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Fungal Festering Fugitives This is an ongoing series about my open table of Cloud Empress. This is part 3. Pack a Knapsack! Campaign Kickoff - Cloud Empress Players Present:...
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Discussions around the bullet typographical device have been making its rounds in the Blogosphere and inciting much debate and discourse, which I’m partially adding to with...
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The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Date Played April 3, 2026 Adventure Summer Season System Honeybees GM Pat Player Count 3 My Role Player (Derpia) Number of Sessions 1 The...Linked by the ring
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The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Date Played April 1, 2026 Adventure Down Darker Trails - Shadows over Stillwater System Pulp Cthulhu GM Jess Player Count 4 My Role Player...
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This post is both a player and GM report at the same time! I'm calling it a Referee Rundown, a Mirror Report, the Director's Commentary, Behind the Screen? Something like that....Linked by the ring
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I was looking to expand my Blogosphere setting, and I wanted to write-up locations for them. This led me to considering how and what would be included in each location. I...Linked by the ring
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The discussion of improvisation and its role at the table continues to fester in my mind, especially after my post on Improv, Play Culture, and Authority. I've only scratched...Linked by the ring
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I love writing snappy reviews of ttrpgs products I engage with, but I realized I can do that with all kinds of media...like video games! Yeah, that thing I spend all my other...
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I've been wanting to share with anyone who would listen about the Open Table Cloud Empress (CE) campaign I've been running and then I realized this is one of the reasons why I...
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As someone who GMs many games, I often think about improv and how that skill has grown with the number of systems and sessions I run. Not having this skill as a beginner GM...
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Introduction This post is part review of my time reading The Rulebook and part recognizing the importance of Instructional Design for TTRPGs. I've taken my time reading The...
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Running an Open Table of Cloud Empress has taught me a lot. It's my third time running a hexcrawl, my first time running an open table, and my first campaign with, what I hope,...Linked by the ring
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I found myself reading a very bizarre conversation the other day about soft vs hard magic systems, which I'll be referring to as unlawful and lawful magic systems,...
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I've been writing some non-fiction pieces and considering writng them in an epistolary fashion. I was noodlin' on how this could be applied to ttrpgs as all bloggers are wont...Linked by the ring
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Cover art for Slugblaster by Sex on a Pizza. The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Date Played January 1, 2026 Adventure Slugblaster Turbo-X System Slugblaster GM Kati Player...
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Table of Contents Introduction System & Adventure Breakdown System Breakdown Adventure Breakdown Memorable Highlights Facilitator Shoutouts All the Data Conclusion Introduction...Linked by the ring
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Final Hexmas Map This entire project wouldn't have been possible without Prismatic Wasteland's Blogwagon Call. Another shoutout to Among Cats and Books for keeping a...
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The logo for Over/Under. This post is part of a series. Resources as Players - Over/Under The Gift of Grash - Over/Under You are here. Table of Contents Introduction Game...
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Table of Contents Introduction Inspiration Blogosphere Event Die Real Life Event Die Blogosphere Flux Theme Encounter Local Effects Points of Interest Special Equipment Final...
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Another blogwagon by Prismatic Wasteland has summoned the bloggers. This time, it's about creating a hex, using the rankin/bass Christmas productions as inspiration. You can...
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A few years ago, my first sandbox campaign used the Beyond the Wall (BtW) system, and it was also an excuse to buy Hexographer to create my own hexcrawl. I had no idea what I...Linked by the ring
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Been a minute since I got to be a player, but I'm back with more Mothership. This is fast becoming one of my favorite systems to run and play in. The Stat Sheet The Label The...
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When people ask for a good system change - from say something like 5e - that's easy to handle, I used to always recommend PbtA. Now, I don't, and it isn't because PbtA is bad....
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The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Date Played August 16, 2025 Playtest Infected Settlement in Sector 6 – Exiled Seers System Orbital Megastructure GM Evlyn Moreau Player...
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The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Date Played September 9, 2025 Open Table Realm of Fosk System Mythic Bastionland GM Olobosk Player Count 4 My Role Player (Viv - The Mirror...
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Lying on a dice roll is often remarked as a horrible behavior to do. I've always laughed and agreed with statements like, "Yeah how much of a loser do you have to be to cheat...
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The logo for Over/Under, created by Sam Sorensen. This post is part of a series. Resources as Players - Over/Under You are Here. Doing OT in OU - A Deep Dive into Over/Under...
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The logo for Over/Under, created by Sam Sorensen. This quickly became part of a short series: Over/Under Part 2: The Gift of Grash Doing OT in OU - A Deep Dive into Over/Under...Linked by the ring
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Got into a discussion about when you should link to relevant content in your blog, but not all the authors are cool, so should you? Maybe even some of them are problematic, and...
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The Blogging Clerics, or Blerics, have been summoned again by the Bandwagon! This time, we're posting our own Appendix N entries. As a 90s kid, my list is comprised almost...Linked by the ring