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A Mythic Bastionland game jam will be launching soon on itch.My enthusiasm for game jams tends to exceed my follow-through, but just to put something into the ether, this is...
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I recently put up a bunch of additional damage matrices for weapons found in traditional fantasy rpgs not in troika as well as stuff like getting hit by trains or caught in...
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Before getting into the episode notes, I'll just say something quick about actual plays in general. I've listened to a lot of them, and my main reason for doing so, is that I...
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Recently I reconnected with a friend of mine and we talked about where we had been chilling out online. I mentioned that I was in a discord server for ttrpg people who are...
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While I ReadA tradition from RPG.net where a person reads through a book and gives first impressions as they go through the book. This is Part 4. Part 1 has my thoughts on the...
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A set of hex tiles based on paintings from the Met Collection, for use with Hex Kit.
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A set of hex tiles based on paintings from the Met Collection, for use with Hex Kit.
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With a campaign primer in hand, you sought out players. And players you've got. What now? Let us explore, how you can turn this idea into an actual campaign.
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One of the joys of having no posting schedule and, let’s be honest, a very small audience, is that I don’t feel any pressure to post. Usually when Yore is quiet I’m up to a...
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A session report for a sci-fi mech campaign.
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When the Characters find themselves haplessly traipsing about in very strange places, be it Dolmenwood’s Realms of Fairy, the Gardens of Ynn, or even the odd Elfin Woodland...
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We're talking about violence, racial killings and rape - Which uhhh, very heavy needless to say. I'm not sure I handled it all with the greatest grace, so if you don't have the...
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A trader selling herbal medicine, her beautiful children, and a trail of empty cribs.+++A DAY FROM TOWN, BY A MUDDY BANKAuntie Sa is breaking camp. Her four daughters douse the...
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From the widest gully to the deepest trench, holes define who we are and where we are going. And although Rover here may not know it, he is participating in a ritual as old as...
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You are stranded on a hostile planet, but fortunately its subterranean tunnels are rich with the fuel you need to get back home. Less fortunately the tunnels are also home to...
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TL;DR: in fantasy Earth, all geological phenomena are caused by dwarf activity. When a portion of the semi-molten rock in the earth’s mantle seeps upwards into the crust...
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Hole in the Wall is a weird, magical tavern filled with the potential for opportunity, tragedy, and fun that you can drop into any fantasy RPG. It's a location particularly...
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Musings on treasure in dungeons.
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Created as part of Prismatic Wasteland’s Holes Blog Bandwagon, in which we all write about holes. Some holes are more literal than others, I suppose. And maybe one of these...
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Bearmon is my partner Digimon, btw. The Pikachu to my Ash Howdy, Farmhands! Digimon World 3 for the original Playstation is one of my favorite childhood games. It's...
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This is my tier list for "ways that board games end." Either the trigger for the ending or the way you evaluate the results or whatever. Anything having to do with the ending...
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Names of places come difficult for me, too!I wrote Lorn Song as being suitable for slotting into any "peripheral" territory---ie: any region outside a metropole / imperial...
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The explanation I wish I had
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// content warning: brief allusions to violence against women, as well as an unpleasant implication from the fantasy CIA. Be kind, folks! Once upon a time, the Bromeillan...
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Greetings folks! I know it's been quite here of late, but nevertheless I've been working behind the scenes. If last year was about reviewing adventure modules, this year is...
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"Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot."You have likely seen or been recommended the newest episode of...
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I did it!
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This is a review of the One Ring TTRPG by Free League publishing. It is also a chronicle of my descent into Middle Earth and far longer than it needs to be, so here is the...
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1995. In the Battlefield Mall, a war is brewing. Two karate dojos, alike in indignity, battle to see who is truly worthy to call themselves the inheritors of Juan Matus...
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Perhaps we have the venerable “Prancing Pony” to thank for it, but for some reason it seems that most Taverns seem to be a bit more memorable when given Names, and I often see...