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This is the second session of my solo Mythic Bastionland campaign. The first session is here.As before, the music has been kindly provided by PrismaticNoiseProject.Recording:...
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I've been thinking a lot about trying to run D&D 5e in a more old-school style, where encounter balance is tossed out the window, healing is reduced, and the game is just a lot...
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Graphic design tips for self-published TTRPGs to facilitate print and play and help minimize the effect of the recent tariffs.More
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Alongside our weekly Cairn campaign I’m also starting up a Wildsea Campaign! Every week(ish) I’ll update this post with a summary of our adventure.
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Another Prep Tool Note: This post includes spoilers for the adventures Another Bug Hunt and A Wicked Secret. This is the first content, theory, or prep post I'm writing. The...
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Posted on April 14, 2025 I just got back from a mini-con/GM retreat and wanted to jot down some highlights and reflections before I have to do my chores and get back to the...
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I finally finished the 4th book of the Neapolitan Novels series by Elena Ferrante (otherwise known as the My Brilliant Friend series). To transform my impressions and emotions...
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A look at the Shadowdark gauntlet modules I enjoy and how I run them.More
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Thoughts on how to replicate roguelike gameplay in tabletop RPGs.
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So those tariffs, huh? Years of folks collectively manifesting US global economic dominance and imperialism to take a hit has finally begun actualizing to the dismay of many...
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The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Adventure Through Ultan's Door System Dreamland GM Jason Player Count 4 My Role Player (Lily/Cultist/Rollory) Number of Sessions 1 The...
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UPDATE Since writing this review, the team running the kickstarter offered an opportunity for backers to cancel their pledges and actually receive a refund due to the large...
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Jasper, this month, is the Word. Jasper is the pass/code/warning that the Singers of the Cities (who, last month, sang “Opal” from their divine injuries; and on Mars I’d heard...
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Recently watched the Paramount+ era Star Trek stuff (besides Strange New Worlds- waiting for that to wrap) and also The Orville. Felt mixed on Star Trek, but even the stuff I...
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(Photos: Patrick Stuart, Scrap)Attention As DevotionIn Nottingham we visited the Museum Of Curiosities.It boasts “haunted items from around the world”, gathered via its owner’s...
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Have you ever GMed before? …This is a blog post, I can’t hear your answer. I don’t know why you bothered. To some degree, the GM is just a role like any other. Plenty of games...
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A look at the roundabout way I have established design goals for my first TTRPG system.More
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On the secret GLOG server, semiurge said somebody ought to write a monster post. No setting stuff, no Lore, just 'orrible monsters. Here you go. Source: Thomas Nast,...
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A blog post about how to design a regional sandbox pointcrawl map that is player-facing.
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Add these to the list of troublesome resource-consuming creatures like rust monsters, oozes, and the like.Tongue crabOrnery crustaceans that come to about mid-thigh with a dull...
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From Sir Ian McKellen's Excellent Acting AdviseQuite a few people are aware I have somewhat... complicated feelings on theater. Even more so the perception that games that...
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1. Portal Gun: Like the game. It can be a wand instead for fantasy.2. Phasing Spear: It can stab through doors and other barriers as if they weren't there.3. Healing Arrows:...
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(Photo by Shuyi)A CROCODILE, EATING is an installation work, ritual performance, and shrine.It is part of WEIRD HOPE ENGINES, a contemporary visual art exhibition about...
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This is the nodecrawl post. A nodecrawl is the way that I tend to think about information that isn't organized in a more specific way. As this post will later define, there...
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This is Part 2 of the Play Something Else (If You Want) series. Check out Part 1 here.Dear All Powerful Finn, Who Dispenses Such Profound Wisdom on Her Little Blog Which is...
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This is an odd post, it’s adventure design advice, specifically dungeon/location based adventure design, but it’s not about specifics, just the process. I have been reading...
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As I explore how we create narratives in TTRPGs, I became interested in the narrative sandbox approach, which I've written about previously. Sandbox style games are an...
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Rulebook cover for Vaesen This was a pickup game after Precognition! I had been itching to play this system for a while and opted to join. Glad I did as it was very cool and...
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A discussion on pricing game PDFs.
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The dragons of this world are massive creatures dwarfing blue whales, amphibians that have evolved into a shape and ecological niche somewhat like sharks.Dragon tadpoles hatch...