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• After/Over/Under
  3w ago · 7 min
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  Much has been written about Over/Under, what it was and how it worked, what happened and who was there. So I’ll spare you a repeat. This retrospective is about what it meant to...
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  • Shiny TTRPG links #300 · Seed of Worlds
• Swords Appeal (and Wizardry)
  2mo ago · 6 min
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  There may come a time in a post-OSR (or NSR, or plain old OSR - whatever, choose your acronym) gamer's life where they feel compelled to study the old ways. To look beyond the...
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  • don't miss 002 · probing the depths of infinity.
• My Exogenous Rules
  3mo ago · 10 min
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  CultureIt doesn't take much browsing of (non-5e) tabletop roleplaying hobby spaces online to see that much of the conversation on games is centred around rules, how to use...
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  • The 46er - August 2026 · Table 46
  • Patchwork Newsletter (Volume 2, Issue 29) · Patchwork Paladin
• Diegetic World 0e
  5mo ago · 9 min
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  This is a playful thought experiment. It’s about drawing together and synthesising elements of two games from different schools of game design. Maybe we get something playable...
• edmo's Apocalypse World podcast syllabus
  6mo ago · 5 min
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  The best thing anyone can do to learn about and understand the playstyle and perspective that Vincent and Meguey Baker brought to the tabletop RPG hobby with Apocalypse World...
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  • Cat Scraps: Apr 26 · AMONG CATS AND BOOKS
• It's About Time (in praise of campaigning)
  7mo ago · 8 min
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  Problem 1Time. In this hobby we are blessed with an abundance of cool, creative, delightful, powerful and innovative games which urgently press upon us for our time and...
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  • CATMAIL #3 · AMONG CATS AND BOOKS
  • Shiny TTRPG links #270 · Seed of Worlds
• a mechanic out of context
  9mo ago · 7 min
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  For context: this post is inspired by a question posed in an excellent podcast episode recorded by Thomas Manuel for Rascal News, in which he reads and responds to the Warden's...
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  • CATMAIL #2 · AMONG CATS AND BOOKS
  • Shiny TTRPG links #263 · Seed of Worlds
  • Patchwork Newsletter (Vol 2, Issue 6) · Patchwork Paladin
• Compromising Cairn
  10mo ago · 10 min
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  I love the Into the Odd / "Oddlike" / "Mark of the Odd" design space, these games feel natural to referee, they are "rules light" but the rules are highly impactful on play,...
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  • Shiny TTRPG links #260 · Seed of Worlds
  • Turning the Dial · newschoolrevolution.com