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- The 46er - August 2026 Distancing yourself from GM-centrism, one step at a time
- The 46er - August 2026 Difficulty Spikes, a silly mechanic
- The 46er - July 2026 Lake-lady, a Cairn 2e background
- The 46er - July 2026 Simulation is the antithesis of play
- Random Blogwagon Roundup Pondering about input and output randomness in ttrpgs
- Shiny TTRPG links #280 Pondering about input and output randomness in ttrpgs
- Shiny TTRPG links #260 Rating GM names for fun
- Shiny TTRPG links #259 Beating up a dead horse without rolling for initiative
- Shiny TTRPG links #251 Brief perspectives on rule density and 5e
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I recently read the statement that "not having turns on combat puts a burden on the GM"1 and I had to squint at the screen for a little while. Like, I get not liking combat...Linked by the ring
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A Difficulty Spike is a d4 that gets subtracted from a die roll. I had this idea a long time ago but I didn't have a blog back then and didn't care enough to write it down. I...Linked by the ring
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This is a weird one. I think even though simulation and play can be used as synonyms, there is something immensely antagonistic within these words... Semantics is always the...Linked by the ring
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There is a platonic ideal of a Hellboy rpg which I will never play because it hides within the human factors that are intertwined with any ttrpg ruleset. For me, it's a lot...
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I had the idea to write this yesterday in the shower, then I thought "hm maybe I should look up what other people have said about it first" but like, where's the fun in that?...
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This is an idea I've had in my mind for a while now, but never felt solid enough to write down, so I've decided to force myself into writing it due to Weird Writer's girly...Linked by the ring
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I'm not sure how to start this one properly, but I'll probably link this from my Steam profile in the future. Well, I missed the opportunity to have my first review on the blog...
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I remember when starting my second ever ttrpg group, one of my players, when invited, asked me who else we were going to play with. "You know, because playing rpgs is like sex,...
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Have you all seen that Ben Brode talk about designing Marvel Snap? Have you also seen that Prismatic Wasteland is doing that thing he does where he keeps telling people to...Linked by the ring
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This post contains mild spoilers regarding Pirate Borg's starting adventure, The Curse of Skeleton Point. Ahoy folks or something of the sort. I've been postponing this because...