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barenuckelavee.bsky.social @barenuckelavee.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I have a blog now and wrote about playing a bastardized version of OD&D in prison and how the DIY spirit of the OSR is most alive when you don't buy anything at all barenuckelavee.bearblog.dev/no-one-can-t...

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NO ONE CAN TAKE YOUR GAME FROM YOU

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...

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Was this just an incredibly roundabout way of giving myself a deadline to write up a couple of scenarios? Possibly. Could I have just written said scenarios in the time it took to make the jam page on itch? Also possibly.

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A bunch of wildly inventive systems have been born out of the @onepagerpgjam.bsky.social over the last six years. In an attempt to see more of them brought to the table, here’s the Adventures for One-Page RPGs Jam! Submissions open on August 23. itch.io/jam/adventur...

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Adventures for One-Page RPGs Jam 2026

A game jam from 2026-08-23 to 2026-09-19 hosted by Euan. Did you design a one-page game and you couldn’t fit in an introductory adventure? Maybe you’re looking to get more people to try out that amazi...

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Thanks for the heads-up about this!

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Reminds me a lot about all the writing around (and reworkings of) Le Guin's 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas'.

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Really interesting. Is the longer piece available anywhere?

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

On the flip side, we are 100% using the game as an excuse to finally get seven of us in the same city/country for a long weekend in due course.

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One-Page RPG Jam @onepagerpgjam.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The One-Page RPG Jam is back for 2026, with the optional theme of 'Fractured'! It runs 13th July to 16th August. Head over to the jam page to sign up itch.io/jam/one-page...

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Doom for me. I wonder why it fits so well?

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Really great ep. Jasper's energy is infectious!

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Same here! But it's a fun excuse to dive into a new dialect/language, I suppose. I love this kind of thing. Assuming you're aware of Dialect? thornygames.com/pages/dialect

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Dialect: A Game about Language and How it Dies

Who was the Isolation and why were they lost? In this game, your language is the story.

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

My first few TTRPG characters were named following this sequence. Teth survived her time in Barovia!

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

That's great. The full quote for those (like me!) who were unfamiliar: "Apocalypse World takes quite a few sessions to play, so choose friends with space in their schedules for a commitment. The game really kicks in around the 6-session mark, and it can go much longer."

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

One of mine, made for the One-Page Weekender jam earlier in the year.

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

If you find a system that works well for this style of play, please do share! I've been trying it with a variety of inappropriate games for years.

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Euan @masterpatterner.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Hira: The Eternal City was the first solo RPG I ever played. It made me fall in love with the genre and at the same time set a ridiculously high bar for all others that followed. Highly recommended.

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