rootring
rooted in blogs, linked in a ringSeed of Worlds
Visit site Feed Incoming links Search this blog
On the ring since 2026-03-19
Latest activity 5y ago
969 posts
Brick
Older posts · Back to profile
Earlier
-
Fourth weekly round up of interesting things this week, inspired by weaver.skepti.ch to help remember good finds from each week. Last one found here. Magnificent Speleogenesis...
-
Inspired by this post on Studded Plate on DM pet peeves I thought about what to do to avoid common pitfalls. As it sat in draft I got nudged further by this post on 'Player...
-
tl:dr; post-2015 influx of new gamers has continued the long run trend of more women joining TTRPGs; forum participation moving towards matching play at tables. A recent post...
-
Originating from Trilemma Adventures. Things found: 1. A well worn book on the genealogy of dragon blooded nobles 2. A glass globe filled with a swirling, caustic mist 3. A...
-
Third weekly round up of interesting things this week, inspired by weaver.skepti.ch to help remember good finds from each week. Last one found here. The giant, meaty better...
-
I had a big social event session coming up so I decided to steal the idea of a social depth crawl and see what I could do with it. Theory set up: how to use the depth crawl...
-
tl:dr; my workflow for populating systems to allow worlds to be improvised for fantasy world-hopping. First recapping 'why bother at all' - what is a Spelljamming campaign...
-
tl:dr; a gorgeous best-of selection of old school gaming wisdom and new inspirations in one handy codex. First of many, we can hope. I backed the kickstarter for this...
-
Second weekly round up of interesting things this week, format lifted from weaver.skepti.ch to help me remember the good things I find each week. First one found here. More...
-
tl:dr; despite conversation about importance of streaming to bringing new gamers to hobby, friends/family appear to still be largest 'gateway' to gaming. Scouring the web for...
-
tl:dr; a great Slavic acid fantasy setting and a master-class in creating a point-crawl and driving pace and tension. One of the classic OSR books giving "65 pages of mayhem...
-
tl:dr; character creation is the missing 4 pillar of gameplay, second favorite after roleplay. A twitter poll by VanishXZone asking "What is your favorite part about DnD 5e?"...
-
Stealing the idea of a weekly round up of interesting things this week from weaver.skepti.ch on the grounds I'll never find these things again otherwise. Truth spoken: "You...
-
Responding to Vayras 10 Setting Questions post - and using it as a convenient setting refresh, idea spinner for my next session. 1) What class knows the most martial arts? Are...
-
As an exercise in sparing myself work I wanted to see what could be rapidly pulled together from online sources to build out an Aerial / Spelljammer encounter list. My first...
-
tl:dr; comparing surveys, it seems the average age of new gamers has shifted from mid-teens to college age over 2010-2015. Sparking off this twitter survey of when people...
-
tl:dr; a beefy planar tome focusing on just the Plane of War; tons of options, nice layout and artwork, just the ticket if you want to set a campaign there. (photo of own copy,...
-
tl:dr; if you like the planes, buy this for page 15. You get 96 beautiful bonus pages to make a beast of a book that will turbo-charge planar campaigns. I saw the image below,...
-
tl:dr; another of the fabled zines of the OSR, Through Ultans Door describes the dream-city of Immortal Zyan. The push to get this out the door is the news that issue #3 will...
-
tl:dr; double down on the things that make Spelljammer unique Maybe I started with the cart before the horse in focusing on what are the sharp edges that people knock against...
-
Looking at the news that Brexit is going to cause delays and cost increases for getting UK printed books from DriveThruRPG, I wondered how likely it is that the companies will...
-
tl:dr; a sweep up of Spelljammer feedback and thoughts on how to avoid the possible pitfalls. Inspired to kick out this long-simmering post based on this thread by DM Sarah on...
-
This was another 'rapid encounter table generation' exercise. Original prompt was a post the r/DnDAcademy prompt for 'Living Locks'. This time I tried bulking it out through...
-
tl:dr; so good I bought the pdf, then backed the kickstarter to get the gorgeous hard back version. I backed the Kickstarter for the remastered version which had the objective...
-
tl:dr; a romantic-fantasy setting and intrigue tool-box for easily creating a web of relationships within a living setting. Barrow Keep: Den of Spies is a system-neutral Young...
-
Following up on the previous posts about playing through the Kobolds Art Exhibition zine. Part II found here. Impression of 'Ward Against Self', inspired by Marguerite Frieda...
-
tl:dr - spun up my best campaign in years, started this blog, reviewed some rpg books, survived the plague. Main highlight of this year in gaming was spinning up my Ducal House...
-
tl:dr; a good guide for bringing the planes to your table. I; Interesting sites and a focus on visitable spots puts lots of useful inspiration in your hands. I snaffled the...
-
tl;dr: a neat DMs toolbox for using portals in your game, full of useful generators and pithy guidance. Originally I found Kefitzah Haderech - Incunabulum of the Uncanny Gates...
-
This was another 'rapid encounter table generation' exercise. Prompt was a post on Reddit requesting random encounters inside the academy. Another good opportunity to test the...