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Pronunciation: "Klay-tun Note-Styne" Designer. Writer. 2025 ENNIES Judge. Tabletop games. Explorers Design. Pro-union and cooperatives. He/Him.
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I want to create a starter pack of #TTRPG newsletters. If you run a weekly or monthly newsletter or know of someone who does, reply to this message! Reposts appreciated to help people see this. #dnd #ttrpgs #selfpromosaturday

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

This upcoming Kickstarter has one of the best wordmarks I've seen in a while. It's almost like an easter egg hunt to see all the nods to its infamous Questing Beast. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

This video by @alfredvalley.bsky.social rules. It might be the coolest trailer, diary, design walkthrough, process video thing I've seen in weeks. www.youtube.com/watch?featur...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

So, you're looking for fonts that'll stand out. There are hundreds of open-source/free ones, but you want something more obscure, something that supports a type designer. Here are 10 type foundries, collectives, and designers perfect for indie rpgs... www.explorersdesign.com/10-budget-fo...

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

Increase your wisdom score with The Explorateur, my rpg newsletter for designers, writers, and layout artists. This issue has some meaty reviews, a treasure trove of inspirational resources, and a pile of links you'll bookmark if you haven't already. www.explorersdesign.com/the-explorat...

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

new #dungeon23 video about making history for the megadungeon and information designing it within an inch of its life youtu.be/3JaBZplvhrs

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

It’s a new issue of the newsletter Carouse, Carouse! The exclamation point is part of the title, but I’m honestly excited, and you should be too! Full of new rpg writing & art, and a curation of the month’s best blogposts. #osr #blogpost #newsletter #ttrpg

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Wrote a little about NULL_SPACE, the new name for Liminal Void; thinking about its long-beleaguered combat system and what I landed on for its "basic" incarnation. Combat Without Combat. binarystar.games/posts/origin...

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

When you design obstacles or puzzles in a dungeon, you should pack the dungeon with multiple solutions. The weirder, more esoteric, and more flavorful—the better. www.explorersdesign.com/designing-lo...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Rounding out my memorial to Basic Red RPG is a collection of several of Daniel's short posts throwing out various ideas for novel classes. Sadly, my Sinistar impression leaves much to be desired. :P

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Wonder what would happen if you combined The Goonies (1985) with Alien (1979)? Well now you can! Experience that in this short pamphlet adventure! Now PWYW! lonearchivist.itch.io/moonies

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

The workday is winding down, so let's talk about The Royal Art Gallery Heist and my ongoing efforts to figure out what my design delves are going to look like post-Twitter. Pretty pictures and opinions contained within 👇🧵

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

A new design delve this week. This time I'm studying (and casing) a highly polished one-shot called The Royal Art Gallery Heist by @deptofunusual.bsky.social! Does its design have any loot for us to smash and grab? The answer is always yes. www.explorersdesign.com/exploring-ro...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Look Before You Leap: A post about the delicate art of spotlight management and running a tight ship. Nothing worse than the players getting shafted because of the GM's mistakes rather than their own. knightattheopera.blogspot.com/2025/05/look...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

I love getting fresh #TTRPG goodies in my inbox. It's hard to keep up with Discord and Reddit can feel like a firehose. Newsletters are covenient, curated, and calm. Here are some of my favorites (in thread). What are you reading?

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

COUNTDOWN: 5 MORE DAYS OF ME BEING ANNOYING ABOUT KNOCK!5 Everyone knows the most important part of Knock! is the bookmark. This issue's bookmark is extremely important: a postcard. A postcard with a dungeon map on it. The Well of Big Stompa. Don't miss it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/896...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

What's the best thing to write your game in? Whatever gets it done, honestly.

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

As a follow-up on my last post (a spiritual successor, if you will), I wrote about the ubiquity of ruined shrines in AD&D's wilderness stocking procedure. What purpose did these ruins once hold? What powers lie dormant within, waiting to make contact with the enterprising priest?

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment