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On the ring since 2026-03-28
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Originally published for the Minimalist Games jam. I'm actively developing this game through play with my 6-year-old, and there will be updates in the future. Be a goblin! Go...
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A recent BlueSky thread from Idle Cartulery has me thinking about what makes for good goblins in a TTRPG, and I’ve been thinking about it enough today it felt worth making a...
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I was already deep in the throes of thought about a reality-bending megadungeon design as I'm in the middle of reading Annihilation and preparing for the Sci-Fi Derelict Jam...
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Lucky Star is an in-development game and updates will be posted as I work on it. If you play the game and want to help out with any ideas please send any feedback to...
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UPDATE: The Onegeon Jam starts September 1! It has been remarked that 2025 is the Year of Manifestos in TTRPGs, and I'm here to offer one more. In recent discussion on Bluesky...Linked by the ring
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This is a play report for the second session of my ongoing Mangayaw campaign and the second session playing The Rumbling Forest by Goobernuts, who is also the creator of...
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This is a play report for the second session of my ongoing Mangayaw campaign and the second session playing The Rumbling Forest by Goobernuts, who is also the creator of...
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This is a play report for the second session of my ongoing Mangayaw campaign. See my review of Varanus Lair for the first session. This time we started in on The Rumbling...
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Rating: 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛ Varanus Lair is a tri-fold pamphlet dungeon by Renata Sumadinata and Harbowoputra of Agarwood Studio. It’s statted for B/X or other similar OSR games,...
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Following up on my last post about a Southeast Asia hex map for my upcoming Mangayaw campaign, this is another quick post to share a second hex map I made specifically for the...
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As I've been discussing recently on Bluesky, I'm getting ready to start a campaign of Mangayaw, a Philippines-inspired Cairn hack, in a couple weeks with my group since we...Linked by the ring
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Following up on the post from this weekend about the depthcrawl procedure I plan to try out, this is the full text of the adventure I'll be playtesting this weekend, with a...
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I'm working on an adventure for Renegades & Razzcals, my work-in-progress weird fantasy game with Creative Wronging, and I've decided to try my hand at a depthcrawl, as that...
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Last week I wrote about how I'd adapted the Hazard Die for Mothership. This is a follow-up expounding more on how on how I've used it in different adventures over the past few...
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Rating:🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛ Lunar System is an evidence board making game created for the Below A Bad Moon Jam by Kaden Ramstack. While Kaden famously doesn’t know how to advertise...
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Heeding the call of Ben L on Bluesky for a Mothership blogging renaissance to fill in the fruitful voids left in that game, I'm writing up this quick post to talk about the...Linked by the ring
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The following is a rough playtest edition of this game for anyone interested in helping test and refine the mechanics. It will be updated in the future as the rules are...
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Rating:🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛ A Troll Hole If Ever There Was One is the first adventure in the Tales From the Lone Lands adventure anthology for The One Ring 2e. I recently finished up this...
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Messy Reviews are my attempt to bring the spirit of the Year of the Zungeon into review blogging against my busy schedule. I'm writing these quickly and getting them out there...