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Spent some time today thinking about Blades in the Dark and what I think people miss when they pitch it tbr.bearblog.dev/scores-are-t...

They call me and my friends "HERETICS" and "CULTISTS" in the local TTRPG scene afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/being-called...

It's a few more hours until the season ends but I had to reflect on my first-ever Great Big Discord RPG dndramaturgy.com/2026/10/25/c...

We will be launching Bastion Elysium in Indonesia at a local ren fair 🔥 Hopefully we can launch it internationally soon 🙏 44 pages (incl. covers), four political factions, a murder mystery, an apartment crawl, weird & quirky NPCs, and heavily inspired by Disco Elysium! #ttrpg #osr

In other news, I'm gearing up to run HIGHLANDER, my play-by-post battle royale based on @samsorensen.bsky.social's Cataphract and @lukegearing.bsky.social's Violence! SURVIVORS play for winner-takes-all, and BYSTANDERS bet on the game and vote on influencing it! Come sign up! discord.gg/ug3gEu9gef

This writer is worth your attention. I do not know them, but wish I did. zanzi.bearblog.dev/beasts-in-th...

I've been running a sandbox campaign for my kids! Read all about the joys and challenges of running an OSR game for kids under 10. With special thanks to @n8hps.bsky.social 's Dogtooth Valley for a great little module. widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/running-cair...

ALL THE WAY DOWN: A COSMIC TURTLE MEGADUNGEON is now LIVE on Kickstarter! This has been SUCH a labor of love from everyone and we all want nothing more than to get a cool as hell book into your hands. Please show your support if you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/see...

forgot to update blogmap for only a few months. so i updated it now graph.elmc.at

This week, I'm returning to my thoughts on freelance. What the heck should I be charging if I wanted to do this full time? www.explorersdesign.com/hireling-you...

I'm posting through the pain on this one gang

The retainer system I'd always wanted was waiting for me in the AD&D DMG. valerialoves.com/i-was-wrong-...

announcing my mausritter retroclone, DEEP DOWN: a moleplaying game

fucked around, lost track of time, wrote 0.1 of HIGHLANDER, a Battle Royale Cataphracts. amby.navy/highlander Murder Is Okay.

talking hirelings (this is for you @valerialoves.bsky.social) elmc.at/hirelings-an...

Reflecting on my TTRPG purchasing decisions over the last year coppershaman.com/getting-suff...

player advice blogwagon post who cares if it's too early elmc.at/wwed/

player advice blogwagon post who cares if it's too early elmc.at/wwed/

Prison Book Program now has enough storage space for as many RPG books as people want to donate. Or any of the other frequently requested books, but RPG books are often requested, rarely donated, and most of the people I know here are RPG folks. prisonbookprogram.org/donate-books/

Ea-nāṣir Must Die! is out now! Thanks @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social Copy/Paste Co-op and @plusoneexp.bsky.social for making this full release happen! A Bronze Age sword & sorcery house crawl adventure for 3–5 players, inspired by the historical figure and meme, Ea-nāṣir. Links below! #ttrpg #osr

preserving discord discussions elmc.at/what-is-a-my...

made a custom dungeon turn tracker to use in my weekly megadungeon game

This was looking a little crunchy on mobile bluesky compression, so here it is in pages too. Eventually I want to get another spread on factions made, but I think thats the hard limit on what a basic primer should be.

new campaign bark bark elmc.at/dolmenwolves...

Today I wanted to try something new, so I recorded it! If I record another video I'll make sure to include my puppet next time though. Shout-out @ratbastardgames.bsky.social because it was with his zine and @yyakamo.bsky.social for printing :) youtu.be/oUKxQYBB49A

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.

Old-school Essentials has some real sickos.jpg rules for constructing a castle. Here is a simplified method: Print out this page. Each block costs 1,000 gp for basic construction, or 1,500 gp for a furnished section. Arrange to taste.

dolmenwood witchcraft elmc.at/witchcraft/

Want to read some Vaults of Vaarn 2E and aren't a patron or backer? I've released a public playtest draft of the player-facing rules, over 90 pages of material vaultsofvaarn.com/2026/10/02/v...

dolmenwood witchcraft elmc.at/witchcraft/

How do you write a fighter class that's interesting? How do you take standard fantasy and make it fresh? How do you frame campaign setting details without giving reading homework? How do you set up a long-term campaign from session 0? Here's my pitch: riseupcomus.blogspot.com/2026/09/knig...

Do you like cool spreads and readable pages? HIRE ME TO DO YOUR LAYOUT. Shoot me a DM on here or anywhere else

I’ve just spent the last two months prepping a megagame. Its a live text discord RPG set on a space station full of factional intrigue and desperate people, incorporating all the lessons we've learned since the time we all did that last October. Enjoy! thegardenbelow.blot.im/apa-1/so-im-...

I just released a 139 digest-sized ruleset for my upcoming Jorune campaign to my Patrons. I'll be sharing some material on my blog next week. In the meantime, if you want to see a ruleset built for large player base, living world campaigns in a psychedelic science fantasy setting, link is in bio.

rat-bastard-games.itch.io/wolves-of-th... HEY DO YOU LIKE THE BRONZE AGE AND HEXCRAWLS? DO YOU LIKE THE MINOANS? CHECK OUT CRETE FOR WOLVES OF THE AEGEAN THE RULES ARE FREE

mashing everything ive made for my megadungeon recently into a zine for my notebook

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Ea-nāṣir Must Die! has a release date: 13 October 2026! We are collaborating with @plusoneexp.bsky.social and @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social Copy/Paste Co-op for a full release on both digital and physical. An OSR (Mark of the Odd) adventure for 3–5 players set in Ancient Mesopotamia! #ttrpg #osr

[ ~ Where grief stirs, spirits linger ~ ] Dive into the kaleidoscopic fantasy of Beneath the Floating World, a Carved from Brindlewood game of psychedelic zenpunk exorcism ~ Uncover twisted truths, face supernatural horrors and navigate your mortal woes . . . sandroad.itch.io/restrain-ref...