One tag I often see in TTRPGs is “Rules-Light, Story-Focused,” and I’ve been wondering why simpler mechanics are often said to help the story and mood take center stage. What about narrative immersion created by rules-heavy systems, or by rules-light yet highly abstract ones? I love those games.

Llevo desde la 3.5 sin comprar un producto de D&D. Llevo desde entonces haciendo partidas que son más D&D que el propio D&D, sin D&D. No tenéis porque darle 1€ a D&D. Nunca me va a patrocinar D&D.

That one took longer than expected balansiya.bearblog.dev/crossover-ad...

Delvers

A while ago I wrote an adventure module about a 3-level dungeon. Of course, there is a secret door in the dungeon with some treasure. However, nowadays I think I would change that secret door into a living door that wants/needs something, and it would try to negotiate their "opening" with the PCs

Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played (or run) Old School Essentials - Brandonsford FLAIL - Blackwater creek Mothership - Decagone Black Sword Hack - @awizardincalafia.eurosky.social's game

18 HOURS UNTIL LAUNCH PREPARE YOURSELF 92 GAMES AND ADVENTURES DONATIONS SUPPORT TYPHOON RECOVERY FOR SAIPAN AND TINIAN THROUGH MICRONESIA CLIMATE CHANGE ALLIANCE THE BUNDLE APPROACHES WILL YOU BE READY? #TTRPG itch.io/b/3670/typho...

COMING MONDAY #TTRPG itch.io/b/3670/typho...

I’m absolutely itching to play Caves of Qud, but I’m completely knackered. Do you know any films that deal with similar themes? I have already seen Wizards (1977).

Just collecting my thoughts in order to write an adventure. This time, factions and NPCs balansiya.bearblog.dev/the-crossove...

Yesterday, while chatting with some friends, we discussed how certain games are better suited to a hypothetical newcomer to ttrpgs. We felt it important that such a game assumes no prior knowledge. From my perspective, some recent solo RPGs offer a better entry for these reasons: ⬇️

I’m back for little bit because I need to ask for help. Saipan, where I live, was hit by a super typhoon last week. My family and I are doing ok, but many people here aren’t. I want to do a TTRPG charity bundle to raise funds for one of the non-profits bringing supplies here. DM if interested.

Got some Perils, and some Princesses too, in the mail today. A game by Ryan Lynch and brought to catalan language by Mel Negra. It looks so cooool!

Got to play an adventure using this map with FLAIL, the new game by Games Omnivorous. So, here you have a little blog entry about how it went, and what the adventure was about (Spoiler, it was a CoC adventure ported to that system) #osr balansiya.bearblog.dev/blackwater-c...

Generic Character Sheet for Flail RPG, by Games Omnivorous. Both in English and Spanish. loopquantumwyrm.itch.io/generic-char...

pointcrawl!

#TTRPG — I have lately come across Stonetop and Doomsong. I know they appeal to different aesthetics and design intentions, and I tend to enjoy both reading game manuals and solo-playing—especially since I rarely have time to organise group sessions. May you share your thoughts on them? Thank you.

FOMORIA IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER Brave the Darkness, eat the heart of gods, and purge the filth of the Red Plague in a shifting subterranean world. Fomoria, the epic folk horror RPG by Tania Herrero and Johan Nohr, published by Free League, is live on Kickstarter. youtu.be/YA5sthyTxGs fomoria.com

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...

Artists, quote with something silly!

I have seen that Gods of the Forbidden North, volume 1, is around 500 pages long. But, how? how do you write that? And more importantly, how do you deal with this as a GM? Feels daunting but interesting af #osr

Some wastelands

2026, March 8th. When me—a novice wizard—nearly became a KNIGHT a-wizard-in-calafia.bearblog.dev/when-a-wizar...

map sketch during mental breakdown

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-...

En el primer capítulo, Antonio @talobotaestufes.bsky.social y yo hablamos de El caballo blanco de Vallebajo, una aventura de Tania Herrero. También discutimos un poco diferentes aproximaciones a las aventuras de #lodelrol Enlace de ivoox (también esta en spotify) www.ivoox.com/caballo-blan...

