Writing dungeon locations is hard. I'm not referring to the creating a dungeon (that presents its own sort of challenge) but rather the actual act of writing it down. You have...

I play a lot of games with my son. Sometimes we don't have dice, cards, or other tools for resolving narrative situations. Initially I toyed with a resolution system that...

Nerds love taxonomy; it gives order to the world, and provides a meaningful sense of control. Of course, it's all an illusion. At best taxonomy is a useful tool, and at worst...

Every year I try and write a little post about what folks should expect from me in the coming year. I suppose a small part of me feels that once I've announced my plans, it...

Edit: I've published this adventure! Get it for free here! In the coming months I plan to publish a few more adventures in the Cairn Adventure Series. I thought it might be...

Two years ago, I ran a West Marches campaign using the tools from the Cairn Second Edition Warden's Guide. It was a lovely campaign. Games were almost never canceled, as new...

A Call to ForumsLet's bring back forums! Or rather, let's bring OSR discussions back to forums. Indeed, there are already OSR and RPG-related discussions happening on places...

Before I left Bluesky, I sent out a poll about what kinds of posts I should focus on this year. Warren from Prismatic Wastelands responded to that thread by asking me a number...

Hello friends. I don't usually write posts like this. Generally, I don't even write posts about myself, and I am not trying to create more drama with this entry. There is...

On December 29th, 2024 daseinphil asked on bluesky: "This might be an overly broad question, but: does anyone have specific advice on encouraging #osr style play in a group...

IntroductionI've been running Play By Post (PbP) games for many years now, and I thought it might be helpful to some folks to hear exactly how I do that, what I've learned, and...

On today's episode of Between Two Cairns, we discussed a module called Gone Fishin'. We mentioned that it is kind of hard to find, and that the original sources were lost in a...