How’s the Christmas shopping going? I ask that question while being dreadfully behind with mine. I still have Xmas gift cards to buy. All of the card shopping needs to be done. I think there may be just enough time to order some from Etsy. If I’m wrong – they’re good for next year! Deck […]
TradeCraft Bonus: 6 tea infusers good enough for gamer geeks
What do you drink while gaming? Soda, booze, coffee or tea? You can chart my age alongside my drinking-gaming trends; started on soda (and lots of it), moved to booze and now tend to game with a nice cup of tea. As the holiday season is dangerously close let’s take a look at some tea […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Dice jewellery from Mage Studio
Mage Studio have an Etsy store in which you’ll be able to buy some fashionable die – as jewellery. There are dice of all sorts of shapes and sizes. There are different styles too although Mage rather likes their steampunk. Here’s a sample! d20 Steampunk cufflinks [Make this mine!] d20 Call of Cthulhu pendant [I […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Dragon die holders
These dragons are made holding d20s. They’re cute and would look great on the mantlepiece, book shelves and window ledges of gamers. They’re made by hand and come from Trieste in Italy. The good news is that you can buy them from Rana Mirtilla at Etsy. Dice dragon product page. … but what about a […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Cthulhu dragon dice
Which force would bring you dice rolling more luck? Dragons or Cthulhu? You might have to decide or buy both types over at Robin Red’s Etsy for unique fantasy, horror and steampunk. The store has a range of powerful, arty, dice. Looks lumpy? Would the GM let you roll these dice? Robin Red hopes so […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Fantastic LARP headgear
Based in Parma, Italy and run by Sara Bertola, Chimerical Dragonfly is an Etsy store with a collection of striking hats, masks and fantasy headgear. The designs are done for LARP, for Renaissance Faires and perhaps even events like Burning Man. You like? They ship worldwide. Steampunk demon horns [Product Page] Fantasy Loki horns [Product […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Tabletop chests, rugs and dungeon features
Do you use miniatures in your RPGs? Do you use them to help make sense of melee? Or perhaps to assist the imagination? Over on Etsy, CicadaCrafts has a collection of tabletop terrain that does both. I’m not a huge fan of models in my gaming. I prefer to let imagination have almost total control […]
TradeCraft Bonus: 4 dice tower vendors to consider
Got a problem with players spinning their dice off the table? Endless debates as to whether the roll counts if it falls on the floor or bounces off a book? Or are you a GM with limited room behind your screen? The solution may be a tower – a dice tower that ensures random, safe […]
TradeCraft Bonus: 5 In character notebooks for RPGs
Whether you’re in a LARP, a GM looking for a player hand out or a player looking to have an in-character notebook for scribbling down clues, maps and ideas for your game then this collection might have something for you. Dual dragons sketchbook Buy this 100 sheets in a handmade, leather bound, notebook with a […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Badges from dead RPGS
Greenfield Games has an Etsy store with an unusual collection of pib buttons – or badges as we’d say in the UK. They’re not reprints of copyright artwork. Instead, Greenfield Games use RPG material that have been splashed with one too many diet colas, been carried by one too many bags and chewed once too […]
