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Blogging about TTRPGs among other things.
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Have been working on a new project for blog discovery. It's now live! Check out
rootr.ing
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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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John Bilodeau Illustrations
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New issue of our collaborative indie ttrpg newsletter, Carouse, Carouse! just dropped! If you need something to read with your morning coffee we've got you covered
www.carouse.blog/may-2026-fey...
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May 2026 - Fey Mischief
Alas, nettlesome sprites delayed this month's issue, but fear not—for below you'll find new releases, a thoughtful review of a psychedelic Cairn module, and a full forest point crawl adventure—also fo...
https://www.carouse.blog/may-2026-fey-mischief/?ref=carouse-carouse-newsletter
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Just Kaylee
3 days ago
GO FISH THE TTRPG - A One Page Ruleset Make sure you play it before anyone else so they all know how hip and cool you are because of it.
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Lysus
5 days ago
It's the ides of May and I'm back with another monthly newsletter, containing links to a thematically appropriate 46 blog posts I thought were good this month.
table46.bearblog.dev/the-46er-may...
#nsr
#osr
#rpg
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The 46er - May 2026
This Month on Table 46 I blogged about why hex maps need blank spaces for the Maps Blogwagon as well as attending Forge Midwest 2026. In the next few weeks ...
https://table46.bearblog.dev/the-46er-may-2026/
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jay Dragon is on some wizard shit
8 days ago
my new article, the three secrets of making games, is all about playing your game early, quickly, and enjoyably
possumcreek.medium.com/the-three-se...
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The Three Secrets of Making Games
Let’s say you and I are kids on the playground. We want to play a game, but we want to play a specific game. We want to play a game that…
https://possumcreek.medium.com/the-three-secrets-of-making-games-dcdd2c22d6e2
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Bastionland Press
8 days ago
www.bastionland.com/2026/05/boat...
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Boat Loan
Something I'm testing out for my Intergalactic testing, recently added to the playtest doc . Being part of a thousand-strong crew on a huge ...
https://www.bastionland.com/2026/05/boat-loan.html
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Marcia B.
11 days ago
finally uploaded the most up to date version of my home game
#cinco
! blog:
traversefantasy.blogspot.com/2026/05/cinc...
itch:
traversefantasy.itch.io/cinco
i’m deciding to accept it being a living document with holes and all
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Cinco: May 2026
I've finally posted an updated version of my homebrew heartbreaker Cinco!  having accepted that it is a living document and that there will...
https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com/2026/05/cinco-may-2026.html?m=1
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alice
11 days ago
doing some zine stuff today :3
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Luck Roll (Brian)
12 days ago
New episode of my Mythic Bastionland solo actual play today:
youtu.be/hDB_ay_Xm10
Plus some general rambling from me here:
luckroll.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-...
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Mythic Bastionland - Ep 8 - They March
YouTube video by Luck Roll
https://youtu.be/hDB_ay_Xm10
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the girl with Jean Seberg hair
13 days ago
In honor of the 10 year anniversary of the GLOG, please enjoy my (now wildly out of date) overview of the early days of the GLOG blogging scene.
diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2019/03/who-...
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Yochai Gal
14 days ago
Today on Between Two Cairns,
@bradkerr.net
,
@betterlegends.bsky.social
and I review The Knight Errant by
@isaacisafraid.bsky.social
, and answer a mootsack question about whether we have enough OSR modules already.
www.patreon.com/posts/knight...
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The Knight Errant | Between Two Cairns
The Knight Errant by Between Two Cairns on Patreon. Join Between Two Cairns's community for exclusive content and updates.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/knight-errant-157115254
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Rose Skye
15 days ago
A history of magical Progress and the people that made it a bad thing.
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Immanent Domain - This Vorpal Coil
For centuries, the use of magic followed a familiar pattern. A mage concentrated aether from their surroundings into a focus object, then used practiced meditative techniques to visualize a pattern fo...
https://vorpalcoil.bttg.net/immanent-domain/
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Reynaldo
15 days ago
In which Reynaldo discusses creative process and some stuff that's in the upcoming book:
breakrpg.blogspot.com/2026/05/star...
