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On the ring since 2026-03-26
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Here are some of my fresh thoughts after wrapping up a mini-campaign running Crown of Salt in Mörk Borg. This took a total of 5 2hr-ish sessions with a group consisting of 3-6...
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I’m gonna be honest, when I first heard the term 'matrix game' (uttered by Tim B during an NSR camp hangout) I fully thought he was talking about TTRPGs based on the popular...
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A thought I’ve been coming back to a lot recently is product utility in TTRPGs. I don’t think about it a lot for other creative mediums, so it feels a bit weird to use that...
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I want to start by saying I’m really happy this product exists. I was talking to a game designer a few weeks ago who said of the Tome of Adventure Design that he loves it...
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This game runs itself. I don’t mean that it’s easy to run, because I think if you are coming from a traditional or even OSR background you will find that this game is quite an...Linked by the ring
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“Why does Sully always start us in fantasy’s biggest shitholes?” I like low-fantasy, what can I say? I have come to the conclusion that running OSR games for 2 players is not...Linked by the ring
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GMing a regular game often means being creative on a tight deadline. This can be alleviated somewhat by running pre-written adventures/modules, but even then you are expected...
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I’d hate to miss hopping on a blog bandwagon so here we go. Here’s my list of genre inspirations that work their way into the games I run in some form or another. So, in no...
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Some thoughts on Shadowdark as an introductory system for complete beginners. Mild spoiler warning for Tomb of the Dusk Queen by Sersa Victory. I ran a pickup game of...
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A lot of us like to homebrew our settings, or play in official TTRPG settings built from the ground up to work with whatever system we choose to run. While I love a good TTRPG...
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Not gonna lie, I never thought of myself as the target audience for this kind of game. I am not a Critical Role viewer. I also am not super into kitchen-sink, modern d20...
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If you would like to see a full play report of this campaign, check out Uncanny Earth Self Congratulations We did it. Truly, this has been a fruitful experience that allowed me...
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The bloggosphere has united around holes, courtesy of Prismatic Wasteland’s rallying cry. So let me talk about the most dreaded of holes in fiction… PLOT HOLES! And why you...
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Ok so this is specifically dissecting the Luck stat in DCC and its sister systems. Much has been said over how and when to use it as a GM. I think a lot of that discussion has...
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Modern living has us giving up more and more of our precious leisure time. I don’t want to be the guy who laments that I don’t have time to play TTRPGs. I want to be in this...Linked by the ring
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Let's jump on this bandwagon... Prep is a scary word for me. Having gone to high-school in the UK, that word is forever ingrained as a synonym for homework. That's not a state...Linked by the ring
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Tame, the God of Dogs, is a lesser deity worshipped in the Central Empire. While predating the worship of the God of Logic, tame worship has been a staple of Imperial society...
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I recently started to listen to two audiobooks simultaneously. I’m not a big audiobook guy, but I am starting to see the value in listening to a story, vs having to use my eyes...
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I do a lot of thinking about my hobbies and the media I consume. Way too much, I'd say. It's a procrastination mechanism my brain comes up with to distract me from doing actual...