I cried for an hour straight at the end of Stranger Things.

Ok, I might finished writing the fast play.

Me

D&D is dead. Long live Dragon Slayers. gilarpgs.itch.io/dragon-slayers

if you don't need a commision, and instead would like to keep me alive for absolutely no reason, my ko-fi is here o/

Following up on his wonderful article linked below, Clayton will be joining me on Friday to discuss promotion and marketing in tabletop games. We'll be hitting a variety of topics but if you have any questions let us know in the comments! Join us live Friday at 10am pst twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll

Hello gamers I'm opening *emergency* graphic design commissions, to help me keep my healthcare due this friday. Flexible pricing, I'll do: -Title typography -Iconography -flyers Looking forl ow effort/stress (ie not suited for short turnarounds and big expectations), great for mockups and prototypes

Of the different types of dungeon rooms, "Special" can be one of the hardest to write towards. This list of sub-categories of special rooms has great prompts! In a🧵 below, I delve into examples from CASTLE AUTOMATIC for each sub-type of special rooms. (Warning: Spoilers for the dungeon!)

Ok, I might finished writing the fast play.

Playing around with p&b 2e 1st adventure, camping starter.

1/ Hey everyone, I've been pretty absent. Life’s been tough — dealing with serious family issues. My mom had a stroke. She’s out of danger but needs constant care at home. My dad has severe dementia and was cared for by my mom, so I’m splitting my time between family and work.

Today I thought about what a mechanic is, and how not being considered in thinking about what a mechanic is impacts how we think about and design games. idlecartulary.com/2025/06/27/m...

We're doing a giveaway from friend of the show Gavriel Quiroga, creator of Neurocity, Warpland, and Hell Night! We're giving away a copy of THE BLACK RAINBOW SOCIETY, the LSD infused spin-off of Hell Night! Just like this post and we'll pick a winner at some point during our next review.

Update: The next session, we spent one hour catching up. When we started playing, I said, as prompted by Jason Morningstar, it's ten years later, god is dead, things are worse. And then paused the game and asked everyone if they wanted to play a new game. We talked about it and everyone was keen.

Noodled this up the other day, still thinking about it 1. Extrapolating the implied setting of OD&D is an interesting exercise to me. What makes a fighter a fighter? He is in the fighting "social class." 2. Being explicit about game phases is interesting to me. We need to do a better job of this.

Good morning for whom?

I've been creating a goblin skirmish game on and off for a little while now (kids and work will slow down all your hobbies) under the name #Goblin28. But @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social has kindly given it a name... #Gromdonk #inq28 #warhammer #trenchcrusade #turnip28

I’m realizing I don’t want to play rules light TTRPGs. I also don’t care for games that are crunchy. I want “rules-bright” ttrpg. Games that have smart rules that reinforce the game’s themes. And I feel like I’m not alone.

Life is increasingly difficult in late capitalism

Tive o prazer de trocar ideias sobre a disputa pelo imaginário em nossos tempos. Deixo o convite para a partilha. open.spotify.com/episode/1jYW...

Layout for an awesome adventure/module written by @felipetuller.bsky.social

I cant sleep so I might as well be productive. For the next 2 hours ONLY get a custom simple single character illustration with Background for 20 bucks! Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror or Wargame! Hit me up!

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lets gooo!

Olha aí minha aventura #osr de cara nova! Rolim é um mago do layout! Quem sabe não veremos ela pronta lá no Diversão Offline mês que vem? 👀

Layout for an awesome adventure/module written by @felipetuller.bsky.social

In the same way that the "Eldar" or "Khazad" were Tolkien's take on Elves and Dwarves, the Drúedain were Tolkien's take on the European Bigfoot aka the woodwose. I'm surprised that as we've continuously borrowed elves and dwarves, we haven't done more with woses. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_man

Art art!!!

A bit late, but happy Working Class Day to all my fellow TTRPG folks. Here’s a post of posters—mostly using public domain art—calling for demonstrations on this day. The aesthetics of class struggle are both powerful and deeply inspiring.

I was aware of stormbringer, elric! And elric of melnibone. I did not know about hawkmoon! I recently acquired Pacts & Blades, a game of Moorcockian Fantasy by @lucasttrpg.bsky.social it's beautiful! lucasrolim.itch.io/pactsandblades but i wish there was something mulviversewise like the cosmere.

Guess who's coming to dinner? Knock! is the assembled wisdom of an extremely active, extremely creative RPG blogging community. Each issue is a primordial stew of ideas for you to use in your games! Knock! #5 is launching...soon!

1/Recently ran Cairn 2 with Trouble in Twin Lakes—diegetic changes made it a collaborative story! The bullet-point style really lets the group shape the narrative. Here’s what shifted (spoiler-free, but specific!):

RPGs are a form of art that is welcoming to people of every skill level. "But my map is bad!" "But my dungeon is kinda boring." WRONG. We're not talking about putting out albums, we're talking about singing around a campfire with a friend who has a guitar. Fun is the focus, not production quality.

me rn

1/Recently ran Cairn 2 with Trouble in Twin Lakes—diegetic changes made it a collaborative story! The bullet-point style really lets the group shape the narrative. Here’s what shifted (spoiler-free, but specific!):

I've talked to @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social (who is mentioned here, heh) @friede.bsky.social and a bunch of others about this a lot, but now we're actually doing the thing. Pastebin for text: pastebin.com/yMayd6pT Gonna post it on my Substack, free to read. I suspect this will be a multi-parter.

Running more Offworlders tonight. The crew completed their first mission and now the galaxy is opened up to them. Where would you go?

Rot-Goat

I’m not a great RPG writer, but I really enjoy TVG (Jared the Vanilla Game) and Yochai’s Adventures for Cairn 2e. I’m also a fan of Fist, and honestly, all of Diogo Nogueira’s games. There’s one game I love, but it taught me how NOT to write because of its poor editing: The White Hack.

You know what every TTRPG campaign really needs? A mechanic to stop players from having fun wrong. Like, imagine: your party is out there, blissfully ignoring your meticulously crafted plot, chasing squirrels, or starting a bakery in the middle of your epic dark fantasy world. Disgusting, right? +

Turtle guard, I will clean them later to post on my patreon.

this is good

About K#5. As you may know, we blew up a computer containing all the Mushmen stuff... including, K#5, almost finished, 200 mocked-up pages... Quite depressing.... But hurrah! I'm starting all over again. Starting with this spread illustrated by Bruno Prosaiko. Send good vibes and stay tuned!

This made my day!! I can’t thank Ryan and Hunter enough! Brute, the Brute Master, is one of the coolest mini-boss characters ever!

New Episode! We read and review MINIBX from @lucasttrpg.bsky.social, a minimalist hack that may in fact be a disruption, subversion, or even a profanity against D&D B/X! YouTube 👇

We're live to review MINIBX from @lucasttrpg.bsky.social, a disruption, subversion, or even a profanity against D&D B/X! go here 👇 twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll

Tomorrow we're looking at MINIBX from @lucasttrpg.bsky.social