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"Of what is he singing?" said a queen to a queen. "He is singing of everlasting Zaccarath." — Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, "In...
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I've decided that in 2026, as something of a new year's resolution, I will work to have better locations in my tabletop games. For the month of January 2026, Duncan S. Rhodes...Linked by the ring
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There is no such thing as a magic shop. A few brewers or alchemists may sell signature potions here and there, and it's not impossible to find a crafter to enchant a sword or a...Linked by the ring
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Magic shops, that staple of high fantasy campaigns, can be controversial in the hobby. On the one hand, in all but the most magi-tech of settings, magic shops do not seem...
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Back in February a handful of ttrpg bloggers, starting with Grace at 400 independent bathrooms, wrote posts describing what their games look like. (See, for instance,...Linked by the ring
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A few weeks ago I recorded an episode with John Machnee for his podcast Christianity on the Spectrum, which reports on his ethnographic study of autistic Christians and...Linked by the ring
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I. I want to take another run at what I was trying to figure out in "The Mysterious Appeal of Emergent Narrative." I'm going to use Matthew A Olson's "July 2025’s RPG Blog...Linked by the ring
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What is the Weird? Theories abound: it is miracle, or witchcraft, or emergent phenomena as the physics of one world collides with the physics of another. In practice, the Weird...Linked by the ring
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At the start of the month I introduced the 2025 RPG Blog Carnival topic for June, Magic Shops and Their Alternatives. As a brief reminder, I asked participants to consider the...Linked by the ring
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I have written so far from the GM's point of view, but I'm also a player and I have been trying to improve my skills in that role as well. To that end, I'm refining my approach...Linked by the ring
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Over on his blog my brother Nick wrote a post (link) about designing NPCs in his West Marches campaign, providing a threefold typology of NPCs based on whether and how well...Linked by the ring