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Session Report 39 already (technically the 2nd of the blog, but ya know). First some session building/prep then the report. Urarani Loot I mentioned last time I wanted to drum...
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Hey I decided to make a Webring for specifically bay area ttrpg people! I made it via onion ring so shout out to those wonderful people.If you wanna join the webring shoot me...
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If you are one of the players in my Legend in the Mist game, turn back now! There's nothing here for you! Have they left? Okay good, now I can talk shit about them behind their...
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I was never really satisfied with mechanics for fighting really big guys. Vaulting up to a cyclops's eye or clambering along a dragon's scales to stab at its heart should...
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I just read Cats Have No Lords's post Tyranny of the Crawl (as well as the accompanying topic on The Cauldron), and it got me thinking about the relationship between hexcrawls...
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There's nothing revolutionary in this post, but I think it contains generally good advice and feels worthwhile articulating.When an RPG gives you something generic, a player...
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It's time to flip the script on April Fools' Day. What ideas and techniques do rpgs have that cookbooks can steal? Five ideas, number 3 will surprise you!
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My only experience with Super Mario World was accidentally (on purpose) overwriting my older cousin's save during a visit after playing for a few hours and not wanting to lose...
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Been tinkering with some advice for pacing a game of Intergalactic. I suspect I'll go a bit further than this, but it's a start.The speed at which the group moves through...
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I was recently at the Vienna Fantasy Gaming & Roleplay Con - spritual successor to what used to be known as 'Harry-con'. I did not have vast amounts of time alas so wandered...
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Monthly design jams, critique, theory, and inspiration for tabletop rpg designers by rpg designers. Vetted. Looted. Curated.
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My friends David and Sandro AD were kind enough to join me on a maiden voyage of my Honeybee RPG tonight and we had a rip-roaring good time. This past weekend I decided to...
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The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Date Played April 1, 2026 Adventure Down Darker Trails - Shadows over Stillwater System Pulp Cthulhu GM Jess Player Count 4 My Role Player...
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The phallus is masculine in the same way a penis is masculine. I wrote a primer on Lacan’s concept of phallic desire a month ago, and I realize—although my blog is mine and my...
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My marble visage wrinkles with an Ozymandian sneer when I read the countless posts advocating the disposal of this rule or that procedure because they are, and I'm trying my...
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New to the ongoing blog series called STQK "Would you like to know more?" Hello there, We continue with the last episode in the Gamma World 1e system. Scene 1 After it seemed...
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Of all the factions and polities in Barony, the White City has always been the hardest for me to draw and think about visually. Part of this is scale - the images for these...
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What if I told you that you could map every single element in your adventure to one of two states? You heard it here first friends and enemies: I’m back in the writing mines,...
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Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene has a Gen AI problem!
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Listen to this episode here. Bee and Barclay are the hosts of Tabletop Book Club, a podcast that is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a show with such fun...
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A review of Dungeon, Inc., the new game from the Merry Mushmen. It's a great mix of modern mechanics, old fashioned dungeons, and office politics. Also you get to play monsters!
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I've run two sessions of Classic Traveller in the past week, one in the gay beholder server and another at my home table. Instead of doing a big AAR for both I have the time to...
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We started preparing for our GURPS mini campaign about two months ago. Myself and several other intrepid explorers from the Paper Cult forums have been running a variety of our...
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Party Bronir - Diaz Daranth - Me Grundle - N Olyandor - Oly Rosrolar - Stroszek Ulia - Deb Oldskolgmr - GM SessionWe start on the road to Elkoi (sic) westernmost citadel of...
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The Maul of America is the primary dungeon in Invisible Hands, a campaign I have thought a lot about but not run. Here are even more monsters from the economic depths. If you...
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While running Libra and, now, prepping for Not My Destination, I'm still trying to keep up at least a once-a-month cadence for posts about my 2nd edition domain rules, to prove...
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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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Some of the most useful tools for a GM are tables and oracles. In it's most basic form random tables can aid a GM to make decisions or perhaps throw the adventure in a...
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Last weekend I (officially) attended my third Gary Con. My first was in 2020, which was unfortunately moved online for obvious reasons, and I also attended in 2024. In 2022 and...