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Articles & Essays

Articles, essays, Substack archive links, and site feature updates from Gorgon’s Grimoire for readers who prefer the old web.

Coin Marks, Bullion Marks, Fraud, and…

A DAD design article from Gorgon’s Grimoire discussing coin marks, bullion marks, fraud, and the practical handling of money in fantasy campaign play.

There Is No Balance: Risk, Role, and Encounters in Damsels, Adventurers, and Dragons

A DAD design article from Gorgon’s Grimoire discussing balance, risk, role, and old-school play assumptions.

The Family RPG Campaign Toolkit

The articles below belong to the Toolkit shelf. They cover The Family RPG Campaign Toolkit as software support for DAD, GOV, and The Family RPG System.

The Family RPG Campaign Toolkit illustrated main menu preview.

Why the Campaign Toolkit Switched to Illustrated Menus

A look at why The Family RPG Campaign Toolkit moved from flat button-grid menus to illustrated DAD and GOV menu scenes with clickable hot spots, tool highlights, and game-line identity.

DAD NPC Creator NPC Record page preview.

DAD NPC Creator Page Guide

A practical guide to the DAD NPC Creator, covering compact non-player character records, professions, class group progression, proficiencies, attacks, gear, links, notes, and exports.

DAD Expedition Planner Party, Members, Wages, and Hirelings page preview.

DAD Expedition Planner Page Guide

A five-page guide to the DAD Expedition Planner, covering expedition members, hirelings, wages, mounts, supplies, route planning, cargo, transport, funding, ledgers, exports, and campaign binder handoff.

DAD Character Creator Character Record page preview.

DAD Character Creator Page Guide

A six-page guide to the DAD Character Creator, covering the character record, equipment, proficiencies, priest spells, wizard spells, known spells, spellbooks, and long-form notes.

First Look at The Family RPG Campaign Toolkit Launcher

A look at the public beta launcher for The Family RPG Campaign Toolkit, including the DAD Player Tools, Adventure Master Tools, GOV tab notation, and the release-version note on Developer Tools.

The DAD Character Creator Rebuild Is Taking Shape

A screenshot-heavy feature comparing the old DAD Character Generator against the rebuilt parchment-style DAD Character Creator in The Family RPG Campaign Toolkit.

Why Banking Would Be Local, Not Centralized, and Why That Reinforces the 20-Mile Adventuring Radius

Uses hard-currency economics to explain why fantasy banking would remain local rather than central-bank driven, and why that reinforces a focused twenty-mile adventuring radius.

Publisher Notes on Licensing and IP

These Substack posts are kept here as publisher notes. The public creator license guide remains on the Licenses page.

They Want It in Code? Then It Comes with a License

Discusses why software, VTT, miniatures, and other IP uses require clear licensing instead of assumptions.

Want to Work with a Publisher’s IP? Here’s How to Make It Happen

A practical public note for creators approaching publisher intellectual property and permission.