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Through The Void is a minimalist OSR (Old School Renaissance) inspired RPG for 1-7 players by Tony Vasinda and the Plus One Team. The core rules of the game fit on 1 sheet of...
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To the North and East of the Crystal Frontier, beyond the Bay of Fallen Stars or across the Maiden Tombs over the Road of Dead is the Province of Blackacre, sometimes known as...
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Posted on April 1, 2023 I had so much fun with my reading goal last year, I’m running it back. Rather than wait until the end, I figured I’d do periodic updates along the way....
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Working Old-School, Bear With MeImage From TumblrThe more time that's passed with this blog, the more I've become enthralled in exploring the GLoG design space. This is all...
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Posted on March 7, 2023 A quick loaf update! I’ve baked a few more loaves since my post about Andrew Barton’s The Long Loaf, and in that time my sourdough starter has grown...
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I'm about low barriers to entry, where it takes less than 30 minutes to learn the rules.I'm about story gaming x OSR.I'm about emotions, performance, telling a story, the...
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Last year I started what I hope will be an annual tradition, and posted reviews of my favorite things I read and watched in 2021. It's time again, so here are my favorites from...
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Posted on February 19, 2023 I’ve made a bunch of loaves from Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast by Ken Forkish, but they always felt like a special occasion. Which is delightful. I love...
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Here’s my detailed play report of Pirate Borg. I used the latest version of Overpowered, my weird solo OSR game.
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It's always the little thingsArt by Mike BeemanI'm a university student. More specifically, I happen to be a Canadian university student, meaning I have a functional (albeit...
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Posted on January 21, 2023 I’ve played Dungeons & Dragons on and off since I was a kid. I’ve played some other role-playing games here and there as well, but D&D has always...
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Posted on January 2, 2023 As part of a larger effort to spend less time on my phone and more time doing things I love, I read 61 books in 2022. I wrote about how it was strange...
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Character Generation and House Rules for My Home GameI'm going to be running a Crystal Frontier game online, the first semi-public game I've run since the end of G+. In...
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For the second meeting of the Roadside Picnic Basket Book Club, Trey from From the Sorcerer's Skull played host, and invited me to discuss the dungeoneering aspects of Peter...
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DESIGNING FOR DUNGEON 23With my decision to work on Dungeon23 coincides my starting a public Crystal Frontier Campaign and being dissatisfied with the progress I've been...
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You Believe Too Much, Think Too Little'Frpth' by Marina KrivenkoIt is often difficult to believe that witches, already viewed in a light of mystery, can achieve such feats as...
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A DUNGEON DESIGN CHALLENGE FOR THE NEW YEARSean McCoy of Mothership fame recently proposed a community challenge, event or project he calls Dungeon23. My friend Ben L. over at...
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It Is Not Who You AreArt by Tithi LuadthongMiddlingAs practitioners of The Primeval Forces, witches share much in common with druids. It is a fundamental part of a witch's...
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The fifth season of Nick LS Whelan's excellent Blogs on Tape project is well underway, and I've been fortunate enough to be included again this year!Big thanks to Nick for his...
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What Becomes Of Forgotten Knowledge?'All Seeing' by Hector MansillaCulture is weird. I find it very hard to quantify cultural beliefs. That may be because it is flat-out...
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Note: After reading through the first two chapters of Annie Dillard's "The Writing Life," I am happy to report that our feelings on creative literature intersect comfortably. I...
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This city never changes, this city never stays the same. Close to the coast in a river delta, San Sibilia’s sprawling districts are connected by rambling trams and ramshackle...
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The Workplace Recommends DexterityArt from BloodbornePer The Twelve Laws, Artisans never stop learning. Their education is perpetual, a machine that winds around itself, fueled...
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What distills from pain but pure, delicious rage?Art by Sackcloth & AshesThere are two distinctive schools of thought within the artisinal schools of The Republic: that the...
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I've created an Archive of all the free adventures I've written since 2012 here:FREE ADVENTURE PDF ARCHIVEI also wrote a paragraph about each the adventures included to place...
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Posted on August 21, 2022 I wouldn’t be surprised if Christopher Alexander’s “A Pattern Language” was more influential in the field of computer programming than it was in...
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Posted on August 14, 2022 When I step into a coffee shop that gets everything right, I step into a subtle alternate reality where I am cooler and more creative, less anxious,...
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This is a GM-less, rules-lite, comedic storytelling game for 3-5 people that's heavily inspired by Fiasco. Has been used to run stories of undersea scams, horror in the alpine...
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“No hay tierra para los ancianos”, dijo la voz que resonó desde la boca oscura de la puerta grande.El viejo se encogió de hombros y se alejó de la puerta, escuchando como se...
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In the old days, when they told you not to run, you sure as hell didn't. If you ran, your fate would be far worse. They would hoist you up like a feather-light thing, beat you...