Only Promises and Hopes
It can be a challenge to get new gamers up to speed quickly, while also giving them a flavour of Symbaroum‘s rich setting and back […]
Adventures
A Symbaroum Of Your Own
Run your game with confidence. If nothing else, you should come at it with a certainty that belies any self-doubt you might have about the […]
Starting in The Promised Land
You might have noticed that the prolific Järnringen team has got a new Kickstarter up and running, to translate the third chapter in the Throne […]
On The Road
The Mountain Pass provides the potential for a week long journey, while The Promised Land adventure feels a lot shorter – indeed, half of the events […]
Trust in a Promised Land
Introductory adventure The Promised Land, from the Core Book, offers an interesting opportunity to deal with the themes and environment that make up Symbaroum’s world. […]
The Unseen Sanctuary: Part 1
The Church of Prios is not without hope that the sickness that grips Ambria can be cured. The zealous may insist that all corruption must […]
The Mythology of Symbaroum
The mythology of Symbaroum lies in the hands of the GM. When you really consider the nature of the world set down in Symbaroum, you […]
The Lies That Bind
The PCs come to a settlement where many of the population have gathered in the centre to listen to the words of a rough clad […]
Longcon 2017
Some conventions seek to serve up a platter of gaming opportunities, a buffet of snacks and tasters, quick adventure and demos. And then there are […]
K is for King’s Isles
The enigma of Davokar is not confined to the depths of the dark region to the north or the puncture points of ruined towers dotted […]
H is for Hex Mapping
Within the Symbaroum Core Book you have enough background within the first 70-pages or so to get you up and running, with particular focus on the […]
E is for the Ever Realm
Ambra sits on the north coast, less than 100 miles from the north-western fringe of Davokar, where the trees literally tumble into the ocean. The grey […]
C is for Collector of Faces
A new world of redness and darkness, A horrible coma call’d living The false, hollow phantoms of beauty That cloak all the evils of Dzannin. […]
A is for Ambra Assailed
The streets of Ambra are alive with people. Sometimes, you have to remind yourself where you are, what sort of situation we find ourselves in. […]
A Light to Return Home By
That which rests beneath the earth does not necessarily stay there, especially in the lands north of the great Titan Mountains. The Iron Pact set […]
Seal the Wounds
While travellers and treasure-seekers enter the eaves of Davokar with the reasonable expectation of the dangers to come, that’s not to say that they cannot find […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
K is for Korinthia’s Captivity
When I first picked up Symbaroum and started reading it, I started from the back of the book. I worked my way through the adventure […]
F is for Forest
The tracks and trails of Bright Davokar offer a balance of plenty and peril. The traveler or treasure-seeker in these outer regions has a fair chance […]
E is for Earth Towers
The deep-reaching Earth Towers by the Black Leech Rift have a lot going for them, not least that marvellous name. You have Earth Towers – […]
C is for Camp Titan
Ambria has more refugee camps than the government of Queen Korinthia would care to admit. The sluggish trickle of travelers across The Titans from the […]
