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The Goblovna1 has always been a bit sceptical of the whole 'roleplaying game' thing. In part because being handed a 300-page technical manual to read isn't her idea of a fun...
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Some of my favourite blog posts of 2024 that did not win a Bloggie.
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The Darken/Nier series is one of those classic "I frequently forget this is technically fantasy" series, and it's one that's shaped my tastes in characters quite a bit. It's...
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As a relative newbie in the TTRPG blogosphere (is that still a word?), I am discovering dozens and dozens of blogs and trying fruitlessly to catch up on hundreds of blog posts....
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Weird Wonder, the blog of Amanda P. reviews Mythic Bastionland
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Hello. I have many names, but most of you know me as G. R. Michael. I come before you, the fantasy roleplaying community, with a brief plea. Once again I am begging you to...
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In November, I ran a oneshot using my ruleset/setting/campaign, The Drowned Isles. I was trying to test drive the kernel of a ruleset I’ve written as well as some character...
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A Call to ForumsLet's bring back forums! Or rather, let's bring OSR discussions back to forums. Indeed, there are already OSR and RPG-related discussions happening on places...
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Note: An earlier edit of this article previously appeared on my author website, www.shannonrampe.com. Each GM has their own distinctive approach to planning and running...
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We burned through the global industrial-scale of fossil fuels faster than anticipated, the bodies of fresh water are shriveled corpses of their former glory leaking their...
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Writing this quickly for the pseudo-real system that exists in my head—apologies if my next few class posts are incomprehensible for your preferred elf-game. Generic setting...
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Mothership is an awesome sci-fi/horror TTRPG echoing films like Alien, Event Horizon, and The Thing. The rules are fast and easy-to-learn, the presentation is beautiful, and...
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For the past few months I’ve been running a weekly Cairn campaign. We are currently playing through the Valley of Flowers. Every week I’ll update this post with a summary of...
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Mulling over the value proposition of buying a game.
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A slight detour from our regular schedule into weird, weird cities. Ever since discovering the New Weird with Perdido Street Station by China Miéville, and then City of Saints...
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...or at least their names.I had an idea for a useful table that would actually fit in a blog post and said to myself all right, let's do it. This is a system/table for...
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Just a quick one to announce that my adventure, The Demon of Dogwater Gulch, is finally out! Get it here:The Demon of Dogwater Gulch by Gordian BladeAn Introductory LANCER...
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The RPG Blog Carnival for this month takes The Worlds Between as its theme. Bridges always feel like a liminal space to me. You're neither on one bank nor the other, but...
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One of the best decisions I made when I ran my last Lancer campaign was putting together a faction roster. Instead of making new bespoke NPCs for every single combat, I made a...
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Grab your copy of my free low-level Mörk Borg and Shadowdark adventure “A Stinking Suspicion.”More
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The list of campy cyberpunk movies that serve as my personal Appendix N for Cy_Borg games.More
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One of the things I love most about the Dragon of Icespire Peak D&D Campaign is that there's no pre-baked plot for you to follow. When I first read it, I found that...
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The 2024 Bloggie awards are here, and DIY & dragons is a finalist in two categories! official BLOGGIES 2024 art ‘Blugtarp Blogeye and Weyman the Well-Read’ by Hodag Warren...
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Before I left Bluesky, I sent out a poll about what kinds of posts I should focus on this year. Warren from Prismatic Wastelands responded to that thread by asking me a number...
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I don’t like dying very much. (For clarity, this is a post about RPGs. My thoughts regarding death in real life are a matter for another time.) I get attached to characters...
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I did it! I published my first RPG module! Here it is: https://gordianblade.itch.io/the-demon-of-dogwater-gulchThat is, it's mostly published. It's still in a WIP/early...
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New year, new start! I'm going to take a crack at all of my old drafts. 2025 me needs to work on curbing my perfectionism, which means that this one is going to be brief. Let's...
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A reading informed review of Infærnum.
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Posted on January 4, 2025 I didn’t realize it as it was happening, or really until I sat down to write a post reflecting on 2024, but it turns out it was a year of a lot of...
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I like thinking about alternative ability scores for D&D-like systems. Taking a bit of inspiration from Call of Cthulhu's Sanity score, here's an alternative take on character...