:10 +0000 UTC View Post(Sadly) No Gelatinous Owlbears Here
As you know, March 2020 is Raging Swan Press's 10-year anniversary/birthday. I had big plans for the month--today we were meant to be unleashing Super Secret Project Gelatinous Owlbear into the wor...
2020-03-27 08:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe Lonely Coast 2020
Ten years ago this month, Raging Swan Press slithered into the light from the dark shadows in which it had lurked. We released our first three products—Retribution, Swallowfeld ...
2020-03-20 07:59:42 +0000 UTC View PostSelling Loot & Dungeon Portcullises
I'm really enjoying the Patreon exclusive mini-eventure line. It's a fun creative change of pace and I can see myself using all three of the current entries in my own campaign--when my players get ...
2020-03-13 08:15:24 +0000 UTC View PostBack to Fraywrack
This week, we return to Ashlar and the subterranean ruin of Fraywrack. Jacob Michaels has been one of my go-to designers for many years and I’m delighted to have had the opportunity to let Jacob ...
2020-03-06 08:09:41 +0000 UTC View PostFree Download: Urban Location Names Sheet
Urban adventures terrify me--mainly because the characters can go anywhere and it is impossible to prepare for every eventually. So, I've got a free download for you: the 2020-03-03 13:19:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Local Landmarks for Your Campaign
A few months ago, Eric Schneid made a request over on our Discord channel for some specific 20 Things lists naming and providing a brief flavoursome overview of local landmarks. I ...
2020-02-28 08:26:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe Picaroon Peninsula and Last Chance (Exclusive)
The Picaroon Peninsula is finally here! I say "finally" because myself and Richard Green have been discussing and plotting this mini-campaign setting for months. I think we started scheming in June...
2020-02-21 08:03:36 +0000 UTC View PostDungeon Statues
As you probably know by now, I love dungeon dressing. I also love dungeons, and I am enjoying immensely updating the Dungeon Dressing line to 5e, OSR and Pathfinder 2. I hope you will get tons of u...
2020-02-14 07:49:01 +0000 UTC View PostVillage Backdrop: Beacon Promontory
This week, the redoubtable Mike Welham returns to the sunken village of Beacon Promontory to give us a more in depth look at this dismal, partially drowned settlement. Standing on the coast between...
2020-02-07 07:49:18 +0000 UTC View Post