๐.๐ฏ.
@icastlight.bsky.social
๐ค 731
๐ฅ 296
๐ 1185
Blog:
https://icastlight.blogspot.com
Dungeons:
https://warren-d.itch.io/tabaldaks-geas
pinned post!
"Why megadungeons?" My pitch is that they are a campaign format that concentrates ideas, maximizes novelty, uses familiarity to advantage, and can be run in 2-4 hour sessions. Plus, between Silk Song and Delicious in Dungeon- everyone knows what they are!
icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-...
loading . . .
WHY MEGADUNGEONS? A Campaign Structure for Modern Lives
Why Megadungeons? Over on the Prismatic Wasteland Discord, a member asked essentially, "Why megadungeons?" This is a good perennial questi...
https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-megadungeons-campaign-structure-for.html
5 months ago
10
187
68
๐๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ข ๐๐ฅ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฐ! Time to get in there and vote ๐ณ๏ธ for your favorite blog posts. I have two up this year: Why Megadungeons? in ๐ค Theory Encounter Tables as Adventure RAM in ๐ฒ Gamable But check out all 5๏ธโฃ categories!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 8 hours ago
0
3
0
Proof your fantasy religions are not wilder than actual practices-- are *your* clerics saving up for a silver+bronze ritual drinking vessel? Why not?
add a skeleton here at some point
2 days ago
1
8
0
reposted by
๐.๐ฏ.
Rise Up Comus - CASTLE AUTOMATIC Crowdfunding Now!
4 days ago
I wrote a d100 random advancement table for humans. Ostensibly for my Middle-earth Hexcrawl ruleset, I think this could easily be used for any fantasy adventure game. As I think that humans are the most warlike of peoples, this list could be used for your fighter random advancements:
loading . . .
Random Human Advancement
When you level up, you gain a random benefit based on your race or class. Here's what humans get. You can either roll a d9 for your culture ...
https://riseupcomus.blogspot.com/2026/02/random-human-advancement.html
7
127
32
When you have multiple dungeon entrances, I think it best to present them in away that highlights differences & provides clues to whatโs in the room behind themโ this allows impactful PC choice (and even poor *human* illos can be fun, so draw your own stuff unabashedly)
4 days ago
0
25
4
Glad โWhy Megadungeons?โ Resonates with folks
add a skeleton here at some point
4 days ago
0
11
0
reposted by
๐.๐ฏ.
Idle Cartulary
5 days ago
My takeaway here is that weโre not, by and large, and industry. Weโre a hobby, and we should act like hobbyists sharing something they love, not capitalists trying to out-grow each other.
add a skeleton here at some point
5
111
21
The Inq28 scene has similar energy to the OSR when I first joined it. Mordheim feels like the BX of Inq28, but I've turned toward Forbidden Psalms as a quick entry. However, there is still something about Mordheim that is alluring:
icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/02/psal...
loading . . .
PSALMS FOR MORDHEIM: Smash Bashing The New And Old Together
Look at this crew! Who doesn't want to play the motley band of weirdos?! ย Mordheim:ย 99% Falling Rules 01% Grotesque Vibes This post is one...
https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/02/psalms-for-mordheim-smash-basing-new.html
5 days ago
0
19
6
โ๐ข๐๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฐ! Wow. This is pretty awesome that folks have recorded all the blog posts for this year's Bloggies in vein of
@linkskywalker.bsky.social
Blogs on Tape! So load these up for your daily walk, run, automated task, travel, or kit-bashing binge. Its never been easier to stay informed
add a skeleton here at some point
6 days ago
0
6
0
After about 2-3 rounds of trial and error, I think I've got a paint scheme that is serviceable... now to paint this terrain and PLAY PLAY being the 1๏ธโฃ๐ to doing all this!
add a skeleton here at some point
6 days ago
0
3
0
๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฐ Some of the best writing in the RPG blogging space! I have two pieces in the running, but Clayton has done a nice job with the brackets so check out all the other quality there.
add a skeleton here at some point
7 days ago
0
9
0
Got spooked about trying out mod Podge + paint on my terrain so whipped up a test piece real quick
8 days ago
1
4
0
Oh! We got crow-donkeys too!
add a skeleton here at some point
9 days ago
0
9
0
Tower Dungeon 4๏ธโฃ We got mouse people ๐ yโall!
9 days ago
1
18
3
Reading Katabasis R. F. Kuang, and from a dungeoneering perspective these two main characters are seemingly underprepared for a sojourn to Hell. No Shepardโs cane to touch/hit stuff with distance, no rope or grapple hook, and no iron spike- but they do have chalk!
