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This is part of a “blog challenge” I decided to kickstart after discussion on Discord. It would be interesting to hear about how referees prep their games. Prep is the material...Linked by the ring
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This is directed to newbies who are interested in GMing an OSR game. I won’t assume previous experience with TTRPGs at large, although I can imagine that they’re GMs who come...
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EDIT: This post now serves as a Megapost collecting all my posts on FKR in a link tree for simple reference, updated as new articles are written: Introduction FKR (Free...
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There’s not a single cowboy novel in AD&D’s Appendix N (Boot Hill appendix notwithstanding) nor in B/X’s Recommended Reading, and yet attentive reading of old D&D reveals how...
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OSR is many things, including a play style which can be performed with any ruleset (and of course each table will have their own play culture that mixes styles). It’s more...
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So I started a Sex Bandwagon by accident and some interesting material came out. Using this post to keep track of it. Anyone who does something more can contact me on Discord...Linked by the ring
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(Written in some 15 minutes to preserve the names that first come, otherwise I’d feel the need to constantly add.) I was intending an Appendix N bandwagon for some time, so...Linked by the ring
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Curses are the foulest of arts. Curses are speeches against life, a winter breath coming from the cold, dark night of the soul. In some worlds, a sorcerous practice, studied by...
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Live text is written roleplaying during an assigned time slot. Synchronous play-by-post is another way of putting it, and I suggest reading my previous post on PbP for further...
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Performance anxiety in sex is well-documented, and brief experience with different partners showcases its myriad origins. It might be as simple as uncertainty about how...Linked by the ring
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The 8th edition of Tunnels & Trolls (T&T) was announced. While skeptical at first, seeing Chris Bisette and Scott Malthouse as lead writers gave me some interest. The...Linked by the ring
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A craft is “a pastime (…) that requires particular skills and knowledge of practiced work”. The whole of craft also includes perceiving what the untrained observer wouldn’t,...Linked by the ring
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Blackbox (AKA HUDless) gaming is when the players are unaware of any mechanical tool used to establish and provide resolution to situations and conflicts. They may roll dice...Linked by the ring
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I trashed a draft about OSR Maxims and Misconceptions after being informed of Gus’ post. Only one aspect remained of interest in my draft, which was about “OSR doesn’t develop...
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It wasn’t unusual for me to get carsick. Looking at any car, misshapen as they inevitably are, and feeling their irregular body roar makes it surprising everyone doesn’t get...Linked by the ring
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I dislike the beach. Laugh all you want about how I feel sand is coarse, rough and gets everywhere. I also thought I disliked being out and around others, but was proven wrong...Linked by the ring
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Havoc, our Handler for a Delta Green campaign (my first play report of it is here), is a passive-aggressive little bitch about the lack of play reports. Hence, I’m writing a...Linked by the ring
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Nothing complex here, just an observation. Adventure games of D&D ilk assume a wild west social organization, which means a capitalist social organization. The average D&D...Linked by the ring
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I talk quite often on the blog about horror gaming, and I want to summarize some general notes on how I often choose to run it. For brief retrospective, I think the purpose of...Linked by the ring
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(I feel like I can’t be bothered with naming post drafts as anything but “Notes on…” recently) I’m currently moderator for a Discord server until they decide to depose me due...Linked by the ring
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Illustration by Mervyn Peake. This is a skeleton for rules that can more easily support, provoke and suggest some of my main interests in TTRPGs: the occult, the horrific, the...Linked by the ring
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The above meme is, at the time of writing, pinned to a channel in a DIY Adventure Games Discord I participate in. It came about because people there, often newbies, time and...Linked by the ring
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Poetry is for the childrenWhose light turns the empty stagesInto solar fields for magesWhose hands transform dejectsInto carved and tailored affectsWhose laughter turns the...Linked by the ring
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Organizing my Conduct of Play section on a campaign document, I realized I’ve never talked here about it. Players are often advised to Ask Questions, Play Their Characters...Linked by the ring
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I’m a puppetry fan, and considered more than once taking up the art. The key quality of the puppet, much like the doll, is its vital, tactile consciousness. It carries an anima...Linked by the ring
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Looking at my backlog, it strikes me: many of the posts are just bad. They have been better recently, but the backlog is mostly terrible. What it means to have a bad blogpost?...Linked by the ring
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Writing is a continuous process, not segmented into easily contained steps but a molecule that takes pride in amorphous shapes as new connections emerge. One of the ways we...Linked by the ring
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Villains might be appalling and monstrous, but rival adventurers dare to steal your shit before it was yours. Those are the bastards who pump players up. But how to organize...Linked by the ring
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The only thing that teaches about TTRPGs is actual play. People don’t play enough, especially beginners, and while there’s many barriers for play that can’t simply be ignored...Linked by the ring
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1 – The Swan: an automata torso bound by a corset, somehow moves as if had legs. Wears a large birdcage as a royal gown. Noble in her own manner, the Swan has an affinity with...Linked by the ring
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Quirky people deserve a special place in whatever dimension of inescapable suffering one’s metaphysical leanings conjure. Their self-aware artificiality of spontaneous wonder...Linked by the ring
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As I come back to nail down the setting of my next campaign, there’s a need for a consistent approach to create playable elements, instead of accumulating lore that is not...Linked by the ring
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Now and again people discuss how to bring elements from video-games to TTRPGs. There’s a lot that is easy to bring: lore, item descriptions, monsters, maps. The same you could...Linked by the ring
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(Inspired by a conversation earlier today) Fighters aren’t boring. As expected from a game about simulating challenges in a fictional world, old D&D is informed by the logic of...Linked by the ring
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W.F. Smith from Prismatic Wasteland suggested I should participate in the Resolution thing. I said I was considering a “second shot” at an old post to explain it better and...Linked by the ring
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I have been following Jenx’s latest blog series on hobby best practices with joy. I believe he will be pleased in seeing me and others tackle the issue from our perspective. I...Linked by the ring
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Social conflict in roleplaying does not depend on personal charisma and improvisational acting skills from the players. While such brings enjoyment to the activity and should...Linked by the ring
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My creative life has been a bit of a rump these past few days due to exhaustion. It includes writing, scholarship, and roleplaying. This made me reflect on my own methods...Linked by the ring
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Trust comes up often in roleplaying discussions. Relevant to my articles is defining FKR as a “high-trust” style as it is frequently called, but what is trust in the gaming...Linked by the ring
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This is not prescriptive. I don’t know your setting, the rulesets you may have used in the past, or your players. But I do know that FKR can intimidate people, mainly by two...Linked by the ring
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A friend wanted to run her first adventure game, with a two-page RPG, and asked for advice. Here’s what I told her: “First of all, communicate clearly to the players how...Linked by the ring
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I read and play many so-called rules-light games, but they aren’t rules-light at all. No game is. All games rest on a lot of rules, just happens that some of them don’t write...Linked by the ring
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A lazy afternoon and some wonders – Illustration from Three Vassar Girls On the Rhine Not everything deserves its own post. Discussed: Level Caps, Class Restrictions,...Linked by the ring
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I’ve watched A Series of Unfortunate Events a few months ago and it was enjoyable (more than my actual contact with the original novels). Something that striked me in that...Linked by the ring