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Randomness blogwagon post about how complex randomisers like depth-crawls, chaos-clocks, etc. need high frequency use to be appreciated by players; otherwise simpler, flatter tables will feel just the same if they don't get used often. seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/06/lady... #osr #ttrpg #dnd

For BETTER D&D 5e, look for: Kobold Press MCDM Jetpack7 Nord Games Lore Smyth Green Ronin Publishing Arcanum Worlds Darrington Press Metis Creative Aetherra Steamforged Games Double Critical Ghostfire Games Acheron Metalweave Games Lazy Wolf Studios 2CG Giants of the North & Paizo ;)

KOBOLDS ATE MY BUNDLE!!!!!! (If you don't know why I'm shouting, you ow it to yourself to check this out. One of the all time greats. Tastes like baby.)

John Blanche has died. Absolutely devastating news. I have no words right now. It will have to wait. Farewell, old friend.

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Brancalonia x2 – through Mon 22 June: Beyond the Bundle https://beyondthebundle.com/2026-06-01/brancalonia-x2/ #dnd #ttrpg

Good grief - a 'comment pending' notification stopped working on my blogger dash and I missed ~30 comments on the blog since March this year. Sincere apologies, to any who commented - you were not being intentionally ignored, getting to them now

Ah ha! Kevin Crawford magic, just what I like, insta-back.

I am hosting the RPG Blog Carnival for June 2026! The topic is Cyclopes, Ettins, Hill Giants, and Ogres: advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/cyclopes-ett... My feeling is that these smaller giants are too often underdeveloped. Consider fixing this problem in your own post this month!

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Attention all bloggers: a new blog bandwagon appears! This time the topic is randomness in all its forms. The post includes some random tables to further randomize your ensuing post #osr #ttrpg

Review: Fly Me To The Moon - old school hex crawl on the dream-like moon, lots to dip into for inspiration. seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/05/revi... #osr #ttrpg #dnd

google search is broken? fear not! rootring now has a search engine that lets you look for posts and contents from blogs on rootring search.rootr.ing

Last year I wrote a ttrpg manifesto trying to outline a style of play I enjoy. I have since refined those thoughts and arrived at a more clear vision of that philosophy. This is the "lost" seventh culture of play. www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2026/05...

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Meanwhile... We now have a shop for the USA and Canada(opening in the next few days), and one for other destinations (already open!). Each one is linked to a professional warehouse. To celebrate this major leveling up, we are offering a sale on every issue of KNOCK! as well as the Folklore Bestiary

"is your character rare" analysis of 5e class-race combos on fivethirtyeight was one of the first good pulls of DndBeyond data we got. I kept some of it but our collective memory should not rely on random hobby-blogs. seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2020/11/upda... #burninglibraries

Shiny TTRPG links #277 Alas, hardware failure struck so a shorter list than usual seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/05/shin... #ttrpg #osr #dnd #diyrpg

Comparing a selection of data-sources to examine how quickly players switched to a new edition PF1e and 5e both showed broad adoption - for 5.5e we do not have much data but it does not look like it trends like the new dominant system. seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/05/how-... #dnd #data

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tips on how to stitch scattered adventures together to make a campaign: - Conservation of NPCs - Tweak the adventures to fit the theme - Work in meaningful player choices with meaningful consequences to the ongoing story seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/05/art-... #ttrpg #dnd #osr #diyrpg

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seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/04/revi... The more I read, the more I want to play in @munkao.bsky.social 's Kala Mandala.

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In honor of the 10 year anniversary of the GLOG, please enjoy my (now wildly out of date) overview of the early days of the GLOG blogging scene. diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2019/03/who-...

new big fat blog post about the free games ecosystem, tastemaking as a function of noospheric pathfinding in subpar material conditions, and designing for desire mbgowatbmf.bearblog.dev/searching-fo...

The extremely rare catcopus.

I have been informed that ten years ago today - May 7 2016 -, Arnold Kemp of @goblinpunch.bsky.social posted the GLOG Happy birthday, GLOG

Oh shit oh golly it's the finale of Quinns Quest Season 2 I could have reviewed other, bigger-name fantasy TTRPGs that would have gotten me more traffic. Instead, I chose to review the one that you should actually know about www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH5-...

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Blogwagon Roundup! 50 blogposts all about maps, including a few adventures that use the same map (from @amandalee.bsky.social) in totally different ways #osr #ttrpg

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My gosh this is entertaining, right up my alley. Insane amounts of gaming fodder. Also kind of depressing, because the stakes to those involved are rendered so well. Bracing myself for a dismal ending.

the warlock familiars

I know 40k is just three 2000AD references in a trench coat but I didn’t realize this classic Vindicare Assassin sculpt was also a reference, that’s wild.

wizard familiars, which one do you like?

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

This is a good blog article about free games and the whole penumbra of human phenomena around them. Also, the name of the blog itself is AMAZING. mbgowatbmf.bearblog.dev/searching-fo...

Trending the data on r/OSR blogroll participation, the failure of automation and later restoration and hand-off of stewardship. Happily things seem to be on a better track since we have renounced the machine. seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/04/rest... #osr #ttrpg #reddit

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Palantir are about six months away from ordering their employees to leave audio logs scattered around their offices

There are a lot of standard spells in D&D that should have broader effects; Bhakashal codifies some of these effects for the game. Players like to throw around fireballs, particularly in dungeons…

I stumbled across a games show in Kensington, and this game called THE MAGIC OF INVENTORYING (think Marie Kondo in a Dungeon) delighted me. The gameplay is delightful, the art is unique and perfect, and yes, I backed the (incredibly reasonably priced) Kickstarter.

Save the date for Vienna this spring! Meet me @ Fantasy-Con in Vienna!

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This is my contribution to the maps bandwagon. If you are or would like to be a blogger, you still have a couple of weeks to jump on the bandwagon! Everything you need to know is here: www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/bandwag...

heartwarming video of astronaut Christina Koch greeting her dog for the first time after returning from space. the pup can be seen snarling, back arched, before scampering to its word buttons and pressing "IMPOSTOR" repeatedly, then "FALSE. SKIN. FALSE. SKIN." several times