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On the ring since 2026-05-28
Latest activity 5mo ago
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2025 blogging highlights and plans for 2026
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On character development through downtime, slice-of-life, and other small moments.
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Silent morning.
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Merry Hexmas to one and all!
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One does not simply walk into the dungeon.Linked by the ring
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A faction is just friends you haven't met yet.
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The OSR may be best understood as a layered approach to design centered around a specific way of writing, refereeing, and playing adventures.Linked by the ring
- Fullstack Refereeing AMONG CATS AND BOOKS
- What Should Have Won the Bloggies Table 46
- Bloggies Breakdown: Round 2 Explorers Design
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- Bloggies Breakdown: Round 1 Explorers Design
- Bloggies 2026 Save vs. Total Party Kill
- The Bloggies' 2026 Nominees Explorers Design
- Oh god, not another game idea: Hardboiled Heist Panic System Game Random Ape Encounter
- Bloggies 2026 - My Nominees Table 46
- Against "Gameable Content" Magnolia Keep
- Narrative and Historiography in Tabletop Gaming To Be Resolved
- quantum ogre reborn Fluorite Guillotine
- Shiny TTRPG links #252 Seed of Worlds
- On Objectivity in Game Design Magnolia Keep
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These walls can talk, and boy do they have a lot to complain about.
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Reflections on co-designing a board game with my partner.
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Highlights and reflections from the last three sessions.
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Four functions of a review—and how most role-playing game reviews fall short (including my own).
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A report and reflections on the first session of Castle Kelpsprot.
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Lessons in writing characters from three very different adventures.
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The influences behind Castle Kelpsprot, my science-fantasy megadungeon capsule game.Linked by the ring
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Writing character backgrounds for a capsule game megadungeon.
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Material for a work-in-progress megadungeon capsule game.
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100 weird holes for your dungeon.
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A framework for divine magic in classless NSR games.Linked by the ring
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The character class you never knew you wanted (and probably still don't).
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On the challenge of writing a megadungeon.
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A room-by-room analysis of Brad Kerr's The Sinister Secret of Peacock Point.
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How unreliable rumors can encourage skillful play.Linked by the ring
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Minimaps for large dungeons.
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On prepping my white whale game and staying accountable to myself.Linked by the ring
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Reflections on the past year and plans for the next.
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Dolmenwood play report, session nine: Mushrooms and Matrimony
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Seasonal phenomena to bolster verisimilitude in your campaign.
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Dolmenwood play report, session eight: Winter's Daughter
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Not your adventure, specifically. Sorry.
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1d20 unconventional relationships.Linked by the ring