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Loveable oaf Blog:
https://bommyknocker.bearblog.dev
Itch:
https://bommyknocker-press.itch.io
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Will - Hardboiled Fantasyland
about 13 hours ago
I blogged! Been writing a fair number of house rules for my OSE open table, and figured I could throw some of them online. Here are my Foraging rules! Something different to what I've seen elsewhere... perhaps they interest you? No more rations!
hardboiledfantasyland.blogspot.com/2026/04/fora...
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Foraging Rules for the Open Table
My house rules for foraging in Caelfall, my OSE open table.
https://hardboiledfantasyland.blogspot.com/2026/04/foraging-rules-for-open-table.html
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michael lutz
2 days ago
i wish i could describe the sort of posts i wanted to see, and then some sort of coding agent would build the feed i described. i wish an orb of mercury would grow enough blades to pierce the heart of every person who ever wronged me. i hope that if i die with enough hate in my heart god will go mad
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Murkdice 🖋️ INKVEIN
3 days ago
This week in MurkMail, we talk designing negative space
#osr
murkdice.substack.com/p/adventure-...
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Adventure design is about negative space
Choosing not what to include
https://murkdice.substack.com/p/adventure-design-is-about-negative
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Perplexing Ruins
3 days ago
At noon US EST, having a biggo Adventure Sale over at my itch. For 1 week, 6 Adventures & Campaign Notebook 75% off! There's ALOT of adventure here, for various systems. I'd like to get these on more tables. (leave some ratings/reviews if not too much trouble)
itch.io/s/183138/adv...
R/S welcome :)
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Afraid of Encounters (He/Him)
5 days ago
!!!NEW INDONESIAN TABLETOP RPG ADVENTURE ALERT!!! Wicak, a friend of mine, has just released his first OSR adventure module for
@melsonian-arts-council.itch.io
's Troika! and
@lukegearing.bsky.social
's Acid Death Fantasy! Check it out! 🏎️🏜️
wicakhidayat.itch.io/race-your-pa...
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Race Your Pardon by overeasy
An adventure module for Troika RPG's Acid Death Fantasy setting. Inspired by a movie in the 80s.
https://wicakhidayat.itch.io/race-your-pardon
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𝖂.𝕯.
6 days ago
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...
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EXTRACTION SHOOTERS: The New Dungeon Crawl?
A play report from a recent run in MARATHON. *** I've accepted a contract from CYAC in return for gear, but importantly, an introduction to ...
https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/03/extraction-shooters-new-dungeon-crawl.html
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Tony Dowler
5 days ago
I’m doing a thing! If you like mega dungeons (and I know you do), check it out.
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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Get Ready for The Salamander Mines megadungeon
From Tony Dowler - Get Ready for The Salamander Mines megadungeon
https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/971cbbfc-04df-4dab-a16d-1fa650c43454/landing
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Andrew Doull
5 days ago
The answer to this question was DEAD LETTERS
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Nick Brumfield
5 days ago
Your periodic reminder that there is a website that lets you listen to local radio stations anywhere in the world This is honestly one of the coolest inventions ever, imo. Global access to hyper-local imagined communities
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Explore live radio by rotating the globe
Explore live radio by rotating the globe.
https://radio.garden/
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Gander Gaming
21 days ago
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gan...
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Coming soon: GROK?! 2nd Edition: A Science-Fantasy RPG
Grok?! is a rules-light science fantasy RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world of advanced technomancy and boundless plausibility.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gandergaming/grok-2nd-edition
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John Nephew
6 days ago
Wow US Customs fucked us! We had a 20' container of games that they held for inspection for 18 days, and the carrier is charging us more than $7,000 in detention and storage for that time. I'm pissed as hell.
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Goblin Archives
6 days ago
I wanted to share the Spring Break fun with you all! Since I'm having such a killer time pretending to do Liminal Horror full time, I wanted to spread that joy with others. Right now all the mainline LH titles are 40% off, or you can get the bundle for $35.00.
itch.io/s/182953/spr...
