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I would like to thank Amazon Studios for making a show so forgettable that when I use the Rings of Power soundtrack, my players have no idea where it's from.

submitted 12 hours ago • 3 comments

Weird! Layoffs was their idea when they had record profit too. I'm starting to think Hasbro's toolbox is just hammers.

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I reviewed a bunch of little dungeons for Mörk Borg. Use them for a one-shot! Drop them in your sandbox! Play some möre Borg!

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An impromptu thread and retrospective on making article thumbnails for Explorers Design with a few of my favorites, "personal bests," and the ones that got away.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

My wife when she sees me making a replacement thumbnail instead of writing the next article I'm excited about.

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Congrats to @adambell.games for funding Uneasy Lies the Head! There's still 24 hours for anyone still on the fence. It's a GM-less game of court intrigue with some pretty novel mechanics that involve ripping up cards, spreading rumors, and passing laws. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...

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"An rpg book can be usable or it can be fun to read." You'd think the drama would be the worst thing about it, but it's actually when the line goes uncontested. The response should be, "Why not both?" 3 either/or fallacies with examples on Explorers Design: www.explorersdesign.com/false-dichot...

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

absolutely delighted by this amazing review (playthrough?) of Mechs To Plowshares; brilliant design and brilliant writeup and brilliant mechanical implementation of paranoia www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/chaplains-...

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I’m not sure I like having my blog and me on separate accounts. It feels counter-productive. But we’ll see as the federated internet project evolves.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

DOES THIS EVER HAPPEN TO YOU? You like blogs. Read 'em when you can. But blogheads move fast. They start saying words like "blorb" and "non-diegetic" and you think "What?" What if someone took the assembled wisdom of OSR blogs and added kickass art? GOOD NEWS! GET KNOCK! #5 WHILE YOU CAN

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Next Tuesday. Get ready! www.kickstarter.com/projects/896...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Writing pamphlet adventures is hard. A one-page adventure is already hard as it is. A pamphlet adventure just takes that challenge and puts three non-negotiable lines down the middle of it.

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

If you like weird fantasy, pulp adventure, and gonzo characters, you owe it to yourself to buy and read @prosaiko.bsky.social’s The Witches of Bizharr. prosaiko.itch.io/bizharr1

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

My friend Gus was opining about the lack of new, decent sized dungeons of late, so I did a quick retrospective — and at least this year, he’s right! The best classic dungeon this year was idlecartulary.com/2025/03/17/b... 1/🧵

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

Didn’t know that this #OSR Blog Roundup existed. Well worth looking if you haven’t seen it.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I just rounded up a whole bunch of recent blog posts for you and put them in nice little categories for your easy consumption #osr #trrpg prismaticweekly.substack.com/p/blog-round...

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

If you are a game designer with a marginalized identity, please apply for our diversity sponsorship! We provide cash grants and mentorships to marginalized designers to support their growth the industry. You can apply using the form below. #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpgfamily docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

A movie that takes place where you're from.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The American paper sizes do not have fixed proportions, so if you go up or down a size, the shape of the page will change. Good reminder!

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Assuming you use the 6-mile hex (the kind that's measured on the long diagonal), and you want to create a hex crawl that matches the size and scale of the UK's landmass (93,723 square miles), you would need roughly 4,008 hexes. This is my random thought for the day.

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

I think sometimes people imagine graphic design is some kind of minimalist, zen-like process. But honestly? The best designers I know work in a state of chaos. Here's me showing a more casual version of my process while working on Carouse, Carouse! www.explorersdesign.com/designing-a-...

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

Kind of wild seeing my website on Ghost automatically post here because the two platforms are federated.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

The most fun item in any fantasy rpg is the humble torch. It's like the fantasy dungeon's Swiss Army knife, except it also sets things on fire.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

New year. Newer and pinker me.

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

I told myself I was going to be ruthless cutting down Explorers Design's membership on Discord. Then I saw the cute profile pictures. I know what I must do, but I don't know if I have the strength to do it.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments