Sage the Lizard
@actuallizard.bsky.social
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TTRPG Blogging at:
https://sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/
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Gales of Nayeli has been one of the games I've been most looking forward to, and it's out today! Here are my thoughts on the game from some early access I had. I really recommend this one!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVwr...
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You Should Play Gales of Nayeli
YouTube video by ActualLizard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVwrZYPiSGg
8 months ago
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Having tits is awesome, highly recommended
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Ultima
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On top of clearly being used to suppress the votes of minorities, married women and other Americans who have changed their names would also be required to secure updated documentation to register to vote. This is going to result in voter suppression on a catastrophic level, which is their true goal.
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Yochai Gal
4 days ago
Great post from
@hilandergames.bsky.social
"A City is a Forest"
hilanderrpgs.bearblog.dev/a-city-is-a-...
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A City is a Forest
Modifying Cairn's Forest Tables to Build City Crawls
https://hilanderrpgs.bearblog.dev/a-city-is-a-forest/
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I realized I haven't posted my campaign logs here. So I'll start doing that. I'm participating in Campaign 2026, with the goal of running this campaign that started a few weeks ago to the end of the year! We are playing a modified version of Old School Essentials with custom classes. Recaps below!
4 days ago
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juli // ChildishFilipino
5 days ago
TONIGHT!! One of my favorite yearly traditions returns as the Lavender Scale Pirates set sail for the last time! Once again I will commandeer the crew’s hyperactive scout Esmer—the zany martial artist wielder of the Bug Bug Fruit Model Grasshopper. We stream Wednesday nights! Come on by!
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Bastionland Press
4 days ago
Going live to talk through the Intergalactic Bastionland playtest doc
www.youtube.com/live/xloSEPJ...
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Intergalactic Bastionland Playtest Chat
Try the Intergalactic Bastionland playtest yourself: https://bit.ly/ibplaytest Follow the eventual Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bastionland/intergalactic-bastionland-rpg-beyond-i...
https://www.youtube.com/live/xloSEPJV18M?si=Nrk1QuvGvskdMbp9
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Experimenting with my writing style a bit while I think about a creepy city to walk through
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The Walled City of Mera
Where everyone has their place and 9 foot long cats keep everything in line.
https://sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/the-walled-city-of-mera/
5 days ago
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Clayton
5 days ago
The Bloggies' page has updates! 1. "We Read the Bloggies" A fan-made podcast is live and linked! 2. A new submission has been nominated, "Book [Verb] Play" in Theory. The other post was removed on the author's request. 3. I've redesigned the page to keep things short and sweet. Happy reading!
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The Bloggies 2026
A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.
https://www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
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Seraphina Garcia Ramirez
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A group of volunteers is recording as many of the nominees for the Bloggies as possible, and uploading them as a podcast! I’m helping out a bit with this, and I’ve recorded a few already! Come listen at the link below, Spotify, and several other podcast platforms!
podcast.bloggies.org
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We Read The Bloggies (@WeReadTheBloggies) • Activity
We’re volunteers turning Bloggies-nominated blog posts into audio. So you can enjoy them anywhere, in a more accessible format.
https://podcast.bloggies.org/
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Relooted by Nyamakop
6 days ago
“Please enjoy the museum”: Relooted is OUT NOW! Please share!
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I think I'm setting the right goals for myself.
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Jes the human
7 days ago
The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here:
itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
17 days ago
Corporations will not exploit working people in NYC. Uber Eats, Fantuan & HungryPanda broke the law — shortchanging workers while raking in profits. Today, we secured $5M+ in restitution for 49,000 delivery workers. Let this be a warning: steal wages, face the consequences.
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My least favorite development in online games is how many have 8 million different currencies now. So transparently done to be confusing
19 days ago
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Random rolled traits of tonight's Mork Borg character
27 days ago
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There's a lot of people in the quotes worried about Wikipedia content being used for AI now. Sadly, that isn't really new. Almost all content on Wikipedia is published on a free use basis. You've always been able to do whatever you want with it, including use it to train AI.