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START Week Two: Roundabout
Our kickstarter for START launched last week (as I’m sure anyone even paying a bit of attention to this blog would know) and it took us a...
https://breakrpg.blogspot.com/2026/05/start-week-two-roundabout.html
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Bastionland Press
15 days ago
Intergalactic Bastionland Playtest Doc Update! - Added Boat Loans for limited freedom during Layover - New intro page - Preparations, Authority, Getting Ahead, and Improvement sections - Added a Boat spread and Mainframe to the Infinitis Wake - General juice additions
bit.ly/ibplaytest
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Intergalactic Bastionland Playtest - Google Drive
https://bit.ly/ibplaytest
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Atmospheric Underworld
17 days ago
New Blog Debut! Come read the Confessions of a Former Signposter, and learn how even the Great Old One himself got in on this hot, OSR action.
atmosphericunderworld.com/into-the-osr/
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Into the OSR, or, How I Learned to Stop Signposting and Love Cthulhu
The D&D to OSR to Deep One Cult Pipeline, a Tale as Old as Time
https://atmosphericunderworld.com/into-the-osr/
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Sam D
20 days ago
Wrote a follow-up piece to this where I took all these design questions I sometimes kick around while working on a game and applied them to Band-Aids & Bullet Holes:
diceexploder.com/posts/a-doze...
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Annabelle
20 days ago
My inaugural blog post, a play report from a weekly lunch hour OD&D game I've joined!
earthscentedthoughts.bearblog.dev/play-report-...
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Play Report: Inn of the Red Roof
This play report details the exploration of Sivad Sanctum's Original Dungeon & Dragons megadungeon, Inn of the Red Roof. Downtime Activities Kala (F3) ca...
https://earthscentedthoughts.bearblog.dev/play-report-inn-of-the-red-roof-30-april-2026/
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New catmail is out. I'm switching up format this time to make it less link heavy.
elmc.at/catmail-4/
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CATMAIL #4
Look what the cat dragged in. Monthly project updates, plus curated blog posts and oddments worth your time.
https://elmc.at/catmail-4/
20 days ago
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Prismatic Wasteland
21 days ago
Blogwagon Roundup! 50 blogposts all about maps, including a few adventures that use the same map (from
@amandalee.bsky.social
) in totally different ways
#osr
#ttrpg
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Around the Blogosphere in 80 Days (Blogwagon Roundup) — Prismatic Wasteland
A roundup of 50 blogs from the past few months that all focus on maps (including a few adventures that key off the same map).
https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days-blogwagon-roundup
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jay Dragon is on some wizard shit
21 days ago
rae is my best friend and is one of the most compassionate, imaginative, and brilliant people in rpgs. his designs untangle normal concepts of what games are and what they're supposed to be. please, please, please, support him and his work
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Clayton
22 days ago
Wrote a quick review of a Cairn adventure I’ve run a few times now. Give it a look. It’s free.
www.explorersdesign.com/reviewing-bl...
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Reviewing Rise of the Blood Olms
The Cairn 2nd Edition adventure should be great, so what's missing?
https://www.explorersdesign.com/reviewing-blood-olms/
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jamelle
21 days ago
i was told by john roberts and sam alito that racism is over so i won't worry about white republicans in the south jumping over themselves to end black political representation wherever they can
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Reynaldo
23 days ago
One of my favorite things to do with an Adventure Site is put a fun character whose in trouble in there for the players to stumble upon. It immediately adds a lot of ripples to any session!
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Afraid of Encounters (He/Him)
23 days ago
THE CORRUPTED Colonialism + Corruption = Eldritch Horror A prequel to Oddipelago, an upcoming original TTRPG setting/adventure inspired by colonial-era Indonesia, where eldritch entities brought by colonizers corrupt both nature and people. Coming July 2026!
