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Issuing a challenge to all bloggers: blog about the topic of “randomness” on a random day in June. Additional random tables are provided to assist you in your posting.
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A class for playing as a beautiful princess in whatever game you like.
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I've been waffling on the intro to this post for a while. In the interest of ever actually getting it onto the blog, I'll hit you with a couple of bullet points about...
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I was as honored to be included in this list as baffled, since I count many gretchlings as dear friends and respected acquaintances, but haven’t talked about their perversion...
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Comfort is atrophy. Time is killing you.
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It bears repeating.In Cath Celdaenn, there are two kinds of dungeons: forts and temples. The former belongs to a warlord (or headless army; or upstart band of celds) and throbs...
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TTRPGs are a primarily literary hobby. This statement has many implications. Foremost that it is communicated through text. “Weird Writer, you would surely think so, since you...
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A surprisingly long post, though very easy to read, about my inspirations and touchstones in my current campaign.
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No NPC embodies the Gygaxian maxim that dealing with NPCs "should be expensive and irritating" quite like the sage.Like the spy, the sage is a special class of expert hireling...
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I'm pleased to be host of the June 2026 RPG Blog Carnival. This month I'm inviting you to consider the following subject: Cyclopes, Ettins, Hill Giants, and Ogres. I've chosen...
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Recently, I went to visit a new acquaintance. We had met through mutual friends and got along immediately because of our shared interest in German Idealism. During dinner at my...
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It bears repeating.It bears repeating. In Qal Ashen, there are two kinds of dungeon: refuges and sacred places. The former are places where things were hidden from the wrath of...
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As adventurers venture further and further into the Odd World with each passing session, it begins to… rub off onto them. They will it to do so themselves. The Odd World (or...
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If a religion is what its followers do, then start with a single verb and extrapolate.All images from Alphonse Mucha's Slav EpicPsych, this post isn't about gods at all, it's...
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Why are guns a problem for systems designed to accommodate melee combat? Whenever we take a game that facilitates heroic action fantasy, with strong PCs tearing the enemy...
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I've spoken before about implied worldbuilding, how fun it can be to tease apart the world that the rules of Dungeons and Dragons build. This has been done before for the...
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In 2025, I wrote a post called “alternative game fantasy: a manifesto“. It was my best attempt at expressing dissatisfaction with the six cultures of play, specifically because...
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There is a contrarian hot take chestnut that gets bandied about occasionally against the prevalence of randomness in roleplaying games. I articulate a simple...
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A few years have passed since In Praise of Legwork came out. Long enough for the analysis and suggestions in there to become more commonplace in day to day discussions. Sam's...
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As I've said a few times, my RPG background was in FATE. Similar to Havoc, I've been exploring and reflecting on how I used to run games, and in preparation for my next...
