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This Week
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Joining WW’s Sex Bandwagon ooh la la… A number of artifacts presented for your delectation. Most of these involve anxiety, vows, or shame, which I'm sure doesn't mean anything....Linked by the ring
Last Week
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IntroductionNothing I love more than a classic big table. We had a lot of interest this week, which made up for not meeting quorum on May 5. Naturally, this was the one time I...
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IntroductionRan this session from behind a KN-95 following a pretty rough week of illness. However, it was worth the wait: the table brewed their first orc! This has been...
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IntroductionSmallest session yet to fire with just two players! We made it work, using yet another of the inimitable ktrey's Dolmenwood Dozen. These have been so useful for...
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IntroductionTwo for one session report! Splitting up a dungeon crawl for the gang. I tend to not to like leaving in the middle of the dungeon in this manner, but it's linear...
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A sequel to my magic blades! There is little I love more than a good old-fashioned whacking stick. My favorite weapon in Dark Souls has always been the reinforced club. Of...
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IntroductionA session of surprises! We continue along paths familiar to me; the quest to find Maebh. In a previous report for Boasting with the Boys, I commented on how many of...
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IntroductionA short but eventful one today! The band returns to the Caves of Chaos for a good old-fashioned search and destroy mission. I have long had the orcs ready to go, so...
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Special shout-out to Jenx of Gorgonbones, whose Stonehell goblins play with similar themes. And for being such a hype man for this campaign! IntroductionGoblins are an invasion...
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A quick writing exercise on a Saturday morning. These can be applied to any sword or dagger, and are broadly compatible with any old school fantasy dungeon game. The effects...
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IntroductionCatching up on BwtB play reports as I’m coming off a brief vacation! I’m working on a few side projects at the moment, specifically a megadungeon with the working...
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IntroductionOut of arrears on my DCC reports! Non-RPG things have been busy of late and it’s been hard to sit down and find the time. It does feel nice to do so much reflection...
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IntroductionI must be the first guy to ever run a Wolves Upon the Coast hex in a Dungeon Crawl Classics Keep on the Borderlands game… Since I've had Boasting with the Boys on...
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IntroductionBade farewell to two of my mainstay players due to scheduling changes! I first ran a game for them when they were teenagers at another game store. It was a 5e...
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IntroductionShort session and report here. I always have had a soft spot for this type of expedition—the players identify a very specific goal that they assume is somewhere...
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IntroductionHalf a year of Crow’s Keep! I’m thrilled at how long it’s run and how well it’s been received. We even had a new player this session. Befitting this milestone, the...
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IntroductionSession three means it’s a habit! This session was initiated by the players, which is another gratifying sign. Going into the session I was unsure about the druids....
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After Monsters& by Luke Gearing Evil EyeEvil EyeEvil EyeEvil EyeHD 7 for body; 1 per eye (10) AC as chain for body; as plate for eye Damage Special Uses 1d6 eye rays each...Linked by the ring
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IntroductionThree play reports in one, getting me mostly out of arrears. I ran a juiced-up version of Sailors on the Starless Sea as part of my DCC open table. The players had...
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IntroductionA well-attended and productive session! With character generation out of the way, we got down to brass tacks immediately. I had been concerned about a two-hour...
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My entry in Stella's Mask Relay, compiled here on Bluesky. I was tagged by Havoc, Mr. Lonely Star himself, who did Mask 019. Passing it to Ollie for number 021! MonsterA mask...Linked by the ring
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IntroductionAt last! The first session of my Campaign26 game, a Wolves Upon the Coast open table with some of my best and most beloved IRLs. I have long wanted to get a game...
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The lawful petty goddess of doors, permission, and trepidation. Depicted as a small woman made of wood in Byzantine garb, with empty brass eye sockets shaped like keyholes and...
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The lawful petty god of torches, quartermastery, and the keeping of strict time records. It appears as a songbird-faced beetle with a flaming abdomen and an endless pattern of...Linked by the ring
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Inspired by Orbital Crypt's Small Gods, inspired by Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. Which I'm a little addicted to at the moment, though I myself only seem to worship Gozag, Trog, or...
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IntroductionIt's wild what a couple of random encounters and a weeks-old plot hook will get you when the table is right! Our third player death, and at the hands of another...
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IntroductionToday’s session was a lot of fun, as it was mostly my own keyed hexes and random encounter filling out the game. I had long had up my sleeve an homage to Algernon...
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Inspired by Press the Beast's martial arts posting! The pastoralists of the hills and mountains learn stick fighting with their crooks to ward off animals and men. It's said...
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IntroductionThe last session of 2025! I felt this session was a fitting end to the year. A bunch of old hooks from prior sessions came back around, and we had some good old...
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IntroductionCatching up on the old backlog of reports following the maelstrom of the winter holidays. I am very pleased with my notetaking of late—I was able to reconstruct...