This is what is going to get me across the finish line and a book into your hands that you and I will hopefully correct and improve and build on.

How it feels to run a weekly 5e game for nearly two years: www.slashgear.com/img/gallery/...

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...

Great GM advice, distilled down: afcbrodie.mataroa.blog/blog/seize-g...

Less than 24 hours to go on Inkvein and we’re closing in on another fun stretch goal: an extra table of setting-specific backgrounds for our enormous Mörk Borg megadungeon. Back it here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Our Haus rules for playing Mausritter with young kids: derived via negotiation with my elementary schoolers, at great cost. dreamshrike.blogspot.com/2026/04/maus...

Added a post for the Map Blogwagon by @prismaticwasteland.com. This one's all about DEPTH CRAWLS, specifically looking at @soulmuppet.co.uk's The Stygian Library and @blueprincegame.bsky.social! #blog #ttrpg #rpg #crawls #blogwagon theplayreports.com/posts/blue-p...

How to simply make random hex maps that look like beautiful real world maps: bravo! Terrain clusters and everything. Best line: “The most important ingredient is love.”

This looks neat! An expansion and adaptation of my Middle-earth Hexcrawl crafting rules - now, for YOUR dungeon fantasy game.

Is there any way to stop mobile iOS @discord.com from resetting my place when I scroll back up a discussion a full day and stop to read a link? I feel like Sisyphus.

Elmcat hard at work winning the bloggies again…which they are constitutionally barred from doing! Nice try, and great lingo—really makes for a working vocabulary of running a game. Instant classic!

This work exceptionally well in Mausritter and Root lol.

NULL_SPACE physicals are here! The basic rules are a square-bound stapled booklet, while GIG_WORK; is a little folio containing four Jobs. (links downthread)

For all those RPG folks who play woth young kids out there, please benefit from my mistakes: dreamshrike.blogspot.com/2026/04/maus...

Shiny TTRPG links #271 - fascinating glimmers from now and before seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/04/shin... #ttrpg #osr #dnd #diyrpg

I made a blogpost about this. Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene and The Quest for Generic "Authentic" Slop. The Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene has a Gen AI problem! afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-co...

This isn’t always obvious if you’re running an adventure module or or playing a game with lots of good tables for procedural generation, but that just means someone else did the prep for you. It still had to be done. Rules light ≠ prep light

Taking inspiration from the idea of Lore Blocks by @explorersdesign.bsky.social and talking deeply about Location Blocks in the Blogosphere!! theplayreports.com/posts/locati... #ttrpg #rpg #blog #design #layout

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...

I like this. Reminds me of the numerous times I've said, "You don't need cantrips if you let wizardos do interesting things." Tieing that to memorized spells is a good take.

Every last one of my ttrpg blogging blorbos should apply to be a part of the rootr.ing. do it Now.

If we reach 999 backers (only 121 to go!) we will unlock and produce WORM divination boards! These would be offered as a discounted add-on for early worms! They're like a GM screen, but show information instead of hiding it—each board is full of reference material for the four phases of play.

Been a little while! Put together an essay about how to use circuit design principles to think about pointcrawls in #osr and adventure games. tbr.bearblog.dev/circuit-craw...

THE KNIGHT ERRANT: EXPANDED EDITION'S PHYSICAL EDITION IS OUT NOW! The first Indonesian Tabletop RPG product published internationally! www.copypastecoop.com/shop/p/the-k... Thank you @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social, @daniellocke.bsky.social, Copy/Paste Co-op as our publisher! #osr #tabletoprpg

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...

Strahd is the ultimate quantum ogre. This week, I write about the problem of the Quantum Horror and how I solve it for adventure games. dreamshrike.blogspot.com/2026/03/fear...

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-...

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...

An amazing OSR megadungeon with so much flavor and two full cities AND magical ink and ink monsters? I am sold! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

A friend of @harbowoputra.bsky.social and mine, Pandu, has just released from his first Tabletop RPG adventure! It's a system agnostic Horror pamphlet adventure involving a creepy motel and a forest entity. Do check out this new Indonesian creator's work! viendhita.itch.io/like-flowers...

I wrote about my experiences teaching Cairn to middle school kids, but my advice works just as well for adults as it does for adolescents. widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/teaching-cai...

here's the first in a series of articles about the development of Seven-Part Pact, how it went from 17th century england to a fantastical archipelago, and the important conversations that helped it become what it is now possumcreek.medium.com/seven-part-p...

It's the middle of March, which means it's time for another newsletter! Within you'll find a selection of the best RPG blog posts of the last month along with my roundup of what I'm reading and playing. table46.bearblog.dev/the-46er-mar... #rpg #nsr #osr #posr

Are poems games? Stop doing discourse and start making weird experiments. #osr #ttrpg #blog

We're nearly on 1600 followers for Inkvein, our inky megadungeon filled with claustrophobic terror for @morkborg.com! Check out this 250 page monster here www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Brothers and sisters are natural enemies! Like story games and OSR! Or 5e and OSR! Or board games and OSR! Or OSR and other OSR! Damn OSR, they ruined the OSR!

Non-RPG design that could inspire RPG design. 1. These could be NPCs, locations, magic items or powers. Presented in three-column with an image for each.

A DEAD PLANET, A FORSAKEN KNIGHT AND A GROUP OF STRANDED SPACEFARERS The Knight Errant: Expanded Edition is now available on itch! A science fantasy old school Tabletop RPG adventure, designed for any Mark of the Odd games. Published by @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social Copy/Paste Co-op. Link below!

New blogpost, daydreaming of Mythic Bastionland: A knight can interact with the themes of a myth to draw closer to it. PLUS 12 myth-specific relics. #osr #ttrpg #blog

Want to play #Daggerheart completely with cards? You can, with fun mini-games too: dreamshrike.blogspot.com/2026/03/dagg...

A fellow anti-blorber, procrastinators (I mean, improvisers) of the world unite!

OK! I do 12 damage. Your PC had six HP. How do you feel? (In other words, character death remains an unsolved problem in the design of many games).

New month, new newsletter. Talking about why I didn't blog this month haha Also including a ton of links to posts I found interesting! elmc.at/catmail-2/

If you ask someone how Into the Odd has streamlined their games, they will probably mention removing the "to hit" roll and just rolling damage. I blasphemously ask the question: can we re-incorporate accuracy and missed attacks with Into the Odd without turning it into a major slog? #osr #ttrpg

The small ones among us are may be overlooked, but they surely have grand tales to tell! Let's explore these tiny epics in the #ttrpg Blog Carnival. Smol mouse & a needle sword? A Shadow of the Colossus boss fight? Share your creations early! Final roundup on March 31 errantthinking.com/tiny-epics/

I wrote a little bit about giants for the February 2026 Blog Carnival - table46.bearblog.dev/giants-in-th... #osr #nsr #posr #rpg

A short and very busy month on the road means this month's Explorateur is light. I mean, it's still a mace to face with design links, but it's not the usual two-hander. I'm doing this new thing with the intro where I share three design/creative/craft ideas. www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...

Down the path of fear, foreshadowing danger in adventure games: dreamshrike.blogspot.com/2026/02/land...

I think this is a good post, but I disagree with the conclusion. While writing poetically is all well and good, tags are a great way to convey information quickly, just do it diegetically. Full response in blog post: personable.blog/defending-di...

Microblog time! Why not speed your investment in a character by putting yourself on the line to buy snacks for the table if they bite the dust? table46.bearblog.dev/the-snack-fu... #rpg #osr #nsr #posr