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* Wizards paying off student loans Just going through my notebook has me inspired...

* The Wailing Winds—A wailing wind was released on the world, causing those who hear it to either go crazy or become servants of dark power. Only the deaf are immune. * Fantasy World First Responders * Coming Out of Retirement for One Last Adventure—gotta save your grandkids

I'm getting an itch to start streaming TTRPGs again. Definitely Fate for the system, but I'd like to visit a collection of ideas. * Star Trek: Maquis—a different take on Voyager. * The Distance—999 years ago your generation ship filled with aliens crashed on a planet without resources for repair.

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Is there a place to see more of this? I'm fascinated.

Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 26/08/2026

"Is he even in this thing?"

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What happened in Feb of this year? My guess is a change in how data is being recorded.

The Blades in the Dark SRD snapshot, comparing this year and last year. It also has started to see a drop in visitors starting in Feb of this year. The number of people is larger than Fate's but as a percentage it is much smaller.

The Fate SRD snapshot, comparing this year and last year. Starting in Feb of this year the site has seen a significant drop in visitors. Considering the site is 12 years old, I'm not surprised.

First, I pay for Fathom Analytics. It has just enough analytics and does not share the data. Both sites are coded to honor the Do Not Track setting in the browser. I've have almost two years of data for both sites.

Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 23/08/2026

It's been a while since I've talked about the Fate and Blades in the Dark SRD sites. Let's look at some analytics.

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Being honest though, most of the TTRPGs I've played in the last decade don't have a lot of away from the table experience. Perhaps it is my D&D 3e roots that make me crave spending hours pouring over my PC's level up choices.

Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 23/08/2026

Daggerheart has a great play experience at the table. The only drawback to the game is when you're away from the table, there isn't much to ponder about your character. Pathfinder 1e gives me hours of play outside the table as a PC—looking up feats and spells.

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Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 23/08/2026

I'm four long sessions in and the Daggerheart TTRPG is really scratching my itch for D&D-style play. Creating encounters is easy and fun. Playing it at the table is fast and it keeps the energy up. It helps that I'm converting Curse of the Crimson Throne. It lets me focus just on system stuff.

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Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 10/08/2026

I'm so excited that you're coming to Pittsburgh!

Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 05/08/2026

This feels very 13th Age 1e to me.

Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 05/08/2026

The monster has chitinous armor and with each hit you remove chunks of it. The monster has "Ceiling 13", meaning all rolls above this number are counted as having rolled a 13. Each hit adds one to this number. Once it reaches 20 the ceiling is removed.

Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 05/08/2026

Random TTRPG dice mechanic—setting floors & ceilings for a d20 roll. As a Bard, the lowest you can roll on a d20 is equal to your level. If you roll less than your level, count it as having rolled a value equal to your level. There are certain skills that some classes just shouldn't fail outright.

Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 22/07/2026

"Delicious Design systems Do's and Don't by Donnie D'Amato" "A Delightfully Debonair Discourse of Design systems by Donnie D'Amato" "Determining Design systems Differences for Dorks, by Donnie D'Amato" :)

Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 16/07/2026

John Coffee. I like it. :)

BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

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A pair of tabletop game designers have launched an open-source colour identification system called ColorSym, giving publishers a free tool for colourblind-friendly board game creation: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Science fantasy & planetary romance span a wide spectrum, from Flash Gordon to She-Ra to Steven Universe and beyond. Umdaar tackles them all by offering a framework of character options, worldbuilding tools, and rules plug-ins so you can play the game YOU want to play. UMDAAR! Available now. PWYW.

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Umdaar: Rebel Broadcast Edition - Evil Hat Productions | Fate | DriveThruRPG

Several thousand years ago, a new order arose! The malevolent Masters unearthed ancient technology and strange weapons. Today these despots rule over the Dread Domains! Only the foolish or the brave d...

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

We're happy to present the FREE @roll20.net Quickstart module for UMDAAR! Includes six pregen PCs plus an adventure to jumpstart your larger-than-life adventures! (This is a precursor to a full UMDAAR module that's in-process. Look for it later this fall.) marketplace.roll20.net/browse/modul...

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Umdaar Quickstart - Play on the Roll20 Virtual Tabletop

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Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 08/06/2026

My wife—not a doctor—diagnoses patients on the Pitt seconds before the doctors on the Pitt announce it. It is WILD how much information her brain stores.

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Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 08/06/2026

I'm sure that he is great person-to-person, but c'mon—hire a coach to improve your skills!

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Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 04/06/2026

Play Daggerheart or Pathfinder for a D&D feel. Play Fate, Blades in the Dark, or Brindlewood Bay when you're ready to level up.

Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

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Reply or quote with your favourite non D&D RPG

I am begging you to please play an RPG that is not Dungeons & Dragons.

I am not telling you to stop playing D&D. I have nothing against D&D, but there are literally thousands of other games from hundreds of other genres that you could also be playing.

Why enjoy one thing when you could enjoy many thing?

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Remy Porter @remyporter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

My I suggest you spend 7 minutes of your lunch break watching our film when it premieres in a few minutes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g88Y...

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Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 01/06/2026

For instance, I rolled random loot and turned up Manacles. I wrote some stuff to reinforce the city's love of order. Player (reading card): This must be a campaign item. We'll have to talk to the guards. Me (scribbling furiously): Of course it's a campaign item...

Korvosian Irons (Manacles)

This pair of locking cuffs comes with a key.

Standard-issue restraints of the Korvosan Guard, stamped with the city seal and logged by serial number at Citadel Volshyenek upon manufacture. Heavy iron construction, resistant to tampering, and — as the Guard is fond of noting — entirely legal. Every pair has paperwork. Korvosa always has paperwork.

Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 01/06/2026

Will this fact prove interesting? Not today. BUT, it does signal to the players who they may be dealing with. A bunch of goblins with high-end healing potions? Are they backed by a nobleperson? (High-end does not mean more powerful, BTW. It is just a label.)

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Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 01/06/2026

I started a new campaign. One guiding principle I'm using is that all loot has to have flavor. Something that feeds the story of the world. All of the healing and stamina potions the PCs started with were from the poor part of town. That wizard they took out? He had one from a fancy place.

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Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 29/05/2026

When it comes to running an TTRPG campaign, one of the best things you can do as a GM is to instill a feeling of the world being lived-in. Sure, my Daggerheart game could just have simple potions but then I would miss out on a great world-building opportunity. Bonus: Get the players to contribute.

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Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 05/05/2026

I'm super proud of my contributions to keeping it going and making it better!

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Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 24/04/2026

Great game and great Fate game.

Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 24/04/2026

That's how you know you have the right players!

Randy Oest @amazingrando.com · 23/04/2026

The Buffy RPG is what broke the spell of D&D for me, opening up a world of great RPGs.