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Less Combat ... More Obstacles I’ve been talking about dungeon crawling as a play style here for years, and I’m not alone among RPG bloggers to do so. Most of the points All...
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Gather with me around the fire as I bring you another tale of Meet the RPG. The night is cold and there are spirits moving in the darkness, but perhaps the story will bring...
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I've heard if monks making beer, wine, and even fruitcake, but never have I heard of an order of monks making websites. I kind of love it. (Too bad they're not still coding.)
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This is a topic I've been dancing around a lot for the past few months. As my observations have accumulated, I've begun to feel that it would be beneficial to collate my...
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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.We previously visited the Northfarthing near Long...
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I started this blog 6 years ago. Here was the last retrospective. It contains the origin story and some badly-aged advice.In the time since then, A Knight at the Opera has...
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As seems to be my way, it has been approximately FOREVER since I last played this solo game. I'm hopeful that I remember how any of this works. Last time: The gang got into a...
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I've just started playing in a duet Mothership game using adventures from the Devil's Due backer's preview PDF - and for once remembered that it's a lot easier to write play...
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from Wizard of BargeDue to playing a long-running, well, 6th level anyway, BX magic-user, I've had a lot of thoughts over the years about playing wizards in BX/OSE. I took a...
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I guess this is a retro game review blog now.
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Hello again, folks! Time for another sporadic review of something that I've run. This time I will be writing about Witches of Frostwyck, a wintry and folk-lorey adventure...
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The sequel is better than the original in this case (as with the movies, arguably). Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is an improvement on Super Star Wars in almost...
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Hey, players, it’s me again, trying to tell you how to play better. Thanks for putting up with me. I just wanted to share a quick thought on scenes, momentum, and...
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Starship crew refer to the reliably repetitive pattern of ship life as a rotating wheel with three handles.Transit, Dock, Layover, Transit, Dock, Layover, and so on forever. 1...
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Hookay, writing this blog post not because I have good ideas, but because I don't have any ideas. Bashing my head against a writing prompt is a good way to unblock creativity....
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I love pretending to be an elf just as much as the next guy, but it pales in comparison to the joys of pretending to be a mouse with a sewing needle sword at my side.
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I was gifted this and the rest of the Super Star Wars trilogy along with my Super Nintendo for my eighth birthday (or somewhere around there). Super Star Wars was the only one...
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The logo for Over/Under, created by Sam Sorensen. This post is part of a series. Resources as Players - Over/Under You are Here. Doing OT in OU - A Deep Dive into Over/Under...
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A review of the Haunting of Ypsilon-14 for Mothership after playing it.
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Posted on November 10, 2025 Dear Reader, I haven’t done a big introspective post about my feelings in a while, but I’m feeling it tonight. So buckle up, or hit the eject...
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Today is a grab bag. I am finishing up my next adventure and preparing to run a minimum viable version of it at PAX Unplugged. I am tempted to make my own Fishtown for my...
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At what point does a blog need to be paginated? Asking for a friend.
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I kind of really don't like reviewing media. Every book, game, et cetera is special in its own way, right? Still, I'm slowly working my way through my past media, writing...
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A selection of foul concoctions.
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click to view full sizeCeci est un linguistic hexmap. Connections are in yellow, language barriers (heh) are in red.I made it by running a picture of shiny fabric thru a...
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This game runs itself. I don’t mean that it’s easy to run, because I think if you are coming from a traditional or even OSR background you will find that this game is quite an...
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chugga choo choo In November of 2024, Maggie Mahoney hosted a month-long Itch Jam titled the "Tabletop Train Jam." At the time, I thought this was a fantastic idea, but...
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A non combat resolution game is a kind of game that exists within the setting and is an accepted way to resolve disputes without involving direct violence. Ideally it can be...
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A Dungeon Crawl Classics conversion guide for Joseph R. Lewis’s latest adventure.More