Author

RV Sawyer

Game Master, writer, and founder of Tobacco Road Games

RV Sawyer is the founder of Tobacco Road Games, shaped by 46 years behind the screen across fantasy, science fiction, horror, superheroes, pulp, westerns, survival play, and stranger roads besides.

Biography

From the working side of the screen

RV Sawyer writes tabletop tools, adventures, essays, and game material from the working side of the GM screen. Tobacco Road Games grew out of decades of actual table play: campaigns that survived, systems that taught hard lessons, monsters that became memories, and rules tested against real players doing beautifully unreasonable things.

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Thiefcraft

A Tobacco Road Games storefront preview title

By RV Sawyer

Tabletop Roleplaying | Strange Roads

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Sirrocans

A 5E-compatible character race of giant-blooded desert nomads

By RV Sawyer

5E Compatible | Fifth Edition Fantasy Roleplaying

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News and Notes

Author Blog and Workshop Posts

Workshop Note

From the Working Side of the Screen

June 14, 2026

A short note on what Tobacco Road Games is building: practical tools, strange roads, and table-tested material for games that need more than another pile of modifiers.

Tobacco Road Games is being built from the working side of the screen, where a rule only matters if it survives players, pressure, pacing, and the kind of decision nobody thought anyone would actually make.

That means practical tools, strange roads, and table-tested material: adventures with weather, monsters with motives, and game pieces meant to be used at a living table instead of admired from a safe distance.