Prismatic Wasteland

Prismatic Wasteland

@prismaticwasteland.com

3x Ennie-winning TTRPG designer My blog: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com My games in print: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/shop My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PrismaticWasteland

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Some solid advice for making monsters cool! One thing I will note is that not only are vampires cool, but also sexy. Make your monsters cool, sure, but make them sexy, too! My yeti hangs dong & is a very generous lover.

Prismatic Wasteland@prismaticwasteland.com

Checklist for Making a Cool Monster Vampires are undeniably cool. I break down what makes them so cool and how that can be applied to designing other monsters to make them almost as cool as a vampire #osr #ttrpg

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There is way bigger news in the world right now 🇧🇷, but in the meantime I wrote a quick post about where this game came from and what I'd like to do with it after the jam! tbr.bearblog.dev/send-lawyers...

tbr.bearblog.devSend Lawyers, Guns, and Money - Minimalist Jam 2026 EntryYesterday I submitted an entry for Binary Star Games' Minimalist Jam 26, a jam focused on delivering something punchy and playable with an active de-emphasis...
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I wrote a 3-player card game for @binarystar.games 's #minimalistjam! Work with two other players to keep your triple agent out of jail in Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money! dadstep.itch.io/send-lawyers...

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Everyone is so cool and creative.

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I've got a special treat today! We organized a collaborative project in @prismaticwasteland.com's discord. Our goal was a hexcrawl project inspired by OVER THE GARDEN WALL. This is the PRISMATIC PUMPKINCRAWL. 31 powderkeg-packed hexes. It's completely free. mindstormpress.itch.io/prismatic-pu...

Big, free Halloween-themed (Over the Garden Wall inspired specifically) hexcrawl for your enjoyment. Take it and run it for your group as a one-shot next week, get in the spirit of the season!

Ty@mindstorm.bsky.social

I've got a special treat today! We organized a collaborative project in @prismaticwasteland.com's discord. Our goal was a hexcrawl project inspired by OVER THE GARDEN WALL. This is the PRISMATIC PUMPKINCRAWL. 31 powderkeg-packed hexes. It's completely free. mindstormpress.itch.io/prismatic-pu...

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Ran across a Reddit thread where, after hours of work, a DM realized their key city could not realistically feed itself. And they dropped it. I thought that was a lost opportunity to talk about the role of gods in D&D & do some light worldbuilding: icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/10/this...

icastlight.blogspot.comTHIS IS WHY WE PRAY: So This City Will Stand By The Gods' WillI saw a Reddit post where a DM tried to figure out how a city in their campaign could exist and feed itself. But in the end, after many hour...

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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...

widdershinswanderings.bearblog.devRunning Cairn for My KidsA blog post in which I describe my experiences running a modified version of Cairn for my own kids.

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The video game market seems flooded with AI slop, the board game market seems flooded with IP cash-grabs, and the TTRPG market seems flooded with brilliant beautiful people breathing life into incredible ideas and adventures -.-

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Replying to @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social

The second essay in my design series for Mousetrap is "Breaking Fourth walls and Magic Circles." It explores the stages and temporary worlds that we create in games and how/when we cross them. It pays special attention to a very clever Dread scenario by @ravensridgeco.bsky.social: Tully State Forest

backwardstabletop.comBreaking Fourth Walls and Magic CirclesGames and temporary worlds

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Turns out, this is my #666 post on the blog, and you know what that means... Delta Green minimalism scenario vaguely related to the Apocalypse of John and everyone's favorite mangled gematria! If anyone actually manages to run this, I'm impressed as hell throneofsalt.blogspot.com/2026/10/mini...

throneofsalt.blogspot.comMinimalism IIIRight then . You dragged your asses all the way out to the middle of shitting nowhere, Montana. You broke into the billionaire’s bug-out co...

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HARD CURRENCY is now a real supplement available on itch and dtrpg! Plug this trading minigame into any adventure RPG and it will organically generate PC motivations and adventure hooks for you. Also money for your PCs. aryxymaraki.itch.io/hard-currency www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

aryxymaraki.itch.ioHARD CURRENCY by Aryxymarakia modular trading minigame for adventure games
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thanks to the spirit of inspiration it's named HARD CURRENCY now i think it's too late at night for me to be allowed to write an intro

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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

forlornencystment.blogspot.comSuccessful Adventures, or How to Win in AD&DThis post is part of Prismatic Wasteland's blog bandwagon on the topic of player advice . At the end of the AD&D PHB, just before the Append...

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Replying to @sfxprb.bsky.social

Link to the announcement post. If you want to join the blogwagon you've got plenty of time. bsky.app/profile/pris...

Prismatic Wasteland@prismaticwasteland.com

Blogwagon Announcement: How to Be a Good Player. There is plenty of GM advice out there. How about advice for the rest of the people at the table? #ttrpg #osr