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Catch ‘Em All while you can! In commemoration of the 30th anniversary, I’m heistfunding a Poképocalyptic game based on Into the Odd. I call it INTO THE ODDISH! You can pre-order it now (until ???) #ttrpg #pokemon #osr
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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Catch ‘Em All while you can! In commemoration of the 30th anniversary, I’m heistfunding a Poképocalyptic game based on Into the Odd. I call it INTO THE ODDISH! You can pre-order it now (until ???) #ttrpg #pokemon #osr
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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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I just launched a boxed set! www.kickstarter.com/projects/laz... I am integrating all my dark fantasy works from over the last eight years plus new content into a single sandbox world
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Blogpost. Is that player advice bandwagon still running? I wrote this a week ago and then got physically ill. I don't remember what i wrote. this is an attempt at microblogging. read it (threatening). its short (also threatening.) farmergadda.neocities.org/posts/teache...
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A blog post about false rumors. Don't use 'em! Well, maybe if you're very good, you can have one or two.
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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.
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
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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A meditation about the meaning of art and artist, after a visit to the Malaysian National Art Gallery and its vast collection of wayang kulit shadow puppets, learning more about the life and practice of the legendary puppeteer Pak Dollah Baju Merah: slowlorispress.com/post/8316254...
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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
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They call me and my friends "HERETICS" and "CULTISTS" in the local TTRPG scene afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/being-called...
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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...
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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There's a blog bandwagon about being a good player. I have already answered this question to the best of my ability in a blog post. Bandwagoned by anticipation!
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d100 - Wilderness Resources One Hundred Less Tangible Treasures Explorers might Uncover blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/10/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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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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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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Everyone is so cool and creative.
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!
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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And now for something completely different. My entry for the "How to Be a Good Player" bandwagon. www.explorersdesign.com/50-excuses/
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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...
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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...
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A rough draft is up for patrons on how to make a cool monster
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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...
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Just thought I'd give a concept @itsquinns.bsky.social mentioned in his Stonetop review a place on the internet. www.dungeonmerl.in/blog/lore-up...
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NEW at Save vs. Worm!! ANOTHER Halloweeny dungeon on a post-it note?!?!? its more likely than you think! this one has a jiangshi vs vampires vibe (with a TV-powered gorilla). #OSR #D&D #TTRPG savevsworm.blogspot.com/2026/10/post...
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New Blog Post 10 Tips for Roleplaying Characters in a Faction
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New Tuesday blogpost! More Special Abilities for Liminal Horror monsters, inspired by @prismaticwasteland.com 's Into the Oddish www.patreon.com/LiminalHorro...
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There are other "20 questions for campaign settings," but this one is mine. Because I am who I am, it's tarot themed.
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Jumping on @prismaticwasteland.com's Blogwagon, I wrote a post about how players can better roleplay as members of a faction lostwatchergames.com/2026/10/20/p...
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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
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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...
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The retainer system I'd always wanted was waiting for me in the AD&D DMG. valerialoves.com/i-was-wrong-...
talking hirelings (this is for you @valerialoves.bsky.social) elmc.at/hirelings-an...
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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...
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
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Take a peek inside the collection of @worldsbywatt.bsky.social, creator of the absolutely gorgeous RPGs Cloud Empress and Burial Cloud. www.shelfie.email/p/005-watt
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Dare you spend your hard-earned gold in the Dungeon Vending Machine? #osr #ttrpg #blogpost
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talking hirelings (this is for you @valerialoves.bsky.social) elmc.at/hirelings-an...
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d100 - Frustrating Fines & Sumptuary Statutes Tiresome Taxes and Fickle Fees to drain those Party Coffers blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/10/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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Okay, I did a blog for the Player Advice thing. I don't think any of it is revelatory, but I'm sure there's something for everyone to disagree with. complexoscillations.blogspot.com/2026/10/slig...
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Link to the announcement post. If you want to join the blogwagon you've got plenty of time. bsky.app/profile/pris...
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
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My entry for the "Player Advice" bandwagon. More importantly a recipe for glazed carrots. billhook.bearblog.dev/advice-on-pl...