Shadowdark | GCN Naish Rally

About this episode

Joe O'Brien leads a group through an improvised Shadowdark adventure using random tables.

Joe O'Brien runs Paula Deming, Sydney Amanuel, Kate Stamas and Rob Kerkovich through a classic Shadowdark crawl that even he has not prepared. Using the core Shadowdark book and a few Cursed Scrolls, the team creates characters and then generates an adventure in one session using only Shadowdark's random tables. You've got to hear it to believe it. Check out one of the most thrilling adventures of the entire GCN Naish Rally! Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/DBVDQVTv3J8 Help us unlock what's next. Subscribe today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠jointhenaish.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Joe O'Brien

Guests: Paula Deming, Sydney Amanuel, Kate Stamas, Rob Kerkovich

Topics covered

• tabletop gaming
• improvised adventure
• character creation
• Shadowdark
• live gameplay

Keywords

• Shadowdark
• tabletop RPG
• improv gaming
• character generation
• adventure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Glass Cannon Network, Cursed Scrolls

Books & works: Shadowdark

Places: GCN Naish Rally

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