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Look what the cat dragged in. Monthly project updates, plus curated blog posts and oddments worth your time.
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A monthly archive of blog links dragged home and hoarded, with essays, tools, playable bits, reviews, and oddities.
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Not all maps help play. Some clarify, some confuse, some inspire, and some just sit there like decoration.
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A framework for thinking about refereeing as Backend, Frontend, and Runtime, so you can diagnose play problems instead of solving the wrong ones.
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Look what the cat dragged in. Monthly project updates, plus curated blog posts and oddments worth your time.
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rootring is a curated webring for TTRPG blogs: a place to wander from site to site, discover new writing, and follow the blogosphere.
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Look what the cat dragged in. Monthly project updates, plus curated blog posts and oddments worth your time.
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Look what the cat dragged in. Monthly project updates, plus curated blog posts and oddments worth your time.Linked by the ring
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Landmark, Hidden, Secret reframed for character knowledge.
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Blogging isn't dead: a 2025 year-in-review of the blogosphere map dataset—posts per month, survival rates, and publishing patterns.Linked by the ring
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Always pondering the blogs. It all started when Mr Prismatic Wasteland posted a picture on Discord of a TTRPG blog edge graph someone had made years ago on /tg/. When the folks...Linked by the ring
- The OSR is not dead, it’s sleeping A shrike for my dreams
- The Rebirth of Webrings Dungeons & Possums
- What Should Have Won the Bloggies Table 46
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- PONDER THY BLOG(GIES): Thoughts On The 2026 BLOGGIES I CAST LIGHT!
- Bloggies 2026 — Meta for Casuals The Dolent Chronicle
- Bloggies Breakdown: Round 4 Explorers Design
- Bloggies Breakdown: Round 3 Explorers Design
- Bloggies Breakdown: Round 2 Explorers Design
- Bloggies Breakdown: Round 1 Explorers Design
- The Bloggies' 2026 Nominees Explorers Design
- Meta Magic - Experimental Extra-Diegetic Spellcasting (an Alternate Magic System plus Oracular Bingo, Sigil Minigames, IRL Material Components and More) Beneath Foreign Planets
- Nominations for the Bloggies 2026 Seed of Worlds
- Bloggies / New Year The Dododecahedron
- 2025 in Blogging Save vs. Total Party Kill
- 2025 Year-in-Review Blog of Forlorn Encystment
- Welcome to the Blogosphere The Play Reports
- Patchwork Newsletter (Vol 1 Issue 1) Patchwork Paladin
- i've set a fire in the corner of the 2025 Gloggies Nominations and its burning down around me Spiceomancy
- Gloggies 2025! Garamondia
- anti-blorb principles Fluorite Guillotine
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First impressions are easier when you're already a legend. Playing Mythic Bastionland, Knights gain Glory as they resolve Myths and pull off other feats. When they meet someone...
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I didn't know how to structure this post. I usually want to hand you something gameable, and an Appendix N can feel like the opposite—just a list of "here's what I like". So I...Linked by the ring
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A typical Holding—the calm before drama descends. This summer I've been running two Mythic Bastionland campaigns—enough that I even paused my Dolmenwood game. I love this...Linked by the ring
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A typical GM gearing up for game night. Part of a blog bandwagon started by Weird Writer. Preamble and RantPrep is a journey, not a destination. Every campaign teaches you...
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If you followed my previous guide to add Bluesky comments to Bearblog, you've probably noticed the whole thing's been broken for a while. It went flaky before and then sorted...Linked by the ring
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Spare no mercy for nostalgia—or tradition! Why divine magic ought to feel dangerous, transactional, and one-of-a-kind. I'm not a big fan of rigid class systems, though I still...
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Some adventurers are gambling behind a church. Following my previous post about Sandbox Settlements, I now turn to another critical game phase: Downtime. Although downtime is...
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Running settlements in a sandbox game can be particularly challenging. Smaller villages are often manageable because their limited scope makes them easy for players to grasp....Linked by the ring
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A sudden deluge sweeps in, forcing a local village into chaos as people run away in panic! One element often missing from many sandbox campaigns is the dynamic presence of...Linked by the ring
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Even Time needs to be carried once in a while! Have you ever run a campaign where past events slipped through the cracks? Time marches on in the real world—shouldn't it do the...
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Recently, an anonymous bird made a bold claim on Discord: Comparing Anne's blog over on DIY & Dragons to social media isn't an exaggeration. You can find curated lists of...
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✱ ATTENTION This method is outdated and doesn't work anymore—check out this updated guide here! I've been using Bear Blog as my blogging platform, and I quite like it. It's...
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An appalled Fairy courtier lamenting a petty inconvenience within Chateau Mauvesse. Meet the mysterious Sorceress of the North, Ygraine Mordlin. Her mastery of time magic and...
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A coven of witches, dressed in their traditional garb, gathered to exchange gossip. Secretive and deeply devoted to preserving the ancient ways of the Wood Gods, the Witches...
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A covert meeting of Ramius loyalists unfolds in the shadows of Lankshorn. Lord Shadgore Ramius is a wise and respected leader, but his neighbors seek to remove him from power....
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Rebels having a heated discussion inside the Crimson Bath Inn. Beneath Lord Simeone Murkin’s brutal reputation lies a shrewd and capable leader. His ambition to conquer the...
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A sorcerer in Lord Malbleat's service conducting mystical research. Lord Gryphius of House Malbleat, driven by vanity and envy, is leading his house down a treacherous path in...
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A lone friar praying at one of the Shrines in Dolmenwood. The Pluritine Church is another powerful force in Dolmenwood. Driven by dogmatic views, they’re attempting to tame the...
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The Hag, in one of her disguises, casually snacking on a mortal heart. Powerful but confined to a small region, the Hag is a unique character full of potential. Let's explore...