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• Teaching Cairn to Kids
  5mo ago · 14 min
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  Lessons learned about teaching the OSR play style to middle schoolers using Cairn Second Edition.
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  • Worth Sharing (April ’26) · 52 Monsters
  • Maus Haus: House-Rules for Elementary Schoolers · A shrike for my dreams
  • The 46er - April 2026 · Table 46

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  • Maus Haus: Playing Mausritter with my kids · A shrike for my dreams
  • CATMAIL #3 · AMONG CATS AND BOOKS
  • Shiny TTRPG links #269 · Seed of Worlds
  • Patchwork Newsletter (Vol 2, Issue 12) · Patchwork Paladin
• Play Style Preferences: Widdershins Worldbuilding
  8mo ago · 9 min
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  A blog post talking about my ideal campaign structure for an Adventure game of the OSR play style.
• Play Style Preferences: Character Cultivation, Not Character Builds
  8mo ago · 15 min
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  A blog post talking about the benefits of developing and advancing your character based on experiences grounded in in-session action when playing Adventure games of the OSR play style.
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  • Secret of the Black Crag in GURPS, Prep Part 1 · Random Ape Encounter
  • Bloggies 2026 - My Nominees · Table 46
  • Patchwork Newsletter (Vol 1 Issue 1) · Patchwork Paladin
• PAX Unplugged 2025 Convention Report
  8mo ago · 17 min
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  A blog post talking about the events of PAX Unplugged 2025, specifically focused on several playtest sessions of OSR games.
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  • 2025 Year-in-Review · Blog of Forlorn Encystment
  • PAX Unplugged: How to Cram A Month’s Worth of Gaming Into One Weekend · Prismatic Wasteland
  • PAX Unplugged 2025 Recap · Weird Wonder - Amanda P.'s Blog
• Play Style Preferences: The Hand You Are Dealt
  9mo ago · 5 min
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  A blog post talking about the benefits of embracing random character creation when playing Adventure games of the OSR play style.
• Rethinking Religion in RPG Settings
  15mo ago · 12 min
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  A blog post about how Religion in D&D and other Fantasy RPGs approaches polytheism in the wrong way and how to fix that in order to have more mystery and adventure in your game...
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  • Religious by Design · Explorers Design
  • Shiny TTRPG links #224 · Seed of Worlds
  • Kill Clerics, Become Warlocks · AMONG CATS AND BOOKS

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  • Classless Clerics · The Dododecahedron
• Review: The White Horse of Lowvale
  16mo ago · 13 min
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  A blog post reviewing the OSR module The White Horse of Lowvale by Tania Herrero.
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  • Bloggies Breakdown: Round 1 · Explorers Design
  • The Bloggies' 2026 Nominees · Explorers Design
• Player-Facing Pointcrawl: Regional Sandbox
  16mo ago · 23 min
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  A blog post about how to design a regional sandbox pointcrawl map that is player-facing.
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  • A Miscellany of Links pt. XXII · Stuffed Crocodile
  • Shiny TTRPG links #223 · Seed of Worlds
• A Lock With No Key: Designing Obstacles for OSR Play
  18mo ago · 9 min
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  A blog post about how to think about and design obstacles when designing adventures for OSR systems.
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  • What Should Have Won the Bloggies · Table 46
  • Bloggies Breakdown: Round 2 · Explorers Design
  • Bloggies Breakdown: Round 1 · Explorers Design

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  • The Bloggies' 2026 Nominees · Explorers Design
  • Bloggies / New Year · The Dododecahedron
  • Mastering the Puzzle Dungeon Through Challenges and Lessons · Puzzle Dungeon
  • Spell Research: Knock and Wizard Lock · Blog of Forlorn Encystment
  • Shiny TTRPG links #212 · Seed of Worlds
• Worse Than Death
  21mo ago · 7 min
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  A blog post about how to handle death in OSR games, and some alternatives that are more dramatic than instantly killing a Player Character.
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  • Shiny TTRPG links #200 · Seed of Worlds