» Y2k/25 Apr.2-Human Bard
03/04/25 00:59 from No Foes, No Traps
Name:Zasha Telemantar/ Zasha Four-Strings Level Range:Experienced Stats:Powerful Alignment: Neutral Good Deity: Satar of the Sands Location: Vhullon Flats Affiliation: Independent Adventurer Point of Interest: Travels all across the Star...

» A Review Policy
02/04/25 17:06 from Playful Void
You might have noticed I review modules, and occasionally games. I do this for two reasons: The first is that I want to critique modules and games for the purpose of learning about design, and the second is I want to support creators in ...

» Landmark Sites - Sanctum
02/04/25 05:22 from BASTIONLAND

» Auditing my home campaign city for urban game-playability
02/04/25 03:30 from Seed of Worlds

» Y2k/25 Apr. 1-Gnome Rogue
02/04/25 00:58 from No Foes, No Traps
Name:Fylax Nytherbril Level Range:Low Stats:Balanced Alignment: True Neutral Deity: The Bone God Area: East Xematac Affiliation: Independent Adventurer Point of Interest: A desperate survivor with a steel trap brain, lightning quick feet...

» Kelpsprot Prep 2
01/04/25 21:02 from The Dododecahedron
On the challenge of writing a megadungeon.

» Obligations
01/04/25 11:07 from Luke Gearing
Characters improve in two ways; by taking on Obligations and by forcing others to break theirs. An Obligation is an ongoing commitment to another group or entity. Once sworn, a character gains +1HD and +1 to-hit. A character failing to u...

» Opal-Winged Chiropterae - VotE Remastered Development
01/04/25 07:19 from False Machine

» City of 100 Gods 4/10: The Last Ladders
01/04/25 06:53 from Alone in the Labyrinth

» Y2k/25-Mar.31-Gnome Bard
01/04/25 00:59 from No Foes, No Traps
Name:Patches Greenbarrell Race: Gnome Class: Bard Level Range:Veteran Stats:Powerful Alignment: Neutral Good Deity: The Seventh Wind Affiliation: The Highflute Players (Coastal Chapter) Point of Interest: They grew up in the back of wago...

» Who Up Tunneling Them Trolls?
31/03/25 18:15 from Roll to Doubt
The 8th edition of Tunnels & Trolls (T&T) was announced. While skeptical at first, seeing Chris Bisette and Scott Malthouse as lead writers gave me some interest. The announcement led to an intensification of the recurrent if alw...

» On Casting
31/03/25 14:24 from Fail Forward

» Spring Cleaning
31/03/25 09:59 from The Graverobber's Guide

» Bathtub Review: Arkos
31/03/25 05:18 from Playful Void
Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module design. They’re stream of consciousness an...

» Shiny TTRPG links #218
31/03/25 03:53 from Seed of Worlds

» Y2k/25-Mar.30-Halfling Fighter
31/03/25 00:59 from No Foes, No Traps
Name:Spoyle Stumpfallow Race: Halfling Class: Fighter Level Range:Low Stats:Balanced Alignment: True Neutral Deity: The Fifth Wind Affiliation: The Rovers of Niallbaug Point of Interest: A man in need of a drink, a tab in need of coin, a...

» d100 Titles (+vampire class redux)
30/03/25 21:26 from Spiceomancy

» OSR - Status
30/03/25 01:31 from Illusory Sensorium
Play to win, play to lose, or play to lift - why we should play more with high and low status.

» Y2k/25 Mar.29- Half-Elf Paladin
30/03/25 00:59 from No Foes, No Traps
Name:Ba’nat’ar Bandor Race: Half-Elf Class: Paladin Level Range:Experienced Stats:Powerful Alignment: Lawful Good Deity: Parrish, the Sunlord Affiliation: The Church of Parrish (Reformed) Point of Interest: A direct descendan...

» A Hazard Die for Mothership
30/03/25 00:00 from save.vs.totalpartykill.ca
Ben is interested in getting people blogging about Mothership. People are good, so of course it wasn’t long before someone shared something: Hazards In Space! Adapting the Hazard Die For Mothership . Funny enough, this is something I had...

» Getting Started with OD&D
30/03/25 00:00 from save.vs.totalpartykill.ca
The Fantastic is Fact has a great post about getting started playing OD&D , my favourite version of Dungeons and Dragons! This post has a good overview of all the various retroclones of the game, including my favourite, Delving Deepe...

» A CROCODILE, EATING
29/03/25 22:54 from Zedeck Siew's Writing Hours
(Photo by Shuyi ) A CROCODILE, EATING is an installation work, ritual performance, and shrine. It is part of WEIRD HOPE ENGINES , a contemporary visual art exhibition about tabletop roleplaying games, running at Bonington Gallery, Nottin...

» Let's Build a PIE Conlang 1: Intro + First Word
29/03/25 15:18 from Throne of Salt

» Hex-maps and high-mobility magic
29/03/25 05:18 from Seed of Worlds

» Y2k/25 Mar.28-Human Rogue
29/03/25 00:59 from No Foes, No Traps
Name:Flaura Filke Race: Human Class: Rogue Level Range:Low Stats:Balanced Alignment: Neutral Good Deity: The Second Wind Affiliation: Independent Adventurer Point of Interest: After years spent doing chores alongside her poor mother on h...