9 days ago
1
10
0
A little bit of microblogging covering death rules, hexcrawling, PC relationships, and blogging on Shadow Over Mordorโs Nemesis system!
icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/02/torc...
loading . . .
TORCHES (6): A RPG Microblog Collection 8
The Ultimate Warrior! Over at Save vs. Total Party Kill, Ram discusses a quick rule for determining death or unconsciousness at 0 hp or b...
https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/02/torches-6-rpg-microblog-collection-8.html?m=1
13 days ago
0
4
1
Okay these are good freaks ๐!
add a skeleton here at some point
13 days ago
0
7
0
765 submissions. And people say blogging is dead...bah! ๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฐ
add a skeleton here at some point
14 days ago
0
13
3
Images like this are what I imagine is 50% of what INTO THE ODD's world looks like.
add a skeleton here at some point
15 days ago
0
10
0
Human Organs. Just a tube of normal human organs.
16 days ago
1
5
0
๐ค What if a ๐ท wine cellar was a dungeon? This an idea I explored a while back in 50-room dungeon & recently collect all my thought into one place:
icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/wine...
?
loading . . .
WINE DUNGEON: Post Collection of a Rare Vintages
A tentative title for "The Wine Dungeon" Sitting at the top of my list of "To-Dos" is a wine cellar that has metastasized, via the power of ...
https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/wine-dungeon-post-collection-of-rare.html
20 days ago
0
12
2
reposted by
๐.๐ฏ.
Iko is assembling bundles
21 days ago
Remember I'm using markdown and css to layout zines and books? We'll I'm building myself a little web app to speed up the process, I'll release it as open source and put it on a website somewhere for anyone to play with it If you're interested drop a comment, I'll note keep you posted
add a skeleton here at some point
33
84
23
reposted by
๐.๐ฏ.
directsun
21 days ago
Puzzle Dungeon Jam was super fun and busy. I talk about the experience and looking at the wonderful submissions with so many awesome guests.
#osr
#ttrpg
puzzledungeon.com/a-look-back-...
loading . . .
A look back at Puzzle Dungeon Jam
A retrospective on the jam. My hopes and dreams and oh so many dungeons.
https://puzzledungeon.com/a-look-back-at-puzzle-dungeon-jam/
0
22
13
reposted by
๐.๐ฏ.
DMiurge
23 days ago
If you or someone you know has run or played Nightwick Abbey y'all gotta let me know and tell me how it went!
0
3
1
reposted by
๐.๐ฏ.
David J Prokopetz
26 days ago
Ultimately we've got to reckon with the fact that much of the OSR movement is merely reacting to indie TTRPGs' tendency to lose sight of why many folks take up the hobby: for a safe and budget-friendly way to satisfy the natural human impulse to put one's friends in some kind of fucked up labyrinth.
6
214
62
๐ค What about PC backpacks as secondary objectives for monsters? Taking them off gives +1 to all d20 rolls, but will the walking brains of the Crystal Library walk off with them?
icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/your...
loading . . .
YOUR BACKPACK IS A SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: Don't Let Monsters Steal Them
There was a discussion in a Discord forum I inhabited about how realistic the encumbrance of ration is in BX D&D. That doesn't interest me...
https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/your-backpack-is-secondary-objective.html
27 days ago
0
22
9
Game 45 of my own running of Nightwick Abbey, the MU was stabbed to death by cultists after sleeping 10, reincarnated to a thief by a necromancer, which caused the cleric to renounce the Church Law after thy wouldnโt help & commune for salvation in the woods (hermit background) Megadungeons yโallโฆ
27 days ago
0
11
0
reposted by
๐.๐ฏ.
Ramona
27 days ago
Psst. Hey you. There's free stuff in my ko-fi library for you to use in your projects - even commercial ones. Don't tell anyone I told you ๐คซ
ko-fi.com/alderdoodle/...
5
338
170
Okay, this is a pretty great music video that nails the old-school D&D feel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl0C...
loading . . .
Bronco Forte - "Lightning Scar" (Official Video)
YouTube video by Bronco Forte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl0Ck3ebQQM&list=RDrl0Ck3ebQQM&start_radio=1
about 1 month ago
0
3
0
Great video on DIY miniature making:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8js...
loading . . .
How To Make Miniatures For Absolute Beginners
YouTube video by Miscast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8jsa-HPscM
about 1 month ago
0
10
1
On the theme of how little you need to start a campaign, here I outline six 1-mile hexes around your megadungeon which I frame as a micro-nation/super-fund site:
icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/six-...
loading . . .
