Had a lot of fun in today's episode of Ansible Uplink with @kharrak.bsky.social who joined me to review Decagone, by @wacomatrixo.bsky.social and @bodieh.bsky.social I've started putting mp3s in these posts for folks, too

The Vaarn Summer Jam returns for another hot hot summer of science fantasy creative energy itch.io/jam/vaarn-su...

Next in my series on developing the sandbox, I wrote about how to breathe life into villages, hamlets, & thorps. These locations are the bread & butter of low level D&D sandbox play. They are different than towns & cities. How? Read on to find out. #D&D #AD&D #OSR

In a truly insane coincidence, I also recently subjected my elders to a #Mothership module! I could think of no better way to review a megadungeon than to let old people wander inside. It went well, because Roach Motel is good. valerialoves.com/my-dads-firs...

If our pirates excite you them please also be aware that we have awful medieval bastards, desperate pig-seeking 18th century peasants, hunted pig-fleeing 18th century bourgeoisie, and some ladies attending a ball to find/kill a husband and to Destroy The Blood Shrine. Some are PWYW! teethrpg.itch.io

Baltimoreans! DMVers! People from PA/NY/elsewhere who don't mind a hike! GameFace 2026 is this weekend (May 23rd-24th). I'll be vending at Table 4 (at the edge of that alley left of the bar) both days. Come say hi!

I talk about AD&D's Spying table, & how you might use it to resolve NPC missions (like sending henchmen to clear out a dungeon or an army to lay siege to a stronghold or monster lair) or rival adventuring parties' quests, or to determine if that Evil wizard finished their new spell. #D&D #AD&D #OSR

In my first interview for the Violent Delights design series, I speak with @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social, author of "What do we mean when we say a game supports play?" I ask her how board games fit into her argument and how games may invite us to "bring ourselves" into them.

I wrote about developing dungeons for sandbox play, whether you're stealing from existing source material or making something of your own. Not as comprehensive as the thousands of bits of advice on the topic throughout recorded history, but hopefully a good place for someone to start. #D&D #OSR

GET IT NOW #TTRPG itch.io/b/3670/typho...

Hunter's of Northmarch — Session 1 A report and postmortem for the first session of my D&D 4th edition Hunters of Northmarch campaign. www.thedolentchronicle.com/posts/sessio...

UPCOMING GAME ANNOUNCEMENT Violent Delights is a chess-based rpg about Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. It depicts the masquerade scene in which our lovers first meet. The chess board represents the Capulet’s great chamber, and the players act as a cast of characters who correspond to chess pieces. 👇

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

The #dnd wisdom my teenage self spent too much time searching for. www.valerialoves.com/a-sickos-gui...

Fatherfog is a new fairytale horror RPG from Tuesday Knight Games, the designers behind Mothership RPG. Should you pick up a copy? Yes, you should, the PDF is literally free. I’ll flip through the game for you though. www.thedolentchronicle.com/posts/flip-t...

We're doing a sneak peek on Inkvein's factions! murkdice.substack.com/p/48-hours-d... #osr Our @morkborg.com megadungeon is in it's last 48 hours: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... Come see what it's all about, we've had praise from @nohr.se, @yochaigal.bsky.social, and @bastionland.bsky.social.

Today in MurkMail we’re talking about refinement in game design murkdice.substack.com/p/refine-it #osr

Just posted this essay about the OSR, but more so about how TTRPGs have created their own genres and these things we consider cliques or movements are actually greater extensions of what TTRPGs have done unique from other mediums. www.patreon.com/posts/155858133

Bluesky CENSORED me yesterday by just fucking up and not working, but here is a new blog post where I propose a procedural method for generating hexcrawl terrain, inspired by both Mausritter and the original DMG #osr #ttrpg

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...

I've been re-reading a lot of books on urbanism lately. It's going to be hard not making this profile all about urban design. www.explorersdesign.com/5-urban-desi...

