Crooked Staff Publishing

16/07/2025

A little while back I released a set of 2D modular dungeon tiles here on the channel (the video can be found here: https://youtu.be/3hrVeTVgVNg ), and I talked about using them as a means of generating random dungeon layouts for solo/co-op dungeon crawling.

I also posted an article (over on the blog) where I tested the rules out with some prototype cards, tokens, and charts (which you can find here: https://www.crookedstaff.co.uk/2023/03/random-dungeons-soloco-op-dungeon.html ).

Anyway, since I'm getting interested in that kind of thing again (i.e. solo/co-op dungeon crawling - in particular the old Advanced HeroQuest game), I thought I'd revisit the idea... and actually see if I can finish it (or at least get it to a state where it's usable).

So, with that in mind - here's a quick look at the cards after they'd had a bit of a makeover (to replace the prototype ones you can see in the aforementioned blog post).

They're designed in such a way as you don't need to worry about misalignment with back to back printing, and they fit inside regular 2.5" x 3.5" card sleeves.

Now I'm not sure how many people will be interested in this kinda thing - but I think I'll be making a video about it nevertheless :)

Anyway - hope you like 'em!

11/07/2025

New video is out!

Episode 107: In this episode I'll be making set of modular dungeon tiles (for games like or similar) - that also packs away inside its own s...

03/07/2025

Here's a quick look at what's in store for the next video:

27/05/2025

Another new video:

If you're getting ready to run some wilderness encounters in your favorite RPG, or looking to add some line-of-sight blocking terrain to your war/skirmish ga...

14/05/2025

New video is out!

Episode 105: In this video I'm showing how you can use some of the same techniques (and printouts) that were featured in the recent 'shuttle' video - but th...

12/05/2025

Here's a new blog post (where I discuss a few previous and upcoming projects):

https://www.crookedstaff.co.uk/2025/05/playing-catch-up.html

05/05/2025

Making good progress on the sci-fi truck!

30/04/2025

If you are a paid Patreon supporter or YouTube member (at any level) then you might be interested to know that I'll be doing another hobby hangout this weekend :)

It will start around 7pm (UK time) this coming Saturday (May 3rd) - which is the equivalent of the following times all around the world:

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Hobby+Hangout&iso=20250503T19&p1=297

It'll be held in the private ‘patrons lounge’ voice/video chat over on Discord (so it's only for paid members I'm afraid - to keep the numbers manageable), and I’ll just have my mic turned on, and my we**am pointed at my desk, while I work on something hobby related (and folks are more than welcome to do something similar - so that we can 'craft and chat' so to speak :) ).

Also note that these things are not recorded or streamed, they're just meant to be informal chats/hangouts :)

24/04/2025

A new video is out… and in this one there’s also a short encounter idea at the end:

https://youtu.be/X_cfmC6YSg4

Hope you like it!

12/04/2025

Just a quick message to say that, over on the Discord server (invite link here: https://discord.com/invite/rhDTAAD ), some of us are taking part in a 'crowdsourced dungeon' kinda thing... just for a bit of fun :)

Basically, I have started things off with this room, and then nominated someone (from a list of folks that said they would like to take part) to make the next room or passage (i.e. whatever lies beyond this door).

They will then do something similar (i.e. build their own room/passage/area... and share a picture, and any encounter ideas to go along with it), and then nominate someone else to make the next room/passage in the sequence.

We're also keeping track of things in this Google Doc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XO87PTNqP556k89LtTcm4In2lXk6El8zMWmLBMpWp4c/edit?usp=sharing

So, if that sounds like something you'd like to take part in, feel free to head on over to discord and check out the 'challenges' section (as that's where we're organising things :) ).

10/04/2025

New terrain video is out!

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In this video, I’ll show you how to make pedestals, fonts, braziers, and the like, for your games of D&D (well any TTRPG or dungeon crawler really) – using c...

02/04/2025

Been working on some pedestals/basins/fonts for the next video: