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On the ring since 2026-05-28
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I wrote these monsters up a while ago, back when I was running a Wolves Upon the Coast pbp game. The rainbow/purple OSR server recently made a bestiary channel and Crow posted...
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I attended my local ttrpg convention this past weekend, Gameface Con at Peabody Heights Brewery in Baltimore. It’s a small con that started in 2024 (I think), and it’s been...
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My Campaign ’26 journey started in 2025. For various reasons, the Dolmenwood campaign that I had been running for several years (and 80+ sessions!) came to an end in the Summer...
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This post is my Secret Santicorn gift for IsaacThePerson, who asked for something on “The value of various parts of bodies and souls.” The many parts of the corporeal body, and...
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I’ve been tagged by Down in the Barrow for Stella’s mask relay. The Brazen Bull of Machces was the most infamous of the many immolation devices used by the Veteuran Empire...
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Here’s my late entry (what’s new?) to the Appendicitis N bandwagon. This has been surprisingly hard to pin down for a few reasons. One, I’m almost 40 and the influences that...
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My second post written for Glaugust 2025, from the prompt ‘The Last Living City in the World’. It is ostensibly set in my post-apocalypse setting which doesn’t quite exist yet....
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This was written for Glaugust 2025, from the prompt ‘He Wields A Gun’. It is ostensibly set in my post-apocalypse setting which doesn’t quite exist yet. He wields a gun. Pried...
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Wouldn’t it be nice if someone put together a list of dope OSR/OSR-adjacent settings? There have been ongoing conversations about increasing the availability of useful...Linked by the ring
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I’ve joined a small megadungeon book club on the rainbow/purple OSR server. The crux of the club is that we read through a megadungeon in sections, then discuss and post our...
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The party concludes their journey by fairy barge, finding some interesting things along the way before running headlong into a dangerous situation. This is likely the last of...
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The shepherd pushed through the trees, drawn by the plaintive bleating of the missing sheep, and stopped short at the edge of the small clearing. An intricate structure of bone...
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Only one session behind in my write-ups after this! The latter half of the group’s fairy barge trip up North ends up more like a sight-seeing travelogue as the group takes...
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As I try to catch up to our current sessions, I’ve once again condensed multiple session reports into one post. Once I catch up, I plan to let the session reports breathe a bit...
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The following is an amalgamation of four session reports from my Dolmenwood game which restarted about two months. I’ve left some minor stuff out but the important bits are...
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Here are some more stories from my Dolmenwood game. The game is moving again (and the next session is tonight), so I hope to do a blogpost covering the past few sessions next...
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My group was supposed to restart our Dolmenwood campaign last week, but unfortunately we ended up having to cancel the session due to a few players being unavailable. Normally...
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She of the Shattered Visage. The Endless Reflection. Lady of Uncountable Eyes. Warden of the Other Self. cw: eye harm When magma from the first volcano cooled into obsidian,...
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The main campaign that I have been running with my weekly group uses the Dolmenwood setting and materials. That campaign has been on hiatus for several months after a big...
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I’ve been playing ttrpgs for quite some time now, even though I took a long hiatus in the middle. My first brush with games like this was around three decades ago. I was...