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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Banger trailer until the last 2 minutes. I will not doom post but I did not like that last bit!
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 11/04/2026
The weekly r/osr blogroll - come share your great ideas! www.reddit.com/r/osr/commen... #ttrpg #DnD #bx #OSE #DIYrpg #rpg #GLOG #OSR #POSR #NSR
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I ran cy_borg this week! Here are my thoughts on mork borg but cyberpunk 😎 sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/cy_borg-revi...
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Cy_Borg Impressions: Cyberpunk Mork Borg!
My thoughts on Cy_Borg after running it for group and solo play.
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
There's a ghost in the shell ttrpg kick-starting right now and the only stats are ghost and shell I'm dying 😭
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Major is just like me frfr
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I watched Ghost in the Shell and now I'm feeling things 😭
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Wrote up some TTRPG playtest material to satiate my Cyberpunk binge. Put your brain in a hard drive, what could go wrong? sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/cyberpunk-pl...
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Reboot Playtest Basic Rules
Basic playtest rules for a Cyberpunk TTRPG where we've moved to domed moon cities and put our minds inside of hard drives.
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Me explaining why I enjoy writing Cyberpunk TTRPG stuff
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Katt Kirsch @kattkirsch.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
"That kind of grandeur never feels like yours. It baulks at ownership, insisting with force that it be looked upon, filled, and appreciated. I, too, wanted these things, for this great hall and myself, alike." Cravenheart Manor is out now on itch. katt-kirsch.itch.io/cravenheart-...
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Cravenheart Manor by Katt Kirsch
A journal of a dungeon; a dungeon of a journal.
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
We train like our idols 🙂‍↕️ 🙂‍↕️
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Having tits is awesome, highly recommended
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Ultima @ultimashadow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
On top of clearly being used to suppress the votes of minorities, married women and other Americans who have changed their names would also be required to secure updated documentation to register to vote. This is going to result in voter suppression on a catastrophic level, which is their true goal.
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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Great post from @hilandergames.bsky.social "A City is a Forest" hilanderrpgs.bearblog.dev/a-city-is-a-...
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A City is a Forest
Modifying Cairn's Forest Tables to Build City Crawls
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I realized I haven't posted my campaign logs here. So I'll start doing that. I'm participating in Campaign 2026, with the goal of running this campaign that started a few weeks ago to the end of the year! We are playing a modified version of Old School Essentials with custom classes. Recaps below!
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juli // ChildishFilipino @juliciel.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
TONIGHT!! One of my favorite yearly traditions returns as the Lavender Scale Pirates set sail for the last time! Once again I will commandeer the crew’s hyperactive scout Esmer—the zany martial artist wielder of the Bug Bug Fruit Model Grasshopper. We stream Wednesday nights! Come on by!
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Bastionland Press @bastionland.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Going live to talk through the Intergalactic Bastionland playtest doc www.youtube.com/live/xloSEPJ...
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Intergalactic Bastionland Playtest Chat
Try the Intergalactic Bastionland playtest yourself: https://bit.ly/ibplaytest Follow the eventual Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bastionland/intergalactic-bastionland-rpg-beyond-i...
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Experimenting with my writing style a bit while I think about a creepy city to walk through sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/the-walled-c...
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The Walled City of Mera
Where everyone has their place and 9 foot long cats keep everything in line.
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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The Bloggies' page has updates! 1. "We Read the Bloggies" A fan-made podcast is live and linked! 2. A new submission has been nominated, "Book [Verb] Play" in Theory. The other post was removed on the author's request. 3. I've redesigned the page to keep things short and sweet. Happy reading!
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The Bloggies 2026
A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.
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Seraphina Garcia Ramirez 🔜 PaxU @seraphina.diceexploder.com · 11/02/2026
A group of volunteers is recording as many of the nominees for the Bloggies as possible, and uploading them as a podcast! I’m helping out a bit with this, and I’ve recorded a few already! Come listen at the link below, Spotify, and several other podcast platforms! podcast.bloggies.org
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We Read The Bloggies (@WeReadTheBloggies) • Activity
We’re volunteers turning Bloggies-nominated blog posts into audio. So you can enjoy them anywhere, in a more accessible format.
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Relooted by Nyamakop @nyamakop.co.za · 10/02/2026
“Please enjoy the museum”: Relooted is OUT NOW! Please share!
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I think I'm setting the right goals for myself.
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Jes the human @jesthehuman.itch.io · 09/02/2026
The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/01/2026
Corporations will not exploit working people in NYC. Uber Eats, Fantuan & HungryPanda broke the law — shortchanging workers while raking in profits. Today, we secured $5M+ in restitution for 49,000 delivery workers. Let this be a warning: steal wages, face the consequences.
Mayor Mamdani surrounded by worker justice organizers Worker justice organizers Los deliveristas unidos sign
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
My least favorite development in online games is how many have 8 million different currencies now. So transparently done to be confusing
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Random rolled traits of tonight's Mork Borg character
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
There's a lot of people in the quotes worried about Wikipedia content being used for AI now. Sadly, that isn't really new. Almost all content on Wikipedia is published on a free use basis. You've always been able to do whatever you want with it, including use it to train AI.
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
One of my favorite pieces I've found browsing public domain artwork. Look at the little bugs on their procession 😍!
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I've been playing Yakuza lately and my wife laughs at me for stopping at every restaurant I pass to try the different foods 😅
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I wrote an adventure for Ronin about exploring a once great castle that's been overtaken by Yokai. Discover the secrets of Castle Katsutoyo with your party and take the castle for yourselves... Or die trying!
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Today I'll be reading Coriolis the Great Dark, so impressions to come! The concept is immediately appealing to me. A dying civilization in a hollowed out asteroid needs to venture into space ruins to find a way to get their civilization back on track. Adventure ensues, neat!
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
A couple matches here! 10 new (to me) ttrpgs I want to run/play this year - Fabula Ultima - Daggerheart - Sword world - Coriolis the Great Dark - Mutant Year Zero - Mythic Bastionland - Legend of the Five Rings - Urban Shadows 2e - Wanderhome - Pirate Borg
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Nioh adds a great element to the Souls formula I didn't know I wanted. The ability to go sicko mode for like 30 seconds once or twice a level.
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Working on some layouts for an adventure for a Ronin session. God bless the public domain and free fonts!
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
We passed that impasse like a week after slop became popular as a term lol
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I'm playing PaRappa for the first time and this game is actually genius
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I rarely give out +1 magic weapons in my TTRPG sessions, here's why and a simple procedure for generating more interesting items. sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/putting-the-...
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Putting the "Magic" in Magic Weapons
Why I don't give out +1 swords anymore and a simple procedure for building better magic weapons.
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Ok I love the mechanics of mechatron but I'm not loving the included adventure. Feels like there's a ton of "if the players don't do this, later an NPC comes and makes them." Or "if the players fail this skill roll an NPC just does it for them"
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sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
what's up gamers, I'm back with ten more tangible tips for editing your tabletop RPG manuscript: samsorensen.blot.im/ten-more-tan...
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"Ten More Tangible Tips for Editing Your RPG Manuscript