I'm not here to tell you whether to use bullet points or not, but I will tell you the history of them! #blog #ttrpg #rpg #typography theplayreports.com/posts/fleuro...

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.

New blog post alert; its a sad one talking through the transfeminine kink zeitgeist, the ttrpgs it has inspired, saftey tools, LARP, and the act of becoming in spite of fear. You know, just in case you wanted something light to read over a long weekend. thegardenbelow.blot.im/against-safe...

warmth attracts cold bodies is a collection of non-fiction writing about tabletop roleplaying games. trying to understand the medium and put to words why they are so special. Find it on itch: snowttrpg.itch.io/warmth-attra... people seem to enjoy it~

Find the Sun. Descend. The Sun is a lie. Soon. fomoria.com

Blogpost: I've often mentioned the local meetup I run in conversations on here and elsewhere. Now, after 3 years, here's an overview of how I did it and what we've been playing. pointlessmonument.blot.im/60-systems-a...

wrote an essay about encoding, decoding, 'you missed the point by idolizing them' and anton chigurh—but most of all about designing tabletop roleplaying games: medium.com/@rosequarter...

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...

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!

I actually made an experimental game in college based on this exact thing. You can buy lighting gels from theater tech companies and cut them int any shape you want! We had them cut and fitted onto plastic glasses as lens. Credit: The idea/prototype was originally Ian Schreiber’s.

Yes yes yes! Exactly what I’ve been saying (but more eloquent). Died laughing at “Or, if you’d prefer:”

Please chip in the cost of a cuppa (or more).

People don’t want better systems or art, they crave better writing. Art, marketing, buzzwords, all can sell a Kickstarter, but making something great just takes good writing.

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

Play a Villain Why you should consider creating a villain for your next RPG character and how to ensure it's safe at the table. www.thedolentchronicle.com/posts/play-a...

Huge fan of this post! I want to “play worlds” and diegetic lore blocks are a great way to get there. Now we just also need to get everyone’s writing up to Reach of the Roach God tier too.

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-...

Bloggies 2026 for Casuals I've written a short series where I recommend the best posts for my casual RPG friends to read from each Bloggie category. This is the last post in the series and goes over the Meta category. www.thedolentchronicle.com/posts/bloggi...

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...

Bloggies 2026 - Theory The Bloggies, a light-hearted RPG blogging competition, are here! I'm writing a short series where I recommend the best posts from the five Bloggie categories this year. Today's post is on the Theory category. www.thedolentchronicle.com/posts/bloggi...

New Quinns Quest video!! 📺👻🌵 Public Access by the Gauntlet is razor sharp, powerfully strange and enormously thought-provoking. My players are still daydreaming about our campaign, even though it finished six months ago. I think your players will too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLrr...

If you're reading this, round 1 of the Bloggies' Hunger Games is over and round 2 has already started! This post has all of the voting breakdowns sans the vote count (it would have taken me an extra hour to add those in, and I have a day job 😔.) You won't believe the margins on these matchups!

I blogged: personable.blog/human-centri...

Can you represent characters as the relationships they have with others? I expanded on Bonds from His Majesty the Worm to find out. tbr.bearblog.dev/a-miserable-...

Bloggies 2026 - Advice The Bloggies, a light-hearted RPG blogging competition, are here! I'm writing a short series where I recommend the best posts from the five Bloggie categories this year. Today's post is on the Advice category. www.thedolentchronicle.com/posts/bloggi...

The awesome @bommyknocker.bsky.social, @elmc.at, Grace of Choir of Fire @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social and many community members have organized a group recording effort of every Bloggies post as podcast episodes inspired by Blogs on Tape!https://podcast.bloggies.org/

A group of volunteers is recording as many of the nominees for the Bloggies as possible, and uploading them as a podcast! I’m helping out a bit with this, and I’ve recorded a few already! Come listen at the link below, Spotify, and several other podcast platforms! podcast.bloggies.org