Calculating Defense
It’s one of those challenges. While all the books come with the details of your antagonists laid out, you still feel the need to wonder […]
Discussion
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 […]
The Iron Pact – 30 Questions
This month for the last two years I have participated in the A-to-Z Challenge, but that hasn’t been possible this year because of other demands […]
The Sleepless Path and The Monster Codex
A couple of brief updates, with no new articles here until March. The Sleepless Path Released As mentioned earlier this month, you can now access […]
The Sleepless Path – Revised
As promised, this release of The Sleepless Path formats and expands on the original material – including extra details on the Sleepless, the Posts, a […]
Davokar in minimald6
I find that tinkering with ideas can be a wellspring for creative thought, so I read the short text of Thronelands with interest. And then […]
The Iron Pact ‘To-Do’ List
As touched upon in this when chatting with The Iron Pact Patrons late last year, I’m open to ideas on where to go with future posts […]
Resources Gifted and Given
As ever, I’m always on the look out for useful resources that will ease your preparation or gaming in the world of Symbaroum. With that […]
News from The Iron Pact
The Iron Pact now has a newsletter feature, which you can sign up to for updates on new articles, events, random thoughts (that might not […]
A Tough Act to Follow
When you put yourself in harms way, you set your life firmly on the line. Those who enter the field of battle without a solid […]
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 […]
Intermissions and ENnies
For those waiting on the progress of my A-to-Z Challenge, I promise that it will return. However, it will return at a pace conducive to […]
Le Pacte De Fer
I can hardly believe that I have been reading, playing and gamemastering Symbaroum for more than a year and running The Iron Pact for most […]
Casting Checks
Someone put forward the following question on Reddit around the use of Mystical Powers in Symbaroum. Hey guys. Quick question regarding PCs and the use […]
More Strange Remnants
I posted a list of strange remains of the Symbaroum Empire in Archaeology Today – and it occurred to me that I haven’t posted to Twitter […]
Archaeology Today
The Monte Cook Games setting/system Numenera describes a truly ancient Earth where nine great civilisations have risen and fallen over millions of year. These civilisations […]
Symbaroum Resources
Following a discussion on Slack, I offer up the services of The Iron Pact as a clearing house for links to resources for Symbaroum across the […]
Davokar Persists
If you don’t have quite enough places to chat about Symbaroum, it would be well worth your time downloading (or accessing) Slack and join in […]
Care With Names
I ran an extended game of The Wheel of Misfortune yesterday, using the rules for The Symbaroum Funnel. This created a bunch of zero Experience […]
The Cow and the Recharge
I will be running Symbaroum at Concrete Cow for the morning session (10am) in Milton Keynes, 10th September 2016. The Wheel of Misfortune Since the […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