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Spring Break Sale! by Goblin Archives
A bundle by Goblin Archives, $35.00 for 10 games
https://itch.io/s/182953/spring-break-sale
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John Marron ➡️ GaryCon
6 days ago
Weird GaryCon story. My friend Roger and I listened to the "When we were Wizards podcast on our 12 hour drive from Alabama up to Lake Geneva (if you are a TTRPG nerd, well worth a listen). They talk about the first TSR offices outside Gary's house, calling it the "Old Gray House". (continued)
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Lars // Dice Goblin Games
6 days ago
I could NOT be more excited to share that the revenue of DANGER CLOSE so far has allowed me to hire the incomparable
@hodagrpg.bsky.social
to illustrate the full release! The illustrated update is out now - we're getting so close to full FULL release!
dicegoblingames.itch.io/danger-close...
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Sandy Horne
7 days ago
I got the rejection email today. I didn't have any luck with the Australian Geographic photo comp this year. No need for sympathy. I'm used to it. It's very competitive. Here's one of my unsuccessful entries. A yellow-tailed rock wallaby at Boolcoomatta Reserve.
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directsun
6 days ago
Talking puzzles in adventure games with
@bradkerr.net
and
@josephrlewis.bsky.social
at Gary Con 2026. Happy with how this went <3 Thank you for all your help with the audio
@bobbymcelver.bsky.social
#osr
#puzzles
youtu.be/rb5uWdNHsAM
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Designing Puzzles for Adventure Games at Gary Con 2026
YouTube video by Direct Sun
https://youtu.be/rb5uWdNHsAM
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Dominic Tarason
6 days ago
Less than 24 hours left on the Steam sale! I'd do a recommendation thread, but I'm tired and sick today, so I'll just direct y'all once more to my Curator page, which contains everything I would recommend and then some! As always: Sort by Discounts, then keep scrolling. The deep cuts lie below.
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Steam Curator: Dominic Tarason's Opinionation Station
Info-tags aside (for listing stuff) this is 100% personal recommendations on games I've played. Expect a lot of weird, indie, undersold or otherwise mysterious stuff, plus the occasional mainstream fa...
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43135575/
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Rise Up Comus - CASTLE AUTOMATIC Crowdfunding Now!
7 days ago
Someone on the Worm discord asked for "Reasons to Experiment" for an alchemy themed dungeon and it got my brain going. Dumping the ideas I shared here in a🧵 - Time Dilation Chamber: A cubby the size of a microwave. Put something in, pull the lever, anything inside experiences 1, 10, 100, 1000 years
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Amanda P.
7 days ago
nice words by
@watcherdm.com
on the cairn adventure anthology I am delighted to be in with
@zedecksiew.bsky.social
and
@bradkerr.net
, thanks again to
@yochaigal.bsky.social
for letting us get weird!
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ரமணன்
7 days ago
It is our patriotic duty to buy Canadian Mothership modules. Emergence is a funnel adventure—like you play in DCCRPG—where the characters will play inmates in a prison complex trying to escape. (And I mean there is a whole bunch of other stuff going on too.) Art by
@chaoclypse.bsky.social
—what! 🤘🏾
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Cats Have No Lord
8 days ago
Each week I review something free from the most recent physical games listings on
Itch.io
. I typically just browse through each week and find something, but feel free to let me know if you’re putting something out you’d like a review of.
#TTRPG
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Lyme
8 days ago
It's done. 10k words covering everything I know about how to make RPGs, from your first idea to getting the book on the shelf. It's not perfect but I hope it helps someone.
brackish-draught.bearblog.dev/everything-i...
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Everything I Know About Making RPGs
This blog post is inspired by a panel I was on at Sabrecon in 2025. Unlike most panels, we ended up with two and a half hours to talk about making RPGs with ...
https://brackish-draught.bearblog.dev/everything-i-know-about-making-rpgs/
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Aaron Lim 林家丰
9 days ago
Interesting event on poetry and games in the UK,
@breathingstories.bsky.social
should def check it out
manchestergamecentre.org/events/2026/...
