The Foundry

The latest news, notes, and ramblings from Shawn Tomkin.

Jul 25
3 min

Celebrating Five Years Of Ironsworn

Five years ago, I officially released Ironsworn. Let's take a look at some artifacts of how the game developed.

Mar 9
7 min

This is the Way: Evolving Your Character Through Assets

The latest season of The Mandalorian is upon us, which got me thinking about depicting Mando as a Starforged character through character...

Jan 13
4 min

Let's Talk About Ironsworn Licensing

A leaked version of the license which underpins community creations for Dungeons & Dragons was circulated in the past week. In short, the...

Dec 14, 2022
3 min

Learn From Your Failures in Starforged

Heroic stories are about overcoming hardships and pressing on in spite of them. Ironsworn: Delve introduced the failure track, a gameplay...

Nov 21, 2022
4 min

Lighting the Fires of the Foundry

I've wanted to start a blog or newsletter for a while, but it's tough to maintain a regular posting schedule with everything else I have...

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