My #Endies2025 post: luckroll.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... including awards for: - Most played / least surprising inclusion - Funniest game - Best achievement in delivering on a (not straightforward) goal - Most memorable ending - Most satisfying crunch

For those who missed my six fantastic podcast guests. www.bastionland.com/2025/12/bast...

I usually only post RPG stuff here. Making a little exception for this video by a friend and great meditation teacher. If you're reading this and you have the patience to learn 10 different rulesets for pretending to be an elf, then you have the patience to slow down for a bit and recover some HP.

You'll be smitten (smote?) by the combat episode of The Smiling Fox podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #MythicBastionland

An important part of the breadth of the hobby: spending time thinking about games you've never played 😋 In that spirit, here are 4 picked from my itch bookmarks: yopablo.itch.io/la-desbanda-... snowttrpg.itch.io/songbirds-3e emilyzhu.itch.io/beach-episode mkirin.itch.io/iron-valley

Played Mythic Bastionland today and rolled 10 dice in a single attack (5d6 + 5d4). I don't even own four d4s.

Two of my adventures, Resonant and Orestruck, are on sale now over at @spacepenguinink.bsky.social #osr

Diving into a game like #over/under for a month doesn't really work for me, but I am fascinated and delighted to hear about it. I often feel like a lot of big budget entertainment/art has been less engaging in recent years but it's wonderful to see DIY/indie/folk games and art burning so brightly.

The design decision which won narrative gaming Last week, Apocalypse World came back to crowdfunding, with the Bakers seeking funding for a Third Edition of the game. Apocalypse World was first released back in 2010 and it took the indie RPG world by storm; by the time Dungeon World was released…

New Smiling Fox 🦊 from @gthynk.bsky.social, Horst, and me. Here's a section I like, where @newmadras.bsky.social says that not all myths are spills in the supermarket. m.youtube.com/watch?v=wReO... Shout out to @juddthelibrarian.bsky.social and @madjay.bsky.social for their epic AP with Thomas! 🙌

New pin 📌 I'm Brian (he/him). I play ttrpgs. Here's my solo actual play: - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... - www.youtube.com/@LuckRollPod Here's our Mythic Bastionland discussion podcast: - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... - www.youtube.com/@TheSmilingF... My itch stuff: - luckroll.itch.io

I wrote a blog post about how I didn't understand the idea "play to find out." Maybe I still don't understand it! Read to find out: luckroll.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...

We finished mythic bastionland tonight. The Snare Knight @naeolin.bsky.social , Magpie Knight @rrookstudio.bsky.social , and Leaf Knight (Dan!) used a pack of wolves and other animals plus mental trickery to yell The Sun back into the sky to become the winter sun again. #osr

ALL PLACES ARE NEIGHBOURHOODS Last night, for @newnaratif.bsky.social , I ran a workshop about what we need to think about, when we tell stories of the environment. Did some conceptual & ideological framing. The point of this slide is simple: there is no such thing as a land without people. 1/

🧑‍🚀 I'm working on The Soloist's annual sci-fi special edition. It's always a popular issue and my favorite to write. If you have recommendations for new/upcoming games to include or suggestions for other sci-fi features, reply, send a DM, or write me at [email protected]. #solorpg #ttrpg

Here's episode 6 of my solo #MythicBastionland actual play. Knotte, the gilded knight, tracks a beast to its nest for their third and final fight. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

We're £69 away from the last milestone for Midnight of the Century (nice)! We can absolutely hit this before the campaign ends on the 31st, we just need a little Halloween spirit! 🎃

youtu.be/-lBpxDZYiTg?... I didn't appreciate the potential of this mechanic before seeing this video. It's really impressive! Great work from @capacle.bsky.social

On episode 3 of the #MythicBastionland fan podcast The Smiling Fox, I confess to being a human: www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxnNo... In the rest of the episode, we talk about how the game handles Time. Also, our guest Jesse from beardmancerbungalow.blot.im shares his homebrew magic system.

I wrote a short post for #SoloRPGDay about a light method I've been using to journal a solo game luckroll.blogspot.com/2025/10/solo... Check out solorpgday.com for more stuff!

1. Frog A small carved stone frog. Lifeless and non-magical. Believed by an entire village to be their leader. Leaning close and pretending to hear instructions from the frog has a 5 in 6 chance of success with the villagers. #MÖRKTOBER

Hello! Inktober 2025 starts tomorrow, and you'll once again be using this time to illustrate another of my personal projects: Paws Against the Darkness! It's a ttrpg about the Guardians, special dogs and cats who protect the neighborhood from supernatural threats and the forces of Darkness!