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Multiplatform 2026: Poetry in Games/ Games in Poetry — Manchester Game Centre
Multiplatform is the annual Manchester Game Centre symposium dedicated to analogue and digital game studies and practice. In 2026, we turn to the lively, uneasy, and productive overlaps between poetr...
https://manchestergamecentre.org/events/2026/6/11/multiplatform-2026-poetry-in-games-games-in-poetry
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Reece
10 days ago
Just launched my Megadungeon website! After playing my campaign for a year, I decided to learn how to make websites. Now it's finally live! Check out the first 143 rooms of Cataclysm Tower:
returntocataclysm.com
#ttrpg
#OSE
#Megadungeon
#dnd
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Return to Cataclysm
Return to Cataclysm is an OSE Megadungeon that takes place in a giant obsidian wizard's tower in a world of ruin.
https://returntocataclysm.com/
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Murkdice 🖋️ INKVEIN
10 days ago
We're closing in on the physical print of our GM workbook stretch goal! If you run
@morkborg.com
, Inkvein is a must have. 250+ pages of setting and megadungeon ready for you to drop into the Dying Lands! Grab the quickstart now!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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Michael Arias
10 days ago
Shinji Kimura did a mountain of production design (usually a couple of these drawings each day) and we started storyboarding as soon as he was finished designing.
#Tekkon
#鉄コン
#AmerBeton
#木村真二
#anime
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What a cool weird metaphor for adventure gaming, it feels like it could be extended in a dozen interesting ways.
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Martin Orchard
11 days ago
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...
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60 systems and 600 sessions. 3 years in the life of a TTRPG meetup. - Pointless Monument
I found 436 people who wanted to play TTRPGs in-person near me. Here’s how I did it and the 10 tips I learned along the way. In late 2022 I moved
https://pointlessmonument.blot.im/60-systems-and-600-sessions-3-years-in-the-life-of-a-ttrpg-meetup
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🍁 Levi Kornelsen
11 days ago
Occasional reminder to read
@johnharper.bsky.social
's 50/50, which is basically a brain-slap for "You don't need nearly as much system as you think", even though that's not it's primary point.
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50/50 - A Game of Fictional Positioning
50/50 A game of fictional positioning By John Harper When your character takes a risk and you're not sure which outcome should occur, do the following: Consider the situation at hand and how its det...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NLD_KhZwrKRz3sIquZDSW_Wx__7My6Kdg1Jbk6hF7Mw/edit?tab=t.0
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Velocitree2
11 days ago
In RPGs, how to deal with the ultimate failure, death? I love both the deadliness of the N/OSR and the character investment in trad games like 5e. This post is about how I put those two things together, and designed a different way to die in RPGs.
dreamshrike.blogspot.com/2026/03/deat...
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Death, the discovered country (LoF, part 6)
In role-playing games, how to deal with the ultimate failure , death? There are plenty of ways to punish players for lesser failures, and ...
https://dreamshrike.blogspot.com/2026/03/death-discovered-country-lof-part-6.html
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Kati, A Certified Yapper
12 days ago
Continuing my exploration of Improv at the table, specifically in regards to play-by-post games!
theplayreports.com/posts/improv...
#blog
#ttrpg
#rpg
#playbypost
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The Play Reports
Improv's Role at the Table
https://theplayreports.com/posts/improv-and-play-by-post/
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Goblin's Henchman
12 days ago
80/ Merman Been a bit preoccupied for the last few days, but squeezed this in Colouring my way through a broken spine Monster Manual
#OSR
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Emiel Boven
13 days ago
chaos toads
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elmcat
13 days ago
Have been working on a new project for blog discovery. It's now live! Check out
rootr.ing
! A new small hub and webring for ttrpg blogs. Read about here:
elmc.at/rootring-is-...
