A good example of this type of treasure that is also very fragile- the water is hundreds and of glass rods

This is always a great thing to think about especially when running 1 GP = 1 XP or any variant thereof. Also remember bulky erasure make non-combat spells like floating disc huge winners!

Look at this interest book my friend got me! The Rules We Break by Eric Zimmerman

Magic: The Gathering writing has a short half-life. Historically-important articles are taken offline every year. This sucks. That's why I'm launching Library of Leng, an index of 32 years of Magic writing. 150k+ articles, 20+ sites, fully searchable. library-of-leng.com

Occasionally, @inplacesdeep.bsky.social 𝔑𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔴𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔄𝔟𝔟𝔢𝔶 takes on older, more primal architecture. In such occasions, I can take a character into the "first" Abbey. Here's how such foolhardy folks have fared:

My comfort zone: Tiny fantasy people, preferably with big backpacks.

HALT. Submit to inspection! The Joesky Tax is your responsibility to include something gameable at the end of every theorypost or hot take. If this checkpoint exposes you as having BLOGGED without paying the tax, you are required to go pay it NOW

click here if you want this zine! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaw... ready to print & launching this week with a short little Kickstarter

A dark little dungeon for an awful little magic man 🪄

I finally drew the icons to go with the map that I drew two years ago! I think it is ready to release it in June, exactly two years after I drew it.

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

A D&D reference…and HeroQuest reference

Continuing to take a look at a 60 room dungeon written with Friday Night Dungeon energy using Dolmenwood- 3 things I don’t like and 3 quick fixes: icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/05/frid...

While nothing major, this is my first kitbash- and the two figures together make a nice scene

The horrible little magic man is my new entry for “2, Wizard” on the a 2d6 random encounter table where 2 is a wizard and 12 is a dragon.

PRESS START!!

I remember reading early versions of these stories and loved them. A perfect illustrator for this sorta project!

Dice legend Lou Zocchi, gamer and inventor of the zocchihedron and champion of balanced, sharp-edged dice, has passed. Most may recall him from videos of his impassioned pitch for good quality dice, or from seeing him at cons over the past 50 years. 16 Feb 1935 - 15 Apr 2026 Roll in peace, Lou!

Looks like more folks see the same similarity icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/03/extr...

Anything is a megadungeon if you are small enough 🐜🐀🦎🐈‍⬛

Don’t Split the Session! Is my new rule of thumb after stalling my gaming for 4 months. Doesn’t matter what event they arrived at with only 10 min of playtime left- GTFO (of the dungeon) and deal with the consequences: icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/04/dont...

After reading, I felt it was very “The Hobbit” forward- which I believe is the best taste

Finally! After a near 4 month hiatus, we are back in (and successfully out of) the maw of @inplacesdeep.bsky.social 🪦 Nightwick Abbey 🪦

First hobby store I’ve found in Houston, Atomic, that sells bits by the gram! Got a little pile of cool stuff

Peacocktrice 🦚 are some of my favorite monster reskin. The false eyes of the bird are just so symbolically aligned with the gaze/petrification aspect of cockatrices & basilisks; I’ve read a swan 🦢 variant that turns you to water too

Title of my sex tape…

Its awesome when the "dragon" is something else but still dragon-esque. And really birds ARE dinosaurs...

Behold! And be not afraid... but roll initiative! alldeadgenerations.blogspot.com/2026/04/ever...

Looking through some old files, here is what Gygax apparently would give out at his convention games for each player's equipment (slots are my addition)

A summer isle that is a Vancian fever-dream! It’s mysteries delight then kill you like the giant sword-welding octopus that pulled my PC Neuf LaBlue in two…🐙🔜💔

Great mag y’all! Grab it! And let’s keep great writing and art in the superior tree corpse format dropped off in your mail box like an ill-omen (of great game coverage!)

These maps are always awesome- look at that color!

(B)atlings Not Halfings!

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only

Call of Cthulhu-a horror investigation game that is: 99% Use the dynamite 🧨 01% Spot Hidden the dynamite 🧨

The final version of my "What the Heck is a TTRPG?" trifold is available completely free on my itchio! Perfect for those looking to get a basic understanding of the hobby or branch out into new games ~ (((Thank you to everyone who gave feedback!)) sandroad.itch.io/what-the-hec...

I randomly keyed a Dyson map in 6-room clusters using Dolmenwood, aiming for quick Friday-night-D&D play over publication quality. Then thought it might be interesting to blog about 3 things to punch up each cluster: icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/04/frid...

At the end of tonight's CoC session 🦑🕵️, Sid Smith is: ❤️ 6 of 13 🧠 72 of 65 ☘️ 3 of 55 So, he'll most likely die slipping on a bar of soap in the shower

Here is the second edition of our portals to the past, featuring doorways to historic sites around Ireland: 1. Ballintubber Abbey • Mayo 2. Seefin Passage Tomb • Wicklow 3. A door into a burial vault at Drumhome • Donegal 4. The Nun's Church • Clonmacnoise #Ireland #SpéirGhorm 🏺

I love random advancement tables! Here’s one for goblins or other sneaky little folks

Remember, “ye olde” megadungeons are now contemporary media… start your OD&D dungeon campaign today! Details below 👇

An excerpt of an interview with art historian and critic David Sylvester which i think feels relevant to the environment artists find themselves in the digital/social media/algorithmic content age

Love kitbash mini stuff. The diy spirit of the Inq28 scene is great!

RIP G+ It allowed me to play games with @benlaurence.bsky.social and @zedecksiew.bsky.social and also were I learned about @inplacesdeep.bsky.social dread abbey

For those that observe, we are approaching that anniversary G➕🪦 #OSR

Big caveat to this style of game is that both the world sorta "resets" with each run AND the "story" moves forward (ie PC impact) by events and "seasons" dictated by a design team outside the PCs. RPG dungeons are more dynamic- an important factor

Honestly a great idea to use tokusatsu monsters for the spawn in a Carcosa game @save.vs.totalpartykill.ca

Been playing a lot of MARATHON lately, here is a play report of my last run...well successful run...I don't mention the two previous deaths before this one: icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/03/extr...

How cool! Glad folks are finding the Designing Dungeons course useful for not only making dungeons but getting them *played at the table*! Also big fan of assembling your own ruleset to play them as well.