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Recently, my players have turned their attention away from the dungeon and began exploring a bit of the overworld. They opted to embark on a few rather self-contained...
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On the matter of writing empty hexesI've already talked about my approach to writing Tolkien content, here. I've learned that I need to create actionable, discrete details--not...
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It’s time we re-examine what we mean when we use the term “quantum ogre”. The seed of this post started when Valeria posted her review of Fabula Ultima and quoted Emanuele...
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Islands of Weirdhope, the maritime expandalone to ECO MOFOS!!, by the fearsome pairing of David Blandy and Daniel Locke, is currently crowdfunding.Scant hours left! The...
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Collage by me. Kazar (2025)City of DreamsWelcome to Kazar, the westernmost city of the Rumpizh Desert. It's known as the City of Dreams for good reason - there's something in...
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Trigésimo post del Noviembre Hermético 2025 en Tejón Gallud.
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(Somehow I missed posting this here, whoops.) Talking about the execution and intent of my new Mythic Bastionland supplement, designed to thicken the delightful and captivating...
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The GLOGoids are thinking about paladins, again (and again and again and again), and I like being contrary (and I've had these template names sitting around for...
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Vigesimonoveno post del Noviembre Hermético 2025 en Tejón Gallud.
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An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project. Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series.In the east of the Shire, north of the Water, are...
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This past weekend I attended PAX Unplugged for the third time, a con that I highly recommend as it is a very fun mix of board games and roleplaying games. My General Strategy...
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Recently, some impressive work Mapping the RPG blogosphere by elmcat had me thinking about the recent surge in new Blogs about these games. It is very exciting to see more and...
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Thanksgiving is OVER! It is time for SADNESS!
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This is a session write up and review of the work-in-progress GM-full game Seven Part Pact by Jay Dragon. Jay describes it thusly, "The seven greatest wizards in the world...
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Vigesimoctavo post del Noviembre Hermético 2025 en Tejón Gallud.
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Armor is not very fashionable. (1DR; -1 to Reaction rolls) The refined adventurer has other options.Mourning Black - A particular shade for particular occasions. Grief is...
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While you are planning to carve up the turkey 🦃, here's how to carve up 🔪 PCs.Death & dismemberment tables are a bit of table "tech" I return to, because I think they are a...
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The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Date Played August 16, 2025 Playtest Infected Settlement in Sector 6 – Exiled Seers System Orbital Megastructure GM Evlyn Moreau Player...
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Vigésimoséptimo post del Noviembre Hermético 2025 en Tejón Gallud.
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A blog post talking about the events of PAX Unplugged 2025, specifically focused on several playtest sessions of OSR games.
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An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.
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I did a fun little walkthrough of B1: In Search of the Unknown over on Bluesky. While you can read the detailed play by play over there (including my step by step stocking of...
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Getting around a ship can sometimes be worse than getting around the galaxy. Any point on a ship is defined by its Deck and Compartment numbers. DecksStandard-sized ships have...
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Spacer consciousness has been bleeding into material reality far before they returned. The Space Cases are born from humans but their minds have been touched. Those often...
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It's Troika Tuesday A PDF for download can be found here
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The Presbyter taught that there was no mercy in this world save but that which we gave one another, and for this, he was killed mercilessly. No wound or cruelty on this earth...
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Troika!'s initiative system is weird.The Referee assigns a number to each player. Two tokens with this number are put into the bag for each player. Then the Referee puts the...
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A thought I’ve been coming back to a lot recently is product utility in TTRPGs. I don’t think about it a lot for other creative mediums, so it feels a bit weird to use that...
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Its not *always* trial by combat... How law and order work in medieval societies can be used to enhance our pseudo-medieval fantasy games by providing important constraints.I...
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A short and sweet review of a starter adventure for Mausritter.