Mike Underwood
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Hi! I'm Mike Underwood (they/he) - a science fiction & fantasy writer and game designer. This is my personal account for TTRPG and video game streams. Opinions here are my own.
Major Credits:
Additional Designer on the Daggerheart Core Rulebook
Lead Designer of the Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart Campaign Guide
Designer of Let's Go Steal an Ending: the Genrenauts RPG
Creator & Lead Writer of Born to the Blade, a Realm.fm serial
Author of Geekomancy, Genrenauts, Annihilation Aria, and more.
Buy my Daggerheart-compatible supplements - heartofdaggers.com/author/mike-underwood/
Watch streams at Twitch.tv/TurboTango
and you can support me at patreon.com/michaelrunderwood.
Mike Underwood
Tomorrow (Wednesday) I'm going to be hosting my own birthday stream for Daggerheart, reflecting on what one year of Daggerheart has meant for me personally, creatively, and for my career. There will also be some giveaways!
Join me live at 2pm EDT at twitch.tv/turbotango
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Mike Underwood
New Design Lab stream!
I have to switch up my streaming schedule a bit this week due to some Bastion of Hope promotional activities (more on that later), so I'll be going live on Tuesday the 21st at 2pm EDT to share my ideas about some rules for GMs to emphasize their personal styles or to support a particular type of play. Because why should players be the only one to get class features? :)
Tomorrow, Tuesday the 21st, at 2pm EDT over at twitch.tv/turbotango
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Mike Underwood
Bastion of Hope, my Daggerheart-compatible campaign frame of defiant fantasy, is coming to retailers April 28th.
Patrons at $10 and up can get the files now at patreon.com/michaelrunderwood
Here are a couple of excerpts to whet your appetite!
1 month ago | [YT] | 56
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Mike Underwood
I'm pleased to share that I'll be a guest star on an upcoming Daggerheart actual play hosted @NicodeGallo 's channel, premiering this Saturday at 2pm EDT!
Will I suffer the designer's curse of bad die rolls or will I be a menace (positive)?
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Mike Underwood
Presenting - the cover for Bastion of Hope, my campaign frame of defiant fantasy, for use with the Daggerheart rules!
Cover art by Shaun Ellis
Cover design by Andrew Beauman
Pdf forthcoming in Spring 2026 on DTRPG, itch.io, and Heart of Daggers
2 months ago | [YT] | 111
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Mike Underwood
This afternoon I'm talking about How to Make and Use Dungeons in Daggerheart. I've been building a Dungeon environment, so I'll share that draft and my thoughts about implementing this staple of fantasy rpgs.
1pm EST on Wed Feb 11 at twitch.tv/turbotango and then here on YT the next morning (Thursday the 12th.)
2 months ago | [YT] | 37
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Mike Underwood
On Monday, all paid subscribers at patreon.com/michaelrunderwood will get access to playtest documents for my Inspiration Deck sub-system for use with the Daggerheart rules. https://youtu.be/kdcWI_hM80o?si=zTMYK...
2 months ago | [YT] | 4
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Mike Underwood
I won't be able to do a public stream this week, as I am focused on work for the Dungeons of Drakkenheim Campaign Guide. The spike in intensity of political turmoil in the USA has been very bad for my mental health, so I'm having to cut out some things that I'd really rather do in order to prioritize long-term contractual obligations. I will still be doing the member/patron stream on Thursday, and hope to see many of you there (check the recent members-only post or the patreon for details if you're a subscriber at either place).
2 months ago | [YT] | 60
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Mike Underwood
Menagerie of Mayhem, Volume 1 is now available on itch and Heart of Daggers, with DriveThruRPG coming soon. Read all about it on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/148601099
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