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Yesterday
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For GLÅUGUST 2026, I asked 128 gloggers to write one room each for a community dungeon: no prompt, no theme, no rules. Of those initial 128, a whopping 82!!!!!! submitted...
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I recently read Strange Buildings by Uketsu. I'm used to mystery stories that writers try to embed in a realistic setting. They'll add some drama around the mystery - a family...
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RPG A Day 30! For RPG a Day 2026 I'm creating a dungeon delving crew called the Deft Delvers. This is a company which enters dungeons to recover loot (pretty common trope in...
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Burnt torchBent nailsBattered helmetSundered shieldBroken swordRotted leatherSnapped arrowsMoldy breadFragrant cheeseSkull (human)Skull (beast)Patched sackEmpty vial (50%...
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At first, forgive some religiosity. In church they told me that if I took a class after school and went up front during part of the service labelled Communion on the bulletin...
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Not My Destination IndexThis map was made with Modality's quite convenient Obsidian text mapper.Sea encounters are recorded here - though note that the "dragon" result on 20 is...
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Listen to this announcement here. Hello. It's me, Sam Dunnewold, and I am here with a quick announcement. Next week, Dice Exploder is back with a new season of episodes,...
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Welcome back to the continuation of the Building Better Worlds review that I began here! This will include my thoughts about the other expeditions that my group completed, and...
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Made this for a thing I'm working on but I might as well share. Based on the 2020 census data so it should be good for randomly generating a modern day American if you need...
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Sea Planes by Jack T. Cole. As I play through Arden Vul, I find myself confirming some of my premises on why I disliked most dungeons I've ever read. Put simply, I don't like a...
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Angie de Riva, Robot Maker, who partook in JayZer0’s The Realm of Yolmi oneshot and Idraluna’s Superadventure 6, wrote this paper, if you can call it that. It reads more like...
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Wages of Sin is a bounty hunter supplement for the Mothership RPG. I have really enjoyed flicking through it. Let's go on the hunt. The post Wages of Sin – Skim Read appeared...
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"What's a Krem?"
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5:29 EST. I’m ranting instead of being in bed. There is a part of everyone who sits by the window and cries. They lament “No one cares for me! No one cares for my things!” as...
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Moose! Situation 4 publicity shoot, 1975, © Parker-Brohm. Situations 4 and 7 Growing up, my grandparents had two board games: Situation 4 and Situation 7....
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Fresh shiny links from the internet! For more, see last week found here or the weekly r/OSR blogroll or check the RPG Blog Carnival. Bloggie-nominated. Originally inspired by...
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RPG A Day 30! For RPG a Day 2026 I'm creating a dungeon delving crew called the Deft Delvers. This is a company which enters dungeons to recover loot (pretty common trope in...
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CHALLENGE 1: GEOMETRISTICS & THE DOMAINCHALLENGE 2: WANYŪDŌCHALLENGE 3: MISCELLANY IN DRACULA'S CASTLECHALLENGE 4: THE LAWS OF SURRENDERINGCHALLENGE 5: THE COMPLETE...
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Challenge 6, 6: "Select an artistic movement, and make a dungeon in reference to the works or habits of that artistic movement. Painting, writing, music, all work. The only...
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It’s actually a Glåugust tradition for me to get distracted by Cloak and Sword posting. However, this also counts for the “Breathing New Life into an Old Post” Challenge for...
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While Realis was crowdfunding on Kickstarter, I took the opportunity to download the ashcan from itch and run a one-shot. I made some awful assumptions on the system including...
Resurfaced in the ring
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From the widest gully to the deepest trench, holes define who we are and where we are going. And although Rover here may not know it, he is participating in a ritual as old as...
Recently linked from Shiny TTRPG links #292 by Seed of Worlds .
This Week
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Session 14 WW gave us another recap. This was the most fight-filled session yet and it confirmed to me that the Hits system thing works well. It's very up to interpretation and...
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The Weasels reunite with their leader and face dangers more head-on. The Weasels finally regrouped with Eofor at the inn. He was greatly surprised by Lykourga’s new height and...
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This weekend, I ran Super Adventure 6: D-Day 2 -- You Can (Not) Redo for the Gay Beholder OSR Discord. "Super Adventures" are a quasi-monthly server event where someone runs a...
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Every tattoo is a ritual in its own way. Each has its unique meaning, purpose, and circumstances that make it important to the person carrying them. They all have an effect on...
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What are some interesting Herbs/Plants one might find Foraging?
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[] - Not My Destination Index - Floor 2: Venus The tentpole dungeon of Not My Destination is the Villa of the Fallen Star - a celestial palace-dream crashed to earth, whose...
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Player side report from this. Long time coming because this report covers two sessions that, for irl scheduling reasons, were nearly a month apart. Last time, the royal ball...
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Out beyond the ranches of Promise are the badlands, where the grasses of the gentle hills give way to the rocky red hoodoos and ravines that seem, at times, completely inimical...
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A D&D 5.5e rules hack to play low-powered, older style games with the modern ruleset. Short and sweet!
