A witch knows how to petition the old gods. Such knowledge leaves debts.

Probably you’ve heard of blogs, and this is one of those, and I am starting it right here in the year 2026. Recently I’ve found myself looking for a place to re...

Magic has become boring.

On making positive claims and contributions.

GenCon 2026 - My GM Debt

An adventure for Cairn 2e featuring weird happenings in a mountain town and a snowbound temple.

Resurrect the Incan emperor. Kill the Nazis. Take their weapons and repel the hated conquistadors.

unrepentant yearning for cairn 2e

Welcome! Maybe it's the heat, maybe it's the drinks, but July's got us introspective. This issue marks Carouse's first interview as our own Kati B. picks the brains behind megagame phenomenon Baseline...

A fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Possum Creek about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.

The landing page for the Designing Dungeons course.

With solstice behind us, it's jam season! Learn from last year's entries to the Appendix N Jam, check out the latest projects and blog posts, and mind the Tram Hijacker. Roll to Carouse! 1. Lighte...

Issuing a challenge to all bloggers: blog about the topic of “randomness” on a random day in June. Additional random tables are provided to assist you in your posting.

Alas, nettlesome sprites delayed this month's issue, but fear not—for below you'll find new releases, a thoughtful review of a psychedelic Cairn module, and a full forest point crawl adventure—also fo...

A roundup of 50 blogs from the past few months that all focus on maps (including a few adventures that key off the same map).

Spring has sprung in the northern hemisphere, and the ent babies are sprouting! This month's issue features an oneiric adventure site for Mythic Bastionland, tips for using treasure maps to test your ...

rootring is a curated webring for TTRPG blogs: a place to wander from site to site, discover new writing, and follow the blogosphere.

I review every single room (and some non-rooms) in the original funhouse dungeon and describe what makes them work or not work and what is worth stealing for your dungeons and what you should avoid, a...

Nominees, brackets, winners by year.

We’re volunteers turning Bloggies-nominated blog posts into audio. So you can enjoy them anywhere, in a more accessible format.

Nerds love taxonomy; it gives order to the world, and provides a meaningful sense of control. Of course, it's all an illusion. At best taxonomy is a useful t...

Happy New Year! This issue is a little different; in place of our usual columns and gameable goodness we're handing out some awards! Plus, you'll find a thoughtful review by Sprinting Owl of a unique ...

Forget the algorithms. We've got people to show us the rpg blogosphere.

The official website for the Cairn Press imprint.

2025 blogging highlights and plans for 2026

A hexcrawl of all the hexes created by Bloggers for Hexmas 2025

A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.

Merry Hexmas to one and all!

I've run nine different RPG systems in the year and change (and read twice that many games). A couple of these were one-shots, but most were...

A Merry Hexmas location: dungeoncrawl through Santa Claus’ castle. Whether you lead an elf and reindeer uprising is up to you!

An interactive map of TTRPG related blogs, linked by who cites whom.

One does not simply walk into the dungeon.

Hexmas 2025 - Hearth

A blog post talking about my ideal campaign structure for an Adventure game of the OSR play style.

Back in September of this year , I began a daily writing prompt inspired by this year's reread of The Lord of the Rings and  Idraluna Archiv...

The blogosphere's annual celebration is coming back.