Working on integration with website, Facebook and Discord. Updates coming soon.
-
Archives
-
Meta
Gary Con 2026 – Natural Twenty Events
Events I’ll be running at Gary Con 2026 March 19-22, 2026, Lake Geneva, WI. Once the event catalog is confirmed and verified, the run times will be posted.
The Bloom Below
The village of Elmshade is in trouble. Crops are dying, livestock are vanishing, and strange growths twist through the earth. A plea has gone out for brave souls to uncover the cause and stop it before it spreads. Answer the call and face what waits beneath the roots.
A Castles & Crusades event. Pregens included – a party of all halflings.
The Sorcerer of Old Geneva
WANTED: Brave souls to infiltrate the ruins of Old Geneva. A mad sorcerer has awakened ancient power beneath the lake, threatening reality itself. Magic, mutants, and machines stand in your way. Six will rise. Will you answer the call? Glory—or oblivion—awaits.
A Savage Worlds adventure set in the world of Thundarr the Barbarian.
Posted in Castles & Crusades, Conventions, Gary Con, Savage Worlds
Comments Off on Gary Con 2026 – Natural Twenty Events
Embracing a New Chapter: Life After Microsoft
After years spent navigating the fast-paced corridors of the corporate world at Microsoft, I’ve officially hung up my tie and stepped into retirement. It’s a bittersweet moment, leaving behind a career filled with challenges, growth, and incredible colleagues. But I’m excited—and a little relieved—to finally dedicate more time to the passions that have always fueled me outside of work.
One of my first priorities is giving naturaltwenty.com the attention it deserves. My website and blog have long been a creative outlet and a way to connect with others who share my love for tabletop roleplaying games and storytelling. With fewer meetings and deadlines filling up my calendar, I’m looking forward to sharing more updates, thoughts, and resources with the community.
But that’s not all. Retirement means I can finally focus on writing and publishing material for some of my favorite games, including Savage Worlds, Dragonbane, and others. I’ve always had ideas simmering away—adventures, settings, rule expansions—and now I have the freedom to bring them to life and share them with fellow enthusiasts.
If you’re a fan of roleplaying games, game design, or just curious about this new chapter, I invite you to join me on naturaltwenty.com. Whether you’re a longtime reader or new to the site, I hope to foster a space where creativity, collaboration, and good old-fashioned fun take center stage.
Here’s to new beginnings, rolling dice, and making the most of the adventures ahead!
Posted in Personal, Savage Worlds
Comments Off on Embracing a New Chapter: Life After Microsoft
GaryCon XVII – 3/20-23/2025
Natural Twenty Games will be running events at GaryCon XVII on March 20th – 23rd, 2025. More info to follow!
Currently running:
- C&C events
- Savage Worlds events
Posted in Castles & Crusades, Conventions, Savage Worlds
Tagged C&C, Convention, GaryCon, Savage Worlds
Comments Off on GaryCon XVII – 3/20-23/2025
GaryCon XVI 2024 Events
A placeholder for the upcoming events I’ll be running at GaryCon XVI on March 21-24, 2024 in Lake Geneva, WI.
This year I’ll be running three events with two sessions each, i.e. it’s a three-part adventure, with each session building on the last but you can play any one of the three as they are all self-contained adventures.
Why this format?
I was a fan of the RPGA back in the mid-to-late 90s (I lost my original card, but I did find my DCI online version), and their “Classic” adventure format. The classic format was set to run in a four-hour format with pre-gens provided. Each character had a short blurb about their relationships with each of the other characters, hopefully relating them in a meaningful manner. At the end of the session, there was a voting system where each player would rank the other players, with the winner receiving convention points.
This format differed from the “Living” campaigns (Living City in the Forgotten Realms, Masque of the Red Death a gothic/Ravenloft setting, Virtual Seattle a Shadowrun campaign, etc.,) where you played the same character from convention to convention.
Updates
I’ll be posting weekly design updates including:
- Pre-gens
- Some maps
- Terrain building
- Miniatures
You can join in on the commentary here or on Facebook.
Posted in Castles & Crusades, Conventions, Uncategorized
Tagged Castles & Crusades, GaryCon
Comments Off on GaryCon XVI 2024 Events
Ghost of Saltmarsh – Maps for VTT use
Disclaimer – most links to products are leveraging an affiliate program that will result in Natural Twenty Games receiving a small percentage fee. Thanks for your support!
While I love the throwback maps of Ghosts of Saltmarsh, when you’re running VTT software, they just don’t pack the same punch for players or for the DM. Here are a few maps from the first few chapters of the adventure.
I used Dungeondraft and some art packs from Two-Minute Tabletop. I can’t recommend either of these vendors enough. Top-notch software and great quality as well.
Ghosts of Saltmarsh – First Floor – House (95254 downloads )
NewGameAPalooza 2021 – Natural Twenty Games Events
Information will be posted soon but Natural Twenty Games will be running games all weekend at the NewGameAPalooza 2021.
Bookmark this page or follow/like Natural Twenty Games Facebook page.
Raid the Basement – Intro
I’ve got a lot of gaming stuff. That’s not a brag or a boast. It’s the accumulation of years and years of impulse buying (ADHD), fear of missing out (FOMO), supporting major and/or independent creators, a lot of GenCon’s, and maybe a touch of hoarding tendencies.
I am starting to inventory everything to get ready for a purge and as I do I’m going to post weekly characters or sessions from some of my old games. In reality, I’ve only run a handful of these games so I don’t have a lot of memories of playing them but oh the hours of fun I had making characters or just thinking about running them.
The first game on the list will be Gamma World 2e.
Six, level 3, 5e pregens from Whispers in the Dark
Here are the six, level 3, 5e pregenerated characters used for the Whispers in the Dark convention. They were all created using D&D Beyond (I’m a sucker for tools) and use Larry Elmore’s Character Art pack.
Download “Six, Level 3, 5e Pregens from Whispers in the Dark” pregens_5e.zip – Downloaded 300992 times –
Posted in 5e, Conventions, Uncategorized
Comments Off on Six, level 3, 5e pregens from Whispers in the Dark
Whispers in the Dark 5e Recap from NewGameAPalooza
This last weekend (10/5/2019) I ran a convention game. It’s been years since I’ve run a game at a convention and most of the time I was either running Living Greyhawk (yes, I’m aging myself), Pathfinder Organized Play, or Adventurer League for 5e.
This time I decided to run a homebrew scenario that’s been bouncing around my head for at least ten (10) years. It’s got a Halloween theme and since the convention was in early October I thought I might as well put it together and see if folks like it. It’s not ready for publishing yet but I’m working on it!
Thanks to the outstanding table that attended. We had a brand-new player who seemed to have a great time and the table accommodated her. Again, many thanks, players!
Posted in 5e, Conventions
Comments Off on Whispers in the Dark 5e Recap from NewGameAPalooza
You must be logged in to post a comment.