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Poll! Future Draw Steel Products!
Hey folks, Matt Colville at your service.
A while ago we polled y'all about future adventure content, and Crack the Sun won! Well, we know what happened next. A whole crowdfunder happened!
Well we're not about to put any new products into production in the next few months. We got enough to do already! But I thoug...
2025-12-29 21:29:02 +0000 UTC View PostFour More Draw Steel Encounters
Twas the night before Christmas,
Not a mouse made a squeal,
Until the goblins appeared and it was time to DRAW STEEL!
Hi all ye faithful! Willy's back with FOUR more Draw Steel encounters for you to enjoy, three created by some talented designers and a lit...
2025-12-24 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe Necromancer and the Acolyte
For the moment, the town belonged only to the dead.
And the dead belonged to him.
Lord Uldric walked through the abandoned town as his servants scoured it for signs of life. He was in no hurry. He looked at the...
2025-12-21 20:46:36 +0000 UTC View PostEvery Montage, Negotiation, and Heroic Test from Draw Steel: Encounters
It's almost quittin' time for the holidays here at MCDM, and my wish for all you this holiday season is good health, peace, and to gather those you love around the table and Draw Steel! To make my holiday dream come true, I need to play the part of Santa and bring you a batch of stuff from the upcoming Draw Steel...
2025-12-15 22:20:14 +0000 UTC View PostEncounters Book Preview
Hey folks! James here! As many of you know, we're getting ready for a big crowdfunding campaign here at MCDM on December 9th! The crown jewel of this crowdfunding crown is a campaign-length adventure called 2025-12-05 18:00:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Three Draw Steel Encounters... But, Like, Codex
⬆️A little video to show off the new material based footsteps in the Codex.
Hello humans! Djordi here. Willy gave you some Draw Steel encounters for Halloween that you could use to insert into your ongoing adventures or spin up new stories. Even though Halloween is over, it's BACK BABY, just like ...
The Summoner and The Fall of Blackbottom
Hey folks! James here to let you know that we have two new PDF releases today for Draw Steel. There's The Summoner class and a new adventure for 1st-level heroes called 2025-11-28 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Codex Delian Tomb Playtest
You are going to play the Delian Tomb tonight, with up to five of your friends, in our custom VTT called The Codex! Here are your TL;DR steps to get started:
Make sure you are a paid subscriber to the MCDM Patreon
Link your Patreon account to your Discord account<...
2025-11-28 18:01:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Dark Heart of the Wood Patreon Playtest
The feedback period for this playtest has now ended. You can still use the adventure below.
Hey folks! We are pleased to bring you a playtest for the first official adventure made for 2nd-level heroes in Draw Steel. Behold Dark Heart of the Wood. Here's a quick description from the adv...
2025-11-18 21:41:37 +0000 UTC View PostDraw Steel VTT Q&A
Hey folks! Willy & Djordi l are going live to talk about The Codex: The Ofiicial Draw Steel VTT . The VOD will live in this post, so you can check it out if you couldn't make it live. We're excited to jam with you!
2025-11-14 00:04:09 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Codex Playtest Q&A
Draw Steel Codex - November Q&A
Hey, everyone! It’s Djordi giving you a heads up that Dael (¡lǝɐp ollǝH) will be live this Thursday November 13th at 4PM Pacific time here on the Patreon asking Djordi (hey that’...
2025-11-11 01:24:44 +0000 UTC View PostPublic Playtest: Beastheart for Draw Steel
ROAR! The beastheart class is in PUBLIC playtesting now for Draw Steel! That's right, ANYONE can see this post!
Many folks remember when we released Beastheart and Monstrous Companions for fifth edit...
2025-11-07 22:40:36 +0000 UTC View PostThree Draw Steel Encounters
When hinges creak in doorless chambers, and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls. Whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still — that is the time when we must Draw Steel!
Hey foolish mortals! Willy here. I hope your Halloween candy bags are bursting...
2025-10-31 21:23:38 +0000 UTC View PostIconic Hero Minis by Trenchworx
This month we have three Draw Steel minis for you to enjoy: Adashir, Jackson Bootblack, and Sir John of Tor. If you are looking to have these printed for you, take a look at the Trenchworx SNAP TRAY campaign over on backerkit. 2025-10-24 21:58:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Crack! The! Sun!
Hey folks! Matt Colville comin’ at ya like a beam, like a ray, like a laser!
