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A Knightcore Adventure. Content warning: demons (in various icky representations, including children), hell, torture, maiming, curses, hags, burning, and miscellaneous adult...
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Something from another world has possessed Mrs Claus and turned her into a giant, bloodthirsty monster. She has slain Santa. Much of the workshop lies in ruins, and many elves...
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This game was launched as a Kickstarter and is now available as a zine. The content below is an earlier version of the game, left here for reference. Knightcore, aka...
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October 11th, 2025 was the second Berlin International Roleplaying Convention—or BIRCON for short—in the heart of Berlin. I'm one of the organizers, and I was there in the dual...
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This Wolden RPG adventure has just completed its playtest, and is currently being properly written up and illustrated. Check back here for updates! Changelog 27th May, 2025:...
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A Forest RPG of Wayward Cults Wolden is a rules-light, flavor-heavy game in the OSR/NSR vein of roleplaying games, which encourages player facing decision making, and has open...
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Failing Forward Skill Checks A lot of GM advice says to “fail forward”, and rightly so. That means that when a player fails a roll to do a thing, instead of just failing to do...
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A staple of stories and games, yet all too often: dry. Use the following tables and tools to create memorable arena fights and set pieces, with fun, dynamic scenery, and...
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Hot on the heel of the previous Pirate Borg play report (and free one-shot adventure!) comes another round. We're only half-way through this adventure, so I won't be posting...
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To those who know me (Frank // Mottokrosh), it is no secret that I am currently obsessed with Pirate Borg. Naturally I am a fan of rules-light but flavorful systems (hello,...