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A somewhat eclectic mix this week. More can be found on the previous list found here. The original inspiration for all of this is weaver.skepti.ch End of Week links. You can...
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Following up on this Cosmic Defense Brigade I had ideas of a system for domain defense on a stellar scale. As mentioned, no-one told you all the problems, you got volun-told to...
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tl:dr; a great, highly polished planar supplement crammed with locations and finished with two adventures to let you bring them to the table. We have long standing form here...
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Interesting links found around the internet this week. More can be found on the previous list found here. The original inspiration for all of this is weaver.skepti.ch End of...
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This is a response to Monsters and Manuals WizardKnighting Planescape - where he posits an alternative Planescape with mechanics better reflecting the ability and imperative to...
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tl;dr: A zine to give you more in the toolbox than 'roll Charisma to seduce the NPC'. This was a Zinequest 2023 "A DnD supplement to fill your games with romance and romantic...
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More can be found on the previous list found here. The original inspiration for all of this is weaver.skepti.ch End of Week links. You can find even more links on the...
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To participate in this months blog carnival - hosted by Codex Anathema on the topic of On creating elements for a setting I want to write on some of the tools I draw on to do...
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Status seeking among archmages or what does the mage who has everything want? This is rooted in a snip I recall from The Status Seekers about how once all material wants were...
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Another week of deep delving the TTRPG hinterwebs. More can be found on the previous list found here. The original inspiration for all of this is weaver.skepti.ch End of Week...
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To mark the 4th anniversary of spinning up this blog I thought I would talk about what the OSR means to me since this is maybe, kinda an OSR blog. I'm picking this up on the...
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tl:dr; a useful set of wilderness spark tables, one of the gems of the OSR, system independent so useful for any edition or fantasy setting. This one I picked up among a team...
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Plenty of interesting links this week. More can be found on the previous list found here. The original inspiration for all of this is weaver.skepti.ch End of Week links. You...
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tl;dr: good adventures, simple maps and meeples help cut the weight you carry to a game I have been doing a bunch of gaming recently that has been my local games group testing...
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tl:dr; a great toolkit for adventures in strange skies; intended as its own whimsical variety but useful for all sorts of fantasy flight campaigns. I picked this up while...
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Links from this Easter weekend. More can be found on the previous list found here. The original inspiration for all of this is weaver.skepti.ch End of Week links. You can find...
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After running a few Toril-based Spelljammer sessions I decided to try and figure out how the place actually fits together when you leave the Sword Coast and it is a bit...
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We are seeing a lot of great ideas in the #Dungeon23 project that are great - but what about when you realise you need a dungeon for that session later this evening? This is...
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Fine links for your amusement, collected fresh and preserved from about the web. More can be found on the previous list found here. The original inspiration for all of this is...
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We turn once again to the magic of Azgaars and something that occured to me as I was fiddling with the map - and an offhand comment on an old OSR blogroll made me think - what...
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I got to bring the zine recently reviewed Where The Wheat Grows Tall by Evlyn Moreau and Camilla Greer to the table. I worked in the unbalance of the day and night spirits as...
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A deep venture into the hinterweb this week. More can be found on the previous list found here. The original inspiration for all of this is weaver.skepti.ch End of Week links....
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tl;dr: a larger than normal poll gives a different result to 'what is the ideal TTRPG table size' - a sign of how most gamers actually play? @lincodega got a big sample size...
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To participate in this months blog carnival - hosted by Sea of Stars on the topic of Taverns, Bars and places to meet I want to write about what has made an often-revisited...
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Fine links from about the net, all sorts of interesting things. More can be found on the previous list found here. The original inspiration for all of this is weaver.skepti.ch...
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This is a quick run through of the mission plus some thoughts on running Spelljammer I'm finding from table play. Off the back of the Spelljammer Academy (SJA) adventure...
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tl;dr: know what DM prep you need to do in the next 20 mins you have spare so that small chunk of time is well spent. The prep needed to DM is often pointed to as burdensome...
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A short set this week as I have not been so online. More can be found on the previous list found here. The original inspiration for all of this is weaver.skepti.ch End of Week...
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tl;dr: be someone elses gateway into the hobby - odds are thats how most folk join An interesting poll went up on 'How Not to DM's' twitter back in mid-Jan that asked "What...
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tl;dr: atmospheric adventure, tons of disquieting details to keep a party twitchy and an intriguing mystery to unpick. Where the Wheat Grows Tall is "an old school faery...