#ttrpg
#osr
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Using clickbait to point to my most essay like post yet. Just in time for the map bandwagon.
elmc.at/against-maps/
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Against Maps
Not all maps help play. Some clarify, some confuse, some inspire, and some just sit there like decoration.
https://elmc.at/against-maps/
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Cats Have No Lord
29 days ago
Recruiting TTRPG creators for this bundle to support typhoon relief for Saipan, the blue dot in that image where I live. Funds will go to Micronesia Climate Change Alliance. DM me if you’re interested in joining.
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Adam
29 days ago
I wrote a blog to condense all the fantastic TTRPG blogosphere GM advice I’ve read into something I could easily consult and use. Maybe it’ll be useful for you too!
afcbrodie.mataroa.blog/blog/s...
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https://afcbrodie.mataroa.blog/blog/seize-ground-listen/
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Rise Up Comus - CASTLE AUTOMATIC Crowdfunding Now!
about 1 month ago
Every year, I reread the LotR trilogy. This last year's reread amped me up and I started keying Middle-earth 12 miles at a time Concurrently, without meaning to, I wrote a game to run the hexcrawl I call it Lore - a Lord of the Rings Adventure Game retroclone Here's what I think is fun about itđź§µ
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LORE - A Lord of the Rings Adventure Game Retroclone
"I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a ...
https://riseupcomus.blogspot.com/2026/04/lore-lord-of-rings-adventure-game.html
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tante
about 1 month ago
Personally I mostly tried shifting to "digital agency" ("digitale Handlungsfähigkeit" in German) because it talks about what it's about rather than pointing at the "evil other"
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HODAG RPG
5 months ago
Hi! I'm Hodag RPG. I'm a 4x Ennie Winning Illustrator and Gamesmaker, originally from Wisconsin. Anti AI. I do Black & White Interior illustrations for OSR and NSR projects! I love Star Wars, DC Comics and Pokémon alot. I hate bullies, bigots and jabronis. Trad Games🤝 Progressive Everything Else
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Catsuka
about 1 month ago
An old Life Magazine ad from 1940 animated by Studio Spud using Moho software (2D vector animation).
www.instagram.com/studio_spud
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Ishmael, The Transition will be Live
about 1 month ago
They should make an rpg subreddit that doesn't hate the people making them lol
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Resurrected an old draft of mine to prove that I'm still blogging about ttrpgs. I tried my best to explain it, so you don't have to be a software sicko like me!
elmc.at/fullstack-re...
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Fullstack Refereeing
A framework for thinking about refereeing as Backend, Frontend, and Runtime, so you can diagnose play problems instead of solving the wrong ones.
https://elmc.at/fullstack-refereeing/
about 1 month ago
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Iko is assembling bundles
about 1 month ago
In case you didn't know I released an open source app that does markdown + CSS to print layout You can edit text via the browser app Or in the editor of your choice (obsidian, sublime, vs code...) Web
pixelppr.com
Desktop
github.com/the-coded-ty...
Attached example of what you can do with it
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very neat session prep tool!
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about 1 month ago
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Resurrected an old draft of mine to prove that I'm still blogging about ttrpgs. I tried my best to explain it, so you don't have to be a software sicko like me!
elmc.at/fullstack-re...
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Fullstack Refereeing
A framework for thinking about refereeing as Backend, Frontend, and Runtime, so you can diagnose play problems instead of solving the wrong ones.
https://elmc.at/fullstack-refereeing/
about 1 month ago
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Luck Roll (Brian)
about 1 month ago
bankuei.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/e...
Great to read about how things have shifted 4 years into a campaign (and how a game can be built to enrich long campaigns)
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Errant: The Mid Levels
God I’ve been running Errant 4 years now! Now, to be fair, we do end up taking significantly long breaks at time; usually November-December is off for holiday time and people have other thing…
https://bankuei.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/errant-the-mid-levels/
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Clayton
about 1 month ago
Mausritter and Pico inspiration: Photographer, Charles Brooks, explores the hidden spaces inside instruments, revealing a small world of hidden architecture.
www.charlesbrooks.info
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Binary
about 1 month ago
A revised version, more refined and complete with layout, is now available.
binary-star-games.itch.io/death-has-co...
