Dice, maps and figurines spread across a candlelit gaming table
Vancouver's tabletop RPG journal

Roll for initiative in a realm of glass and shadow.

Deep dives on homebrew campaigns, dungeon master craft, and the dice that decide our fate — written by players who never leave the table.

Guild hall: 314 Cambie Street, Gastown, Vancouver · +1 (604) 567-8920

Our chronicle

From a Gastown basement to a glowing realm

What started as four friends and one battered rulebook is now a reading room for thousands of dungeon masters. Here's how the campaign unfolded.

  1. 2016

    First session zero

    A weekly game night in a Cambie Street apartment sparked the first published campaign log — 12 readers, all of them friends.

  2. 2019

    The homebrew vault opens

    We released our first free adventure module, "Cathedral of Broken Light," downloaded 40,000 times in its first month.

  3. 2022

    Live table streams

    Our Thursday actual-play show launched, pairing written recaps with unedited dice rolls and very real party wipes.

  4. Today

    A realm of 120k adventurers

    New guides drop every Tuesday and Friday, still written from the same table — now with better dice and worse decisions.

What we publish

Columns for every seat at the table

Six recurring series, updated on a fixed schedule so you always know when fresh loot arrives.

Dungeon Blueprints

Battle-tested maps and encounter tables, published every Tuesday. Free tier plus a premium pack at CA$6/month.

Homebrew Lab

Custom classes, subraces, and cursed items with full balance notes so nothing breaks your table on session night.

Lore Deep Dives

2,500-word essays on worldbuilding, pantheons, and factions to give your campaign a living history.

DM Toolkit

Session-prep checklists, improv tables, and pacing guides that cut your prep time from three hours to forty minutes.

Dice & Gear Reviews

Hands-on tests of dice sets, minis, and VTT tools — no sponsored fluff, just honest rolls and roll counts.

Actual-Play Recaps

Weekly write-ups of our Thursday stream, complete with the crit fails we'd rather forget.

From the archive

Featured campaign logs

A selection of our most-read adventures, each with maps, stat blocks, and hard-won lessons.

A candlelit cathedral map with shattered stained glass
Cathedral of Broken Light — a 5-session gothic crawl
An underground goblin warren with glowing fungi
Warrens of the Ember King — a low-level starter
A frozen mountain pass with a fallen giant
The Rimewatch Ascent — a high-altitude survival arc
A bustling fantasy market district at dusk
Nights in Saltmarket — a city intrigue sandbox
Ornate dice arranged on a leather tome
The d20 Field Guide — our review methodology
Hand-painted miniatures on a battle grid
Painting the Party — a beginner mini workshop
Voices from the guild

What our readers roll

★★★★★

"The Cathedral of Broken Light module ran flawlessly for my group of six. I prepped in one evening and we played it for a month."

Marcus T. — Burnaby, BC

★★★★★

"Their DM Toolkit checklists cut my prep in half. As a new dungeon master, that's the difference between running and quitting."

Priya S. — Vancouver, BC

★★★★★

"The dice reviews are refreshingly honest. They actually rolled 200 times per set and charted the results. I bought based on the data."

Devon R. — Surrey, BC

★★★★★

"I've been following since the 2016 apartment days. Watching this realm grow while keeping the same warm table energy is rare."

Alena K. — Victoria, BC
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314 Cambie Street, Gastown, Vancouver, BC V6B 2N3
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