Mark S. Cookman
Angelfish Island
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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
10 Wild West Town Encounters
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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Jun 19, 2020
- 1 min
20 Battle Maps for your Nautical or Pirate Games
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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Jun 12, 2020
- 1 min
15 Cool Battle Maps for your Wild West Games
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),
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Mark S. Cookman
- Feb 27, 2020
- 4 min
Stagecoaches are NOT just for Westerns
I have been working on a Kickstarter project recently, and that led me to research stagecoaches. I had always thought that the stagecoach...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Jan 24, 2020
- 3 min
13 Wild West Town Encounters
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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Jan 24, 2020
- 4 min
13 Wild West Wilderness Encounters
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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Jul 26, 2019
- 3 min
13 Mysterious Happenings Around Town
Medieval City by Robin Tran As a DM, one of my favorite methods of getting the "upperhand" for the villains is distraction. It is...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Jun 7, 2019
- 2 min
Pirate Directions -- The 32 Points of Bearing
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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Mar 29, 2019
- 8 min
13 Things You'll Find on a Pirate's Treasure Map
>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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Mar 14, 2019
- 6 min
A Pirate's Dozen of Notice Board Notes
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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Mar 1, 2019
- 4 min
A Pirate's Dozen of Magic Items for Skalliwags and Swashbucklers
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....
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Mark S. Cookman
- Feb 14, 2019
- 2 min
20 More Lines of Trash Talk for NPC's
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 "....
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Mark S. Cookman
- Feb 1, 2019
- 4 min
13 Ships to Encounter on the High Seas
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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Jan 25, 2019
- 8 min
10 Legends of the Seas from the Mouths of Drunken Sailors
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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Jan 18, 2019
- 3 min
13 Pieces of Garbage to Litter your Dungeon
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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Jan 12, 2019
- 2 min
13 Pieces of Graffiti to Decorate your Dungeons
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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Nov 16, 2018
- 2 min
13 More Riddles to Confound both You and Your Players
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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Nov 2, 2018
- 2 min
A Pirate's Dozen of Riddles for Fantasy Roleplaying
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...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Nov 10, 2017
- 2 min
Wyatt's Rangers - NPC Heroes for Your Post Apocalypse Game
Today's post is a little different than most that appear here, although it stays within our current post apocalyptic theme. I don't...
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