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Using a strange spell as a jumping off point for stranger worldbuilding.
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Advice for identifying the potions you find in dungeons, ideally before quaffing them.Linked by the ring
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A review of Vampire Cruise, a system-neutral comedy-horror adventure (originally published on Bones of Contention).
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Quantum language rules for TTRPGs, along with musing on language in games, in Mausritter, and more.
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I present a brand new resolution mechanic and challenge all bloggers to do the same!I’ll include links to every blog that accepts my challenge.Linked by the ring
- Structures, Decisions and Mechanics Ladino's Rogue Thoughts
- Scale Dice (On A Scale From 1-10 Dice) Being an Asshole to a Goblin
- New Year’s Resolution Mechanic: Taking Your Time A Knight at the Opera
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- Resolutions in the FLAME Imperishable Rise Up Comus
- New Year's Resolution (Mechanic) and Milking Your Dice Fail Forward
- Shiny TTRPG links #154 Seed of Worlds
- Resolution Mechanics for Road Trips Weird Wonder - Amanda P.'s Blog
- Resolution Mechanic Challenge: Weird Hazards Roll to Doubt
- Re: New (Year’s) Resolution Mechanic The Dododecahedron
- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work Idraluna Archives
- New Year’s Resolution Systems mindstorm
- Friction Between Rules & Common Sense Traverse Fantasy
- New Year’s Resolution Mechanic! Playful Void
- 2 Stats 2 Rolls Binary Star Games
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Soft-boiled rules for casting spells that is fast, flexible and fascinating.
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Ability scores have become vestigial in modern corporate D&D and Pathfinder, but there is a different D&D lineage where they are evolving into an elegant mechanic.
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Suggestions for running Barkeep on the Borderlands as a one-shot adventure, plus a new character background: Monarch’s Bastard.
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A review of A Rasp of Sand, a rogue-like TTRPG adventure for Knave (originally published on Bones of Contention).
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Monsters should be more than just a threat in the dungeon to your player characters’ physical health and wellbeing. Here is how to make a monster a threat to their reputation in town.Linked by the ring
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Barkeep brings home gold, and I have some people to thank.
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New initiative rules plus some theory about a counterintuitive way for speeding up your combat.Linked by the ring
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Don’t let shopping for gear be a chore. Make it part of the game with this Yahtzee inspired shopping minigame.Linked by the ring
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The original rules for falling got changed (for the better) by an editing mistake, but I propose some rules that keep the simplicity while adding some of the realism that Gygax...Linked by the ring
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A brief history of the OSR as an artistic movement and some thoughts on what comes after it.Linked by the ring
- The OSR is not dead, it’s sleeping A shrike for my dreams
- Into the OSR, or, How I Learned to Stop Signposting and Love Cthulhu Atmospheric Underworld
- Gadda's Blog Crash Course - What is the OSR (And Why Do I Care?) Farmer Gadda's TTRPG Hayloft
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- It was a Renaissance Save vs. Total Party Kill
- The Snubbies: An award for Bloggie losers Personable Thoughts
- My dumb labels are better than your dumb labels A Knight at the Opera
- What’s an OSR game? Playful Void
- Collaborative Worldbuilding: Glimpses mindstorm
- Return of the Dodo The Dododecahedron
- Ransacking the Room mindstorm
- Shiny TTRPG links #126 Seed of Worlds
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Some quick rules for stoking deadly family feuds in your games.Linked by the ring
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What can the latest entry in the Zelda games teach us about how to run tabletop RPGs?Linked by the ring
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I reveal a new monster from the origins of the hobby. This monster languished while its siblings, like the Owlbear and Rust Monster, are being featured in major motion...
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Previews of four pubs from Barkeep on the Borderlands!
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A d100 list of fantasy names for humans, dwarves, elves, halflings, goblins, lizardfolk, orcs and more!
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RPGs shouldn’t blather about their lore. Hide your lore in something gameable like you’re hiding your pet’s medicine in a piece of cheese.
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Announcing the winners of the first annual Bloggies, with some acceptance “speeches” from the top bloggers of 2022.
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The inaugural Bloggie Awards, recognizing some of the great blog posts of 2022.Linked by the ring
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File off the serial numbers, take what you want. Also, I talk about and rate some classic (some less so) monsters.
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The second part in a comprehensive guide for designing and running your own hexcrawl campaign, which focuses on random encounters, calendars, factions, history and rumors.
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The first part in a comprehensive guide for designing and running your own hexcrawl campaign.Linked by the ring
- About Structure Sizes Ladino's Rogue Thoughts
- People Walk Too Fast Valeria Loves
- Against Maps AMONG CATS AND BOOKS
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- Prepping Plots, Part One: Why Prep Plots? Magnolia Keep
- The Bloggies Hall of Fame Explorers Design
- Terrain Affinity - A Hexcrawl Tool The Play Reports
- Bee-Sized Anchors of Wilderness Play To Be Resolved
- Dice-Drop Hexmaps with Minecraft Biomes Bommyknocker Press
- Just One Thing Per Hex Fail Forward
- A Tutorial for Making Hexcrawl Maps in QGIS Idraluna Archives
- Stranding the Wilderness - Part 1 : Dungeon Stranding Fail Forward
- Working on WILD: Inspirations, Initial Progress, Setting and Colonialism Fail Forward
- Shiny TTRPG links #92 Seed of Worlds
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Advice for bringing the fun of hidden role games to your doppelgänger encounters.Linked by the ring
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I evaluate the various methods of equipping starting characters based on the goals of player agency, speed and randomness.
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Why commercialization doesn’t mean you aren’t a hobbyist, plus a look at this year’s Zine Quest offerings.
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A checklist you can use to improve your TTRPG encounters.Linked by the ring
- Developing the Sandbox: Outdoor Encounter Tables Blog of Forlorn Encystment
- A Sicko’s Guide to Prepping D&D Valeria Loves
- A Sicko’s Guide to Prepping D&D Valeria Loves
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- Shimmernight: Session Two mindstorm
- Are Feelings Prep? Valeria Loves
- Are Feelings Prep? Valeria Loves
- B1 and Toyetic Dungeon Rooms Blog of Forlorn Encystment
- Jim Henson's Labyrinth: the Adventure Game: A Scathingly Positive Review A Knight at the Opera
- Appendix K The Dododecahedron
- A Revival of What Though? Ye Olde Revivalist
- Hack the Nemesis System into your RPG Bommyknocker Press
- Rootin', Tootin', Shootin', and Barkeepin' on the Borderlands Root Devil
- 10 Things I Hate About Your Adventure The Dododecahedron
- Gambling on the Gatorbarge mindstorm
- EMPTY BUT NOT NOTHING: Thoughts on Actionable Empty Rooms I CAST LIGHT!
- The Pirate Crew mindstorm
- Matrix Campaign Structures, Part 2A mindstorm
- Encounter Tables Save vs. Total Party Kill
- Shiny TTRPG links #77 Seed of Worlds
- Encounter Checklist Save vs. Total Party Kill