I love the Dungeon Backdrop line. The idea for Dungeon Backdrops came out of a conversation I had with a GM friend years ago, and I’m forever grateful for his insights. I’ve used several Dungeo...
2024-03-08 07:55:57 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we have a free and exclusive mini-eventure for you. If your players need to visit a skilled weaponsmith, you can use Shopping at Fisfelond’s Smithy to...
2024-03-01 08:36:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe Dread Laironomicon is another of those books I hope will be useful to you, whatever fantasy RPG you play. Within, find 700 thematic lists designed to add depth and flavour to 100 diffe...
2024-02-23 08:15:39 +0000 UTC View PostIn a slight change of plan this week, Raging Swan Press hurls the Goblins of the Death Rune into your inbox.
The original plan was to release the Dread Laironomicon this week, but I spotted a...
2024-02-16 08:01:30 +0000 UTC View PostI enjoy the Dungeon Backdrop line very much, and I have found some of the instalments tremendously useful for my own campaign. I love the modularity and plug-and-play aspects of the books. You’ve...
2024-02-09 08:45:30 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, our first February release is your free and exclusive mini-eventure. As I’ve previously said, in 2024, we are fleshing out Dunstone. If your characters are desperate to visit an inn ru...
2024-02-02 08:06:56 +0000 UTC View PostI am jolly excited to finally share with you our first Monstrous Delve. This line has been a long time coming, and I would love to know what you think of it. I hope you can find a place in your cam...
2024-01-26 08:06:44 +0000 UTC View PostLast last year, I started a second weekly gaming group. On Monday nights, I now run a 5e campaign set in Ashlar. (Check out the session summaries 2024-01-19 07:39:23 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, we have the last instalment in the Wilderness Dressing. Everyone needs bandits for their game, and this week, we give you the handy tools to make the bandit encounters in your game more ...
2024-01-12 07:41:17 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to 2024! I hope you have an excellent year of gaming ahead of you.
I’m mixing things up a bit in 2024, and I’ll explain in more detail as the changes filter through into the relea...
2024-01-05 08:04:24 +0000 UTC View PostWe end the year with a cracking Dungeon Backdrop. Old, buried settlements long lost to time are a classic part of fantasy roleplaying games. They provide innumerable opportunities for adventure! Be...
2023-12-15 07:52:28 +0000 UTC View PostSome GMs find improvisation easy, and some find it hard. Even among GMs who find improvisation easy, some things come easier than others. For me, I often fail to come up with good, thematic names f...
2023-12-08 07:52:53 +0000 UTC View PostDecember is always a tricky month for the release schedule. Who wants to be reading emails and downloading books between Christmas and New Year unless they absolutely have to? That’s why I’ve c...
2023-12-01 08:08:20 +0000 UTC View PostAdventurers sometimes work for wealthy patrons. Such folk are often successful, monied merchants. But where would the characters meet such folk to discuss details of their mission (and, perhaps mor...
2023-11-24 08:29:48 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve been looking forward to this week’s release for quite some time. I have big plans for the Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands, and they start today!
I wrote the original version of this...
2023-11-17 07:45:40 +0000 UTC View PostNovember is shaping up to be a print-tastic month at Raging Swan Press.
This week, we have print editions of GM’s Miscellany: Dungeon Backdrop III in 5e, OSR, P1, ...
2023-11-10 07:50:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis month is very special for me.
Back in July, my son joined the British Army. Unfortunately, during training, he fractured his foot and was medically discharged. (He’ll be rejoining once...
2023-11-03 07:57:28 +0000 UTC View PostAs I’ve previously posted, I’m plotting and scheming my way through a first-draft release schedule for 2024. A few weeks ago, I asked what were your favourite product lines. The results were il...
2023-11-02 09:22:09 +0000 UTC View PostThis is one of those rare weeks when we aren’t releasing any new products to the public. However—fear not—we have something for you!
This week, we are releasing our final Dulwich Patreo...
2023-10-27 06:56:14 +0000 UTC View PostBart Wynants makes a triumphant return to the release schedule with Dungeon Backdrop: Drowned Fane of the Elder God. It will come as no surprise to you whatsoever that this Dungeon Backdro...
2023-10-20 06:38:18 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we focus on the urban adventures with the next two instalments in the Urban Locale line. This week, we give you Armourers & Sewers (mercifully in two separate books).
Sewers mi...
2023-10-13 06:36:50 +0000 UTC View PostAs 2023 hurtles to a close and 2024 lurks in the shadows, I've started plotting next year's design schedule. To help me plan the best release schedule possible, I'd love to know which of our curren...
2023-10-11 07:39:17 +0000 UTC View PostIn your campaign:
If owlbears—the product of a deranged wizard’s wild experimentations—are a thing, why aren’t gelatinous hippogriffs?
Given gelatinous hippogriffs don’t yet exist, we’ve settled th...
2023-09-29 06:24:47 +0000 UTC View PostI really love the Dungeon Backdrop line. I love designing a dungeon with loads of intentional “wiggle room” for a GM to customise it to perfectly suit their campaign. The whole line came about ...
2023-09-22 06:49:19 +0000 UTC View PostFortune tellers are one of those NPCs with which you can have some real fun as a GM. Using a fortune teller allows you to foreshadow events, provide hints and clues about the future or even muddy t...
2023-09-15 06:38:47 +0000 UTC View PostLast week, I floated the idea of Wilderness Dressing: Astral Plane and Wilderness Dressing: Ethereal Plane. Several of you are keen on the idea.
The more I think about it, though, such ...
2023-09-14 09:51:40 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we continue dressing your wilderness with Wilderness Dressing: Savannah. We didn’t tackle the savannah on our first run-through of Wilderness Dressing, and I’m delighted to ...
2023-09-08 06:54:33 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we put the “M” in Monstrous Lairs, but—perhaps—not as you would think!
As we continue to close in on the 100th instalment in the line, this month’s releases focus on merc...
2023-09-01 06:46:39 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s a Dungeon Backdrop compilation month! Physical print books—hooray!
I love printed books. As a pencil fanatic (it’s best not to ask me about this), I love marking up books, making n...
2023-08-25 06:51:20 +0000 UTC View Post