» Zungeon Zunday: Cacogenic Vats
28/03/25 05:36 from Playful Void
In 2025 I’m reviewing zungeon zines. They’re stream of consciousness and unedited critiques, just like Bathtub Reviews, but they’ll be a little briefer. The goal here is a little different: I want to spotlight what a craft-based, just-do...

» Y2k/25 Mar.27-Elf Monk
28/03/25 00:47 from No Foes, No Traps
Name: Fan’tum, the Wanderer Race: Elf Class: Monk Level Range:High Stats: Powerful Alignment: Lawful Neutral Deity: The 3rd Wind Affiliation: The Hidden Monastery Point of Interest: Raised to bring peace, justice and balance to the...

» Recovered: Crisis on Christmas: Coin Hunt
28/03/25 00:00 from Benign Brown Beast
I’ve enjoyed hearing how people have made use of Crisis on Christmas Prime in the last few weeks. I hope that by providing a brief sample adventure it might be more approachable. I rolled “ Rag-tag adventurers are buying up candy!” on th...

» Y2k/25 Mar. 26-Half-Elf Sorceror
27/03/25 00:59 from No Foes, No Traps
Name:Zen’yth Swifte Race: Half-Elf Class: Sorceror Level Range:Low Stats:Powerful Alignment: Chaotic Good Deity: Rautamma, the Vermin God of the Westbaug Affiliation: Disciples of Rauttama Point of Interest: Raised by her father, t...

» It was a Renaissance
27/03/25 00:00 from save.vs.totalpartykill.ca
Thomas M, who writes one of my favourite RPG newsletters , asked for suggestions about people producing games in “the NSR, post-OSR, and generally the experimental side of the OSR” for what I assume will become an article for Rascal or h...

» Most Adventures are Bad - An Adventure Writing Process
26/03/25 08:30 from All Dead Generations

» Ideas to patch into OSR play (RPG Blog Carnival)
26/03/25 05:59 from Seed of Worlds

» Landmark Sites - Dwelling
26/03/25 05:29 from BASTIONLAND

» Y2k/25 Mar. 25-Gnome Cleric
26/03/25 00:59 from No Foes, No Traps
Name:Gelpher “Gelf” Thackelwycket Race: Gnome Class: Cleric Level Range:Experienced Stats:Powerful Alignment: Lawful Good Deity: The Universal Public Patron Spirit Affiliation: The Free Universal Parsonage of the Peninsulas P...

» Most Adventures are Bad
26/03/25 00:00 from save.vs.totalpartykill.ca
Gus , Mr. Dungeon Crawling himself, asks the hard questions: why do most adventures suck? He suggests ways to improve the adventures you are writing (to sell for cash-money). Something he touches on, that gets glossed over in a lot of th...

» White Chalk: Crow Moon 2/12 (Almanac 25)
25/03/25 10:12 from Alone in the Labyrinth

» The Memory of the Meatgrinder
25/03/25 09:48 from Rise Up Comus

» Y2k/25 Mar.24-Half-Orc Sorceror
25/03/25 00:59 from No Foes, No Traps
Name:Bolodon Kelemak Race: Half-Orc Class: Sorceror Level Range:Experienced Stats:Balanced Alignment: True Neutral Deity: The Fifth Wind Affiliation: Independent Adventurer Point of Interest: Raised in a loving family of rich merchants,a...

» Standard Playing Cards
25/03/25 00:00 from Benign Brown Beast
I’ve been thinking about cards a lot recently. Really, for a while. I wanted to lay out a little bit of how I’ve started thinking about them, why I think certain design decisions are common, and what constraints they follow from. While I...

» Worldbuilding through the Rebuking Cleric
24/03/25 21:27 from Rise Up Comus

» RANDOM ENCOUNTER TABLES AS ADVENTURE RAM: Adding “Memory” To Encounter Checks
24/03/25 09:00 from I Cast Light!

» Paint the (Un)scene
24/03/25 06:22 from Illusory Sensorium
A pair of scene-setting techniques to add cinematic flair to your game without compromising your 'blorb' principles!

» Bathtub Review: Salthaven
24/03/25 06:01 from Playful Void
Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module design. They’re stream of consciousness an...

» Shiny TTRPG links #217
24/03/25 04:24 from Seed of Worlds

» Exorcists and Wizard-Hunters: Alternate D&D Frameworks
23/03/25 18:34 from Throne of Salt

» The Beer Seller & The Bierkellar
23/03/25 14:38 from Luke Gearing
Written by Luke Gearing & Dan Boyle Somewhere in your Smoke… A Wall runs through the city. The Wall is older than the buildings around it. Many lean against it like drunks, breath foul, eager to explain. Dogs piss on it. People piss ...

» Officious Storygame Regulations - Stakes
23/03/25 08:09 from Illusory Sensorium
Haggling over all possible futures and making deals with the devil.

» Urban Gameplay Part 6: Concrete Jungle Gyms
22/03/25 11:51 from A Knight at the Opera

» Comparing Grognardia polls to other surveys (pt. 1)
22/03/25 05:58 from Seed of Worlds

» Urban Gameplay Part 5: Breaking Ground (without breaking your back)
21/03/25 10:16 from A Knight at the Opera