Sword & Source

Latest — Mar 3, 2023

Getting started with solo RPGs (crosspost)

Single-player RPGs are one of the most creative, fastest growing, and easily accessible types of tabletop gaming. The indie game marketplace, itchio, hosts almost 1000 games tagged as “physical” solo RPGs. With so much choice, how do you get started?

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Using AI to build Immersive RPG Worlds (Project MUSE update)

Today I have a video walkthrough of a new prototype. We're working on a new way for people to tell stories through games.

Interesting mobile RPGs you can play Portrait mode in 2023

As part of the research for my new project, I'm discovering a lot of mobile RPGs. This is an evergreen list of mobile RPGs that you can play in portrait mode.

Dungeon23: Tiny Edition

We are going to design 1 dungeon room every day for 23 days to kick off 2023. Inspired by the #dungeon23 challenge by Sean McCoy.

Steam Key Giveaway - Summoner's Fate

Today we have a new storytelling feature for MUSE: Daily Dungeons and an awesome RPG giveaway.

Launching Now: Dungeon Crawl Advent Calendar

Today I have 3 big announcements. My next project is a platform to help you create videogames. I'm launching a Discord. I'm launching a Daily Dungeon advent calendar.

I turned myself into a D&D character

My creative AI experiments continue. I now have a dependable way to turn a photo of any person into a fantasy character portrait.

Happy Halloween from Sword & Source

For Halloween this year I've got Elder Witch Statblocks for 5e, horror prompts, and creepy AI art.

Launch: The Oracle is live today!

Today I'm officially launching The Oracle (Open Beta) 🎉 The Oracle is a new feature on herebetaverns.com that lets you generate your own original artwork using simple text prompts.

How I play D&D with my kids

Playing tabletop RPGs with kids is a wonderful experience. But it's hard to know where to start or how to introduce them to games like Dungeons & Dragons. In this post, I share my approach.