The Wrath of the Warden
Today at 19:00 Central European Time, the Järnringen team will be kicking off their fundraiser for Thistle Hold – Wrath of the Warden. Thistle Hold […]
Articles by Paul Baldowski
Just the Battle, Not the War
Even the richest crop feeds on decay For the last two nights, I ran a bit of an improvised game of Symbaroum for friends, pitting […]
Isometric Karvosti
The Symbaroum team has teased everyone with a reference to Karvosti – The Witch Hammer (or Häxhammaren), coming in Swedish with an English release 6 months later […]
Somewhat Friendly
I have had a request for Printer Friendly versions of the Symbaroum Reference Sheets. I have done what I can, but in certain instances, the content […]
The Ordo Septimus
While just a region of a wider world, the aberrant nature of Davokar makes Ambria all the more dangerous place to live. The coiling, clutching […]
May Pact Update
A brief update on The Iron Pact and Symbaroum. I have been REALLY busy over the last month with another project – specifically writing The […]
The Korrigan
In the eaves of the Bright Forest, the free colonists have challenge enough without worrying about folklore and legends. Upon the shores of Lake Volgoma, […]
The Iron Pact on Patreon
After posting more than 80 articles and more than 62,000 words of content, I have realised that I can only maintain this level of output […]
From ‘neath the Loam
Davokar is one of those places where anything becomes possible because it’s like the worst sort of Magic Wood or Faerie Glen you could care […]
Heirlooms and Legacies
The Player’s Handbook offers the option to enhance your starting equipment with an Heirloom. Essentially, you can choose a weapon or piece of armor to […]
Z is for Zeal
The A-to-Z Challenge offered an opportunity to show me just how engaged I could become with a game or setting. In the past, I have […]
Y is for Yes, and…
Not advice specific to Symbaroum and not to be used without care and consideration, but I have found in running the game, with a mind […]
X is for Xavagunda
Grumpa, a lost and bewildered ogre, was adopted by a traveling theater company, which had her do the heavy work like raising tents and digging […]
W is for the Watch
The Queen’s Watch serves a purpose as close to general policing as to be the ideal real world comparison, but really they have little in […]
V is for Violing
Stories and legends pass as entertainment and guidance, traditions of fate and fortune that fill the smoky interiors of inns and taverns across Ambria and […]
U is for Undead
Death is not an option. Or, at least, sometimes you don’t want it to be something thrust upon a player when you’re only an hour […]
T is for Tarasque
The dragon was called of them that dwelled in the country Tarasque and it did make its abode about the wood bordering the Black Lake, […]
S is for Story Cubes
Buy Rory’s Story Cubes. Story Cubes rock. Do I really need to write more than that? Firstly, like the BBC, I’ll go all non-partisan and […]
R is for Rogues and Ruffians
The imperative of Queen Korinthia and her government to assign every colonist to specific areas and even specific roles has fostered a rebellious streak in some […]
Q is for Questions
I don’t think you can read Symbaroum and not come away without questions. Indeed, I think some of the strength of the game comes from […]
P is for Playmat
Stroke the mat. Stroke it. Now stop. Don’t touch! The Symbaroum playmat certainly drew some attention at Seven Hill this weekend, from people playing the […]
O is for the One
The Symbaroum setting contains a lot of significant shifts and events in a short space of time. Considering the core timeline covers about 30 years, […]
N is for Ne’er-do-wells
Over the weekend, I ran a game of Symbaroum at the Seven Hills convention in Sheffield. (That’s the reason the entry that I planned to […]
M is for More Symbaroum
Sorry about this one – but I have an event in Sheffield – Seven Hills – this weekend that has absorbed much of my time, […]
L is for Lindaros
I feel like the timeline might serve as a theme for a couple of days, because while just a small part of the Symbaroum Core […]