This fluorescent labyrinth is fun for the whole family.

I am once again DMing 5eA thirteen year campaign, taken off the shelf to honor two decades of friendship. It’s engendered many strange feelings in me. I didn’t anticipate how...

A decade of knowledge applied to the most common questions in tabletop.

Daggerheart is the first PbtA game that isn’t edgyFor decades, indie tabletop design has been fueled by its disillusionment with Dungeons & Dragons. We resent Hasbro not just...

#Daggerheart #CriticalRole #Gaslighting #BigDogBeefstink'sCigarettesthatareGoodforYou

I have read many "Gay RPGs". Most were penned in the 2010s and exude a colorful triumphant confidence that rings hollow in the modern world. Girl Frame is the first game I've...

"...in 2026 gender, fascism, and dehumanization are pretty universal experiences."

Time is eroding the Grognards. Their children are growing strange. The OSR's long-standing obsession with optimizing for the allegedly shared cultural touchstone of 80s D&D...

The Endless Capsule Game that will Never let the OSR Die

A new blog tradition in observance of Feral Week. My annual grab bag of under-appreciated entertainment to slather over lazy senses. I am here to help you be your worst self....

Yeah you sickos love lists don’t you.

Menagerie of Unbearable Things is a heartbreaking 132-page full-art storybook that Tania Herrero insists is a bestiary. Its original subtitle - pictured above but replaced by...

A Review of Tania Herrero's Menagerie of Unbearable Things

I made a Mothership module for Minimalist Jam 4! It’s the first TTRPG supplement I’ve ever written. Early feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, so I’m telling all of you...

Thanksgiving is OVER! It is time for SADNESS!

My social media feed has been consumed by indie TTRPG insiders processing the emotional impact of Sam Sorenson's Over/Under on their lives. To those unfamiliar, Sam attempted...

A Guide to Live Text Roleplay

Fabula Ultima's Celebration Kickstarter has passed one million euro in just over a week. That’s comparable to MCDM's campaigns, and nearly double Mothership's initial haul. As...

Theoryslop shadowboxing an omnigender Italian

The cover is good in isolation - oppressive, isolating - but communicates nothing about the module’s content or themes. “Big Red”, confusingly colored here in a soft lime...

is the weakest official Mosh module still a certified banger?

I'm creating a Mothership module for the Minimalist TTRPG Jam4. I've never jammed before. I feel like I'm cheating, because I've been stewing this idea for about eight months....

Yonkers Fleshless Love: Dev Log #1

At any time, a Knight may proclaim a Promise.A valid Promise must stir the heart and require heroic effort. Knights may only dedicate themselves to three Promises at a time....

At the start of this week, I had planned to review Ooze Nun. A vile, colorful, and kinky Mothership module seemed so fresh compared to the mountains of cassette-punk and...

Poirot untangles a ghoulish gene editing conspiracy through the aesthetic lens of Corporate Memphis. The well of human creativity is vast and inexhaustible. God I love this...

I have spent two weeks in the company of the horse women. I have given them $57, and approximately 20 hours of my time. A pittance, I know. I do not speak these blasphemies...

There’s this store north of Denver - Black & Read Books. They have an entire wall of GURPS. Yards of GURPS. Enough GURPS that if it all fell on me at once, I would definitely...

Prior to the commencement of any campaign, all players are required to locate a quality stick. A quality stick: is chunky in the hand does not shed meddlesome stick bits is...

The densest 27 pages I’ve read since Hegel. Not by virtue of its breadth - five factions, sixteen major players - but because of the complexity of the relationships within. A...