When asked "Why play solo RPGs?", I try to hit: - Flexibility: play anytime - Creativity: build your own worlds, characters, stories - Skills: learn systems, practice GMing - Focus: center on one character - Immersion: explore personal experiences and emotions - Community: share your stories

🎯 It's an achievement when a group talk about an imaginary world and everyone imagines something similar. To add the expectation of guessing what kinds of things one person might hide in that world is taking things to a whole other level.

We've released episode 2 of The Smiling Fox, an unofficial Mythic Bastionland podcast. This episode is all about prep. Available wherever you get your podcasts, and also right here 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=veBt...

I played solitaire 🃏 for the first time in awhile yesterday. This is a game in need of some more rules! It can just end in stalemate because of randomness. Why can't I tap the 8 of clubs or something to activate one of my 3 power shuffles?

This is a great post. Very useful insights 🗺️💚

The 3-minute audio track here called "missing part" is why I recommend having a phone recording a voice note as a backup. Originally I thought I'd need to use 20 minutes of the backup, but the rest was recovered by VLC's mysterious ability to open a corrupted file and export a valid version.

There is something a little sad that when I hear "presentation" my mind immediately goes to the corporate setting. It is so cool to see hobbyists getting together and sharing ideas in this way. It's a great format for learning and discussion.

Check out this dream team of a Mythic Bastionland podcast! Lots of useful tips and interesting discussion. Very much looking forward to more episodes. open.spotify.com/show/0USwQRK... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I've joined two other #MythicBastionland GMs to discuss the game on a new podcast called The Smiling Fox 🦊 Episode 1 is "trust the system" Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0USwQRK... RSS: smiling-fox.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/feed.xml

I've made a cover for my title for #AppxNJam title. Not sure if I'll get the whole thing done. I have a plan for a Tunnel Goons dungeon.

My home group will be starting up Mythic Bastionland soon, so I thought I'd throw together a little character sheet. Not quite there yet, but I feel like this, a single image in a big negative space, is the way to go.

I've released 5 episodes of a solo actual play podcast, playing #MythicBastionland. I've been trying to explore different elements of the game in each ep. For the latest episode I created an adventure site, using the game's procedure. The site is free on itch: luckroll.itch.io/broken-peak #osr #nsr

Here's a couple of interesting comments I found, criticizing the Age of Vikings RPG cover I made. I personally do not mind my works being criticized, everybody has right for their own taste and opinion, but I want to comment some things here.

Playing mythic bastionland on stream!

Share the last 4 games you played and expose your gaming habits (TTRPG only version) Kala Mandala Mythic Bastionland Age of Vikings Midnight of the Century

I just picked this up. Now all I need to do is gather some cards, a Jenga tower, and a couple of hours to *have intense feelings* 👨‍🚀🤖

In our #MythicBastionland game, we just discussed PC plans. A player tentatively suggested a visit to his home realm - "tentative" cos he worried it would trigger a bunch of prep for me BUT making realms is straightforward and fun, and since it is his home we might prep (non-secret) parts together.

There are ideas here that are familiar, just from experience in play, but it is really helpful to build up a vocabulary for talking about them and dealing with obstacles. Worth a watch!

Closing out Zero Budget And Real Weird Vol 6. with a way to make your home game Better™ kumada1.itch.io/budget-limit...

Here's a fun and insightful thing a dong dillo

Ok, nobody asked for this, it is completely unannounced, but I was possessed by this idea so here we go: Mausworn—what if Mausritter, but... Ironsworn? I started the draft, drew the cover art, and have a vision to combine my favorite bits of these two awesome games into a standalone project. 1/3

Let’s do this. Raid your old cassettes. Join the jam. Make something. Is it weird? Janky? Corny? Cringe? Perfect, as long as it's done. 🗓 Start: July 1. ⏳ End: Sept 30. 🎯 Goal: Make something TTRPG-related that fits in a cassette case box. 🔎 Details: Any theme. No AI. link in 🧵

I played in an Age of Vikings one shot on a Tuesday. I really enjoy when games combine fantasy adventure and grounded domesticity. AoV has, for example, multiple interesting magic systems, but also has a lot of the historical concerns of medieval Icelandic life. 1/3

Just gotta finish artwork and this new game will be ready to upload

I ran my first session of this last week. Delighted to see the generators funded!

I've been playing #ttrpg for 15 years. I got the PDF of #MythicBastionland last year, and it has led to the best RPG experiences I've had. But don't take my word for it: my mum (who has never read an RPG book before) flipped through it and said "Wow, this has everything you'd need to tell a story."

Great thread on tone and emotion in rpgs.

Here's the third episode of my #MythicBastionland solo campaign: youtu.be/9m8hPauiMjo?... This session features a duel, ordered by the Rose Seer. Mythic Bastionland is an excellent game. I'm one year into my campaign with my regular group and have been having the best time with it. #ttrpg #solorpg