Tables & Tablets

Devlog

• No Ballet in Barovia; or, making system match "feel"
  July 22, 2025 by Thomas Heslin

  How do you get your players to feel what you want them to? For me, I'm starting to aim to have the rules they're following encourage a certain behaviour; going against that path is an equally interest... Continue reading

  
• Free 75 page preview now available!
  July 04, 2025 by Thomas Heslin

  Today I'm releasing a free preview version of Tables & Tablets . Included is all of the rules and the beginning of the intro dungeon: Abandoned in Bulk -- 75 pages out of the 121. I expect that this p... Continue reading

  
• Blessing to Live: Designing a Tablet
  June 19, 2025 by Thomas Heslin

  Cover art by Harry Hughes . With Blessing to Live , the first free adventure for Tables & Tablets (T&T) now released, I want to achieve two things in this devlog: Create a Tablet (how spells are cast... Continue reading

  
• Some Monsters of Tablets & Tablets
  May 04, 2025 by Thomas Heslin

  In Tables & Tablets, a low level Zombie has more HP than a high level Dragon . Why? Because different enemies require different tactics & weapons -- which change the Result Tables rolled on. Lets firs... Continue reading

  
• Origins of Tables & Tablets
  April 29, 2025 by Thomas Heslin

  I have run a lot of D&D, mostly 5e. I always struggled to tailor combat for my experienced group; I wanted dangerous encounters but never force players into them. It never landed as I hoped. Born from... Continue reading