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On the ring since 2026-07-20
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Recently there has been a lot of discourse on expressionist games, and intentionally frustrating game texts. Reading through it, I kept noticing that words like ‘difficulty’...
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Note: Life in medieval England wasn’t easy. This post includes mentions of child loss, unfree labour, and other harsh realities of the time. Public domain image Public domain...
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I’m not a fan of long, detailed backstories for PCs. My favourite types of backgrounds are ones that prompt the character, not pigeonhole them. There are generally only two...
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In the spirit of Prismatic Wasteland’s year of the beta, I’m releasing a playtest of my first OSE Adventure, A Hill To Die On. It’s a 60-key romp through a haunted crypt...
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In this post, 23 classic cantrips, rewritten for OSE and B/X-adjacent games. Daniël Veelwaard Daniël Veelwaard Cantrips are ubiquitous in 5E, but didn’t appear until AD&D 1e....
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Thou hast stray’d too far along Merchants Row. There, betwixt moon-cursers and guttersnipes, a curious peddler proffers assorted oddments before thine eyes. Dirty, gnarled...
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Fortuna by Hans Sebald Beham, 1541 Fortuna by Hans Sebald Beham, 1541 I’ve been running a semi-open table for a few years now. There are five core players, but we’ve had...
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Some of my favourite bloggers are posting Black Friday themed posts, and I’ve been messing with currencies in my own campaign so I decided to join in. D&D Economy My favourite...
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Welcome to the first post of my blog. I write this for a few reasons. First, to start putting a lot of my thoughts and personal gaming experience into words to be shared with...