BLACK SHARK ENTERPRISES

Today, I would like to share with you the small island of Angelfish. Roughly 7 nautical miles from North to South and about 7 and a half...

Last year I took on a Kickstarter for a Wild West newspaper filled with NPC's, maps, adventure seeds, tables and more. I was thrilled to...

Last week, I shared some maps for wild west games. This week, I have had The Seas of Vodari in my thoughts and I know many folks will be...

Seems like it's been a long time since I posted anything here. I've been busy working on a Kickstarter project (The Promise Town Gazette),

I have been working on a Kickstarter project recently, and that led me to research stagecoaches. I had always thought that the stagecoach...

Last week I posted a collection of wilderness encounters for western games, as well as a link to a few of the more popular games in the...

Recently I have been working on a project of a western nature and that has led me to create a few western themed tables. I am thoroughly...

Medieval City by Robin Tran As a DM, one of my favorite methods of getting the "upperhand" for the villains is distraction. It is...

Here is a cool little bit of lore that you may be able to use to "dress up" the talk of your NPC's for nautical games. Today we will...

>Treasure Map created by freepik - www.freepik.com Today we go back to the sea to search for fabulous treasures. This list is a bit...

This week we're going to look at the town message board. A place where adventurers can gather information about the town that they are...

Welcome to the crew of the Black Shark. We share and share alike here and no one gets any special meals or extra portions from the cook....

Photo © Chris Reynolds (cc-by-sa/2.0) Almost 2 years ago, I wrote a blog entry entitled "20 Lines of Bad Guy Trash-Talk for RPG Fights "....

When running a nautically-based game, one thing that you can never have too many of is NPC ships. Ships can be complicated encounters to...

Legends of the sea are as old as sea-faring itself. Surely, the first person to ride a log canoe out of sight of land was greeted with...

Once again we will be looking at some elements that might be found in a dungeon. Last week we looked over some  dungeon graffiti . This...

Graffiti can be found nearly everywhere in our modern culture, as well as in many ancient ruins. It only stands to reason that it may...

Here are 13 more riddles for your games, but this time with a bit of a twist. You'll find all the answers below, but they're in an...

Sorry that I've been lost at sea for a while. I'm back today with a collection of riddles that can be used by a sphynx or by any npc that...

Today's post is a little different than most that appear here, although it stays within our current post apocalyptic theme. I don't...