Kati, A Certified Yapper
@bakenshake.bsky.social
Godot Wild Jam: https://godotwildjam.com
The Play Reports, a TTRPG Blog: https://theplayreports.com
Game Developer and TTRPG Designer (She/They)
The Play Reports, a TTRPG Blog: https://theplayreports.com
Game Developer and TTRPG Designer (She/They)
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app.mural.co
If you're having #over/under fomo, want a recap, or left mid-game, you can read about what happened on my public timeline here: app.mural.co/t/oneshots51...
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals! The #hexmas map update so far! There's still time to design a hex. Check out
@prismaticwasteland.com's blog for the blogwagon info.
#ttrpg #blog #blogwagon #community
@prismaticwasteland.com's blog for the blogwagon info.
#ttrpg #blog #blogwagon #community
December 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals! The #hexmas map update so far! There's still time to design a hex. Check out
@prismaticwasteland.com's blog for the blogwagon info.
#ttrpg #blog #blogwagon #community
@prismaticwasteland.com's blog for the blogwagon info.
#ttrpg #blog #blogwagon #community
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I've been reading about the Public Land Survey System and other large-scale survey projects all week and it's left me fascinated with the logistics of managing a bunch of scoundrels traipsing around swamps and mountains to draw squares on the earth.
tbr.bearblog.dev/stewardship-...
tbr.bearblog.dev/stewardship-...
Stewardship: A Hireling Subsystem
I have been deep in the development mines this month. I've made good progress on a roughly testable version of the Mad Biographers, but I've been recently se...
tbr.bearblog.dev
December 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I've been reading about the Public Land Survey System and other large-scale survey projects all week and it's left me fascinated with the logistics of managing a bunch of scoundrels traipsing around swamps and mountains to draw squares on the earth.
tbr.bearblog.dev/stewardship-...
tbr.bearblog.dev/stewardship-...
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Not mine but I'm just so hyped that my Indonesian friend has made his first Tabletop RPG blogpost!
"the default dungeon is colonial"
open.substack.com/pub/beeboobu...
"the default dungeon is colonial"
open.substack.com/pub/beeboobu...
the default dungeon is colonial
when progression is built on taking
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Not mine but I'm just so hyped that my Indonesian friend has made his first Tabletop RPG blogpost!
"the default dungeon is colonial"
open.substack.com/pub/beeboobu...
"the default dungeon is colonial"
open.substack.com/pub/beeboobu...
As a first year blogger, I've keep notes on jokes and trends. Its all culminated in this post! Thanks to @elmc.at's graph work and @linkskywalker.bsky.social's Flux Space, I got the motivation I needed to create the Blogosphere Flux.
#blog #fluxspace #community
theplayreports.com/posts/blogos...
#blog #fluxspace #community
theplayreports.com/posts/blogos...
The Play Reports
Welcome to the Blogosphere
theplayreports.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
As a first year blogger, I've keep notes on jokes and trends. Its all culminated in this post! Thanks to @elmc.at's graph work and @linkskywalker.bsky.social's Flux Space, I got the motivation I needed to create the Blogosphere Flux.
#blog #fluxspace #community
theplayreports.com/posts/blogos...
#blog #fluxspace #community
theplayreports.com/posts/blogos...
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New Dungeon (in blog form): Castle Claus, or The Keep on the North Pole
A Rankin Bass Christmas-themed dungeon for the Merry Hexmas Blog Bandwagon. Possibly one of my more high effort blog posts to date
#osr #ttrpg
A Rankin Bass Christmas-themed dungeon for the Merry Hexmas Blog Bandwagon. Possibly one of my more high effort blog posts to date
#osr #ttrpg
Castle Claus: The Keep on the North Pole — Prismatic Wasteland
A Merry Hexmas location: dungeoncrawl through Santa Claus’ castle. Whether you lead an elf and reindeer uprising is up to you!
www.prismaticwasteland.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Larian Studios using AI for concept art is an awful precedent to set. Many CAs I know take time to research and study specific works which can then be attributed. Can you imagine this conversation being the norm?
Interviewer: What inspired the idea for this?
CA: This sick chatgpt prompt!
Interviewer: What inspired the idea for this?
CA: This sick chatgpt prompt!
December 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Larian Studios using AI for concept art is an awful precedent to set. Many CAs I know take time to research and study specific works which can then be attributed. Can you imagine this conversation being the norm?
Interviewer: What inspired the idea for this?
CA: This sick chatgpt prompt!
Interviewer: What inspired the idea for this?
CA: This sick chatgpt prompt!
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On the 17th day of Critique Navidad, my true love gave to me a game about cosy zookeepers and their quarry. It’s Cryptid Keeper! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/17/c...
Critique Navidad: Cryptid Keeper
Each holiday season, I review different modules, games or supplements as a thank you to the wider tabletop roleplaying game community. All of the work I review during Critique Navidad is either giv…
idlecartulary.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
On the 17th day of Critique Navidad, my true love gave to me a game about cosy zookeepers and their quarry. It’s Cryptid Keeper! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/17/c...
