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Award-winning TTRPG designer/idiot His Majesty the Worm Out Now! http://hismajestytheworm.games/
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A cursed drawing of me by @izzypetersart.bsky.social

Keep your eyes open for this tarot deck. His Majesty the Worm approved!

RT for the weekend: this has practical, step-by-step instructions on how to make a 30-room dungeon. You’ll learn the nitty gritty of writing a dungeon from inception to completion: drawing the map, numbering rooms, monsters, hiding treasure, and putting together notes that you can use at the table.

My friend Flo's dad was involved in the fanzine culture of D&D in the 70s, and made some contributions to early gaming magazines. She recently shared some of his handwritten notes about the spell systems he and his friends used. I think these are FASCINATING

Hey by the way, as of today, you can BUY THIS GAME

Tinkering on a new combat system. ⚔️ DICE BIDDING - highest bid wins initiative ⚔️ DICE DROP - throw dice on a physical grid to determine strikes ⚔️ ACTIVE DEFENSE - knock away your opponent's dice with your own bommyknocker.bearblog.dev/die-drop-or-... #osr #rpg #blog

The final chapter of the Designing Dungeons course is out now. THIS MEANS THE COURSE IS NOW COMPLETE! The Designing Dungeons Course is a free, step-by-step online resource to create a fantasy dungeon, complete with workbook and exercises. dungeons.hismajestytheworm.games

A blog post from the archives about different types of advancement in RPGs. If you're designing a game, thinking about your goals for advancement is important: riseupcomus.blogspot.com/2023/05/mari...

How it started / how it's going

Printed out about 50 of these random tables from the indispensable d4caltrops blog for my GM binder.

Lawd are we discoursing again?

This Saturday is #FreeRPGDay in the DMV! Our local tabletop role-playing game designers are excited to play with you at: 🏰 @gamekastlecp.bsky.social 🧩 @labyrinthdc.bsky.social 🛑 @omnihedral.bsky.social ...PLUS... ▶️

Sam dropping eaves, listening about Mr. Frodo going away to visit elves

"To kid" as a verb comes from...thieves' cant!?

GORM Esoteric Skirmish Tactics LIVE gemroomgames.itch.io/gorm