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More fine links from the depths of the interwebs. For more, see the previous list found here or on the irregular r/OSR blogroll or check the RPG Blog Carnival. Originally...
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d30 dwellings and sites Inspired by scrubbing through old newspapers while recycling. 1. Heritage - an ancient site, falling into ruin, maintained with grueling effort by...
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I stood up a campaign to test and drive my #Hexcrawl25 challenge that had been intended to operate in two modes: * Classic continuous campaign * Episodic open table The time...
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A short set of links as I was travelling. For more, see the previous list found here or on the restored weekly blogroll on r/OSR or check the RPG Blog Carnival. Originally...
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Looking at the second block of polls that Grognardia ran - "when were you first introduced to roleplaying games?" and "how old were you when you first started playing tabletop...
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Reading Dwiz's magisterial 6-part series on running cities I was struck how I recognise a lot of as things I have arrived at over trial and error with the Ducal House campaign...
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Fine links from the depths of the interweb. For more, see the previous list found here or on the restored weekly blogroll on r/OSR or check the RPG Blog Carnival. Originally...
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My home game got another boost of mobility over this most recent level up with Wind Walk and Teleport. This has lead to a chunky shift in gameplay which makes 'broad shallow'...
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This months blog carnival from Illusory Sensorium has the topic of Over the Garden Wall where they want to hear about what is are things usually held as outside the domain of...
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More links from across the internet. For more, see the previous list found here or on the restored weekly blogroll on r/OSR or check the RPG Blog Carnival. Originally inspired...
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Since Grognardia, cornerstone of OSR blogging, did a bunch of how many, how often and when did/do you play polls (see Musings on Poll Results (Part I)) I thought it might be...
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I was given this over the holiday season by family - a nice gift in the sense of it was never something I was going to buy myself but has found its place at table. As per the...
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A fine haul of links from about the interweb. For more, see the previous list found here or on the restored weekly blogroll on r/OSR or check the RPG Blog Carnival. Originally...
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A while back we ran a DM clinic - for a more experienced DM to coach newer ones - I wrote up much of the 'on table' prep and tricks of the trade side of things before but the...
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Since a mini-campaign actually finished, let us do a retrospective Against the Wicked City style particularly since I pulled the plug on this one earlier than I thought I...
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Lots of links for our shared enlightenment. For more, see the previous list found here or on the restored weekly blogroll on r/OSR or check the RPG Blog Carnival. Originally...
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tl:dr; all you need for evocative, self-contained Klingon adventures using the 2d20 system I have long, long thought to myself what a fantastic show it would be to track the...
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I launched a short-run (six session) hex-crawl campaign to test-drive some old-school play styles and in parallel #hexcrawl25 crested the horizon - one stone, two birds! With a...
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A smorgasbord of chunky links this week. For more, see the previous list found here or on the restored weekly blogroll on r/OSR or check the RPG Blog Carnival. Originally...
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Running a hexcrawl campaign and I ended up having to improvise somewhat at the last session because (of course) the players headed off in a completely different direction to...
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Ages back a friend got me a waterproof notepad with suction cups that is supposed to stick to the walls of the shower because you always get the best ideas there; the in-house...
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Rich pickings this week. For more, see the previous list found here or on the restored weekly blogroll on r/OSR or check the RPG Blog Carnival. Originally inspired by...
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My home campaign has been outstanding upholders of 'accurate time records must be kept' for most of the campaigns duration. The perception of a plethora of problems and noone...
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This month the RPG blog carnival is hosted by Sea of Stars and has the topic of Dragon Neighbors: How do you live with a dragon nearby? - which vexed me! Far more than I...
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A rich vein of links from across the web. For more, see the previous list found here or you can check the RPG Blog Carnival or on Third Kingdom Games news roundup. Originally...
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Reading I Cast Light! and their tale of TRUST IN A DEAD FROG: A Lesson In DMing from Nightwick where their adventuring party set off to recover the magical items lost when...
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Testing out the concept of sub-hex stocking with influences from neighbour hexes for Hexcrawl25, as geas'ed by Phlox. Each hex has 19 sub-hexes that are at least partially...
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Hexes and elements are themes for TTRPG internet goodness this week. For more, see the previous list found here or you can check the RPG Blog Carnival or on Third Kingdom Games...
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tl;dr: populate sub-hexes with things linking to neighbouring hexes I am working through HexCrawl25 but this could work for any hexmap set up with hexes and sub-hexes. The...Linked by the ring
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tl:dr; a neat dungeon creation toolbox driven by a fun buckets-of-dice-drop method I got an early access copy of this grace of the author and I liked what I saw. At time of...