Aketon, Rules for Medieval RPGs

Devlog

• 5/22/2025 - Wonderous and Cursed Artifacts, Part I
  May 23, 2025 by Ward Against Evil

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  #Aketon, #Chainmail, #D&D, #RPG, #OSR, #Role-Playing, #Dnd, #War game, #Tabletop, #Wargame

  There is Community-Made Content! Rats Nest Games just released an awesome piece of Aketon compatible content for all the masses to enjoy! This seems to be the first part in a series of Artifact Zines,... Continue reading

  
• 5/11/2026 - Hot Fix
  May 11, 2025 by Ward Against Evil#OSR

  WHOOPS I accidentally left in a playtesting line that said that Adventurers have two HP to start with. Just adjusted that. Feel free to just mark it out and write one. That is all. Don’t forget to c... Continue reading
• 5/9/2025 - The Great HP Boost
  May 09, 2025 by Ward Against Evil#Aketon, #OSR, #Wargame

  HP is Too Low at Low Levels There, I said it, I concede, you were right. At level 0, all characters (except Dwarves) still only have 1 HP, so if you’d like to play a funnel you totally still can. Ho... Continue reading

  
• 3/28/2025 - Weapon Rebalance and Treasure Hoards
  March 28, 2025 by Ward Against Evil

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  Treasure Hoards Released Another Aketon supplement is out in the open air! For free of course. It has: A system for selling high value treasure to collectors Insight on how much loot to put in a lair... Continue reading

  
• 3/21/2025 - Gamemaster Cyclopedia and Affinity
  March 21, 2025 by Ward Against Evil

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  Gamemaster Cyclopedia Released This is the Arcane Grimoire I was talking about last update! It got a new name but it’s the same principle! It’s free and has: d66 random quest generator table Rando... Continue reading
• 3/7/2025 - The Adventurer Options Supplement!
  March 07, 2025 by Ward Against Evil

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  Long Live Adventurer Options! As soon as the game was released a week or so ago people wanted more. They wanted more classes, more races, more everything, so here’s more! In this free supplement you... Continue reading
• 3/3/2025 - Character Scrolls and Supplements
  March 03, 2025 by Ward Against Evil

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  #Chainmail, #War game, #RPG, #OSR, #D&D, #Dnd, #Role-Playing, #Tabletop

  Updates to the Main Game Mostly its a series of minor tweaks. A few of the numbers here, a little bit of the spacing there. The biggest one is that there are only three levels of will for spells now,... Continue reading

  
• 2/27/2025 - Magic, Costs, and Fonts
  February 27, 2025 by Ward Against Evil

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  Magic and Turn Unholy The will categories have been renamed to make more sense in the setting. The natural approving at spellcasting happens much slower, Seers gain their +1 to spell every 5th level i... Continue reading
• 2/26/2025 - A4 Scale
  February 26, 2025 by Ward Against Evil

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  Quick Layout Update foletto_ on reddit asked if I could make an A4 version. After some slight tweaks I did! It looks slightly different, that’s because I had to cut off the headings to make it fit... Continue reading

  
• 2/26/2025 - Long Live Aketon!
  February 26, 2025 by Ward Against Evil

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  Long Live Aketon! Aketon is a tri-fold RPG side project I put together in two days while taking a break working on Crowns 2e . Aketon is based on CHAINMAIL and OD&D, taking almost everything it has fr... Continue reading