RAID Array Mischief is intentionally a lean and mean game. The goal is to get a table of people playing one of your poor, neglected adventure modules in as little time as...

I got kicked off of Noah's Ark I turn my cheek to unkind remarks There was two of everything But one of me And when the rains came tumbling down I held my breath, and I stood...

With Cadastre and RAM out the door, I've been noodling on which projects to push forward to something like completion this fall. Last week I sat back down with Hellbenders and,...

This post is also a shameless plug that Cadastre and RAID Array Mischief are available at my itch page, feel free to pay what you want and let me know what you think! My new...

I comically misunderstood a question in an advice channel earlier today, but my misunderstanding gave me a few ideas of fun ways to use treasure maps as hooks to facilitate...

This past week I read Otessa Moshfegh's Lapvona (link opens to bookshop.org), a surrealist novel set in the titular petty, pre-modern, European fiefdom of Lapvona. It's a...

A couple of days ago, my friend Isaac at Afraid of Encounters prompted one of our group chats with a fun prompt from Bluesky. For the record, my three descriptors are...

I had the great privilege of facilitating a few games of The Wax Marches this week! Thank you to the playtesters, whose blogs will be linked below. As a bottom line up front,...

Land surveying is one of my favorite frames for a true-to-life adventure. It requires skill, dedication, time, and logistics. This is why it is a concept I've wanted to explore...

Thrilled to celebrate a year of the TBR blog with a live playtest! Last July I caught the mechanical design bug and today you can role play as a mechanically designed bug -...