Goblin Points

By Jon de NorNews Leisure Games

Goblin Points episodes

December 05, 2025News: Crack the Sun Crowdfunder, Codex VTT For All Patrons, Third-Party Crowdfunder Record | November Roundup
Public playtest of the beastheart, private playtest of Dark Heart of the Wood, The Fall of Blackbottom and the summoner is released, patron playtest of the Codex, and a huge crowdfunder launching soon! Draw Steel Christmas came a month early!
Links to everything: https://goblinpoints.com/2524
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:40 December Crowdfunder
02:23 The Summoner
03:48 The Fall of Blackbottom
05:00 Updated Core Rules
05:46 Playtests: Beastheart & Dark Heart of the Wood
06:32 The Codex
10:33 Community Shoutouts
11:25 The Delian Tomb Dice
12:06 Hooked on Crafting
13:41 Masterful Smithing
14:44 The Cave of Amber Tears
15:18 To Defy the Stars
16:02 From the Ashes
16:36 The Bale Crossing
17:15 Glyphs for Translators
17:59 Codex Fabuludens
18:53 Set Sail
20:03 Carnophage Monster Booklet
20:59 Draw Steel NPC Generator
21:50 Community Highlights
22:46 Outro
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Theme music by Patrick Haesler.
Art by Chris Malbon.
25 min
November 25, 2025Paul Ligorski: The Cave of Amber Tears | Interview
Paul Ligorski is back! He's currently running a very successful crowdfunder for his next big Draw Steel adventure: The Cave of Amber Tears. We talk about the inspiration behind the new adventure and about his process for designing adventures, both for Draw Steel and other TTRPGs.
Links to everything: https://goblinpoints.com/2523#links
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:43 Interview
55:58 Outro
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Theme music by Patrick Haesler.
Art by Chris Malbon.
58 min
November 15, 2025Jennifer Kretchmer: Making TTRPGs Accessible to Everyone | Interview
This episode I'm joined by Jennifer Kretchmer. She's worked with all the usual suspects in the TTRPG business, but the MCDM community might know her from the 10 Candles video on Matt's channel, and more recently as the accessibility consultant on Draw Steel. The work she did on Draw Steel, actually broke new ground in the field of art descriptions.
Links to everything: https://goblinpoints.com/2522#links
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:53 Interview
01:01:55 Outro
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Art by Chris Malbon.
1 hr 4 min
November 05, 2025News: The Dungeon Delving TTRPG Crows, Jams of the Timescape Winners and the Summoner is Almost Ready | October Roundup
We crowned the winners of the first ever Jams of the Timescape, James is testing the dungeon crawling TTRPG Crows, the boggits crowdfunder is doing well, there's a physical character journal, and the summoner is nearly ready.
Links to everything: https://goblinpoints.com/2521#links
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:37 Jams of the Timescape
01:31 Crows
05:44 Draw Steel Books
06:14 The Fall of Blackbottom
06:54 The Summoner
07:58 Crack the Sun
09:53 December Crowdfunder
11:13 Beastheart
12:28 Codex
13:15 Essentian Ancestry for Draw Steel
13:48 Dread Abbey by Look Out Behind You Studios
14:19 Draw Steel Character Journal: Register your Epic Journey
15:01 Fantastic Fletchery, Jeweling Gemstones, and Workable Woodcrafts by MrMattDollar
16:20 Get Ready for Snap Tray
16:47 Boggits of Kingsmire - A Swampy Supplement for Draw Steel
17:24 Community Highlights
17:45 From Around the Web
18:10 Outro
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Art by Chris Malbon.
20 min
October 20, 2025Ananam: The Frog People Are Coming to Draw Steel | Interview
Ananam of Triglav Games is back, as my first returning guest. The team at Triglav is about to finish up work on the Vampire class they crowdfunded earlier this year, and they're at this moment running their second crowdfunder called Boggits of Kingsmire. They're bringing the frogs and the swamp to Draw Steel in full force.
Links:
Boggits of Kingsmire - A Swampy Supplement for Draw Steel
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Heart of Arcana: The Many Ways to Design an Adventure | Interview
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:44 Interview
57:52 Outro
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Theme music by Patrick Haesler.
Art by Chris Malbon.
1 hr
October 05, 2025News: Draw Steel Books Start Shipping, MCDM December Crowdfunder, and the Frog People Crowdfunder | September Roundup
This episode I talk about the Draw Steel books shipping, details about the December MCDM crowdfunder and where Omund's Land went, and the Boggits crowdfunder by Triglav Games.
Links to everything: https://goblinpoints.com/2519#links
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:33 JotT #1: Treasure Sets of the Timescape
01:58 Draw Steel Books Are Shipping
02:50 December Crowdfunder
05:39 Crows
06:45 Draw Steel Minis by TitanCraft
07:25 Codex
08:33 The Dice Society
08:57 Fanzines
12:13 On The Edge, A Variant Kits Supplement for Draw Steel
13:01 MrMattDollar
13:43 Paul Ligorski
14:26 Crowdfunded Adventures Available
15:06 The Tangleblight
15:31 FERAL
16:00 Valued Dragon Design
16:28 Get Ready for Boggits of Kingsmire - A Swampy Supplement for Draw Steel
17:17 Community Highlights
17:55 From Around the Web
18:14 Stawl Updates
18:48 Outro

