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On the ring since 2026-04-07
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Part 1: The DepthcrawlDepthcrawls are a new way to track space in RPGs, pioneered by Cavegirl's Gardens of Ynn. They are presented as a table, rolled on with an increasing...
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Libra is an urban fantasy/supernatural conspiracy version of the GLOG. Instead of dice, it uses Zener cards - tools used by 20th century researchers into psychic ability.It has...
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My cyberpunk management game, King of Dust, has finally been released publicly - you can buy it on itch.io here for $4. Thanks for your patience - it's taken a lot longer to...
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A: So, introduce yourself - name, blog, favorite color, etc.V: HI MY NAME IS VAYRA you can find my Works (gaze upon them, and despair) at https://madqueenscourt.blogspot.com/I...
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For a couple weeks, I'm going to be posting interviews with members of the OSR community - first is Erika, of Ice Queen's Throne. This is my first time interviewing anyone, so...
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Last session, the party started their adventure, went on a nice boating trip, were attacked by bugs, and then ate someone.This time, we end the first "season" of the campaign...
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i n t r o d u c t i o nI am very lazy. Instead of writing something with actual substance, here's both a pile of pictures, and some vague rambling about video games.first bit -...
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Edit - Vayra of Mad Queen's Court has made an expanded and fancier version of this game here.Even though there's no 200 Word RPG contest this year, I was so excited about...
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After a couple years of setting work, a few months of seeecret system work, and a week of campaign prep, I've finally managed to run Sunless Horizon, my sci-fi/horror setting....
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This is the third post on the religion of the Navigator Houses, and invalidates both previous posts, which will be updated to point here. Religion is an important part of...
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Delver's Digest was an attempt by Chris McDowall's OSR Discord server to create a free community zine. After months of work and absolute burnout by all parties involved, I was...
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On the OSR Discord, Oblidisideryptch released a simple challenge: talk about how you started to hack the GLOG, and what I've gotten from that - mostly as an encouragement to...
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A Sudden Turn The Oasis Kingdoms are named for their placement - each one stands atop a resource, whether it's water, power, farmland, or rare metals. Before the Retreat...
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What Are Elves? They are immortal, strange creatures, far older than Man and his ilk. They live far from the cities and roads, hidden in forests and other unmarred parts of...
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No Place Like Home Where the Navigator Houses survive through defense, covering themselves in a metal cocoon of walls and guns, the Walker-Tribes are more subtle, protecting...
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It's been more than a year since I last reviewed some GLOG hacks, and since then there have been many, many more. So, after a bit of a shove from Oblidisideryptch, I decided I...
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The Ghouls were never meant to exist. They are a byproduct of Keter's biolabs, misshapen mutants grown from human stock meant for the Empyreans (I should probably rewrite that...
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Coming, as all other things do, from a strange discussion on the OSR discord. The Samurai Butterflies are strange, ethereal creatures heralding from the Shining Isle, a...
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This class is built on the foundation created by Velexiraptor's Thieves' Guilds, which are an excellent framework to make all sorts of scoundrels. That post already has a...
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Somebody mentioned Hyper Light Drifter on the OSR Discord, and I decided to make a GLOG class. Why? uhhhhhh don't ask questions Hyper Light Drifter's a game I quite like - it's...
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Countdown to the Grave Sewer Rats' health system is a lightly edited version of the standard Into the Odd system, with a Darkest Dungeon-style twist. Damage is completely...
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Hit People with Stuff, The Game Fighters are generally the simplest class - a lot of HP, attack bonuses, that's about it. Recently, more complex martial classes have come out...
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Note: this class is bad and i've remade it here. Don't read that, read this.Inspired partially by this video, but the blame should be placed on deus ex parabola on the OSR...Linked by the ring
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Picture Pong is a recent community event in the OSR MINDSCAPE, in the chain-letter format of "see thing, do what thing say". People write a blogpost based on an image, and then...
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Disclaimer: a review copy of this game was provided for free by the author. This review is based off of a reading of the book, not a playtest. The Star Dogs Referee's Handbook,...
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Recently, Dan released a set of blog post prompts. Since my plan of "one post per week, every week" has been going... badly, I've decided to use some just to fill space. Prompt...
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Sail Into the Light The Skinborne are rarely seen by Ein Soph's inhabitants - they eschew the worldship's internals to cling to its metal Skin, safe from the threats of that...
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One of the main focuses with Sewer Rats is speed - fast character creation (thanks to Into the Odd), short sessions, that sort of thing. The other one is bureaucracy - Sewer...
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Edit: King of Dust is now released on itch.io - you can buy it here.The Kickstarter for King of Dust, the secret zine project I talked about in my last post, is live! King of...
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January 26th marks the second anniversary of the Archon's Court. Sadly, unlike last year, I don't have a gift. Instead, you will suffer as I talk about the last year of the...