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We got Nick LS Whelan helping out today ❤️ on puzzle dungeon workshop. Dev edit feedback for the thief trap by JohnOutWest
Video
youtu.be/CmVrHdwYrOw?...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/5ZPU...
Video
youtu.be/CmVrHdwYrOw?...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/5ZPU...
The Thief Trap: Workshop with Nick LS Whelan from Papers & Pencils
YouTube video by Direct Sun
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We got Nick LS Whelan helping out today ❤️ on puzzle dungeon workshop. Dev edit feedback for the thief trap by JohnOutWest
Video
youtu.be/CmVrHdwYrOw?...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/5ZPU...
Video
youtu.be/CmVrHdwYrOw?...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/5ZPU...
Finally added my hex, Hearth, to the Hexmas Map for the Blogwagon started by @prismaticwasteland.com!
#blog #hexmas #community #ttrpg #hexcrawl
theplayreports.com/posts/hexmas...
#blog #hexmas #community #ttrpg #hexcrawl
theplayreports.com/posts/hexmas...
The Play Reports
Hexmas 2025 - Hearth
theplayreports.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Finally added my hex, Hearth, to the Hexmas Map for the Blogwagon started by @prismaticwasteland.com!
#blog #hexmas #community #ttrpg #hexcrawl
theplayreports.com/posts/hexmas...
#blog #hexmas #community #ttrpg #hexcrawl
theplayreports.com/posts/hexmas...
Parties often travel through the same hexes multiples times. Shouldn't we have something interesting happen when they do it say the 4th or 5th time?
#blog #hexcrawls #gmtool
theplayreports.com/posts/terrai...
#blog #hexcrawls #gmtool
theplayreports.com/posts/terrai...
The Play Reports
Terrain Affinity - A Hexcrawl Tool
theplayreports.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Parties often travel through the same hexes multiples times. Shouldn't we have something interesting happen when they do it say the 4th or 5th time?
#blog #hexcrawls #gmtool
theplayreports.com/posts/terrai...
#blog #hexcrawls #gmtool
theplayreports.com/posts/terrai...
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This holiday season, give your favorite creators the perfect gift: attention. A 5-star rating, a product review on Exalted, or even a share on Reddit.
www.explorersdesign.com/critmas-2025/
www.explorersdesign.com/critmas-2025/
Critmas Gift Guide 2025
The 3 gifts every game designer wants (and a holiday party idea).
www.explorersdesign.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This holiday season, give your favorite creators the perfect gift: attention. A 5-star rating, a product review on Exalted, or even a share on Reddit.
www.explorersdesign.com/critmas-2025/
www.explorersdesign.com/critmas-2025/
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Announcement time!
I've gone and decided to move on from my google hosted Blogger blog, and instead do my own thing with my own domain. Check it out over here:
personable.blog/new-blog-sam...
I've gone and decided to move on from my google hosted Blogger blog, and instead do my own thing with my own domain. Check it out over here:
personable.blog/new-blog-sam...
New Blog, same nonsense
An inaugural post for my new domain.
personable.blog
December 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Announcement time!
I've gone and decided to move on from my google hosted Blogger blog, and instead do my own thing with my own domain. Check it out over here:
personable.blog/new-blog-sam...
I've gone and decided to move on from my google hosted Blogger blog, and instead do my own thing with my own domain. Check it out over here:
personable.blog/new-blog-sam...
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Every time I think about the Dreamcast, I remember what it felt like when gaming still surprised me.
Big swings. Weird ideas. Pure soul.
It was lightning in a box.
It gave us arcades in our living rooms and a glow we’re still chasing.
The Dreamcast didn’t live long…
but the memories did 💙💙
Big swings. Weird ideas. Pure soul.
It was lightning in a box.
It gave us arcades in our living rooms and a glow we’re still chasing.
The Dreamcast didn’t live long…
but the memories did 💙💙
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Every time I think about the Dreamcast, I remember what it felt like when gaming still surprised me.
Big swings. Weird ideas. Pure soul.
It was lightning in a box.
It gave us arcades in our living rooms and a glow we’re still chasing.
The Dreamcast didn’t live long…
but the memories did 💙💙
Big swings. Weird ideas. Pure soul.
It was lightning in a box.
It gave us arcades in our living rooms and a glow we’re still chasing.
The Dreamcast didn’t live long…
but the memories did 💙💙
So many cool ideas ahhhhhh
🍇The Midnight Muscadines Jam is here! 🍇
Submissions open December 15th and runs until the spring equinox on March 20th.
The jam supports not just writing adventures and supplements, but ✨crafting projects✨ as well!
Come join in the fun on itchio: itch.io/jam/midnight...
Submissions open December 15th and runs until the spring equinox on March 20th.
The jam supports not just writing adventures and supplements, but ✨crafting projects✨ as well!
Come join in the fun on itchio: itch.io/jam/midnight...
