Working on an essay, and I want to throw a wide net for relevant games! Please share any games concerned with taking action on a body that may have permanent consequences, including body modification, kink play, and self harm. Bonus points if the body is represented physically, such as with paper.

Threw some color over these X-Files drawings

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only Fringe Green Wing Star Trek TNG X-Files Black Books Game of Thrones (early seasons) What we do in the shadows Toast of London Foyle's War Inspector Morse Lewis The Fall Derry Girls Sex Education Lucifer

New catmail is out. I'm switching up format this time to make it less link heavy. elmc.at/catmail-4/

Mr. Prismatic has collated the Map Bandwagon posts! I recommend you read them all, buy you should start with mine so it doesn't seem like as much of a disappointment after reading so many better posts.

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

THE CORRUPTED Colonialism + Corruption = Eldritch Horror A prequel to Oddipelago, an upcoming original TTRPG setting/adventure inspired by colonial-era Indonesia, where eldritch entities brought by colonizers corrupt both nature and people. Coming July 2026! #ttrpg #osr (1/4)

One of the greatest thing at Blackwork con was when a gang of kids 12-14y from a local youth center came with their pedagogue to give me a copy of the MÖRK BORG adventure they worked on together. Nervous and proud, they each signed my copy and did a short interview. The next generation, man.

An Explanation Thread, to clear it up once and for all ( I've had a few people discover this independently in the last week, so I'll risk another firestorm to explain):

elmcat's post approaches maps with a similar angle to my own, but offers a much more actionable perspective! It's good!

Anti-colonial TTRPG Map. Part of @prismaticwasteland.com's Maps Blogwagon. In this blogpost, I analyzed a pre-colonial Indonesian map and use it as reference on how I would make an Anti-colonial TTRPG Map. afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/anti-colonia... #ttrpg #osr

It's the last days of the maps blogwagon, so we're blogging! I write about what is communicated by a map, both in what is included and how: personable.blog/the-map-speaks

From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes Orcstabber: The Roleplaying Game! Thrill as you slowly starve to death in an Orcish nursery because your last meager ration was several chambers ago. Maybe stab an orc too, who can say? magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/04/orcs...

Chris has forbidden me from listening to this due to spoilers for ongoing games, so the rest of you need to be picking up my slack.

From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes a high-octane blogpost about one of the weirder parts of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons! Since seeing Gary Gygax casually mention that elves didn't have souls a year and a half ago, I've wondered WHY!?!?!?!? magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Every year, I reread the LotR trilogy. This last year's reread amped me up and I started keying Middle-earth 12 miles at a time Concurrently, without meaning to, I wrote a game to run the hexcrawl I call it Lore - a Lord of the Rings Adventure Game retroclone Here's what I think is fun about it🧵

Resurrected an old draft of mine to prove that I'm still blogging about ttrpgs. I tried my best to explain it, so you don't have to be a software sicko like me! elmc.at/fullstack-re...

Remember SKILL CHALLENGES? They're back! In blog form! Check out my latest post where I lay out an easy and fun way to handle a complex, tense situation. It works in every TTRPG ever made up until this point and all future TTRPGs (disclaimer: this is a lie) www.mindstormpress.com/quick-stakes...

Songbirds, by Snow, is an OSR and storygame traditions inspired ttrpg about you being the canary (adventurer) in the coal mine (dungeon), you go where others won't trying to help spirits find rest, since the god of death is slacking.

Hello new followers. I am Amanda P. and I write adventures for roleplaying games including Cairn, OSE, and Mothership. I wrote a solo journaling game called Pilgrimage of the Sun Guard. You can check out my work at my website, as well as: weirdwonder.itch.io www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

further to this: thanks to a gap between projects, i can take on a pro-bono project now! if you're a marginalised creator with a small project that you'd otherwise be unable to afford to get edited, hit me up. i'll do my normal line/copy editing passes to really polish it for you, at no charge.

A revised version, more refined and complete with layout, is now available. binary-star-games.itch.io/death-has-co...

