Laurin D. Weggen
@disastrousgoth.bsky.social
| Keeper of Forbidden Knowledge | Creator of SOULBLIGHT - A SHADOWDARK SETTING| An Angry Duck in an Angry Pond| https://laurin-david-weggen.itch.io|
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Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting by Laurin-David-Weggen
Seven Above, One Lord Below
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io
SOULBLIGHT - A SHADOWDARK SETTING is the first 3rd-party sword-and-sorcery setting written for Shadowdark RPG!
Seven dark sovereign have risen from their wretched tombs below the sands of Lothorian, throwing the realm into chaos with their dark blight.
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-a...
Seven dark sovereign have risen from their wretched tombs below the sands of Lothorian, throwing the realm into chaos with their dark blight.
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-a...
Greetins, O Crawlers!
Just wanted to let you all know, a PAPERBACK PoD of SOULBLIGHT - THE FIRST CYCLE is now up and available, with a hardcover version joining it very soon!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY2JHKZC
Just wanted to let you all know, a PAPERBACK PoD of SOULBLIGHT - THE FIRST CYCLE is now up and available, with a hardcover version joining it very soon!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY2JHKZC
Soulblight - The First Cycle
Soulblight - The First Cycle [Weggen, Laurin-David, Seely-Wright, Taylor] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Soulblight - The First Cycle
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November 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Greetins, O Crawlers!
Just wanted to let you all know, a PAPERBACK PoD of SOULBLIGHT - THE FIRST CYCLE is now up and available, with a hardcover version joining it very soon!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY2JHKZC
Just wanted to let you all know, a PAPERBACK PoD of SOULBLIGHT - THE FIRST CYCLE is now up and available, with a hardcover version joining it very soon!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY2JHKZC
I got my head pried open and interviewed by Runeforged about Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting the other day!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=viUF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=viUF...
Secrets of a Shadowdark Best Seller (Soulblight Creator Interview)
YouTube video by Runeforged Tabletop Gaming
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November 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I got my head pried open and interviewed by Runeforged about Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting the other day!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=viUF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=viUF...
In about 9 hours, @pocket-dimension.bsky.social is pulled into the Shadowdark of the Wyrmwoods.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUa_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUa_...
Soulblight: Into the Wyrmwoods | A Shadowdark RPG Adventure
YouTube video by The Pocket Dimension
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October 31, 2025 at 6:41 AM
In about 9 hours, @pocket-dimension.bsky.social is pulled into the Shadowdark of the Wyrmwoods.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUa_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUa_...
The time draws near! This Halloween, I drag the people of The Pocket Dimension into the Wyrmwoods for a Shadowdark RPG one-shot set in the kingdom of Marland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUa_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUa_...
Soulblight: Into the Wyrmwoods | A Shadowdark RPG Adventure
YouTube video by The Pocket Dimension
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October 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The time draws near! This Halloween, I drag the people of The Pocket Dimension into the Wyrmwoods for a Shadowdark RPG one-shot set in the kingdom of Marland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUa_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUa_...
And by Soon, I apparently mean NOW.
A new Shadowdark RPG adventure for Soulblight:
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-f...
A new Shadowdark RPG adventure for Soulblight:
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-f...
SOULBLIGHT - FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE by Laurin-David-Weggen
For The Union Between Scorpion and Worm...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
And by Soon, I apparently mean NOW.
A new Shadowdark RPG adventure for Soulblight:
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-f...
A new Shadowdark RPG adventure for Soulblight:
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-f...
Coming Soon, a new adventure for Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting...
October 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Coming Soon, a new adventure for Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting...
SOULBLIGHT - THE FIRST CYCLE is out and published for Shadowdark RPG: A new hexcrawl expansion that takes your players into a time of Bronze and Stone. Over 240 pages long, including neolithic items, monsters and spells:
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-t...
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-t...
Soulblight - The First Cycle by Laurin-David-Weggen
A Hexcrawl Through a Primal World
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October 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
SOULBLIGHT - THE FIRST CYCLE is out and published for Shadowdark RPG: A new hexcrawl expansion that takes your players into a time of Bronze and Stone. Over 240 pages long, including neolithic items, monsters and spells:
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-t...
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-t...
Before the time of iron and steel
There was an age of stone and clay
Where the nights were long
And the flame a second Sun
In the hands of mortal man.
Coming soon for Shadowdark RPG:
There was an age of stone and clay
Where the nights were long
And the flame a second Sun
In the hands of mortal man.
Coming soon for Shadowdark RPG:
October 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Before the time of iron and steel
There was an age of stone and clay
Where the nights were long
And the flame a second Sun
In the hands of mortal man.
Coming soon for Shadowdark RPG:
There was an age of stone and clay
Where the nights were long
And the flame a second Sun
In the hands of mortal man.
