rootring
rooted in blogs, linked in a ringDreaming Dragonslayer
Visit site Feed Incoming links Search this blog
On the ring since 2026-03-24
Latest activity 7y ago
363 posts
Older posts · Back to profile
Earlier
-
We have “one-shots” in the shared gaming lexicon. A “one-shot” is an adventure completed in a single sitting. Gaming conventions often feature one-shots as the group you’re...
-
“GRIT” is a system I’ve begun to develop in order to run a game online with some casual friends. I’ve run World of Elements and World of Dungeons (both are simple PtbA games)...
-
Learn more about the contest here. This was a mentally exhausting task. Thank goodness I’m obsessive. However, my obsessive nature wouldn’t let me finalize the project until...
-
I’ve been dorking with Initiative Alternatives for a while now. The Angry GM also has a great post on encumbrance and what it’s for. To summarize (Angry’s words, not mine): You...Linked by the ring
-
Ask and you shall receive. I realize now that my hack of the fantastic Into the Odd does not include anything not already laid out in the free edition of the game (found here)....
-
My RPG-related products from Gen Con 2019: John Wick’s Play Dirty John Wick’s Play Dirty 2 Troika! Tiny Dungeons 2e Mothership (Winner of Best Game 2019) Dead Planet (Scenario...
-
A table I made for a friend who wanted to run a Harry Potter RPG. Were I to run this today, I’d probably use FATE Accelerated. Some of these I seem to remember lifting nearly...
-
I’ve been messing around with the Into the Odd system. I realized after posting that last article that I had put changes into the game without explanation. So here it is. My...
-
I’ve continued to add content and make the rules of Into the Odd on only three sheets of paper: one for regular play, one for character generation, one for factions, etc. I am...
-
I’ve decided to keep my gaming group together by giving them what brought them here in the first place: good old fantasy gaming. So while we used Maze Rats in the last...
-
Work for the summer has indeed begun for me. Ideas come in quick spurts in the brief moments of peace and I’ve tried my darnedest to collect them all. A couple of things have...
-
DnD 5e’s ordered initiative can be improved. Like, a lot. Step-by-step going through the order can slog things way down. And you know it. If your initiative system works now,...
-
Inspired by the likes of Bladerunner, Altered Carbon, Minority Report, Shadowrun, The Matrix, and the like, Blood and Chrome is a cyberpunk RPG about heists, harsh city life,...
-
It’s summer so I get to write more! Here’s the link for the game, you hungry hippo. If nothing else, read the Naming Ceremony at the end. It seriously makes giggle every time...
-
One semester of classes, 25 sessions, 50 hours of gameplay, 50+ hours of prep, 14 total players, couple hundred monster tokens, 13 dead PCs, 9 Artifacts, 6 dead Lords of the...
-
The Maze Rats have their backs to the wall! In a stunning turn of events, Kothar, the guild’s lead wizard, has been attacked by an Artifact placed in the Bleak Hound tavern by...
-
With the Maze Rats campaign winding down (AKA coming screaming to a climax), I’ve begun looking ahead to the next open-table endeavor. I’m looking at a fantasy version of Gold...
-
I’ve been reading World of Dungeons: Turbo Breakers and Monster of the Week. Both very good games. Also, The Adventure Zone got me more interested in MotW after initially...
-
The Campaign of Skorne uses the RPG Maze Rats by Ben Milton of Questing Beast Blog and Knave fame. There were two big changes I wanted to make to Maze Rats in regards to the...
-
Continuing the conversation on what it takes to run an open table, specifically with the campaign concept. I went through many iterations of my game before settling on what is...
-
Today we’re talking more about the Campaign of Skorne after talking City Game last time. After the players do their shopping, project, or training Actions, the City Game ends...
-
The first hour of each session is the City Game (the “City” being the City of Skorne), where most of the “acting role-playing” happens. There’s usually a brutal opening scene...
-
With the death of G+, there’s an opportunity to start in the blogosphere for OSR and tabletop adventure games. As it happens, I’ve been running an open-table Maze Rats game for...