Midnight Muscadines Jam
A game jam from 2025-12-15 to 2026-03-20 hosted by Pandion Games. The goal of the Midnight Muscadines Jam is to support our community, players and GMs in creating their own content for Midnight Muscad...
itch.io
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
So many cool ideas ahhhhhh
Some systems are better for new GMs, and some aren't! I said what I said.
#ttrpg #blog #pbta
theplayreports.com/posts/pbta-b...
#ttrpg #blog #pbta
theplayreports.com/posts/pbta-b...
The Play Reports
PbtA is Bad for new GMs
theplayreports.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Some systems are better for new GMs, and some aren't! I said what I said.
#ttrpg #blog #pbta
theplayreports.com/posts/pbta-b...
#ttrpg #blog #pbta
theplayreports.com/posts/pbta-b...
I backed Vengeance California's Kickstarter and have been reminded that I need to run a one-shot of it ASAP!
Happy Critique Navidad everyone! Today I take a look at Vengeance California, a bloody violent romp through a crime filled city! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/03/c...
Critique Navidad: Vengeance California
Each holiday season, I review different modules, games or supplements as a thank you to the wider tabletop roleplaying game community. All of the work I review during Critique Navidad is either giv…
idlecartulary.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I backed Vengeance California's Kickstarter and have been reminded that I need to run a one-shot of it ASAP!
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Had a blast playing a food snob and getting drunk with friends during one of these sessions. I'll let you guess which, hahaha.
I had fun at PAX Unplugged! I played over 20 hours worth of games and went out to the local taverns every night. How did I do it all? That’s proprietary, but you can instead read all about the games I played
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
PAXU: Cram a Month of Gaming into One Weekend — Prismatic Wasteland
I Played Seven Games at PAX Unplugged and Lived To Tell You the Tales Thereof
www.prismaticwasteland.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Had a blast playing a food snob and getting drunk with friends during one of these sessions. I'll let you guess which, hahaha.
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I just published my first Mothership module: Twinkle Twinkle little star
The module will have your crew investigating a solar research ship orbiting a dying star, can you figure out what happened, and will you complete their mission?
Available now on itch!
personable.itch.io/twinkle-twin...
The module will have your crew investigating a solar research ship orbiting a dying star, can you figure out what happened, and will you complete their mission?
Available now on itch!
personable.itch.io/twinkle-twin...
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Personable
A sunny module for Mothership
personable.itch.io
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I just published my first Mothership module: Twinkle Twinkle little star
The module will have your crew investigating a solar research ship orbiting a dying star, can you figure out what happened, and will you complete their mission?
Available now on itch!
personable.itch.io/twinkle-twin...
The module will have your crew investigating a solar research ship orbiting a dying star, can you figure out what happened, and will you complete their mission?
Available now on itch!
personable.itch.io/twinkle-twin...
Carouse, Carouse!
A raucous revel of RPG writing and ideas.
www.carouse.blog
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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I discussed some thoughts and feelings i have about @rrookstudio.bsky.social's excellent Sherwood. It's a game of pseudo-historical banditry that borrows a lot from Classic Traveller and takes some delightful and innovative departures. I don't discuss those here.
Some Sherwood Odds and Ends
I bought Sherwood by R.Rook Studio about a month ago, and the only thing that got it off my mind was Pax Unplugged. I had intended to blog about Sherwoo...
billhook.bearblog.dev
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I discussed some thoughts and feelings i have about @rrookstudio.bsky.social's excellent Sherwood. It's a game of pseudo-historical banditry that borrows a lot from Classic Traveller and takes some delightful and innovative departures. I don't discuss those here.
Thrifted this crazy dramatic frame for one of @amandalee.bsky.social's print from last year 😂 what do you think of it, Amanda?
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Thrifted this crazy dramatic frame for one of @amandalee.bsky.social's print from last year 😂 what do you think of it, Amanda?
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Here’s my recap of PAX Unplugged 2025 weirdwonder.net/pax-unplugge...
PAX Unplugged 2025 Recap
This past weekend I attended PAX Unplugged for the third time, a con that I highly recommend as it is a very fun mix of board games and roleplaying games.
...
weirdwonder.net
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Here’s my recap of PAX Unplugged 2025 weirdwonder.net/pax-unplugge...
Really enjoyed reading this and chuckled quite a bit, especially the Luke Gearing bit. Who even is that guy?
I have written a new blog about what an OSR is. I am told there is a lot of discourse about this, but am confident that this should settle the matter once and for all.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
What is an OSR? - The Garden Below
a post about not knowing what the OSR is.
thegardenbelow.blot.im
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Really enjoyed reading this and chuckled quite a bit, especially the Luke Gearing bit. Who even is that guy?
This project is so cool, and I can't wat for my setting, The Blogosphere, to use this as a map. 😆
Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Mapping the Blogosphere
An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.
elmc.at
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This project is so cool, and I can't wat for my setting, The Blogosphere, to use this as a map. 😆