SIX HEX CRAWL: A Mini-Setting Proposal For A Megadungeon
More than enough! I wanted to post a little bit about the starting area surrounding a campaign megadungeon .ย This is sorta a riff off the "...
https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/six-hex-crawl-mini-setting-proposal-for.html?m=1
about 1 month ago
2
22
3
Distant Lands is back with some thoughts on โzine construction similar to $7 popsicle stick/cardboard terrain, I agree B&W letter-sized format for โzines democratizes participation in the hobby & promotes spread; See also Obilette by
@caseyg.bsky.social
:
todistantlands.github.io/2026/01/15/h...
loading . . .
How to Not Do Zines Wrong
Iโm not the first to remark that a lot of what weโre calling โzinesโ arenโt really zines. Theyโre fine, glossy magazines, or beautifully crafted books. While these products may share zinesโ craft etho...
https://todistantlands.github.io/2026/01/15/how-to-not-do-zines-wrong.html
about 1 month ago
0
6
4
An amazing issue! Oldhammer, Prachett, Castle Rat, black light cover art, and an interview with the creator of Warhammer! Pick it up!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
1
5
0
Emil Melmoth (Pssst
@inplacesdeep.bsky.social
)
about 1 month ago
0
3
2
Dungeon Town Fence: A "dangerous" dungeon item can be sold with a maximum placed on either speed, value, or descression. Pick 1. โกSpeed = money next session, ๐ฐValue = 2x money, ๐คซDiscretion = no one hears about it. A fence might give a thief a discount on their cut out of professional courtesy
about 1 month ago
1
14
4
Like a lower-case Voynich Manuscript: fantastic pictures just add interpretation!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
0
5
0
๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐!๐ I needed a skeleton class for an up-coming game, so I fleshed one out. Went from 1st level Skeleton to 8th level "Death Knight" also provided OD&D Stronghold elements; And some fun optional 4th level titles:
icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/skel...
loading . . .
SKELETON: A BX Class With A Bone To Pick
Ha ha! Burn! Preamble: For reasons, I realized I might need to allow players to be Skeleton PCs. I've seen undead classes before that march ...
https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/skeleton-bx-class-with-bone-to-pick.html
about 1 month ago
2
28
9
A nice post on DMing. And from playing many, many sessions of Nightwick, I can say Miranda pulls it off quite well!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
0
5
0
Wow. First time in a long time that a book ๐ hit me emotionally ๐. I hit a point and was like โoh @$&! I gotta keep reading! WTF!โ
about 1 month ago
0
5
0
reposted by
๐.๐ฏ.
jaen nighly || welaway
about 1 month ago
i'm available for commissions โ personal and commercial work โ send me a DM or email
[email protected]
to talk details. finances are tight and my queue is empty for now, so if you need b&w art, drop me a line
add a skeleton here at some point
0
76
54
Intrigued by magic connected to the humors ๐ โ๏ธ
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
1
13
0
More awesome blog posts from a unique perspective in the scene. Check โem out and start your own blog!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
0
7
0
If you want to know what the BLOGGIES are all about and why folks even blog in the first placeโฆ feast your eyes ๐
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
0
6
0
Well, now its got me๐ด๐ด๐ด๐ด:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelot...
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
0
2
0
๐Bring out ya dead! ๐ชฆ Designing a sorta Dolmenwood dungeon, so I turned the campaign book timeline into a 1d12 table from recent to oldest Dolmenwood events to help give my burial sites, coffins, and crypts context:
icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/cryp...
loading . . .
CRYPTS OF DOLMENWOOD: Using The Timeline to Determine Motifs of Tombs, Dungeons, And Undead
I am currently trying to key Dyson's Winter Tombs ย as a Dolmenwood-by-the-numbers dungeon. As I was pondering the question of dungeon histor...
https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/crypts-of-dolmenwood-using-timeline-to.html
about 1 month ago
3
24
6
DM'd my 1st session of ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ 2026- Winter months saw a woman from Zenopolis seeking Ambrose the Easterner, bearing him 3 things: an omen, a warning, & a prophetic dream of a queen with gold hair; 3 days hence Ambrose was dragged toward the Abbey by something bearing a crown & golden hair
about 1 month ago
1
19
4
Fiendishly fun find!
about 1 month ago
0
11
0
Seriously! Blog! 2026 is the year of *your* blog.
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
1
7
0
๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ! Reflections on 2025 & what Iโm looking forward to in 2026 :
icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-ca...
loading . . .
I CAST LIGHT ON 2025: Reflections on the Year Behind & Ahead
OLD BUSINESS How did I do on my 2025 goals ? Well, let's see: Post more "good enough" adventures ๐ Finish Serpent Psalms ย to complement Ser...
https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-cast-light-on-2025-reflections-on.html?m=1
about 1 month ago
0
1
0
Love a good reskin and love the BREAK!! team is showing that off!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
0
10
1
Already some good contenders!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
0
5
0
Load more
feeds!
log in