This post is part of my series on developing the sandbox. You can read other posts in the series here . The series will, when necessary, go ...

A blog post where I compare a Tabletop Roleplaying Game session to having a communal meal, and why its important for everyone's expectations to be aligned.

Sam, Brad, and Yochai review The Ground Shakes Beneath Poxblood Parish by Mucilage., and answer a mailbag question. How do you encourage ri

A blog post talking about the rest of my play style preferences and why I think framing them as preferences is so important.

Why? Because you wish you blogged more and you like citing yourself. Where? Your blog, or wherever else you want. I'm not picky. When? Whenever someone asks a question in a Discord server and you have...

Two weeks ago, I traveled to Portland, Oregon for Between Two Cons, a "casual and inclusive convention dedicated to independent and old-school role-playi...

"The Unicorn in Captivity" from the Rochefoucould Unicorn Tapestries Sam Sorensen (plus Misha and Walid) did a review of Unicorn Meat over...

How does life and death work in this game without hit points?

Quests in King Arthur stories are about ideals, conflict and temptation.  Pilgrimage of the Sun Guard is a solo prompt-based journaling game where you create a Sun Guard and travel alone on a quest, a...

This post is part of my series on developing the sandbox. You can read other posts in the series here . The series will, when necessary, go ...

Two brand-new adventures from Cairn Press: "What Haunts the Harwood" and "The Drops of St. Jerome"

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The Cairn 2nd Edition adventure should be great, so what's missing?

Writing adventures for Cairn RPG is very similar to writing for other OSR systems, with a few additional tweaks. Before reading further, see my previous post...

A mental model to frame up adventures.

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I found 436 people who wanted to play TTRPGs in-person near me. Here’s how I did it and the 10 tips I learned along the way. In late 2022 I moved

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

I bought some  tengu  from  Reaper  the other day just because I've always enjoyed corvid-folk and thought they would be a good miniature to...

Lessons learned about teaching the OSR play style to middle schoolers using Cairn Second Edition.

A nother Random Table Resource to assist Referees with those often-under-specified Secret Doors. Some Dungeon Maps neglect to describe the...

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An alternative to stat blocks designed for The 1 HP Dragon.

A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.

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After the third Bloggies Blog Bath: Who won? And by how much?