Seven-Part Pact, my fantastical and ornate TTRPG about the seven most powerful wizards in a fantasy world, is coming this summer to kickstarter!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...

I wrote a bit about why I find real-world details in otherwise fictional worlds so intriguing. This is probably the only blog post you'll read connecting Pokemon: Red/Blue, Blue Prince, AND Wolves Upon the Coast. meatcastlegameware.com/blog/2026/3/...

I think we have a manifesto problem in TTRPGs. Not that people are writing them, but that people are taking them as more than personal statements of style and ideals.

A DEAD PLANET, A FORSAKEN KNIGHT AND A GROUP OF STRANDED SPACEFARERS The Knight Errant: Expanded Edition is now available on itch! A science fantasy old school Tabletop RPG adventure, designed for any Mark of the Odd games. Published by @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social Copy/Paste Co-op. Link below!

Manifestos are cool as hell. So cool that I printed a bunch out, cut them up, and stuck them back together into my own. Plaintext version and links to vivisected works to follow once i've had a night out. thegardenbelow.blot.im/satisfaction...

Keep Chris on the internet!

Feats are good and cool. Many are saying this.

New blogpost! in which I share my thoughts on the prep-in-progress for the Wolves Upon the Coast game I hope to run. personable.blog/prepping-pbp...

New blogpost, daydreaming of Mythic Bastionland: A knight can interact with the themes of a myth to draw closer to it. PLUS 12 myth-specific relics. #osr #ttrpg #blog

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

Variegated Vocabularies for Limited Languages Ten Lists for making some methods of communication more interesting with word constraints (Common, Speak with the Dead/Plants/Animals, Thieves Cant, Alignment Languages, Divination, and Telepathy) blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/03/vari...

Want to play #Daggerheart completely with cards? You can, with fun mini-games too: dreamshrike.blogspot.com/2026/03/dagg...

My 9 games. Could not find Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, so I went with the original TLJ. my9games.com

Just finished up a blog post about how I prepared for, and continue prepping for my Shadowdark/ Caverns of Thracia campaign. If you're like me and prefer improvisation and light work to Blorb and legwork, give it a read. Hell, give it a read anyway! billhook.bearblog.dev/building-out...

If we're in a place where you can only criticise big games, and only praise or stay silent on small ones, I think that's an artistic culture that's emaciated. I think that's saying developers of small games don't deserve grownup critical cosnideration, only head pats like they're children.

I see people argue that you can't criticise small indie games, and I always wonder: at what scale does it become OK, then? How many employees does the team need? How many games under their belt? How much money made? Do developers need to submit audited accounts before you can say it's only okay?

Started thinking about player improv and what the hell that means! theplayreports.com/posts/player... #ttrpg #blog #improv #play

It's in sale again please buy my shit, money is tight

If you ask someone how Into the Odd has streamlined their games, they will probably mention removing the "to hit" roll and just rolling damage. I blasphemously ask the question: can we re-incorporate accuracy and missed attacks with Into the Odd without turning it into a major slog? #osr #ttrpg

BLOG POST TODAY This one's short and sweet and asks the age old question; Is the juice worth the squeeze? www.failforward.moe/2026/03/is-j...

Catching up on my blog reading at the pub, and Liz truly is the Yin to my Yang. While this is far from how I like to run games, everything she writes in this series is undeniably true. A great read for anyone who doesn't want to be stuck in dogma.

Great post from a great blogger. If I could add one thing, it would be to *read* more blogs as well. I have been in a bit of a reading slump for a while, and getting out of it, it is amazing how much it inspires me to write. If nothing else, because I see something I disagree with and must respond

I think this is a good post, but I disagree with the conclusion. While writing poetically is all well and good, tags are a great way to convey information quickly, just do it diegetically. Full response in blog post: personable.blog/defending-di...

Pokémon Is OSR. Yes, seriously #osr #ttrpg #pokemon

The Bloggies have concluded for 2026! Congratulations to this year's winners. You can find the results (and a whole slew of awesome blog posts) here: www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/

Screaming Metal: Vector Soul by Snow! sick ass game, i'm so excited to give it a read and a play. @snow117.bsky.social www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Heistfunding is the business model of the future

Get some Hodag in this guys

I know, I know, I keep talking about the Bloggies. But I built an archive of all the past Bloggies Awards. If that's your kind of thing, take a look! You can also grab yearly OPML files of all nominees for your RSS reader. bloggies.org

Great review of Daggerheart from my favourite reviewer in ttrpgs.

Having had a few days to dig into this, my appetite for Wolves is suitably whetted, and I have produced a Blog Post about it: personable.blog/translating-...

For the past few years I've slowly been working on the A Dungeon Game starter set, and part of my research for that involved looking at other starter sets to see how they onboard new players. Here are my thoughts about Sybaroum's starter set: https://loottheroom.uk/symbaroum-starter-set

it truly is the year of the linux desktop folks

It's done. The Bloggies Tournament, and the first half of The Bloggies, are officially complete. It was a tight race, but the winners are... 🧵👇 (Thread attached) www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-bre...

We're in the final round of The Bloggies gladiatorial arena. You can find the results (with pie charts!) and round 4 voting form in the link below. There was a significant uptick of votes this round. Neat.

Juniper has taken the RPG blogging scene by storm, and this is another great piece. All I can say is go read it and go pick up Glass Men, not necessarily in that order.

Pixel and Paper 0.0.1, markdown + CSS editor and PDF generator is live. Run it * in the browser, use app text editors * locally, use any text editor (Obsidian, VSCode...) Preview pixelppr.com Code and documentation github.com/the-coded-ty... #markdown #css #pdfgeneration #obsidian #vscode

Continuing my basic dice concepts series with another basic dice concept, Curves. idlecartulary.com/2026/02/19/d...

wolves upon the coast is the bundle of holding btw lol bundleofholding.com/presents/Wol...

More Flatline map stuff!

the final draft of seven-part pact is done and is in its final stage of playtesting! if you want to come help playtest, read this post: www.patreon.com/posts/151018...

Been noodling away at this for a while, now I'm ready to release the ashcan of my vampire game: Ripped Stockings, Leather Jackets, and Bloody Lips personable.itch.io/ripped-stock...

Posting to spread the word on this fundraiser for a friend and incredible individual who I had the absolute pleasure of meeting through #Over/Under, the delightful Maya @cosmic-chill.bsky.social who was our bartender on the dream. Hoping to get her some relocation help <3 gofund.me/bb7fbac71

since meeting in over/under, maya has become a very good friend. if anyone is able to help her out of a bad spot, it would be much appreciated.

I voted, did you?

Bloggies PSA! Round 1 of all 5 initial Categories is open until 7 AM EST. Not just Advice. Advice: forms.gle/LApoXPh7cVhy... Critique: forms.gle/5Qvwxxsvyhq8... Gameable: forms.gle/WjPxMyQunpPZ... Theory: forms.gle/VSa1fwjYLcrk... Meta: forms.gle/R26nY7qm7DaA... Vote for your favorites. PSA over

I so often talk about how the human mind is the most interesting hardware to design for and this blog post is a vvv concise summary of some of the things to keep in mind!

Psssst, like right now.

sorry boss... the secret police hit me with the "havana syndrome" ray and I'm too sick to come in today, I can't stand up and I keep puking... -me after "havana" whole case of beer in one night