Coming soon for Shadowdark RPG:
Oh gods, oh no, he is doing it again. Soulblight is on sale for the next 30 days, send help
itch.io/s/160484/sou...
itch.io/s/160484/sou...
SOULBLIGHT - AUTUMN SALE 2025 by Laurin-David-Weggen
A bundle by Laurin-David-Weggen, $24.90 for 6 games
itch.io
September 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Oh gods, oh no, he is doing it again. Soulblight is on sale for the next 30 days, send help
itch.io/s/160484/sou...
itch.io/s/160484/sou...
Well, looks like the stars aligned at last.
Today, 3 pm EST, @electricbatman and I will conjure our earthly shells of meat and probably bone into a livestream discussing our work on CRAWLING DEEP, our big 500 page 3rd-party expansion for Shadowdark RPG.
www.youtube.com/live/SOaagv4...
Today, 3 pm EST, @electricbatman and I will conjure our earthly shells of meat and probably bone into a livestream discussing our work on CRAWLING DEEP, our big 500 page 3rd-party expansion for Shadowdark RPG.
www.youtube.com/live/SOaagv4...
CRAWLING DEEP LIVESTREAM! | SHADOWDARK RPG
LIVE NOW ON KICKSTARTER! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signalsfrombeyond/crawling-deep-expansion-for-shadowdark-rpg
This livestream will feature Taylor and Laurin discussing Crawling Deep and ...
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September 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Well, looks like the stars aligned at last.
Today, 3 pm EST, @electricbatman and I will conjure our earthly shells of meat and probably bone into a livestream discussing our work on CRAWLING DEEP, our big 500 page 3rd-party expansion for Shadowdark RPG.
www.youtube.com/live/SOaagv4...
Today, 3 pm EST, @electricbatman and I will conjure our earthly shells of meat and probably bone into a livestream discussing our work on CRAWLING DEEP, our big 500 page 3rd-party expansion for Shadowdark RPG.
www.youtube.com/live/SOaagv4...
The glorious Futurewolf, another veteran of the Shadowdark RPG scene, reviewed SOULBLIGHT - THE DYING VALE on his blog!
2d6stingbats.blogspot.com/2025/08/revi...
2d6stingbats.blogspot.com/2025/08/revi...
Review: The Dying Vale
Today we are looking at Soulblight: The Dying Vale by Laurin-David Weggen. This is a smallish hexcrawl and hefty dungeon for his Soulblight ...
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August 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The glorious Futurewolf, another veteran of the Shadowdark RPG scene, reviewed SOULBLIGHT - THE DYING VALE on his blog!
2d6stingbats.blogspot.com/2025/08/revi...
2d6stingbats.blogspot.com/2025/08/revi...
Finished drawing and inking the hexmap for SOULBLIGHT - THE FIRST CYCLE, my new neolithic/bronze age setting for Shadowdark RPG!
August 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Finished drawing and inking the hexmap for SOULBLIGHT - THE FIRST CYCLE, my new neolithic/bronze age setting for Shadowdark RPG!
Greetings O Crawlers!
In order to avoid melting in the summer heat and keep the lights on, I am having a big ol Summer Sale over on me itch for all Soulblight materials until the end of July. Everything at 50% price! Even the free stuff!
itch.io/s/156198/sou...
In order to avoid melting in the summer heat and keep the lights on, I am having a big ol Summer Sale over on me itch for all Soulblight materials until the end of July. Everything at 50% price! Even the free stuff!
itch.io/s/156198/sou...
SOULBLIGHT - SUMMER SALE 2025 by Laurin-David-Weggen
A bundle by Laurin-David-Weggen, $20.75 for 6 games
itch.io
July 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Greetings O Crawlers!
In order to avoid melting in the summer heat and keep the lights on, I am having a big ol Summer Sale over on me itch for all Soulblight materials until the end of July. Everything at 50% price! Even the free stuff!
itch.io/s/156198/sou...
In order to avoid melting in the summer heat and keep the lights on, I am having a big ol Summer Sale over on me itch for all Soulblight materials until the end of July. Everything at 50% price! Even the free stuff!
itch.io/s/156198/sou...
Had a lovely time today guiding @pocket-dimension.bsky.social through a Session Zero of Shadowdark RPG, set in SOULBLIGHT - ADAMANT CROWN, + a little interview afterward!
I'll be running a game for them tomorrow, which they'll record and put up on their channel!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1FJ...
I'll be running a game for them tomorrow, which they'll record and put up on their channel!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1FJ...
Shadowdark RPG Soulblight Session Zero with Laurin David Weggen | The Pocket Dimension LIVE!
