Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).

This makes me very, very happy. I've spent a happy few days reading it, tweaking it and remembering how good it is. Yes it's been that long.

New post on the dice pool dot com! I’m still in 1980s Japan. I’m now on the 2nd book in the Sutra of Pale Leaves campaign, Carcosa Manifest and I’m looking at the first scenario in it. Love the cover of this book! #ttrpg #rpg #callofcthulhu #thesutraofpaleleaves thedicepool.com/2026/01/11/t...

Cthulhu Dark was made for people to publish their own stuff, so it's great to see this. If you'd like to publish something using Cthulhu Dark, drop me a line.

The day is finally here! My first scenario for Cthulhu Dark, The Last Stop, is up for sale! In celebration The Last Stop will be at a sale price for the first month! Don't snooze on this adventure! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

A common refrain I see in TTRPG spaces is, “Why aren’t my players taking the setting and characters and plot hooks I made for them seriously? They prefer to make jokes!” And I’m like… you have to give players a reason to care, not just things to care about.

BEHOLD: 60 festive hexes for your next Christmastime campaign from a variety of your favorite bloggers. Go give them a read and steal the best bits for your games #osr #ttrpg

messing around with yesterdays drawing - possible bookmark

"The 1 HP goblin is solved the same way as the 1 HP dragon. The tool for the goblin is just the sword that's already on your belt or the trap you lure it into." My hobby-inside-the-hobby is reading blog posts about rpg combat without hit points. dungeonmecha.bearblog.dev/solving-the-...

The blog says "4-minute read." That's a lie. Here's every finalist from the past three years of The Bloggies. www.explorersdesign.com/the-bloggies...

Things I love in TTRPGs #473: Opinionated NPCs who are willing to coherently articulate their points and hear your rebuttal. People who are changeable in their opinions. Real fantasy stuff, you know? "I...never considered that. You might have a point, and I've been seeing it all wrong. Thanks."

It’s Bloggies season! Here’s a big list of posts I enjoyed. Plus, a recap of my year in blogging and plans for 2026:

A small little bit of both advice and a plea for using Bluesky. This platform doesn't have an algorithm for content. If your default response to seeing something cool is to hit like, take a second to hit the Repost button too. Especially if it's a cool indie product, a show, some art, whatever.

New post on the dice pool dot com! I’m continuing my delve into the sutra of Pale Leaves campaign for Call of Cthulhu. Today’s scenario is the Pallid Masks of Tokyo, which wraps up the first book. #ttrpg #rpg #callofcthulhu thedicepool.com/2026/01/04/t...

Also, good grief: if you can afford it, support this man's Patreon. Everything he has written and produced has been great, and we need more of this.

My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.

I don’t believe in using AI in any part of the writing process I don’t believe in using AI for ideas, moodboards, brainstorming, building outlines, none of that From the first letter to the last period I believe it all should be done by a human hand The blood, sweat, tears of it all is the appeal

OSRIC 3.0 Player Guide PDF by @mattfinchmythmere.bsky.social & @mythmeresuzy.bsky.social has just been released for free on @drivethrurpg.com: url.attronarch.com/v1x Offset print and POD will be available next year, as well as GM Guide, adventures, and a host of other material. #OSR #OSRIC

2025 was brutal for games media, but I'm seeing some glimmers of hope as worker-owned sites like @aftermath.site, @rascal.news, and @giantbomb.bsky.social have carved out vital spaces in the games community. Earlier this year, I made a huge Indie Games Media starter pack for y'all. Let's celebrate.

Remember: When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them. When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips. ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.

You're into RPGs. You've maybe played one this year, or ten, or... sixty-two? What if you told us about them? Like, in a blog post, or on here. Tell us what you played, maybe for how long. You could say if you liked them and why. You could even hand out awards. Welcome to The #Endies2025.

Still on time for #TheEndies, here are mini reviews for all twenty-nine games I played in 2025:

It’s the dice pool wrapped post. It’s got everything: numbers, spreadsheets, statistics, growth analysis. All the good stuff. But I also discuss our wonderful little RPG community, Tables and Tales and how good it is to play 106 sessions in a year. #rpg #ttrpg #blog thedicepool.com/2025/12/28/2...

