Another great look at the interesting (and odd) implications of the rules in the 1st Edition DMG.

I've been enjoying the snippets of the Great Antarctic Hexcrawl as they're released. I'm looking forward to when the anthology is released!

Describe a character in Greek mythology the way someone trying to defend a politician would. I’ll start. Oedipus: Like you’ve never had sex with someone and regretted it later

It's true. All of it.

I'm a big fan of Forlorn Encystment's exegesis of AD&D 1e. This is another great entry!

I wrote up some basic retreat rules for my WIP dungeon crawler last night, loosely inspired by Veins in the Earth's climbing mechanics - table46.bearblog.dev/jewelsea-rpg... #nsr #osr #rpg

It saddens me to hear about this. I didn't know Rob well, but I've talked and played with him on several occasions and he seemed like a great guy.

I'm a big fan of footnotes in general, but I think they can work well in roleplaying games despite the challenges. They're a great addition where they're used in Burning Wheel.

"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Gondor," i holler as i overturn my uncle's funeral pyre and turn the 4th Age of Man into the 4th Age of Shit

Nova is one of the community's most valuable reviewers and I think this is a great look at what a review means.

I haven't read this one yet, but Amanda's work is great so you should check it out!

I always appreciate the roundup posts for the bandwagons -they let me see how many of the posts I missed. I felt overwhelmed by the inspirations last week and I missed at least a third of these!

I've really been enjoying Forlorn Encystment's look through the AD&D DMG and this is another interesting analysis.

I wrote up some of my inspirations for the Jewelsea setting that I've been working on as part of @traversefantasy.itch.io and @prismaticwasteland.com's Appendicitis N Blog Bandwagon! table46.bearblog.dev/jewelsea-rpg...

In which I work on imperatives - table46.bearblog.dev/conlang-year... #conlang #conlangyear

In which I start work on conjunctions - table46.bearblog.dev/conlang-year... #conlang #conlangyear

In which I work more on naming - table46.bearblog.dev/conlang-year... #conlang #conlangyear

Bluesky is dying cause not enough people are sharing one of the best videos ever made.

Using the International Date Line as the cutoff - N - Dublin E - Maastricht S - Golfito, Costa Rica W - Los Angeles

I got one more week of conlanging in before I'm off to Gen Con! This time, I'm wrapping up time words and moving on to place names. table46.bearblog.dev/conlang-year... #conlang #conlangyear

Looking forward to this one!

I wrote a bit about combat in RPGs and the struggles I've had as I try to come up with a system that fits what I'm trying to do with my work in progress. table46.bearblog.dev/my-problems-... #nsr #osr #rpg

1. First played: D&D 4e (I was an observer for Star Wars 2E first) 2. First run: Savage Worlds 3. Played most: D&D 5e, alas 4. Run most: 13th Age 5. Favorite: Torchbearer, 6. Most recently played: Warhammer 40K: Wrath & Glory 7. Most recently run: Fear the Dark/Jewelsea RPG, my WiP

Lots of great hole posting in this one, folks, in addition to what I boosted yesterday.

We could all do with a bit more thinking of the mood we're trying to invoke when it comes to the underground/underworld spaces of dungeon games.

I've thought vertical maps were cool since I first saw them in the original Deep Carbon Observatory. They're not appropriate for all situations, but we should use them more often! It encourages us to think in ways we might otherwise not.

Pit traps are a classic and these are some good examples.

I continue to be impressed by the mood and imagery Zedeck manages to evoke with very few words. It's a terse writing style that I really appreciate!

Carouse! Carouse! is a great monthly newsletter and this is a good example of the kind of thing you can find in it.

I liked this one! A great post about making returning from the dungeon to civilization an less friction-free experience.

Here's my entry into the @prismaticwasteland.com Holes Bandwagon. It's about the great hole that exists in the history of the Jewelsea, the old empire. table46.bearblog.dev/jewelsea-the... #nsr #osr #rpg #worldbuilding

I'm back on the horse (at least for the moment). It's time to dive into adverbs! table46.bearblog.dev/conlang-year... #conlang #conlangyear #worldbuilding

I've been really enjoying Dwiz's posts about The Seven Part Pact - looking forward to getting my grubby hands on the game when Jay Dragon finishes it up!

I'm not a talented visual artist, but I am a worldbuilder! The best public presentation of what I'm currently working on is probably my participation in the April Foundry challenge - table46.bearblog.dev/april-foundr...

In which I work out numbering, both cardinal and ordinal - table46.bearblog.dev/conlang-year... #conlang #conlangyear

In which I start to think about numbers - table46.bearblog.dev/conlang-year... #conlang #conlangyear

I wrote up the wrapup for the April Foundry worldbuilding challenge including links to a few projects from others - table46.bearblog.dev/april-foundr... #nsr #rpg #worldbuilding

In which I work on adjectives - table46.bearblog.dev/conlang-year... #conlang #conlangyear

I did another week of conlanging - in which I get myself confused about how to properly apply possession. table46.bearblog.dev/conlang-year... #conlang #conlangyear

there is also at least one good question for the conspiracy-minded, which is "do you think biden would have preferred to drop out because he was old, or because he had cancer?"

Not terribly far off - Daniel and Geordi were always my favorites.

This is awesome! I love the similar trackers I got with the Torchbearer 2e Kickstarter, though I haven't really had the opportunity to use them since all my post-Covid play of TB has been online.

After a few weeks of con prep/recovery and home repair, I got back to conlanging this week. I'm now working on passive voice and causatives. table46.bearblog.dev/conlang-year... #conlang #conlangyear

The blog is great, so I'm looking forward to having it as something I can hold in my hands!

Big Paradox sale on Steam (following the announcement of EU5), but I noticed some errors in the graphics, which I have fixed below.

In which I detail the successes and failures of the early playtest of my RPG, Fear the Dark. table46.bearblog.dev/fear-the-dar... #nsr #osr #rpg

In which I describe what I got up to at Forge Midwest - a wonderful little convention. table46.bearblog.dev/forge-2025/ #rpg

In which I post the combat resolution sequence and the basic idea behind it - table46.bearblog.dev/fear-the-dar... #nsr #osr #rpg

Here's the fourth week of April Foundry, the worldbuilding challenge that I participated in last month! table46.bearblog.dev/april-foundr... #worldbuilding #nsr #osr #rpg