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about 1 month ago
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One of my favorite pieces I've found browsing public domain artwork. Look at the little bugs on their procession 😍!
about 1 month ago
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I've been playing Yakuza lately and my wife laughs at me for stopping at every restaurant I pass to try the different foods 😅
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about 1 month ago
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I wrote an adventure for Ronin about exploring a once great castle that's been overtaken by Yokai. Discover the secrets of Castle Katsutoyo with your party and take the castle for yourselves... Or die trying!
about 1 month ago
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Today I'll be reading Coriolis the Great Dark, so impressions to come! The concept is immediately appealing to me. A dying civilization in a hollowed out asteroid needs to venture into space ruins to find a way to get their civilization back on track. Adventure ensues, neat!
about 2 months ago
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A couple matches here! 10 new (to me) ttrpgs I want to run/play this year - Fabula Ultima - Daggerheart - Sword world - Coriolis the Great Dark - Mutant Year Zero - Mythic Bastionland - Legend of the Five Rings - Urban Shadows 2e - Wanderhome - Pirate Borg
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about 2 months ago
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Nioh adds a great element to the Souls formula I didn't know I wanted. The ability to go sicko mode for like 30 seconds once or twice a level.
about 2 months ago
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Quick 🏳️⚧️
about 2 months ago
Awakening fans i summon YOU :DDD❤️🥰^-^
#FireEmblem
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Working on some layouts for an adventure for a Ronin session. God bless the public domain and free fonts!
about 2 months ago
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We passed that impasse like a week after slop became popular as a term lol
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about 2 months ago
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I'm playing PaRappa for the first time and this game is actually genius
about 2 months ago
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I rarely give out +1 magic weapons in my TTRPG sessions, here's why and a simple procedure for generating more interesting items.
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Putting the "Magic" in Magic Weapons
Why I don't give out +1 swords anymore and a simple procedure for building better magic weapons.
https://sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/putting-the-magic-in-magic-weapons/
2 months ago
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Ok I love the mechanics of mechatron but I'm not loving the included adventure. Feels like there's a ton of "if the players don't do this, later an NPC comes and makes them." Or "if the players fail this skill roll an NPC just does it for them"
2 months ago
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sam “fully armored” sorensen
2 months ago
what's up gamers, I'm back with ten more tangible tips for editing your tabletop RPG manuscript:
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I read through mutant year zero +mechatron yesterday and today. This is the first post apocalypse game that has really grabbed me. I like the premise of mechatron the most. Playing as worker robots gaining sentience and questioning "why do we work?" Sounds very fun to me
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Unfated | In Development!
2 months ago
New
#Unfated
Dev Update in our Discord and on our Kickstarter page! Check it out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unf...
discord.gg/G5e8tcDj
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Update 17: Development Update! · Unfated, a Strategy RPG for PC
- We have put plans in place to hire a 3D modeller, and are currently working on ensuring that onboarding for them is as smooth a process as we can manage.- We recently added another member as well, t...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unfated/unfated/posts/4560957
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I'm excited to run some more Ronin tonight! The published adventures use random tables and encounters in some ways I usually don't. Here's what I like, what I don't like, and how I will apply what I like to my games.
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Ruminating on Ronin's Random Tables
Ronin used random tables in some ways I haven't. Here's what I took away from the game.
https://sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/ruminating-on-ronin-tables/
2 months ago
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I've been reading a lot about Yokai lately! Here's three that I like and how I might include them in a TTRPG campaign.
sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/3-yokai-for-...
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3 Yokai for OSR Games
A demon beneath a bridge, a dead woman chasing you with sickles, and a... Grudge chicken?
https://sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/3-yokai-for-osr-games/
2 months ago
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The GM can always make the dice cooperate because they decide when to ask the dice for answers :)
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3 months ago
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Today I ran my first session of Ronin! We got about halfway through the intro adventure, so we get into the real meaty stuff next time. Full impressions when we finish it next week, but a thing I was impressed by and a funny thing that happened:
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3 months ago
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Today I'm reading Slightly Reckless Games' Ronin! I ordered a copy yesterday, but it came with a pdf, so I'll be digging in today. Right off the bat, the page layouts are lovely, as is to be expected from a Mork Borg inspired product.
