Are you running a tabletop RPG tomorrow and in desperate need to make a player handout look good? There are various designs on the arts and crafts site Etsy that you can download and use to enhance your game. This issue of TradeCraft Bonus compiles some of the best candidates for spell books and scroll […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Handmade dice rolling trays
A dice rolling tray can be a very useful thing. They don’t just help avoid dice explosions that scatter across the floor they are useful for handing dice around a table and even allow a player and GM to watch a dice roll together without anyone else at the table knowing the results. Etsy store […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Tabletop RPG coffee mugs
It turns out that over the years Geek Native has shared quite a lot of coffee mugs! These designs from Etsy retailer CritIt deserve to join the legion though. Whether you’re looking to bring a Healer mug to your Pathfinder game, bless your table with a DM mug or just look the part in your […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Incredible wearable steampunk lanterns
Today’s “wearable” talk seems to be all about smartwatches, fitness bands and the occasional VR headpiece. Haven’t we forgotten something important? Something incredible? Something like these wearable steampunk lanterns from Harlots and Angels. Steampunk Cthulhu warding lantern I want this one Steampunk kraken glowing lantern Show me moar Steampunk Elder Sign lantern I demand access […]
TradeCraft Bonus: The aLexLibris journal collection
The TradeCraft Bonus column last looked at in character notebooks back in 2013. It’s time to circle back and see what other great notepads and journals you can find for LARP, to document your RPG or even as NPC handouts. Step forward aLexLibris and their bookart. There’s some bold designs in here! Cthulhu leather journal […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Personalised Cthulhu chibi dice box
Fancy having your name inscribed on a wooden dice box? Sound cool? Pledged to Cthulhu, of course. I need this. These personalised wooden dice boxes ship from Kentucky to anywhere in the world and are just one of the many good looking items Etsy retailer Lacers Edge has on offer. The little box has enough […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Monster Boxes
Pro tip – all gaming households need a monster box to put stuff in. Stuff includes dice, character sheets, marker pens, meeple, counters and the souls of your enemies. This household has a Chester. You might want to check out Mellie Z’s Fineline Workshop on Etsy. If you’re luck there will some of these monster […]
TradeCraft Bonus: The Discombobulous Workshop
Where does Warhammer 40K meet Harry Potter and vampure slaying with steampunk added as a bonus? The answer is Ninian Marsh’s Discombobulous Workshop. It’s an impressive collection but Marsh argues the store has help and that there are many minions, the Automatons, clockwork robots that produce all the wonderful items that go on sale at […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Monsterously good RPG accessories
TradeCraft Bonus is all about geek designed and geek crafted items for gamers. Readers have used the column to find goodies for themselves and gifts for friends. I think Rawring Crafts challenges the format. You should buy gifts for friends but I suspect you’ll want to shop for yourself! The solution? Go for it; shop […]
TradeCraft Bonus: 5 favourite must see discoveries from 2014
TradeCraft Bonus is Geek Native’s column for sharing interesting creations made by geeks, for geeks and with geeky uses. It launched in 2013 and looked at clever ideas like dice towers. Ah yes, but what about 2014? There were over 60 different items discovered and shared in 2014. Here are just five that you can’t […]