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Death Has Come to This Town by Binary Star Games
https://binary-star-games.itch.io/death-has-come-to-this-town
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Belated catmail is here
elmc.at/catmail-3/
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CATMAIL #3
Look what the cat dragged in. Monthly project updates, plus curated blog posts and oddments worth your time.
https://elmc.at/catmail-3/
about 1 month ago
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Belated catmail is here
elmc.at/catmail-3/
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CATMAIL #3
Look what the cat dragged in. Monthly project updates, plus curated blog posts and oddments worth your time.
https://elmc.at/catmail-3/
about 1 month ago
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Kati, A Certified Yapper
about 1 month ago
I'm not here to tell you whether to use bullet points or not, but I will tell you the history of them!
#blog
#ttrpg
#rpg
#typography
theplayreports.com/posts/fleuro...
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The Play Reports
Fleurons, Mother of all Bullets
https://theplayreports.com/posts/fleurons-mother-of-all-bullets/
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Trita Parsi
about 1 month ago
I am waiting to hear European condemnations of this genocidal statement. I expect to be disappointed... Perhaps the German Chancellor will once again say that the time for discussing international law is not now...
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Sandro AD 🎲🎲🎲
about 1 month ago
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...
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Yochai Gal
about 1 month ago
I wrote up a few tips for writing modules. I hope folks find it interesting! I might add to it over time.
newschoolrevolution.com/module-writi...
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Module Writing Tips
Writing dungeon locations is hard. I'm not referring to the creating a dungeon (that presents its own sort of challenge) but rather the actual act of writing...
https://newschoolrevolution.com/module-writing-tips/
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Charli xcx's Wuthering Heights Stan Account
about 1 month ago
New blog post that attempts to span all types of challenge-oriented games, rather than just talking RPGs like I normally do. But there's plenty of RPG stuff in here, too. Discussion questions included at the end.
knightattheopera.blogspot.com/2026/04/how-...
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How to Talk About Difficulty
Artist credit:Â Jeffrey Hummel Gamers suck at talking about difficulty. It's one of those topics that somehow never produces a good conversat...
https://knightattheopera.blogspot.com/2026/04/how-to-talk-about-difficulty.html
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flyingrodent
about 2 months ago
A cool update on the war we aren’t fighting and aren’t involved in
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xaosseed
about 2 months ago
State of the Blog at 900 posts - base stats poisoned by swarming bots there is nonetheless hope in the launch of new webrings, frequent blogwagons and other signs of real humans still being out there. Let us persist at bit longer.
seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/04/stat...
#dnd
#ttrpg
#diyrpg
#osr
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State of the Blog (post #900)
The blog rattles along, last such milestone in the 3-digit posts. I hit a tough patch in the immediate post-Xmas lull; finding it hard to ge...
https://seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/04/state-of-blog-post-900.html
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Juniper Harper Lark
about 2 months ago
New blog post alert; its a sad one talking through the transfeminine kink zeitgeist, the ttrpgs it has inspired, saftey tools, LARP, and the act of becoming in spite of fear. You know, just in case you wanted something light to read over a long weekend.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/against-safe...
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Against Safety / Towards Bleed - The Garden Below
An exploration of transfeminine identity in erotic fiction and roleplaying games.
https://thegardenbelow.blot.im/against-safety/towards-bleed
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Luck Roll (Brian)
about 2 months ago
Mythic Bastionland fast travel? 🤔
luckroll.blogspot.com/2026/04/ther...
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There and Back Again
There was a conversation recently in the Bastionland Discord about a Mythic Bastionland session which the referee felt didn't go well. It s...
https://luckroll.blogspot.com/2026/04/there-and-back-again.html?m=1
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Reynaldo
about 2 months ago
Speaking of those Kart Racing rules -
breakrpg.blogspot.com/2026/04/brea...
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BREAK??: BRAKE!! (Freebie, April Fools)
Can you believe I couldn't get Grey to sign off on this one? Â Nothing in Outer World brings together thrill seekers and budding gadgeteer...
https://breakrpg.blogspot.com/2026/04/break-brake-freebie-april-fools.html
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