YouTube video by The Pocket Dimension
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June 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Had a lovely time today guiding @pocket-dimension.bsky.social through a Session Zero of Shadowdark RPG, set in SOULBLIGHT - ADAMANT CROWN, + a little interview afterward!
I'll be running a game for them tomorrow, which they'll record and put up on their channel!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1FJ...
I'll be running a game for them tomorrow, which they'll record and put up on their channel!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1FJ...
Hardcover is back up, as well!
ADAMANT CROWN is the first expansion for SOULBLIGHT - A SHADOWDARK SETTING, taking your players to the kingdom of Marland in the midst of a sucession crisis, promising gold, glory and virtue for crawlers and knights alike.
amazon.com/dp/B0DJBXW73W
ADAMANT CROWN is the first expansion for SOULBLIGHT - A SHADOWDARK SETTING, taking your players to the kingdom of Marland in the midst of a sucession crisis, promising gold, glory and virtue for crawlers and knights alike.
amazon.com/dp/B0DJBXW73W
May 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Hardcover is back up, as well!
ADAMANT CROWN is the first expansion for SOULBLIGHT - A SHADOWDARK SETTING, taking your players to the kingdom of Marland in the midst of a sucession crisis, promising gold, glory and virtue for crawlers and knights alike.
amazon.com/dp/B0DJBXW73W
ADAMANT CROWN is the first expansion for SOULBLIGHT - A SHADOWDARK SETTING, taking your players to the kingdom of Marland in the midst of a sucession crisis, promising gold, glory and virtue for crawlers and knights alike.
amazon.com/dp/B0DJBXW73W
GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE
SOULBLIGHT - ADAMANT CROWN is back as a PoD! The updated Paperback is Live as we speak. Will be working on getting the Hardcover version up soon, too!
ADAMANT CROWN is the first expansion for the Soulbight Setting, written for Shadowdark RPG.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9KPLFN...
SOULBLIGHT - ADAMANT CROWN is back as a PoD! The updated Paperback is Live as we speak. Will be working on getting the Hardcover version up soon, too!
ADAMANT CROWN is the first expansion for the Soulbight Setting, written for Shadowdark RPG.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9KPLFN...
Soulblight - Adamant Crown
Soulblight - Adamant Crown [Weggen, Laurin-David, Seely-Wright, Taylor] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Soulblight - Adamant Crown
www.amazon.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE
SOULBLIGHT - ADAMANT CROWN is back as a PoD! The updated Paperback is Live as we speak. Will be working on getting the Hardcover version up soon, too!
ADAMANT CROWN is the first expansion for the Soulbight Setting, written for Shadowdark RPG.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9KPLFN...
SOULBLIGHT - ADAMANT CROWN is back as a PoD! The updated Paperback is Live as we speak. Will be working on getting the Hardcover version up soon, too!
ADAMANT CROWN is the first expansion for the Soulbight Setting, written for Shadowdark RPG.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9KPLFN...
Dear God. The earth is trembling. The oceans are boiling. The sky is splitting! Oh God! It is here! Run! Run for your lives! Its a.....! Its a...!
itch.io/s/151296/sou...
Its a sale....!
SOULBLIGHT - A SHADOWDARK SETTING and all related books are 30% off 'til Easter Sunday!
itch.io/s/151296/sou...
Its a sale....!
SOULBLIGHT - A SHADOWDARK SETTING and all related books are 30% off 'til Easter Sunday!
SOULBLIGHT - AN EASTER SALE 2025 by Laurin-David-Weggen
A bundle by Laurin-David-Weggen, $29.05 for 6 games
itch.io
April 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Dear God. The earth is trembling. The oceans are boiling. The sky is splitting! Oh God! It is here! Run! Run for your lives! Its a.....! Its a...!
itch.io/s/151296/sou...
Its a sale....!
SOULBLIGHT - A SHADOWDARK SETTING and all related books are 30% off 'til Easter Sunday!
itch.io/s/151296/sou...
Its a sale....!
SOULBLIGHT - A SHADOWDARK SETTING and all related books are 30% off 'til Easter Sunday!
Current projects to finish this year:
- Recording audiobook of Grimm's Fairy Tales
- Writing and Designing Soulblight - The Pale City and Soulblight - Ravia
- Writing three manuscripts for hopeful publishing: one sword & sorcery, one sci-fi, one childrens book.
...gonna need more coffee for this.
- Recording audiobook of Grimm's Fairy Tales
- Writing and Designing Soulblight - The Pale City and Soulblight - Ravia
- Writing three manuscripts for hopeful publishing: one sword & sorcery, one sci-fi, one childrens book.
...gonna need more coffee for this.
March 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Current projects to finish this year:
- Recording audiobook of Grimm's Fairy Tales
- Writing and Designing Soulblight - The Pale City and Soulblight - Ravia
- Writing three manuscripts for hopeful publishing: one sword & sorcery, one sci-fi, one childrens book.
