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On the ring since 2026-05-27
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This year, I'm doing Campaign 2026 by NBateman woo hoo let’s GO. The past few years I've become a huge proponent of Just Getting To The God Damn Table. It's exciting to have...Linked by the ring
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My Secret Santicorn gift is for Errant Thinking, who asked for: “Game mechanics for experiential or diegetic character advancement. Bonus points for some emphasis on social...
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IntroductionSome crazy stuff past few sessions! Pressure is rising, as the band becomes ever more concerned with containing the Caves of Chaos. I'm glad I directly tied...
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Arkto Stats as bear (arkto), cave bear (greater arkto), or cave bear +2 HD and attacks twice (elder arkto). Cast spells as a magic user of its HD. Knows 2 magic-user spells...
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IntroductionHoliday game night is always a treat! Spent the day off preparing and even had time to get kebab on the way to the store. Life’s pretty good. I began rolling for...
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Crow’s noteI struggle a lot with kobolds, in the same way I always have with gnomes, and in certain contemporary editions of the world’s greatest roleplaying game, dragonborn....Linked by the ring
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IntroductionA player at my open table recently hired some scouts to get a better idea of the current status of the Caves of Chaos. Originally I had planned to just figure it...
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IntroductionI have been gradually ironing out some additional ways of gaining XP and advancing characters old and new for my Dungeon Crawl Classics open table. I wanted to...Linked by the ring
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IntroductionShifted gears a bit due to a few absences this week. The session wound up being a hot mess within the fiction–the dice seemed hell bent on throwing a wrench into...
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IntroductionAnd so ends Doom of the Savage Kings! The battle took most of the session, but the crew had a good amount of strategy, prep, and improvisation to take care of....
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IntroductionDoom of the Savage Kings part two! The module has been a huge hit at the table. The loot has been spot on, oohs and aahs every time, and the drama of the Jarl and...
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IntroductionSome say that the first orcs were a gift from a bellicose Chaos Lord to a mortal conqueror, given in the time before Man could work iron himself. Stronger and...
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IntroductionOnce upon a time in the north, when the wind blew cold and biting, a certain lodge of hunters donned the skins of beasts to absolve themselves of hunting their...
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IntroductionI recently picked up Tome of Adventure vol. 1 with some Barnes and Noble gift cards I’d forgotten about, and was thinking about how I had run very few DCC...
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IntroductionEnded up saving this play report for later as I experimented with no real time passing between sessions. Hoping to not do this too often, as I fear it can dilute...
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IntroductionHad a few faces old and new this session, with Bohl’s player returning and bringing his wife, and another walk-in joining up. The vibe around the table was truly...
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IntroductionSince I have been doing these play reports the night before the next game, I'm coming to see them as a form of prep unto themselves. It's been super helpful to...
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Luke Gearing’s post laying out a system of divine magic based on reaction rolls has been tumbling in my mind for awhile now, and I thought I’d take a stab at my own. In a past...
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IntroductionUnforeseen events led to a much smaller table today! The gang was reluctant to delve into Quasqueton without our stalwarts Rudy and Birdy, so I had to pivot into...
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IntroductionMy largest table yet, but a more low-key session of exploration and trickery. Two new players showed up this session, one of whom was overjoyed to have found an...
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Jumping on the bandwagon a day late and a dollar short, as is my usual workflow. Below is a quick Big Three of my RPG influences. The Exile Series, Spiderweb Software (1995,...
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IntroductionMy largest table to date! Two of my players brought their younger nieces along. To run the mass combat at the moathouse, I used Gongfarmer Militia and By This...
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IntroductionThings become routine. No new players this session, but a solid core four has emerged! This session was bliss. The table is embracing the campaign pitch with gusto,...
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IntroductionSession three, so it's officially a habit. A later report than usual due to a busy week! One of my regular players was out of the country, so a slightly smaller...
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IntroductionAn energizing session at the game store! Word is starting to spread. A lot of people there for other games came by to ask about my game, and to ooh and ahh at how...
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IntroductionFollowing the end of a D&D 5e campaign at my local game store, I was gripped with the madness to try running my first Dungeon Crawl Classics campaign as an open...
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Part of my effort to stock every hex/point in the underworld map provided in D1-2 Descent into the Depths of the Earth / Shrine of the Kuo-toa. Dimensions: Ghost Harbor area...Linked by the ring
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Part of my effort to stock every hex/point in the underworld map provided in D1-2 Descent into the Depths of the Earth / Shrine of the Kuo-toa. Dimensions: Ceilings 40-60 feet...
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