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While between tasks for launching His Majesty the Worm, I found myself with something I haven't had in the last few years: free time. I found being idle uncomfortable, so I...Linked by the ring
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Despite the inappropriateness of the format, I've made several long threads about Tolkien on Twitter.As Twitter crashes and burns, I wanted to pull this one out. It's pretty...Linked by the ring
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As I mentioned, I started a Dolmenwood game using the His Majesty the Worm ruleset recently.Dolmenwood is a fantasy setting inspired by British folklore and fairy tales with a...Linked by the ring
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What is Closure?In Scott McCloud's book Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, McCloud discusses various aspects of comics, including panel transitions, the use of gutters,...Linked by the ring
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A new video game title came out recently and a few other bloggists did Zelda posts, so I felt left out and jealous. When you level up in a pen and paper RPG, you sometimes grow...
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Here are some discussions of different aspects of playstyle. In my RPG career, I have definitely sat at the table for all of these situations. And as of today, I have some...
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I've been a big fan of Dolmenwood for a long time now. I bought almost all of the Wormskins back in the day (losing out on some of the first and the last one). Gavin's house...
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Spinning up a Dolmenwood campaign for my weekly His Majesty the Worm game. It's fun to prep a new campaign. Here is a procedure to find herbs in Dolmenwood, originally inspired...Linked by the ring
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There's been a lot of ink spilled about social encounters in RPGs. This is not a big theory post. This is not a "This is how I run it at my table and it works" post (I already...
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Choosing bonus languages in standard D&D games is the worst. Either your choice matters a lot ("Oh, we're playing Keep on the Borderlands? Great! I chose Goblin as one of my...
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+1 swords are boring. I talked about that here. Can we apply the principle of "active, fantastic magic" to other common magic items? Flaming swordI think the flaming sword is...Linked by the ring
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I had a disagreement with my colleague Tom Kilian recently. I said that +1 swords were boring. In almost all of my previous D&D games, the little scribbled +1 would fade into...
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This blog post is about an alternate magic system for the Lord of the Rings Adventure Game. The magic system is derived from the Rogue-like game Sil.The Lord of the Rings...
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Cats give you a brainworm that makes you love them. How else do you explain letting a little yelling claw monster into your house?Just look at her. The little terror.Here are...Linked by the ring
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These two books are the best RPG gazetteers that I know of. Example 1: Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle(Here's my attempt to gameify this a bit.)(My colleague Dwiz also...
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My favorite RPG rules are written in naturalistic language. What do I mean by this? Well, the easier it is to speak in-character about an effect, status, or ability, the more...Linked by the ring
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On January 1st, 2022, I tweeted this twit:This proved to be somewhat ambitious. So let's talk about what happened in 2022 and what's happening now!What is His Majesty the...
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For Christmas this year, Sean McCoy has given me a community project to be excited about: dungeon23. There are a lot of people compiling resources for this project and all of...
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Here are five fantasy taverns for you to use in your games inspired by real-world RPG blogs. You can find my first post, here. Tavern sign assets by Sophie...
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With Twitter in its apparent death throes, a lot of people are thinking about alternatives. My favorite alternative is the humble blog. If Twitter is the "public square" (where...
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It's a beautiful day in the village and you are a terrible halfling.I have good news for Francophones (and eventually for English speakers). My cozy game about halflings not...
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CONTENT WARNING: If you are a GM, this story will make you cry and scream and throw up. Clickbaity title and stupid Youtube joke image aside, I experienced a scary moment today...
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As a side project, I have been helping Hodag with one of his games. The game is called Ringless. Ringless - Coming "Soon"I think I've been clear about the sort of things that...
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This post brought to you by insomnia. Yes, insomnia! With insomnia, you can feel bad all day! Try it whether you want to or not!If you've ever gone camping, you know how...
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As I said in my previous post, I've been watching a lot of kung fu movies. A core feature of these movies is a training scene. The hero goes from nursing their bruised knuckles...
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Sometimes I make kung fu posts. I've started using the `kung-fu` label to aggregate them. Click on this label to read my other mutterings on this subject.I've been watching...
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There have been many posts on this subject. This is mine.(Because of His Majesty the Worm, I find myself in the position where I need to explain concepts in a worse way than...
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Sometimes I have thoughts and I have to put them on paper to get them out of my head and get back to the practice of living. This is one of them.Here, make yourself a BEYOND!...
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There’s been a lot of good, actionable advice for Referees to telegraph traps, create Jayquays loops, and keep accurate time records. I have seen less advice on how to play a...Linked by the ring
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When I was a kid, I checked out The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time from the library over and over and pored over it. I loved it. I wanted to get deep in the lore,...Linked by the ring