directsun

directsun

@directsun.bsky.social

Mr. Puzzle Dungeon. Author of Aberrant Reflections, The Seers Sanctum, and A Familiar Tower. Mid-life time achievement Carnie Award winner. πŸŽ‰

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@directsun.bsky.social

POV: you're playing a character in a game of survival horror. You've finally managed to find meager light in this cold dark dungeon. You hear the shuffling and dragging of prodigious bulk. The GM drops this bad boy down on the table.

Fats Durston@fatsdurston.bsky.social

I, uh, "carved" a mini for the tabletop sessions.

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Goblins Don't Wear Shirts πŸ³β€πŸŒˆ [he/him]
@goblinsdontwearshirts.itch.io

Always loved this adventure, it inspired a drawing a few years back. Meet β€œThe Lamb”

Goblin Punch@goblinpunch.bsky.social

Another Interesting Thing: Lair of the Lamb has been compressed and amputated into a smaller one-shot by Directsun. Despite it's smaller size, it still retains all its sharp edges. πŸ‘ Lair of the Lamb: One-Shot Edition | Just the Games share.google/jTLd6NmG8q4O...

share.googleπŸ‘ Lair of the Lamb: One-Shot EditionSurvival horror funnel adventure.

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@icastlight.bsky.social

Perfect for a Halloween 1-shot! And @directsun.bsky.social has done a great job with the digital tools here

Goblin Punch@goblinpunch.bsky.social

Another Interesting Thing: Lair of the Lamb has been compressed and amputated into a smaller one-shot by Directsun. Despite it's smaller size, it still retains all its sharp edges. πŸ‘ Lair of the Lamb: One-Shot Edition | Just the Games share.google/jTLd6NmG8q4O...

share.googleπŸ‘ Lair of the Lamb: One-Shot EditionSurvival horror funnel adventure.
directsun
@directsun.bsky.social

Do want. Bonus: happy to give players a @hodagrpg.bsky.social action figure

Zak H. | Bommyknocker Press@bommyknocker.bsky.social

Dare you spend your hard-earned gold in the Dungeon Vending Machine? #osr #ttrpg #blogpost

bommyknocker.bearblog.devd100 - What's In The Dungeon Vending Machine?In the depths of the catacomb stands a strange machine: a heavy metal cabinet, painted in bright colours. A light blinks above a small slot with a picture of a coin beside it. What could it hold?

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Seraphina Garcia Ramirez πŸ”œ Metatopia
@seraphina.diceexploder.com

Satah and Jess were wonderful hosts, and I deeply adored the excuse to spend two hours going β€œwouldn’t it be cool if” over and over. this bit hit me like lightning rewatching the movie, and I’m delighted it stuck with them as well. What makes us not Things? Listen to us try and figure that out!

This Should Be a Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me

YOU DONT TRUST ANYBODY. YOU WANT TO SURVIVE. YOU WANT EVERYONE TO TRUST YOU. YOU WANT TO ESCAPE. YOU DONT WANT YOUR ENEMY TO ESCAPE. YOU ONLY REVEAL YOUR VIOLENT NATURE WHEN PUSHED TO YOUR LIMIT. with @seraphina.diceexploder.com 🧊

rss.comThe Thing (1982) - 02 - with Seraphina Garcia Ramirez | This Should Be A Game!Talking with Seraphina Garcia Ramirez (@seraphina.diceexploder.com) about how to turn 1982's The Thing into a TTRPG.

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Woefully Encysted Creature
@forlornencystment.bsky.social

I did a deep dive into the AD&D DMG's Appendix A! What is the difference between a chamber & a room? What table do I roll on & when? Is the dungeon supposed to be stupid? Is it supposed to go on forever? Who built this thing, anyway? All this & more in the post below! #TTRPG #D&D #AD&D #OSR

forlornencystment.blogspot.comAnalyzing Appendix AI've wanted to do a deep dive into the AD&D DMG's Appendix A for a while, but have struggled to get started because this section of the DMG ...

