Patreon backer Spyros brings you this special episode all about Skerples' Patreon backer Emil brings you this special episode all about what happens when more than one kind of monster lives together....

Horror has a (well-earned) reputation as a wastebin genre. Here are a few horror-adjacent films, largely without jumpscares, musical sting...

I've been reading The Adventures of Amir Hamza: Lord of the Auspicious Planetary Conjunction . It's a collection of mythological, spiritual,...

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Dungeon stocking is tricky. Over and over, people ask "How much treasure should I include per room / dungeon level / PC?" The answer varies ...

An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.

A few days ago, a board game gave me a peculiar sensation. It's something I get from Jackbox games, the later Marvel films, or the midway of...

A few days ago, a board game gave me a peculiar sensation. It's something I get from Jackbox games, the later Marvel films, or the midway of...

This review covers all the adventures in Michael Prescott 's Trilemma Vol. 1 Compendium ( print , PDF ). All but two of the adventures are...

The conceit of my current OD&D game is "OD&D without context". What weird mutant offshoot of the tree of RPG development will we create if...

Running a vintage RPG is like running a vintage car. It's fun, but it'll make you realize how much you miss power steering, disc brakes, and...

Running a vintage RPG is like running a vintage car. It's fun, but it'll make you realize how much you miss power steering, disc brakes, and...

An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project.  Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series. The Marish is a ...

Work continues on the  Treasure Overhaul , and that means math. Part 1: Gem and Jewellery Generation The book will include treasure tables, ...

Work continues on the  Treasure Overhaul , and that means math. Part 1: Gem and Jewellery Generation The book will include treasure tables, ...

Treasure tables are, for better or worse, part of old-school RPGs. Since the intention is to make the Treasure Overhaul a very useful and ...

History is fractally interesting. Start examine any event, or following any citation, and interesting facts emerge. But some places, for wha...