We had our quarterly in-person week a little while ago, bringing everyone out to Orange County to work on the future of Draw Steel. The first wave of post-launch products! There’s a lot, they fall into two broad categories; player options a...
2025-10-14 22:50:16 +0000 UTC View PostPlaytest: The Beastheart for Draw Steel
Unleash your primal ferocity! The beastheart class is playtesting now for Draw Steel!
You might remember a few years ago when we released Beastheart and Monstrous Companions for fifth edition. A lot ...
2025-10-06 17:06:58 +0000 UTC View PostAncestries and Operators
The MCDM team is all together at our HQ, which means we’re here planning future Draw Steel goodness. Matt said, “Hey! Someone should update the Patrons about what we talked about today because it’s really cool.” Something (probably my childhood) compelled me to volunteer, so I, your James Introcaso, get the h...
2025-09-25 18:10:34 +0000 UTC View PostFiction: The Beastheart & The Faeries
Part One, The Beastheart
Lives lay in moments wasted. But they both knew the value of reading the situation. The lay of the land. Plunging in on perilous impulse, however noble, could mean their own lives added to the tally. They would not have used words like ‘tactics’ or ‘strategy;’ to the two of them, it wa...
2025-09-23 05:39:33 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember 2025 Patreon Q&A is Live!
Hey folks! Matt & Dael are going live to talk Draw Steel Lore. We took your questions in a previous post! The VOD will live in this post, so you can check it out if you couldn't make it live. We're excited to jam with ...
2025-09-04 22:55:02 +0000 UTC View PostDraw Steel Lore Q&A
Hey folks! Matt Colville at your service. It's time for our monthly Patron Q&A with Dael Kingsmill!
This one is going to be a little different. It's just me and Dael answering your LORE questions about Orden & The Timescape. We've done one of these before, you can check out the stream 2025-09-02 19:36:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Draw Steel Minis by TitanCraft
Now that the core rules for Draw Steel are out in the wild and people are getting together in-person and online to play, it's a good time for more minis. This month it's something a bit different, this month we have guest minis.
Summoner Lore & Fiction
Hey Folks! MC here! Since you folks got the Summoner yesterday, I figured today was a good day for the lore!
This isn't final, it'll get an editing pass, and will eventually be integrated into the main doc. You can see our thinking is changing over time regarding what different summoners are called and what their organi...
2025-08-24 01:12:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe Summoner Open Playtest Starts Here
My power is yours, and yours, mine. I summon thee!
High Summoner Willy here. Now that Draw Steel's been out for a few weeks now, we're ready to spin up an open playt...
2025-08-22 19:13:43 +0000 UTC View PostHeroic Tests
It's time ... to climb!
Hey folks, James here! In December we'll be launching our next crowdfunding campaign for a few different products, one of which is Draw Steel: Encounters. This is a book of drop-in pieces of game play you can use with minimal prep for your Draw Steel games. It's broken up into f...
2025-08-21 16:27:16 +0000 UTC View PostAugust 2025 Patreon Q&A is Live!
Hey folks! It's James! Matt, Djordi, Willy, Dael, and me are going live to talk Draw Steel. We took your questions in a previous post! The VOD will live in this post, so you can check it out if you couldn't make it live. We...
2025-08-14 22:52:44 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Q&A with the Draw Steel Design Team
Draw Steel is OUT! And you got Qs, and we got As. Dael is going to be live this Thursday August 14th at 4PM Pacific time here on Patreon asking Djordi, James, Matt, and Willy your questions about Draw Steel, The Delian Tomb, and Road to Broadhurst.
The stream will be hosted here on Patreon. We...
2025-08-11 20:00:32 +0000 UTC View PostQuick Updates
Hey folks! James here with some quick Draw Steel updates for you!
Updated Products
First, I wanted to let you know that The Delian Tomb and Road to Broadhurst have been updated. If you got a copy of The Delian Tomb, look for an email from us with the update sent out this after...
2025-08-09 00:19:39 +0000 UTC View PostDraw Steel...is out!!
Here we go folks. After years of work and thousands of hours of testing and polish and dozens of people; writers, designers, illustrators, testers, editors, graphic designers working their butts off…Draw Steel is real! We cannot wait to see everything you do with this game. The characters, villains, adventures, wor...
2025-07-31 07:14:22 +0000 UTC View Post