Great blog post from Noel about implementing the lessons from a different blog! Give your characters something to believe in! viridianvoid.bearblog.dev/worked-examp...

just released my submission for @gilarpgs.bsky.social's WYRM jam! it's a dungeon set inside a spire on a tranquil sea. each sunset every flower on the sea withers and dies. except for the lilies. there's plenty of community copies available. enjoy! 🪷 giantrobottackler.itch.io/in-a-petal-u...

New Blogpost: Play Is Canon What are the sources of "truth" about the world of your tabletop setting? For me, the paramount truth derives from play itself. This is my synthesis of blorb and anti-canon. #osr #ttrpg

Here is a blog post that I wrote with a friend titled "The GM is Dead." It asks: If we can describe some GMless games as "GMful," how might we describe games like Firebrands? The post is super short (4 min read), and I think we hit on something interesting despite the brevity.

We're spending the morning figuring out our honeymoon. Part of figuring that out is figuring out how to pay for it. All the profit from In The Library With The Wrench is going to help pay for it. That's the entire pitch, basically.

It's Orbital Blues month over on Backerkit, and I figured that's a good excuse to write up my thoughts on the book in my usual review fashion. Give it a read! personable.blog/qlbb-orbital...

Great to wake up to Paramour closing in on its first stretch goal, :)

People keep asking me if I use AI to make writing easier. And I keep telling them: I do not want it to be easier. Whenever I have done any good work, it's because I either thought about it a LOT or I have inadvertently spent ten years thinking about it so it comes easy. The thinking is the point.

I made a soundtrack for Paramour (with @unenthuser.bsky.social) that I think really nails the vibe. Give it a listen!

⚡ NEW BLOG POST! I'm back talking about adventure design, this time laying out a mental model for 'energy' inside of an adventure. It's a simple and effective way to categorize elements inside of the scenario and look for stagnation and chaos. Check it out! ⚡ www.mindstormpress.com/energy-coin-...

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Help @unenthuser.bsky.social and I reach 300 Followers before the OB Month launch tomorrow!!

Look we all need to sit down and sort out that “death of the author” and “separate the art from the artist” do not mean the same, freely interchangeable thing.

I think this is a super interesting post. I can definitely follow their frustration that the merit of games is boiled down to their non-mechanical components, but I disagree with the proposed game-art dichotomy: game mechanics are just a different artform! Blogpost: personable.blog/mechanics-ar...

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There is no ethical Harry Potter consumption. If you MUST do it, have the good sense to feel bad about it and keep it your shameful secret, knowing you are actively hurting people.

All The Problems In This World is an amazing zine shop in Berlin, Germany. as well as zines from queer subcultures and other countercultural stuff, it stocks no small number of TTRPG zines. it's facing closure due to gaps in funding! can you help by donating to its GoFundMe to keep this place open?

Was listening to Grave Pleasures again on my train this morning. Somehow feels even more relevant than when it released 3 years ago (I wish it wouldn't lol): www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrkU...

Updated the feed views on rootr.ing. posts are now easier to scan, and grouped by date Hope this makes it more useful

Wow, this book rocks. I've been missing Over/Under a lot recently so it's been fun to visit a new, very big corner of the Dream as I do a bit of proofreading on this.

Some more friends and I have gathered to start a second, bigger bundle to help fund the move of our dear friend @cosmic-chill.bsky.social out of her situation in Australia. We've got up to 12 items for you in this bundle at various purchase tiers. All support is appreciated. itch.io/b/3590/mayas...

im in this! i've always wanted to be part of a webring and elmcat has made the dream real.

Have been working on a new project for blog discovery. It's now live! Check out rootr.ing! A new small hub and webring for ttrpg blogs. Read about here: elmc.at/rootring-is-...

Come check out what's going down at Vive le Vent in Paramour, for Orbital Blues: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... Art by @lurnoise.bsky.social Words with @unenthuser.bsky.social and @goblinmixtape.bsky.social

Hey! I’m Eryk, and I run Peregrine Coast Press (@shop.peregrinecoast.press) along with my fabulous colleagues Jamila and Laura. We’re a boutique retail, distributor, and publisher of tabletop roleplaying games.

All The Problems In This World is one of the best stores I've been too. Jan is awesome, there's SO MUCH cool shit there, and now the store is having trouble and needs YOUR help. Physical, local game/zine/comic/music stores must survive!

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/...