Ya ha salido nuestro juego de mesa, La Arena del Albor, un proyecto al que hemos puesto muchísima dedicación, cariño y esfuerzo ❤️ Echadle un vistazo si queréis, y por supuesto, agradecemos cualquier difusión ✨

New blog for 2026! antonio-california-games.itch.io made a blog that reads like a journal. I know he is not that into osr culture, but he played in my Mythic Bastionland game, and I hope to see interesting takes on it. The blog: a-wizard-in-calafia.bearblog.dev

I used to write posts about some Mythic Bastionland related stuff. After the bloggies, I got excited and I decided to write some nonsense about TTRPGs, specifically as seen from a more OSR/PostOSR point of view. balansiya.bearblog.dev/everything-i...

In case anyone missed it, a ton of folks (myself included!) got together to provide 121 (!) audio versions of blog posts: podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBl...

wolves upon the coast is the bundle of holding btw lol bundleofholding.com/presents/Wol...

If you see this, post a monster!

He terminado una cosa! Una aventura de supervivencia para personajes recién creados o de nivel 0. Trata sobre unas ruinas subterráneas y tiene como monstruo principal La Quarantamaula, una criatura del folclore valenciano. #lodelrol loopquantumwyrm.itch.io/terror-en-el...

Okay, I finished making an adventure module in spanish. Thoughts I got from this: 1. It got really long, at least compared to what I was expecting. And this is not the first time it happens (but it is the first time I publish it anyways)(and also only 30 pages a5, so it is not that big)

It's a good post. I've heard people discuss the "tyranny of fun" before, in the context of say, handwaving the vestigial bits of old D&D stuck onto newer D&D. Encumbrance isn't fun, random encounters aren't fun, resource management isn't fun... (1/2)

Hold on. Is this the soyjack pointing meme in this Robh Ruppel cover of the 1992 AD&D module?!?!?

Bueno pues ya están todas las escuelas mágicas, todos los hechizos adaptados a formato carta preparados para imprimir directamente. maikamelendo.itch.io/cartas-de-he... En la escuela de Elementalismo he dejado también las fichas de las invocaciones de criaturas (ondina, gnomo, silfo y salamandra)

I've seen people defend, in social networks, that DnD could be considered indie because there are companies in this world that make much more money than WotC I just think that if I said something like that in a completely serious way, my balls would heavily fall to the ground (spanish idiom)

My takeaway here is that we’re not, by and large, and industry. We’re a hobby, and we should act like hobbyists sharing something they love, not capitalists trying to out-grow each other.

This is probably the most exciting/most important community project going on in my side of the RPG scene right now. All the bloggies entries read by community members so you can catch up on the best of RPG theory and reviews from this past year.

This one is in spanish! Just gathered a bunch of maps + drawings I did (portrait by Clara Bosch and modified by me, used with permission) and wrote an adventure module for low level characters, but not a funnel! Almost done, lets hope to have it soon I guess this is my contribution to Zinemonth

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El que dirigisc i el que llegisc What I am refereeing and what I am reading

Tried to make a hand-drawn map out of the sandbox hexmap from redmagegm I was wondering where to put #osr adventures and which ones. Crown of salt and Pit of blasphemy in a far away land, probably? Also, this could be usable with Mythic Bastionland I guess. Should I post this map with the hexes?

I just wanted to write a small module for a jam and it became a dungeon with 34 locations, 4 magic items and a bunch of custom monsters. Help.

Me cago en la mar salá. Esto es la hostia 100% que lo uso en #lodelrol www.verkami.com/projects/424...

I wanted to do a dungeon module with the same spirit as "lair of the lamb" in Spanish so I am trying to do writing, maps and artwork for the folklore jam (itch.io/jam/folclore...) but damn... I am not sure I'll be able to have everything before the deadline 😓 #FolcloreRolJam2025