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On the ring since 2026-04-15
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So I’ve got this dilemma. I like rolling dice to see how well things go, and I like asking players to roll dice to find out how well their actions go. But I don’t like the dice...
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Honestly kind of a run of banger books these last few months. That’s good, because I’ve been cooped up with a persistent foot injury more or less the entire time. Giovanni’s...
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Right now I’m running a game of The Drowned Isles, a setting / ruleset I wrote to play a bunch of OSR adventures. There are plenty of inspirations for the game, but one its...
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I want to declare book amnesty for myself, having fallen behind on my habit of writing up my reading habits (previously in January, April, and August of 2025). In rough order,...
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Hey, did you hear it’s the Year of the Beta (at least according to Prismatic Wasteland)? And did you know that the year is… almost over[1]? Well (ready or not) I guess I have...
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RPG blogging may resume soon; there’s another Drowned Isles playtest wrapping up next week and I have some thoughts. Crucially: the game works, I have fun running it, and my...
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Wow, wonder what might have happened to totally blow up my blogging schedule. Well, time to look at the news and—blog posts have been delayed by a month. Ah shit. Well lemme...
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Now that I’m once again employed, my reading has decreased. I’m still making room for books, but I’m trying to spend less time on the Internet - no “links” section this time....
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In November, I ran a oneshot using my ruleset/setting/campaign, The Drowned Isles. I was trying to test drive the kernel of a ruleset I’ve written as well as some character...
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The ICON campaign I was playing in wrapped up a couple of weeks ago, totalling 28 sessions in 9 months. I’m not going to write up a big comprehensive review[1]. Instead I’ll...