AND IT’S LIVE!
The Turtle God waits for you, beneath 210+ rooms of traps, mummies, bugs, psychotic gnomes, strange rabbit men, byzantine machinery, and twisting tunnels!
Get in the hole!
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All The Way Down is crowdfunding now. A 7 level, 200+ room megadungeon with a ton of writers and artists. Check it out:
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Thank you to everyone who downloaded and rated our Appendix-N entry “In the Shadow of the Tomb Ship!” We ended up ranking #26 overall, which was a nice surprise! We’ll have a revised, updated version up in the next month or so! Let us know if you’ve played it! gluetrapgames.itch.io/in-the-shado...
New issue of The International Player’s Review just dropped! A nerve shattering horror special!
Featuring:
★ A horror hex crawl
★ Interview with @isaacisafraid.bsky.social
★ Interview with @emo-sludge.com
★ Monsters
★ And more!
Link below!
I dove into the AD&D PHB for what makes a "good" AD&D player. With this advice in hand, your characters will live longer, & in the words of Gygax, "become like old friends...almost real." Don't tug on my heart strings, old man! #TTRPG#D&D#AD&D#OSR
At @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social I discuss the vastly improved fourth season of The Diplomat, which has not only pivoted to actually being about diplomacy, but has some smart, moving things to say about being a career civil servant under Trump. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/10/the-...
BREAKING NYT:
Trump's new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was fired Friday, after less than a week on the job, according to three people familiar with the matter.
For Halloween, I'm embracing my most diabolical impulses. To that end, I've written a player advice manifesto on the One True Way to play games- Pawn Stance. Read it, and be horrified at the lack of nuance. Come fight me about it, if you dare.
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“Between the acting of a dreadful thing and the first motion, all the interim is like a phantasma, or a hideous Dream…”
Happy #OVER/UNDER Anniversary you crazy Dreamers.
Being off for Columbus Day, and being inspired by @forlornencystment.bsky.social’s Appx A post, I’ve been generating a dungeon today, and it’s going places!
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
If we reach 180 followers, we'll show a room from the floor of fucked up Tetsuo-ass metal machine cultists. You want that. I am telling you that you want it. Press the button.
I'm continuing my essay series on Fatherfog. I really like how they restructured the combat turn in a way which keeps everyone at the table involved. It also has a really cool death resolution mechanic which I wish they would take further.
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As I wait for The Diplomat to return, I’ve been watching MobLand. Sometimes you just need a grey-tinged dad show where Pierce Brosnan growls obscenities at Tom Hardy while Helen Mirren does her best Lady M.
Curious how you can help? We ask that you sign our petition for Wizards to voluntarily recognize our union, share it with your communities, and keep an eye on this account for future updates!
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I’ve binged all of The Diplomat in the last week or so, and I literally cannot get enough. It scratches that Succession itch, with a little The Good Wife on the side.
Working on an essay series exploring Tuseday Knight Games's Fatherfog. I think it is a neat game that certainly deserves more detailed attention and conversation than it has gotten so far.
amicoolyet.substack.com/p/an-exhaust...
12. Onimusha: Blade Warriors (PS2). Finished story mode with a few characters. A curiosity, which is initially really frustrating, but then you realize "Oh, this is just Onimusha", but in 2.5D. Fun for a bit, nothing to the levels or encounter design to keep it fresh. Worth playing a little.
the OSR and PbtA scenes have some real common ground and i'm glad that some of the petty tribalism around both has died out. we get better games when folks take from multiple movements for their designs, imo!
Check out my level of this sick new megadungeon, and toss us a follow on Kickstarter! With art by the inimitable @tonytranrpg.bsky.social, and contributions from a ton of fantastic writers, you’re not gonna want to miss this delve!
Here are the promised spreads, and you can download a PDF preview of the entire second level by @discodan.bsky.social right here:
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For every 10 extra followers we get, I'll show a random room from the dungeon.
Here are the promised spreads, and you can download a PDF preview of the entire second level by @discodan.bsky.social right here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KoRN...
For every 10 extra followers we get, I'll show a random room from the dungeon.
If we get to 100 followers, I will show an example layout spread.
On October 23rd, venture into the cosmic prison of Torshua the World Dreamer.
Written by @kattkirsch.bsky.social@sadslut.club@hawkdc.bsky.social@discodan.bsky.social@bellebitesback.bsky.social@scarius.bsky.social and me.
Peep my newest module, Heartless Eternal! A pitcher-plant dungeon where you can leave whenever you want — all it costs is a lifetime. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...
My Developing the Sandbox series continues. This post focuses on rumor tables! What is the gameplay function of a rumor? What's the deal with false rumors? How do you generate rumors? How do the players get them? How many rumor tables do you need? All that & more in the post! #TTRPG#D&D#OSR
I wrote about some more things I try and do as a player in RPGs to make the games good. Specifically:
- have goals
- listen to what your other players are telling you they want
- reincorporate everything
- everyone at the table plays several and/or shares minor characters
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We are just 9 followers away from 150, where I will reveal a REAL layout spread. (Or as real as it gets at this point in the dev process.) The ENTIRE second floor as written by @discodan.bsky.social.
And at 200 I'll have some art or something idk!!!
If we get to 100 followers, I will show an example layout spread.
On October 23rd, venture into the cosmic prison of Torshua the World Dreamer.
Written by @kattkirsch.bsky.social@sadslut.club@hawkdc.bsky.social@discodan.bsky.social@bellebitesback.bsky.social@scarius.bsky.social and me.
We are just 9 followers away from 150, where I will reveal a REAL layout spread. (Or as real as it gets at this point in the dev process.) The ENTIRE second floor as written by @discodan.bsky.social.
And at 200 I'll have some art or something idk!!!