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Why should the party explore the lands round about? Here are 12 hexcrawl hooks and a random table to generate many more.
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Inaugural issue of my newsletter of RPG culture, featuring blog posts, Discord chats, products arriving at the Paladin Castle and games played. Deep dive into rumours and rumour tables.Linked by the ring
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Don't start combat with 12 Fear! Many suggestions for moves in Daggerheart to help you spend Fear freely to keep the story moving. Also in audio format.
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I compare two styles of the "conversation" that is a ttrpg game, looking at how players represent their characters at the table, using 5e and Mythic Bastionland examples.Linked by the ring
- TTRPG Table Alignments Widdershins Wanderings
- GMing Exercise: Solo Journaling RPGs Sifting from the Stream of Knowledge
- Wages of Sin Gave Me a Midlife Crisis Valeria Loves
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- My Exogenous Rules a wandering mind
- Goodbye Hexes, I'm Flying Over You To Be Resolved
- Hex Maps Need Empty Rooms Table 46
- Bloggies Breakdown: Round 3 Explorers Design
- Bloggies Breakdown: Round 2 Explorers Design
- Bloggies Breakdown: Round 1 Explorers Design
- The Bloggies' 2026 Nominees Explorers Design
- Bloggies / New Year The Dododecahedron
- Narrative and Historiography in Tabletop Gaming To Be Resolved
- Shiny TTRPG links #249 Seed of Worlds
- Play Style Preferences: The Hand You Are Dealt Widdershins Wanderings
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A very silly post about how to doodle a d20.
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In this post I outline how to expand a Myth from Mythic Bastionland into something that highlights player choices and interaction.Linked by the ring
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Links to all the winning projects called out by the judges on the official Appendix N Jam awards stream. My adventure gets a mention!
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The very same goblin ambush can be infuriating, boring, or a highlight. This post uses the goblin ambush to show how you can avoid bad choices and create good choices that...Linked by the ring
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A list of eight kinds of choices you can put in front of your players.
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How to find and subscribe to ttrpg blogs, instructions for using a feed reader and importing blog lists, and saving good posts for later. Your key to the blogosphere!Linked by the ring
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Improve 5e by rolling less. And never for Perception.Linked by the ring
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The strange gender balance of the town of Orlane, and how it gets on my nerves.Linked by the ring
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How to prepare to run a published hexcrawl, in this case Shadowdark's Djurum desert from Cursed Scroll 2.
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The books that have inspired my own grimcozy game style.Linked by the ring
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In which I attempt to run a hexcrawl in less than 10 minutes per hex, using the Shadowdark system and hexes from the Hexcrawl Toolbox, and succeed somewhat.
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Using the new summary sheet to help you prep WoTC adventures. And, what it leaves out.
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If you're running Daggerheart, you might like this environment - a cursed lake where a giant's heart rots. In lots of formats!
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This post shows how you can use the realm creation and myths of Mythic Bastionland in 5e.
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I made a micro-megadungeon (with 23 levels!) for old-school style games, now out on itch.io. Part of the Appendix N jam. Enjoy!
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Which of the seven types of DM are you? Drama queen, technocrat, novelist, embroiderer, oracle, host or adversary?Linked by the ring
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I describe my system for counting monster damage with tallies. Simple, fast, effective. A couple of variations as well!
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I used to be frustrated getting my notes in Obsidian to print nicely. I now use an easy process with CSS, and you can download the most recent version of the snippet.
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A worked example of analysing a short adventure for strengths and weaknesses.
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In Cairn, there are no ability or skill checks, only saves. How does this feel at the table? Or, getting to roll versus having to roll.
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Free League pulls apart 5e and puts it back together again but better in Lord of the Rings. I examine how.
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Welcome to Deepmarket, a collection of little adventuresome shops. This week, the temple or Vault of the Coinmaiden beckons, as part of the blog conclave.
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I organise my campaign information in eight folders in Obsidian. Here's a rundown.Linked by the ring
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Resources for Dolmenwood: A compact rules presentation I call Bixie, two colourful cheat sheets, eight-step single page session planning worksheets in Pages and Word formats,...Linked by the ring
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A character creation guide for 5e campaigns set in Oz. Inspired by Exandria's heroic chronicle system. Includes four new backgrounds and lots of Oz-specific content.
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Playing D&D in Oz, using Andrew Kolb's Oz setting. Part 1 of a series.