Etched in the scheme of nature's own hand

travelling maison of snails 🐌 (2021)

hello #Portfolioday! ✧ i’m Pickle, illustrative artist & character designer in the United States - talents include drawing jewelry, cloth & beautiful people ✧ ✧ i’m open for work in 2026 ✧ email 🌌 [email protected] ✧ follow me ✧ vgen 🧚 TheLowestPickle (@TheLowestPickle) | VGen

Dragonbane (2023) A promising revival of Sweden's foundational fantasy roleplaying game. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/12/dragonbane-2023/ #TTRPG

Today, for Critique Navidad, it’s HyperMall: Unlimited Violence! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/22/c...

Goblin Man thing

It's 1890 and I'm a guy whose hella info lightbulbs. I'm reading up on all the latest light bulb news and I got a guy who gets me test bulbs from the factory. My dream is to set up three lightbulbs at once to see how bright I can get it in my room, bright as heaven maybe. I do other things too

Pluribus rules because it’s forcing people who wanna see a bunch of sci fi lore dumps to instead watch amazing actors have incredibly interesting conversations about what it means to be a person

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

The Snow Queen

My friend Habeeb made a blogpost a few days ago titled "the default dungeon is colonial", which prompted me to finally finish this blogpost. "Anti-colonial Dungeon" I guess I should finish my Anti-colonial OSR Tabletop RPG adventure/setting/game. afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/anticolonial...

Not mine but I'm just so hyped that my Indonesian friend has made his first Tabletop RPG blogpost! "the default dungeon is colonial" open.substack.com/pub/beeboobu...

New post on the dice pool dot com! I’m continuing my dive into the Sutra of Pale Leaves campaign for Call of Cthulhu. I’m looking at the second scenario, Fanfic, set in the dark and terrifying world of the Tokyo manga scene in the ‘80s #rpg #ttrpg #callofcthulhu thedicepool.com/2025/12/21/t...

New post on the dice pool dot com! Back to Doskvol this time. We had our first downtime session last week in our campaign of Blades in the Dark. I also started to introduce some elements from Deep Cuts, by @johnharper.bsky.social #ttrpg #bladesinthedark #deepcuts thedicepool.com/2025/12/17/d...

New post on the dice pool dot com. I’m still looking at the Sutra of Pale Leaves campaign for Call of Cthulhu. Today I’m getting into the first scenario, Dream Eater. #rpg #ttrpg #callofcthulhu #sutraofpaleleaves thedicepool.com/2025/12/13/t...

New post on the dice pool dot com. Today I’m taking a look at the campaign, the Sutra of Pale Leaves for Call of Cthulhu. It’s set in Japan of the 1980s and features a very interesting premise and antagonist. #rpg #ttrpg #callofcthulhu thedicepool.com/2025/12/07/t...

I just backed Arathi Sector by @castlegrief.bsky.social ! Loving the style and the versatile ruleset. Go support them! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cas...

Care and Crime

New post on the dice pool dot com! I went to an FLGS in Fukuoka and came away with some impressions and some stuff too. I decided to write about it to assuage my post-holiday blues. #trpg #rpg #ttrpg #yellowsubmarine #japan thedicepool.com/2025/11/30/j...

New post on the dice pool dot com! We got to play Slow Sleigh to Plankton Downs for Troika! It was a good Halloween game that we played in two sessions. #ttrpg #rpg #troika thedicepool.com/2025/11/23/s...

New post on the dice pool dot com! I reviewed the Derelict, a modern day Call of Cthulhu scenario from Petersen’s Abominations. It had it all, invisible monster, insanity, axe-murder! #rpg #ttrpg #callofcthulhu thedicepool.com/2025/11/16/c...

Proud to be the 603rd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for RITES OF RENEWAL: neo-pagan folk horror for Mothership RPG! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...

New post on the dice pool dot com! I’m off to Japan next week! With that in mind, I decided to take a look at a game I’ve had on my shelf for years, Kanabo, an RPG by N Masyk with the setting of Tokugawa-era Japan. #rpg #ttrpg #indierpg #kanabo thedicepool.com/2025/11/09/k...

Tears of Utu: Knights of the 5th Dimension. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

The preorder for my next ONE RING rpg supplement, HANDS OF THE WHITE WIZARD, is up! freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/the-one...

The 1931 Miskatonic University Reunion Disaster is available on your podcast app! Subscribe to “Push the Roll with Ross Bryant” for improv Call of Cthulhu every Wed. pushtheroll.com @rossbryant.bsky.social @rashawnscott.bsky.social @ashlyburch.bsky.social @rustyquill.com @chaosium.bsky.social