I'm sure this has been posted before but new stuff comes up all the time.
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I'm sure this has been posted before but new stuff comes up all the time.
So:
What are your favourite free or low-cost resources for TTRPG stuff?
EG during my brief miniatures phase I bought old board games missing some parts, for the little miniature guys in there.
I also think Trello is an absurdly helpful free tool for world building and for managing a campaign as a GM.
The PDF copy of #CastlesAndCrusades player's handbook is available for free from the Troll Lord Games website here https://trolllord.com/product/castles-crusades-players-handbook/.
TV Tropes is great for teasing out story ideas. I've found that once I understand basic story structure, it's a lot easier to make small changes to keep players involved in a familiar plot but with enough twist to keep them interested.
When running a published module, I've been lucky enough to find digital copies of maps available with a quick search. Drop it into a chat service (our group uses Element, another free resource!) to show players the lay of the land without having to draw out details. Use a browser with a screen capture and you can drop specific snippets and cut out spoilers.
The above mentioned Element is great for keeping individual channels for game chat, sharing spells or pictures of characters and monsters ad well as maps, and can host calls for online games.
Youtube can be great for finding playlists or specific pieces of music or clips for background atmosphere or show off what your scene would look like.
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The PDF copy of #CastlesAndCrusades player's handbook is available for free from the Troll Lord Games website here https://trolllord.com/product/castles-crusades-players-handbook/.
TV Tropes is great for teasing out story ideas. I've found that once I understand basic story structure, it's a lot easier to make small changes to keep players involved in a familiar plot but with enough twist to keep them interested.
When running a published module, I've been lucky enough to find digital copies of maps available with a quick search. Drop it into a chat service (our group uses Element, another free resource!) to show players the lay of the land without having to draw out details. Use a browser with a screen capture and you can drop specific snippets and cut out spoilers.
The above mentioned Element is great for keeping individual channels for game chat, sharing spells or pictures of characters and monsters ad well as maps, and can host calls for online games.
Youtube can be great for finding playlists or specific pieces of music or clips for background atmosphere or show off what your scene would look like.
@cynical13 that's a great response, thank you!
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@cynical13 that's a great response, thank you!
Of course! I'm all about gaming on the cheap.
The way Paizo opensourced Pathfinder 1e, you can pretty much run it all from the SRD pages, with all the classes, monsters, feats, and equipment available.
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I'm sure this has been posted before but new stuff comes up all the time.
So:
What are your favourite free or low-cost resources for TTRPG stuff?
EG during my brief miniatures phase I bought old board games missing some parts, for the little miniature guys in there.
I also think Trello is an absurdly helpful free tool for world building and for managing a campaign as a GM.
@ConorMahood for remote gaming, a nice markdown-based editor like Obsidian is great, and in particular Obsidian let's you link documents and effectively have a mini wiki about the campaign you're playing.
A web-based option like Notion will let you do something similar and share it with others
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@ConorMahood for remote gaming, a nice markdown-based editor like Obsidian is great, and in particular Obsidian let's you link documents and effectively have a mini wiki about the campaign you're playing.
A web-based option like Notion will let you do something similar and share it with others
@davey_cakes I've been trying to figure out this very evening if Obsidian is for me!
I've been trying to use some free resources but the paid option seems like a less head wrecking way to sync...
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Of course! I'm all about gaming on the cheap.
The way Paizo opensourced Pathfinder 1e, you can pretty much run it all from the SRD pages, with all the classes, monsters, feats, and equipment available.
@cynical13 SRD stuff is amazing isn't it?
I'm a big Fate fan and I love how Red Hat keeps this massive amount of info available for free. -
@davey_cakes I've been trying to figure out this very evening if Obsidian is for me!
I've been trying to use some free resources but the paid option seems like a less head wrecking way to sync...
@ConorMahood yeah I think you can store the "vault" in Dropbox or similar folders.
I get a ton of use out of it and subscribed to give them money. Sync is nifty though, and fairly seamless for me so far.
But it's easy enough to paste around.
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@cynical13 SRD stuff is amazing isn't it?
I'm a big Fate fan and I love how Red Hat keeps this massive amount of info available for free.It can be a double edged sword though. I have players who love to optimize builds and spend hours reading through equipment info and feats. That can make it really difficult to make encounters not wind up trivial.
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@ConorMahood yeah I think you can store the "vault" in Dropbox or similar folders.
I get a ton of use out of it and subscribed to give them money. Sync is nifty though, and fairly seamless for me so far.
But it's easy enough to paste around.
Joplin is a nice option and the Vivaldi web browser has a built-in notes utility that will sync with your Vivaldi account.
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I'm sure this has been posted before but new stuff comes up all the time.
So:
What are your favourite free or low-cost resources for TTRPG stuff?
EG during my brief miniatures phase I bought old board games missing some parts, for the little miniature guys in there.
I also think Trello is an absurdly helpful free tool for world building and for managing a campaign as a GM.
@ConorMahood I've used a locally hosted wiki (first mediawiki, then dokuwiki) for organizing all of my GM resources for almost 2 decades now.
Also plundering old boardgames for bits.
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