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Jumping on the new bandwagon hotness!I am going to try and remember what really impacted my taste and excitement growing up but after so many concussions it gets kinda...Linked by the ring
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All the various gems are a dime a dozen in classic dungeon games. There really should be a use for them besides hawking them for goods! So let's introduce a new weapon, item,...Linked by the ring
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I just wrapped up playing Blark's SWINE run by Aggie (Gourd Dwarf) and it was a bleak, harrowing journey to try and get those pigs to safety. BackgroundWe are three humble men...
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If you have not joined the Antarctic Adventure Jam, you should do so RIGHT now as we still have 50ish days until the deadline. Even one hex would help fill out the map! This is...Linked by the ring
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I wanted to practice writing a dungeon so I took a Watabou layout I liked and riffed on it. General InfoUnless stated otherwise the general construction is sleet gray bricks...Linked by the ring
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Buy it! Artists:Written by Gromb Illustrated by Wilber H. Force Edited by Sam Sorensen Layout by Stella Condrey Players: Shaman as William "Will/Billy" Slattery Zaro as Louis...Linked by the ring
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Gromb has started a new campaign for Campaign 2026! I am lucky enough to be a player so expect more session reports from me! BackgroundKasadi nomads toppled an alien government...
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Luck is one of the three pillars of stress that you can apply in Troika! Stamina and Skill are things I'd like to look at a later time because uses for Luck and how to get it...
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Every game needs a way to make all these baubles magical and useful right? Troika! is not different and so for this Troika! Tuesday we're writing up an Enchanting skill. Use...
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2025 is the year where I started actually making things to be run instead of the pointless belly button picking of years past. My experience with the hobby is rather limited...
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Troika! Tuesday has blown into town again and while I am still working on the Gygar backgrounds I am not quite ready yet. So here! Have some more delightful spells! Helping...
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One of the most amusing things from TES games is the idea you can chug 100 bottles of alcohol and punch a god to death. So I have decided to add some booze to my Troika!...
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After an exchange with Melsonia last week for Troika Tuesday I thought I would expand on the dungeon rules I have been using and get them posted. And please use their citizen...
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I have been running a Castle Gygar table using Troika! and it's been an absolute blast. A bunch (nearly 36) of backgrounds relating to the dungeon are on the way but I thought...
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Magic has been on the minds of plenty of folks across the blogs. Newt's Truth-telling, Bateman's series of great magics to use, Meg's post which could be used for the...Linked by the ring
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Preamble This is a scenario for Delta Green that I have run before to great success. Any horror game would work for this and you could easily retool this to players as...
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Magic Users start with five bubbles to cast cantrips with. A cantrip should be weaker than a 1st level spell and be minorly useful. If damage is desired it is limited to 1...Linked by the ring
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Magic items inherit their character from those who wield them. To imbibe an item with magic you must accomplish something substantial with it, most often outside of its...
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For use with Wolves Upon the Coast. Taunting Make a public claim about the inadequacy or impotence of another and make sure it gets around. They suffer the loss of either 1HD...
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There are many methods to get the dead to rise. Intents and methods vary from village to village, what is taboo to do the dead here may be acceptable one ridge over. Travelers...Linked by the ring
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Memories form after you sit down and finally have time to digest what has happened that day. They are formed fragile, fuzzy. Those who would want to steal a memory from another...Linked by the ring
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Demons do not have supreme power over the world. Truthfully their powers are quite limited. What they do excel in is striking a deal. Demons take on many forms and how they go...
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Gaunt lines make a serene expression. Great emeralds shine from deep sockets. Ivory from one of the few remaking wilder people has been cut to form in a single slice. The last...
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I wrote up a SMEAC style briefing for a Delta Green operation I am going to run soon and people were interested in the format. SMEAC is a template for briefings used by the...Linked by the ring
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Luke Gearing's Thinking Adventure Principles really messed me up when I read them years ago. I felt a white hot shame for "playing wrong" when I first read them. I hadn't read...
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I don't think there is any particular magic to how I prep my games. I have read a lot of GM advice and found a lot of it doesn't really help me all that much. I know what I...Linked by the ring
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I have started work on a hexcrawl for Delta Green (or a similar modern investigation game.) It's going to take place in a big ol' swamp that is somewhere in the American South....
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There is a general feeling of exploitation I have felt from the scene as of late. Tabletop and videogames seem to have this problem with deluding people into the pursuit of the...
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I recently set upon the task of learning Glorantha better and pushing myself to run a game in the setting even if I didn't understand it fully. With detailed and rich settings...
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This is not a tirade against pointcrawls. This is a mind virus that has been couped up in my mind that I had to get out. I have enjoyed point crawls! I have been enjoying...Linked by the ring