...gonna need more coffee for this.
- Recording audiobook of Grimm's Fairy Tales
- Writing and Designing Soulblight - The Pale City and Soulblight - Ravia
- Writing three manuscripts for hopeful publishing: one sword & sorcery, one sci-fi, one childrens book.
...gonna need more coffee for this.
Someone out there must be spreading the good word. I checked out the Orders today, and got greeted by 16 copies of Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting & The Dying Vale having been ordered over the last couple of days. Do you have any ideas what sort of fire of joy this sparks in my heart?
March 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Someone out there must be spreading the good word. I checked out the Orders today, and got greeted by 16 copies of Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting & The Dying Vale having been ordered over the last couple of days. Do you have any ideas what sort of fire of joy this sparks in my heart?
Next down the Pipeline: SOULBLIGHT - SWORDS & SORCERIES, the free adventure and dungeon collection I wrote for Shadowdark RPG is getting its proper layout and shiny looks done now.
My fingers hurt from editing and compiling that 100 page monster.
My fingers hurt from editing and compiling that 100 page monster.
March 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Next down the Pipeline: SOULBLIGHT - SWORDS & SORCERIES, the free adventure and dungeon collection I wrote for Shadowdark RPG is getting its proper layout and shiny looks done now.
My fingers hurt from editing and compiling that 100 page monster.
My fingers hurt from editing and compiling that 100 page monster.
The Arcane Library just released the kickstarter for THE WESTERN REACHES - the first OFFICIAL Shadowdark Setting written and designed by Kelsey Dionne herself!
And it has already been funded in under 2 minutes! Spread the word like wildfire!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...
And it has already been funded in under 2 minutes! Spread the word like wildfire!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...
Shadowdark RPG: The Western Reaches Setting
Drive back the darkness in a perilous land of cursed forests, haunted deserts, and brooding jungles. Your legend awaits!
www.kickstarter.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The Arcane Library just released the kickstarter for THE WESTERN REACHES - the first OFFICIAL Shadowdark Setting written and designed by Kelsey Dionne herself!
And it has already been funded in under 2 minutes! Spread the word like wildfire!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...
And it has already been funded in under 2 minutes! Spread the word like wildfire!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...
The author copies of the new and updated Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting have arrived. They are glorious and beautiful.
March 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The author copies of the new and updated Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting have arrived. They are glorious and beautiful.
Hail, O Crawlers!
After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting, updated and revised at a now 191 pages is back up as a PoD Paperback AND Hardcover!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYDKJKFD
After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting, updated and revised at a now 191 pages is back up as a PoD Paperback AND Hardcover!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYDKJKFD
Soulblight: A Shadowdark Setting
www.amazon.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Hail, O Crawlers!
After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting, updated and revised at a now 191 pages is back up as a PoD Paperback AND Hardcover!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYDKJKFD
After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting, updated and revised at a now 191 pages is back up as a PoD Paperback AND Hardcover!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYDKJKFD
Another update!
While working to get a PoD option for SOULBLIGHT - A Shadowdark Setting up and running again, I updated the CHAMPIONS OF LOTHORIAN supplement with new revisions to its classes. These will be included in the future CHAMPIONS update proper.
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-c...
While working to get a PoD option for SOULBLIGHT - A Shadowdark Setting up and running again, I updated the CHAMPIONS OF LOTHORIAN supplement with new revisions to its classes. These will be included in the future CHAMPIONS update proper.
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-c...
Soulblight - Champions of Lothorian by Laurin-David-Weggen
By the King's decree.
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February 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Another update!
While working to get a PoD option for SOULBLIGHT - A Shadowdark Setting up and running again, I updated the CHAMPIONS OF LOTHORIAN supplement with new revisions to its classes. These will be included in the future CHAMPIONS update proper.
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-c...
While working to get a PoD option for SOULBLIGHT - A Shadowdark Setting up and running again, I updated the CHAMPIONS OF LOTHORIAN supplement with new revisions to its classes. These will be included in the future CHAMPIONS update proper.
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-c...
At long, long last, the time is come! The promised BIG update to Soulblight is here! How big is it? Well, it is just 50+ NEW PAGES of content, revised, updated, with new random encounter tables, new monsters, new items, and a whole lot of new everything!
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-a...
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-a...
Soulblight - A Shadowdark Setting by Laurin-David-Weggen
Seven Above, One Lord Below
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io
February 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
At long, long last, the time is come! The promised BIG update to Soulblight is here! How big is it? Well, it is just 50+ NEW PAGES of content, revised, updated, with new random encounter tables, new monsters, new items, and a whole lot of new everything!
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-a...
laurin-david-weggen.itch.io/soulblight-a...