3 months ago
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Reading through Daggerheart, what I like on first impression: - Simplifying where it makes sense: Stuff like just having stat modifiers instead of scores, having all the druid animal options right under the class. - the hope and fear dice: cool easy to interpret way of adding complications
3 months ago
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Ttrpg abilities are more fun when they expand the space of the game. Also featuring my one sided beef with 5e's actor feat
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Expand the Possibility Space
2000 words on my one sided beef with 5e's Actor feat.
https://sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/expand-the-possibility-space/
3 months ago
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This week's hex in my hex crawl project is my starting town, Silver Hills. The town is defined by its internal struggle to reject or accept the rule of angels, and its mistreatment of political dissidents in the past coming back to bite it in the present.
sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/silver-hills/
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Silver Hills: Mining, New Beginnings, and a Struggle for Power
At the end of the grand rail lies a town at the very edge of the angel's sphere of influence. Whether you're looking for honest work or running from the past, there's a place for you in Silver Hills.
https://sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/silver-hills/
3 months ago
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My office supplies order came in! 😊
3 months ago
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My players often want to build a town or a base, but don't like getting bogged down in the minutiae. Here's my take on a rules light, quick to manage town building system that keeps the focus on adventuring, and is easy to expand.
sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/building-a-b...
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Building a Better Town System
A modular, low upkeep system for players to manage and build a town.
https://sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/building-a-better-town-system/
3 months ago
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Mac Gawain
6 months ago
fanart of
@primdawn.bsky.social
a flower fox vtuber. They got a new outfit recently that is so cute! 💛
#art
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Wrote up my encounter table with some statblocks for my hexcrawl. Includes events ranging from cowboys to aliens, to my favorite, the Noble Mothman!
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Revolver Random Encounter Table
Some random encounters and creature stat blocks for Revolver, including cowboys, aliens, and the Noble Mothman!
https://sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/revolver-random-encounter-tables/
4 months ago
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Why I've started calling for rolls less when I GM, and the joy of just letting players do stuff
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Roll Less, Do More
If it makes sense, sometimes things can just happen!
https://sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/roll-less-do-more/
4 months ago
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Today I wrote about a way to handle knowledge checks in a skill-less TTRPG, plus a GLOG class based on acquiring knowledge!
sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/building-a-b...
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Building a Better Knowledge System (and an Archivist Class)
I don't like knowledge checks in D&D 5e. Here's what I do instead!
https://sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/building-a-better-knowledge-system-and-an-archivist-class/
4 months ago
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Still a work in progress but I published all the player facing rules for my Wild West fantasy ttrpg on my blog! It is an OSR style game heavily inspired by Into the Odd and the GLOG. I'll post other TTRPG and perhaps video game related stuff there as well :)
sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/revolver/
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Revolver
Demons, Angels, and monsters roam the world. Most citizens of the Hallowed Realm stick to the safety of towns, bouncing from place to place via the steel ra...
https://sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/revolver/
4 months ago
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I've been working on some homebrew ttrpg rules for when it's my turn to run for our rpg group. I decided to make a homemade physical core rulebook I can hand out to the players. It was a lot of fun!
5 months ago
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Over the last few months, my judges and I have been hard at work playing all the chapters made for the Pride Game Jam, and we finally finished! Please check out the winners and honorable mentions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv1U...
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Announcing the Winners of the Pride SRPG Game Jam!
YouTube video by ActualLizard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv1UQCbQJ-8
6 months ago
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Tonight, our donation campaign for Point of Pride hit my goal of $1,000. Meaning including my match and my company agreeing to match up to $1,000, we will donate a minimum of $2,200 to support gender affirming care for trans people by the end of the month!
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Gales of Nayeli has been one of the games I've been most looking forward to, and it's out today! Here are my thoughts on the game from some early access I had. I really recommend this one!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVwr...
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You Should Play Gales of Nayeli
YouTube video by ActualLizard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVwrZYPiSGg
8 months ago
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