What’s a Scene?
The basis of an adventure in Symbaroum, a Scene stands as a means to determine the ‘value’ of an adventure — or just a session […]
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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 […]
Quick Arrow Reclamation
The Symbaroum Advanced Player’s Guide (APG) includes a whole selection of optional mechanics in the Alternative Rules section. Some will work for you, some not. If you […]
Theme Reveal for April
I missed the Theme Reveal day for the A-to-Z Challenge, which was Monday, 20th March. However, I can easily make up for that right now; […]
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 […]
Advanced Player’s Handbook
The diehard English-speaking fans of Symbaroum have been translating the Spelarens Handbok since Day 1. Somehow, this volume of Swedish gaming goodness became a must-have; a grail […]
A-to-Z Challenge 2017
I hope to have the planning wherewithal to participate in the A-to-Z Challenge this year – as I did in 2016. I have to say […]
Mystical Dozen
I am happy to add a new gathering of Mystical Treasures to the Symbaroum Resources page, contributed by Candacis (and previously posted on the Reddit […]
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 […]
Monstrous Traits
Should Monstrous Traits be more generic? I had that strange thought the other day while looking through some of the reference material I’ve already created. […]
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 […]
Who You Know
While the Contacts Trait appears in the Symbaroum Core Book as a Trait, generally associated with the player’s choice of race for their character, in […]
Favor and Disfavor
Symbaroum has a simple system for handling the challenges presented to characters. When challenged directly, players roll against one of their Attributes modified by the […]
This and That
The session of Symbaroum I ran over the weekend, for Free RPG Day at Fanboy 3, was unashamedly lighter and less grim that those I normally […]
Wrath of the Warden – Day 2
I almost feel I have always been reading and playing Symbaroum. I find it a bit hard to believe that I only picked up the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]