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21 min
September 20, 2025Tom Bloom: Looking Over the Shoulder at D&D | Interview
Tom Bloom is the designer of Lancer RPG, author of Kill Six Billion Demons, and self-proclaimed 4e sicko. Tom made some comments about Draw Steel on Bluesky, and I thought it would be interesting to hear his thoughts on Draw Steel, as a designer of a well-liked tactical RPG. We also talk about games not appologizing for their design, how testing makes games better, and how Draw Steel is not appealing game.
Links:
Daggerheart
Bluesky
Kill Six Billion Demons
Toom Bloom's Itch.io catalog
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:53 Interview
56:32 Outro
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59 min
September 05, 2025Core Rules Errata, More Djordice, and Vampire Pre-Orders | August Roundup
Draw Steel has been out for a month. It's been well received and new people are picking up the game and entering the community all the time. There's also been an update to the released adventures, errata for the core rules, more Djordice are coming, 50 leveled treasure has been released, the kobold ancestry is happening, the vampire class in on pre-order, and more!
Links to everything: https://GoblinPoints.com/2517#links
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:47 Jams of the Timescape
01:33 Draw Steel
02:54 Errata and Fixes
03:44 Future Draw Steel Products
06:55 December Crowdfunder
07:38 Djordice
07:57 Codex
08:27 The Kobold Ancestry - Powered by Draw Steel
08:46 Pre-Order Vampire Class for Draw Steel
09:19 Weapons of Legend - Powered by Draw Steel
09:54 MacGraw Hideaway
10:25 Essentians - A Draw Steel Ancestry
10:52 The Dice Society
11:20 Steel Compendium
11:47 Invading Force
12:14 Community Highlights
13:12 From Around the Web
13:36 Outro
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Theme music by Patrick Haesler.
Art by Chris Malbon.
16 min
August 20, 2025James Introcaso: Designing Draw Steel | Interview
James Introcaso. Lead designer of Draw Steel. Need I say more. I was really excited to have him on, and it was a delight. James talks about going to GenCon, the value of showing that the core rules aren't sacred, how the victory and respite system is core to the Draw Steel experience, and his adventure design philosophy.

Links:
Shadow of the Demon Lord
Shadow of the Weird Wizard
PIRATE BORG
An Architectural Approach to Level Design
Taskmaster
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:01 Interview
30:53 Outro
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1 hr 33 min
August 05, 2025Draw Steel is Out!, The Delian Tomb is Fantastic, and 50 Leveled Weapons With Art | July Roundup
It's here! It's finally here! Draw Steel is out! Next is the physical books. There's also the summoner and beastheart classes; the gnome, shadow elf and four more ancestries; an extended version of Fall of Blackbottom, a thorn dragon adventure, and a suicide mission adventure; and details on the Codex VTT. Then there's the crowdfunded weapons collection and kobold ancestry; and two other third-party adventures. And even that's not all! There's so much!
Links: https://GoblinPoints.com/2515#links
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:02 Draw Steel is Out!
02:59 Future Draw Steel Products
09:11 Draw Steel in Stores
10:20 The Codex
12:22 Tomb of the Crescent Moon
13:16 Weapons of Legend
14:06 The Kobold Ancestry - Powered by Draw Steel
14:59 Raiders of Ivywatch - A Draw Steel Adventure
15:29 The Blacksmith's Guild - Issue #2
17:05 Adventure Lookup
17:24 Community Highlights
18:32 From Around the Web
19:04 Outro
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21 min