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Brad Kerr
@bradkerr.net

WEIRD LITTLE FREAKS, a tournament adventure module by me and @betterlegends.bsky.social now has an official Shadowdark conversion by the great @nightnoon.games. Thank you Michael! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

drivethrurpg.comWeird Little Freaks | Swordlords Publishing | Swordlords Publishing | DriveThruRPGWelcome to the dungeon... A hive of monsters, maniacs, and misanthropes awaits all who come come to these fell halls. Beware: three evil masters stand guard, slathering their vile influence over all w...

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Skullboy is at Arcanecon
@betterlegends.bsky.social

I'm not on this episode because me and Brad and Yochai got in a big fight and I'm off the pod now. I don't want people to pick sides just listen to the episode Yochai explains everything

Yochai Gal@yochaigal.bsky.social

Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net and I review The Eye of the Aeons by James Barker, talk about what we've been playing, and answer a mootsack question about the limitations of gold for xp. www.patreon.com/betweentwoca...

patreon.comThe Eye of the Aeons | Between Two CairnsYochai & Brad review The Eye of the Aeons by James Barker, talk about what they've been playing, and answer a mootsack question. Hero's Jour

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Brad Kerr
@bradkerr.net

This adventure I wrote is live now on Kickstarter! It's got 88 pages, 2.5 dungeons, a big point crawl, and a town with some problemsssssss, baby. Look at that art! Look at those maps! Stay frosty!!!

The Merry Mushmen@themerrymushmen.bsky.social

Winter and the Wolf Princess live now on Kickstarter. Pledge now! (or be damned for ever) (and ever). www.kickstarter.com/projects/xno...

kickstarter.comComing soon: Winter and the Wolf PrincessAn adventure playable with Old School Essentials and any other derivative of the classic Dragon game

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Rise Up (From the Grave) Comus
@riseupcomus.bsky.social

This is a HUGE contribution to tooling for running games at the table. DirectSun is burying the lede a little. He has made a web template that lets you have clickable maps, preview hyperlinks, and have multiple views of an adventure open at once. This is an incredible resource for GMs!

directsun@directsun.bsky.social

I've been working on this for some time and with the release of the first three Cairn CAS adventures in Markdown, I thought this was as good a time as any to make a few announcements.

games.puzzledungeon.comJust The GamesReference at the speed of play.
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@directsun.bsky.social

Using these features is my preferred way to run games when I'm running on the internet. I'm not trying to replace PDFs, just offering a digital-focused alternative for when you're already staring at a computer screen.

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@directsun.bsky.social

Sites like the Cairn SRD and the Designing Dungeons Course are written in a simple styling format called Markdown and then converted to web pages using an automated process. The extra gaming plugins work with the same tools and can be dropped in to existing or new sites just as easily as any others.

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@directsun.bsky.social

I'll also mention that @maximlowe.com has not only graciously made Cairn conversion notes for A Familiar Tower, but also created an alternate Markdown version of A Familiar Tower specifically for Cairn. So you can run as-is, no context switching necessary!

directsun
@directsun.bsky.social

What I'm most excited about are the extra features to make running the game easier. Hovering over links will preview them, clicking on dice notation will roll dice, maps have click-able regions that take you to their keys. Just a few features from a suite of plug-ins called Just The Games.

directsun
@directsun.bsky.social

First, A Familiar Tower and Puzzle Dungeon: The Seers Sanctum are now available in Markdown and are playable in browser, complete with image support! The Markdown versions are free and licensed under CC BY NC 4.0. The artwork presented is property of the original artist and is used with permission.

directsun
@directsun.bsky.social

There you'll also find a copy of the original OGL version of the Old School Essentials SRD available for quick reference at the same place where you run your games.

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Yochai Gal
@yochaigal.bsky.social

I wrote a post about keying, and how it's weird that we don't have a name for all the various styles! Note: this post is not about the best kind of keying (though my preference does exist). It's more about naming the thing so we can discuss the thing. newschoolrevolution.com/the-keys-to-...

newschoolrevolution.comThe Keys to My HeartMy day job consists largely of reading adventures and providing feedback. And while I've read hundreds of OSR modules by now, I still don't have a good way...