Let’s talk about playing RPGs.
Tips, stories, and ideas from my table for Pathfinder, Tales of the Valiant, and Shadowdark.
What I cover: Pathfinder, Tales of the Valiant, and Shadowdark, plus ideas you can use with any system.
Current series: Tome of Adventure Design
I’m working through Matt Finch’s book of random tables chapter by chapter, rolling dice on camera to see how far random tables can get you toward a real adventure. Each part has a video and a write-up you can use at your own table.
Who’s behind Jickoby
I’m Brian. I’ve been playing tabletop RPGs since 1986. My first experience started when my stepbrother and a neighbor handed me a character sheet of a dwarf with a warhammer. I’ve been hooked ever since.
Jickoby is where I share the resources I create and use at my table, so you can bring them to yours.
From the blog
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Tome of Adventure Design Chapter 4: Non-Dungeon Adventures
Underwater, cities, the sky, other planes, and the wilderness: rolling up adventure locations outside the dungeon with chapter 4 of Matt Finch’s Tome of Adventure Design.
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Tome of Adventure Design Chapter 3, Part 2: Mapping the Dungeon
Using the random mapping tables in chapter 3 of Matt Finch’s Tome of Adventure Design to lay out a dungeon, then drawing it in Dungeon Scrawl.
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Tome of Adventure Design Chapter 3, Part 1: Planning a Dungeon
Deadlines, backstories, clues, and magical symbols: planning a dungeon with chapter 3 of Matt Finch’s Tome of Adventure Design, before drawing a single room.
From the YouTube channel
Watch a one-shot become a campaign
I’m building a one-shot from scratch and growing it into a homebrew campaign setting, one video at a time. Join the list and I’ll email you each new part as it’s released. No spam, unsubscribe any time.