There is a sickness in the modern tabletop hobby, a kind of creeping, insidious consumerism that tries to convince you that you need things to play. We get c...

An OSR dungeon crawl through a twisted mansion.

As I write this, Deathbringer , the self-proclaimed most anticipated RPG of 2026, is entering day two of its  Backerkit campaign  and h...

ALT: CJ: Ah Shit, Here We Go Again

An attempt to explain the comprehensible but very specific thing we did last autumn

The Italian painter Raphael might have stood at his easel in a candlelit Roman workshop in the early 16th century, carefully layering paint onto the

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A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.

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

That's right - I'm outta here.

Gold is simple, ubiquitous, mundane. Let's create treasure that is anything but.

An exercise in becoming and unbecoming.

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The Biggest Year Yet for Grinning Rat

A Lyrical OSR Dungeon

As the year draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on the past months and on this first truly real year of Golem Productions and OSR Rocks!. Above all, I feel grateful for the support we’ve receiv...

Better Interactive Text in RPGs

From a successful game jam entry to a standout OSR sandbox in Ravaged by Storms, I interview Alexander to get the backstory on Golem Productions.

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