hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I'm having another run at Blades in the Dark, aka the book that put me off for a few years by referencing a basic action procedure "on page 230" or something. 110
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Slept on CAS but now I get where Dani Filth is coming from lyrically. Every Zothique story is like 3 COF songs smashed together. Absolutely glorious. 000
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 24/08/2026WOW! Another post, blot decided to fix syncing seconds before I mustered the resolve to vibe-code sorry assisted engineer my own blogging platform! Thanks blot! It's my Wet Dog Lodge design notes vvitxcvlt.blot.im/dogs.vvitxcvlt.blot.imDogs - vvitxcvltI wrote another incident for Violence: Wet Dog Lodge. It’s in some sense a successor to Hell of Swans, but can be played as a standalone as well. 010
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Back with a new Violence! Play to find out why the dogs are wet and what's up with poor Leda from A Hell of Swans!!! ps. Don't play or read if you are fond of dogs or whatever sorry!! hexhog.itch.io/wet-dog-lodgehexhog.itch.ioWet Dog Lodge by hexhogAn incident for Violence 033
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Wet Dog Lodge, my new Violence incident, is text-complete. Since layout is trivial, I will mostly focus on finding a nice cover. Still fantasizing of having this or hellaswans illustrated and printed at some point. Maybe when I have a trilogy. 170
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Swallow (2026). This gonna inspire my next Violence dungeon I swear I took this photo myself not AI. 120
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I wrote down some extended Swans design notes, mostly so that I will remember I did this all deliberately and it wasn't as much as a fluke as it will appear to me in the future. vvitxcvlt.blot.im/swansvvitxcvlt.blot.imSwans - vvitxcvltI published a new adventure, A Hell of Swans, made for Luke Gearing’s Violence. I usually write some design notes directly on itch, but I since RPG 020
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Unable to hold my horses until the jam, I released a Violence for @lukegearing.bsky.social's Violence. It contains about 1 actual violence but that one counts. Rest vibes. I had to else the rewrites would have never stopped. hexhog.itch.io/a-hell-of-sw...hexhog.itch.ioA Hell of Swans by hexhogA Scenario for Violence 5162
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I've written a new adventure, this time for Gearing's Violence. Now yesterday a violence jam were announced for July so I have to sit on it till then I guess. 120
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Read Sag River by Gearing today, following its mention in the Sorensen post. I can't believe this is free. I can't write. I can't anything. Also go Sorensen you are right everyone else wrong. 282
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Wrote about how conditions work in some games I know. vvitxcvlt.blot.im/conditionsvvitxcvlt.blot.imConditions - vvitxcvltI have been thinking about ways to mechanically and narratively handle “conditions”. What is a condition? I would define it as a minor to 000
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Joe Hill's "King Sorrow" has things going for it, but also contains some of the worst phrases in the history if literature. 100
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 14/11/2025My skirmish system for #MythicBastionland is coming together nicely. I think it adds a simple but interesting dimension to warfare. 000
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Experimenting with a skirmish system for Mythic Bastionland that has slightly more crunch than the proposed warband combat rules in the book, but sticks to the general combat procedure. 000
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Do I buy Wolves Upon the Coast? Gearing's writing is just too strong. I fear it will forever put me off writing anything myself. And there is a negligible chance I will ever get it to the table. 000
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Only mildly entertained by the new Beauman, sadly. vvitxcvlt.blot.im/the-captive-...vvitxcvlt.blot.imThe Captive (Ned Beauman writing as Kit Burgoyne, 2025) - vvitxcvltThe Beaumanian comical turns of phrase (“capsaicin dervish”) are at every turn smothered by ultra-violence, gore and tragedy. This was too much 000
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 26/09/2025I wrote about NPC design on my blog. That's it, that's the update. vvitxcvlt.blot.im/the-supporti...vvitxcvlt.blot.imThe supporting cast - vvitxcvltEver since reading Sam Sorensen’s post on “Legwork” I am gripped by the idea of providing a wealth of NPCs for every adventure or game I make. I am 000
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Affinity template for #mythicbastionland sites. Far too much struggle. The location icons do not properly snap to the index numbers; hate the look of the triangle sites; the routes are styles, but no idea how to make that work for closed routes except with an extra crossbar. It will do. 000
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Since I find myself unable to use even excellent, obviously superior prior work, I decided to cook my own system for hex map drawing using Affinity Publisher. #mythicbastionland 110
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 20/06/2025I held off until I had the physical book, so yesterday I ran a mini-playtest of #mythicbastionland and was not surprised to find that this game has endless potential. 3 hexes and some spark table rolls in and the story bloomed into all directions. 020
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 28/04/2025The Waking of Willowby Hall was not by cup of tea for a variety of reasons, some of which have merit from a design perspective. I guess. vvitxcvlt.blot.im/willowby-hal...vvitxcvlt.blot.imWillowby Hall and manor dungeons - vvitxcvltI got to play The Waking of Willowby Hall recently. For reasons outside of the module’s content, it was not a great experience. Still, I have some 000
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Some thoughts about Deep Carbon Observatory. A classic for a reason. vvitxcvlt.blot.im/deep-carbon-...vvitxcvlt.blot.imDeep Carbon Observations - vvitxcvltI finally managed to read Deep Carbon Observatory, Patrick Stewart’s much-lauded adventure module. Here are some loose observations about the text. 010
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Yesterday, I sold 4 physical copies of Voshod to a local games store. The most monumental milestone in this whole endeavor since my very first itch sale. 010
hexhog @hexhog.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Hello. I make TTRPG stuff. My newest adventure, Watchers of Voshod, is live on itch: hexhog.itch.io/watchers-of-....hexhog.itch.ioWatchers of Voshod: Mörk Borg Edition by hexhogLift the curse of the vile Neckromancer! An OSR fantasy adventure for Mörk Borg 010