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rootring is live!
rootring is a curated webring for TTRPG blogs: a place to wander from site to site, discover new writing, and follow the blogosphere.
https://elmc.at/rootring-is-live/
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Prismatic Wasteland
13 days ago
Social media (even this one) suck. Here is a home page to read a bunch of blogs instead
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Magnolia Keep
13 days ago
From the Brilliant Mind of Magnolia Keep comes the conclusion (for now) of Prepping Plots! This time we focus on scene-to-scene transition and how we prep a session:
https://magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/03/prepping-plots-part-four-stringing-beads.html?m=1
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Prepping Plots, Part Four: Stringing the Beads
So, you've finally gotten yourself a group of players and are preparing your first session. So, what kind of stuff should you be preparing?...
https://magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/03/prepping-plots-part-four-stringing-beads.html?m=1
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Murkdice 🖋️ INKVEIN
13 days ago
INKVEIN IS LIVE! Our 250+ page tome of monochromatic horror, a setting and megadungeon for
@morkborg.com
, is up on BackerKit! Shares on socials and other discord servers are much appreciated!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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Inkvein - A MÖRK BORG Megadungeon
Inkvein is a caving-centric megadungeon crafted for MÖRK BORG, drowned in inky horror. Emerging from the quill of ENNIE nominated Murkdice and published by ENNIE winning Space Penguin, this tomb of mo...
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/space-penguin-ink/inkvein-a-caving-centric-megadungeon-for-mork-borg
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Nick LS Whelan
14 days ago
While working on a more substantive project, I got to thinking about a maladaption I've noticed in many referees. Then a few hours later, a friend of mine did the exact thing I was thinking of right in front of me. So I wrote about it.
www.paperspencils.com/referee-sabo...
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Referee Sabotage – Papers & Pencils
https://www.paperspencils.com/referee-sabotage/
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Jonas-Merlin Schumacher
2 months ago
Just released the 2nd version of my set of hex tiles based on paintings from The Met Collection. This version brings the number of tiles from 6 to 44 and includes bangers such as ocean tiles, making it usable to create real maps for the first time.
jonasmerlin.itch.io/the-met-coll...
#ttrpg
#osr
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The Met Collection Hex Tiles v0.2 by Jonas-Merlin Schumacher
Hex tiles for Hex Kit
https://jonasmerlin.itch.io/the-met-collection-hex-tiles
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I was kinda on the fence about actually buying 7PP because it sounded like it must be complex. But Dwiz's deep-dive blog series really illustrated to me that it's designed to be completely gettable, and straight-up fun. I'm practically salivating about it now.
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jay Dragon is on some wizard shit
15 days ago
Seven-Part Pact, my fantastical and ornate TTRPG about the seven most powerful wizards in a fantasy world, is coming this summer to kickstarter!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...
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Coming soon: Seven-Part Pact
A fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Jay Dragon about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjgames/seven-part-pact
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Michael Van Vleet (he/him)
16 days ago
Dipped into Mythic Bastionland over the weekend. Rolled up a weak, not very bright knight with a silver tongue and iron will. I have become the leader of our band and I am full of bad ideas. Even worse: a fellow knight is rewarded mechanically for disagreeing with me, but following anyway.
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Chris B 🐻🌈
16 days ago
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w.s healed / rose quarter-drifting
19 days ago
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...
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THE COIN DON’T HAVE NO SAY
“It’s just you.” Encoding and decoding in tabletop roleplaying games.
https://medium.com/@rosequarterdrifting/the-coin-dont-have-no-say-6cac4a643025
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Ty
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Sam Seer
17 days ago
Running or planning a Mythic Bastionland campaign? Here are six Sea Myths for you.
open.substack.com/pub/samseer/...
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6 Sea Myths for Mythic Bastionland
"A black gull flies overhead."
https://open.substack.com/pub/samseer/p/6-sea-myths-for-mythic-bastionland?r=27j7bt&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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@69dinguses.bsky.social
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Jonas-Merlin Schumacher
18 days ago
Finally managed to write up my notes on A Perfect Rock by
@deepdark.games
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dungeonmerl.in/3mgzespqirc2e
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Notes on Every New System I Play this Year #6: A Perfect Rock - Dungeon Merlin
https://dungeonmerl.in/3mgzespqirc2e
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Manifesto Is A Fail State
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Lars // Dice Goblin Games
18 days ago
Finished my submission for the FIST GASHAPON JAM 2026!
dicegoblingames.itch.io/slush-fund
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SLUSH FUND - All or Nothing in the Arctic by Dice Goblin Games
A Devilish Dilemma against Opposing Operatives
https://dicegoblingames.itch.io/slush-fund
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