3 Great Shadowdark Supplements that Understand the Game

In which I cover 3 excellent supplements for the Shadowdark RPG. All three of these (especially the first and last) really get what makes Shadowdark special and don't try to take it down the "5e road".
Here's where you can get them -
Life-Paths: A Shadowdark Supplement:
www.drivethrur...
Smoke and Steel: An Industrial Age Supplement for Shadowdark RPG:
itch.io/jam/sh...
Darker Shadows:
www.drivethrur...
Music from a mix of iconic games (TLoZ:TP, TLoZ: SS, TLoZ:TotK, and TLoZ:ALttP).

[@ryanwerden6772]

Hey, the writer of smoke and steel here. Thanks for the review! The machine gun is quite powerful but I wanted to include it for folks that want to run games set during WWI. For games set earlier I'd recommend excluding it or making it rare. Also I like your suggestion for Battlefield Insight.

[@RedMageGM]

Absolutely! It's a great document. That makes a lot of sense, about the machine gun! I think it definitely works with a WWI vibe!

[@WyrdHamster]

With Smoke and Steel I thinking finally on running Eberron setting with ShadowDark rules! 🔫( Which is 'kinda magical post WW1' setting )😎

[@RedMageGM]

That's a great connection!

[@matthewmadden8943]

YAY, more Shadow Dark reviews!

[@RedMageGM]

Yessir!

[@johnmagowan6393]

Another great and useful video.

[@RedMageGM]

Thanks, man!

[@LD-gc4qg]

You may also watch out for Star Dark. This is Space Opera using Shadowdark rules.

[@RedMageGM]

Sounds great!

[@LD-gc4qg]

@@RedMageGM there is a KZbin channel called solospelunking. You find videos to Star dark there.

[@michaelmullenfiddler]

I've said it before, you do good reviews

[@RedMageGM]

Thanks mate!

[@dreyfussix8581]

I've discovered ShadowDark out of a long time away from 5e, it's the only edition of the game I've played, and after playing other rpgs; I found going back to 5e very distasteful. This game and possibly the OSR in general has reinvigorated my interest in this genre of tabletop. Thank you for all the coverage and commentary! I look forward to seeing more

[@RedMageGM]

Absolutely! I'm glad you like the videos!

[@jacobrowley2936]

Loved the video! The life paths supplement is perfect for me and my group thank you! Do you know if they are writing more for the new classes in cursed scrolls 2&3?

[@RedMageGM]

I don't know, but I hope so! That would be great!

[@brentnorton1602]

We are definitely buying Life-Paths. We liked how in Deathbringer each class had its own background lists.

[@RedMageGM]

I haven't tried Deathbringer yet. It's on my list for sure!

[@jamesalexhowlett]

I have bought and helped to kickstart quite a bit of shadowdark content (including life-paths). I really enjoy this game, and so do the students I run the game for.

[@RedMageGM]

That's awesome!

[@ScottBaker_]

Still catching up. Gotta feed the algorithm. Love Shadowdark. I backed Life-Paths on Kickstarter.

[@Old_Wizard_Minis]

Great work. Love the focus on quality Shadowdark products that stay true to the game design and aesthetic.

[@RedMageGM]

Thank you!!

[@PhilC_PhD]

This is of course just from my experience so it's not 100% accurate, but when I hear people talk about taking, say a longbow over a crossbow, they are thinking of combat as sport which is opposite of what Shadowdark is implying which is combat as war. I'm 5e you are thinking about the multi hour long combat. In Shadowdark you are thinking about how can we have this combat end in a few turns max. That's just my opinion though.

[@Ja_Ta]

Life Paths looks awesome, a must buy. Maybe I will include it in the Shadowdark CoS Campaign the party is traveling to the vistani camp. So its quite early in the game.

[@RedMageGM]

It would make a perfect version of Madam Eva's readings!