"1. Remove instances of here from location descriptions—it’s obvious you’re describing the location already. Instead of 'A hobgoblin hammers iron here,' write 'A hobgoblin hammers iron on an anvil.'

"2. For the same reason, remove instances of this in description entries. If you must reference the entry’s subject, use 'the.' Instead of 'Smoke fills this room,' write 'Smoke fills the room,' or better yet 'Smoke fills the air.'

"3. When writing entries for monsters, magic items, and so on, skip repeating the name of the subject with [X] is or [X] are in the first sentence. Instead of 'VODYANOY: Vodyanoy are froggy, pot-bellied water spirits,' write 'VODYANOY: Froggy, pot-bellied water spirits.'"
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I read through mutant year zero +mechatron yesterday and today. This is the first post apocalypse game that has really grabbed me. I like the premise of mechatron the most. Playing as worker robots gaining sentience and questioning "why do we work?" Sounds very fun to me
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Unfated | In Development! @unfatedgame.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
New #Unfated Dev Update in our Discord and on our Kickstarter page! Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unf... discord.gg/G5e8tcDj
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Update 17: Development Update! · Unfated, a Strategy RPG for PC
- We have put plans in place to hire a 3D modeller, and are currently working on ensuring that onboarding for them is as smooth a process as we can manage.- We recently added another member as well, t...
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I'm excited to run some more Ronin tonight! The published adventures use random tables and encounters in some ways I usually don't. Here's what I like, what I don't like, and how I will apply what I like to my games. sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/ruminating-o...
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Ruminating on Ronin's Random Tables
Ronin used random tables in some ways I haven't. Here's what I took away from the game.
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I've been reading a lot about Yokai lately! Here's three that I like and how I might include them in a TTRPG campaign. sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/3-yokai-for-...
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3 Yokai for OSR Games
A demon beneath a bridge, a dead woman chasing you with sickles, and a... Grudge chicken?
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The GM can always make the dice cooperate because they decide when to ask the dice for answers :)
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Today I ran my first session of Ronin! We got about halfway through the intro adventure, so we get into the real meaty stuff next time. Full impressions when we finish it next week, but a thing I was impressed by and a funny thing that happened:
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Today I'm reading Slightly Reckless Games' Ronin! I ordered a copy yesterday, but it came with a pdf, so I'll be digging in today. Right off the bat, the page layouts are lovely, as is to be expected from a Mork Borg inspired product.
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Reading through Daggerheart, what I like on first impression: - Simplifying where it makes sense: Stuff like just having stat modifiers instead of scores, having all the druid animal options right under the class. - the hope and fear dice: cool easy to interpret way of adding complications
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Ttrpg abilities are more fun when they expand the space of the game. Also featuring my one sided beef with 5e's actor feat sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/expand-the-p...
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Expand the Possibility Space
2000 words on my one sided beef with 5e's Actor feat.
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
This week's hex in my hex crawl project is my starting town, Silver Hills. The town is defined by its internal struggle to reject or accept the rule of angels, and its mistreatment of political dissidents in the past coming back to bite it in the present. sagesanctum.bearblog.dev/silver-hills/
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Silver Hills: Mining, New Beginnings, and a Struggle for Power
At the end of the grand rail lies a town at the very edge of the angel's sphere of influence.  Whether you're looking for honest work or running from the past, there's a place for you in Silver Hills.
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Sage the Lizard @actuallizard.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
My office supplies order came in! 😊
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