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Umut Ucak @umutucak.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The past few weeks, I've jotted down some genuine #dnd shower thoughts. Why does someone decide to sit down and play an #rpg? What keeps them there? What makes them return? I found two distinct frameworks that keep a player coming. Read about it in crawlingkobold.com/on-player-ex...

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On Player Expectations, Gameplay Loops, and Narrative Trajectories – Crawling Kobold

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Umut Ucak @umutucak.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

For over 2 months I've been prepping my next #rpg campaign, and lately I keep saying "you gotta stop, gonna make it less fun for yourself." Today, I restructured my factions to work like in #Mausritter to add dynamicity to the world. So much for not overprepping, but my factions are so dope now

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Cherub @polygoncherub.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sometimes it feels like, to the angry internet poster, games are just in the back kitchen waiting to be served up, and the developers are the service that brings them to their table. Like really, how do you enjoy a hobby and also actively hate the people that make the product EXIST?

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Umut Ucak @umutucak.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I was a player in an #RPG for the first time, and my forever GM curse is lifted. We played #Lancer and miserably failed at killing a Bastion in Solstice Rain. I learned a lot about the player mental map of what RPGs are about, I wrote about it in my blog crawlingkobold.com/my-first-exp...

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My First Experience as a Player in an RPG and the Importance of the Narrative – Crawling Kobold

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James Introcaso @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

WE DID IT! We’re making CROWS!

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Umut Ucak @umutucak.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

We all want to iterate on works that we look up to. For me, that has always been #Skyrim, with all its flaws. Naturally, when I had the chance to create my own world for #dnd, I drew inspiration from what I loved in it. I wrote about my growing pains in my blog: crawlingkobold.com/learning-the...

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Learning the Difference of Pacing in Video Games and TTRPGs – Crawling Kobold

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Umut Ucak @umutucak.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

For someone who thought milestone leveling in #ttrpg is the One True Way, understanding that keeping players in the loop with a well communicated leveling system was very important. I wrote about returning back to rewarding XP in my #dnd game: crawlingkobold.com/the-purpose-of-rewarding-players

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The Purpose of Rewarding Players – Crawling Kobold

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Umut Ucak @umutucak.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I've been committing the great sin of having too many players at my #dnd table. Luckily, it ain't so bad. As GMs we have the universe at our fingerprints. This gives us the eternal power to fuck around and find out. I reported my findings in my blog post at crawlingkobold.com/running-larg...

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Running Large Tables for D&D 5e – Crawling Kobold

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Umut Ucak @umutucak.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We GM because we want to create a world/story/adventure. But sometimes we can get ahead of ourselves and get overwhelmed. I wrote about my experience and frustrations with scope creep in my home game over at my new blog: crawlingkobold.com/scope-creep-... #dnd #ttrpg #gamedesign

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Umut Ucak @umutucak.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My relationship with random encounter tables has always been rocky, but I think the worst is behind us now. Always felt that they were more "arbitrary" than "random". So how can give them more direction? I wrote about it in my blog over at crawlingkobold.com/non-arbitrar... #dnd #ttrpg #gamedesign

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Non-Arbitrary Encounters – Crawling Kobold

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LaurenWalshArt @laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Woubble has something to say #noai #dnd

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Umut Ucak @umutucak.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Started my new blog about tabletop roleplaying games over at crawlingkobold.com You can already read my first article about why I'm even doing this. (Spoiler: I hate what the internet has become and I think we should collectively take back what was meant to be ours.)

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Crawling Kobold – In the sweet embrace of his pack

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