Zak H. | Bommyknocker Press
@bommyknocker.bsky.social
Look at this worm’s expression. It has the correct response to being eaten by this crazy toad.
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Look at this worm’s expression. It has the correct response to being eaten by this crazy toad.
Now this is citizen journalism
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...
O/U Timeline
app.mural.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Now this is citizen journalism
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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...
O/U Timeline
app.mural.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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...
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NULL_SPACE IS COMING
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
NULL_SPACE IS COMING
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
Clever post - this class let’s a drop-in player pilot an NPC for a session
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Clever post - this class let’s a drop-in player pilot an NPC for a session
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Something small is coming soon… #Mausritter
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Something small is coming soon… #Mausritter
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Hi I'm away from the big computer so I just want you to know you can buy HIS MAJESTY THE WORM from hismajestytheworm.games. The book is back in stock at Exalted Funeral! It is a good game and you should buy it.
His Majesty the Worm
His Majesty the Worm is a new-school game with old-school sensibilities: the classic megadungeon experience given fresh life through a focus on the mundanities and small moments of daily life inside t...
hismajestytheworm.games
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi I'm away from the big computer so I just want you to know you can buy HIS MAJESTY THE WORM from hismajestytheworm.games. The book is back in stock at Exalted Funeral! It is a good game and you should buy it.
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I dug through AD&D to find out: where are all the high-level NPCs? I talk about why it's an important question to ask & do some number crunching using an average AD&D city & some demographic figures I made up. It's better than nothing!
Where are AD&D's High-Level NPCs?
This is a question I've pondered quite a bit in my exploration of AD&D. Theoretically, my assumption would be that there's nothing to restri...
forlornencystment.blogspot.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I dug through AD&D to find out: where are all the high-level NPCs? I talk about why it's an important question to ask & do some number crunching using an average AD&D city & some demographic figures I made up. It's better than nothing!
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I'm joining Ryan over on The Weekly Scroll to talk about the dos and don'ts of self-promotion and marketing. Leave us some questions in the comments!
And join us this Friday at 1 pm EST or 10 am PST.
And join us this Friday at 1 pm EST or 10 am PST.
Following up on his wonderful article linked below, Clayton will be joining me on Friday to discuss promotion and marketing in tabletop games. We'll be hitting a variety of topics but if you have any questions let us know in the comments!
Join us live Friday at 10am pst
twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
Join us live Friday at 10am pst
twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm joining Ryan over on The Weekly Scroll to talk about the dos and don'ts of self-promotion and marketing. Leave us some questions in the comments!
And join us this Friday at 1 pm EST or 10 am PST.
And join us this Friday at 1 pm EST or 10 am PST.
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Of the different types of dungeon rooms, "Special" can be one of the hardest to write towards. This list of sub-categories of special rooms has great prompts!
In a🧵 below, I delve into examples from CASTLE AUTOMATIC for each sub-type of special rooms. (Warning: Spoilers for the dungeon!)
In a🧵 below, I delve into examples from CASTLE AUTOMATIC for each sub-type of special rooms. (Warning: Spoilers for the dungeon!)
The 10 types of special rooms
"A Special is anything not exactly a trap, but placed for special reasons." Moldvay Basic pg. B52 Traps, monsters, secret doors, and treas...
traipse.hexarcana.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Of the different types of dungeon rooms, "Special" can be one of the hardest to write towards. This list of sub-categories of special rooms has great prompts!
In a🧵 below, I delve into examples from CASTLE AUTOMATIC for each sub-type of special rooms. (Warning: Spoilers for the dungeon!)
In a🧵 below, I delve into examples from CASTLE AUTOMATIC for each sub-type of special rooms. (Warning: Spoilers for the dungeon!)
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The fever dream of the future's future ~ The boiling pot that humanity let itself cook in ~ An opportunity ~ A sprint ~ A vision ~ A proof of life ~
This is your first look at Inheritors (officially PWYW on Itch~)
sandroad.itch.io/proof-of-life
This is your first look at Inheritors (officially PWYW on Itch~)
sandroad.itch.io/proof-of-life
INHERITORS - Proof of Life - Quickstart by SandroAD
apocalyptic future-tech mayhem
sandroad.itch.io
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The fever dream of the future's future ~ The boiling pot that humanity let itself cook in ~ An opportunity ~ A sprint ~ A vision ~ A proof of life ~
This is your first look at Inheritors (officially PWYW on Itch~)
sandroad.itch.io/proof-of-life
This is your first look at Inheritors (officially PWYW on Itch~)
sandroad.itch.io/proof-of-life
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Heyy, I have a blog now!
PUT PIKMIN IN YOUR MAUSRITTER GAME YOU COWARDS
I figured I’d test out my new blog by reposting one of my favorite takes on with some quick art.
Happy !...
toucant.bearblog.dev
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Heyy, I have a blog now!
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“I Thought I Heard Your Voice Just Then” is a new eight-page comic drawn by @jlaguff.bsky.social and written by myself. You can read it below or purchase it on a pay-what-you-want basis on Itch.io (which I recommend, Bluesky compression being what it is):
hagaipalevsky.itch.io/thoughtiheard
(1/2)
hagaipalevsky.itch.io/thoughtiheard
(1/2)
November 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“I Thought I Heard Your Voice Just Then” is a new eight-page comic drawn by @jlaguff.bsky.social and written by myself. You can read it below or purchase it on a pay-what-you-want basis on Itch.io (which I recommend, Bluesky compression being what it is):
hagaipalevsky.itch.io/thoughtiheard
(1/2)
hagaipalevsky.itch.io/thoughtiheard
(1/2)
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NEW BLOG BANDWAGON
During this interregnum between High Halloween and Mighty Christmas, a call goes forth to all the world that bloggers shall band together to collectively create a hexcrawl across the blogosphere, themed around those hokey claymation Christmas specials of yore!
#osr #rpg #hexmas
During this interregnum between High Halloween and Mighty Christmas, a call goes forth to all the world that bloggers shall band together to collectively create a hexcrawl across the blogosphere, themed around those hokey claymation Christmas specials of yore!
#osr #rpg #hexmas
Blogwagon Announcement: Merry Hexmas — Prismatic Wasteland
A new blog bandwagon where everyone writes a hex for a winter wonderland hexcrawl and posts it on their blog, linking to blogs that have adjacent hexes. This announcement has all the information you n...
www.prismaticwasteland.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Cooked up this harebrained idea while making holiday gifts! Curious if it's been done before.
tbr.bearblog.dev/objects-as-r...
tbr.bearblog.dev/objects-as-r...
Objects as Random Access Memory
This afternoon I was working on some Christmas gifts in my woodshop while listening to an episode of the Yes, Indie'd podcast with of Backwards Tabletop, ta...
tbr.bearblog.dev
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Cooked up this harebrained idea while making holiday gifts! Curious if it's been done before.
tbr.bearblog.dev/objects-as-r...
tbr.bearblog.dev/objects-as-r...
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New Carouse, Carouse!
This time featuring, among other things, me writing about Over/Under, AI in games (not like that) from Patchwork Paladin, a review of Gorman's Larder by @giantrobottackler.bsky.social and a selection of blog posts, as always!
www.carouse.blog/november-202...
This time featuring, among other things, me writing about Over/Under, AI in games (not like that) from Patchwork Paladin, a review of Gorman's Larder by @giantrobottackler.bsky.social and a selection of blog posts, as always!
www.carouse.blog/november-202...
November 2025 - Jacked In
We're approaching the end of the year, and the northern hemisphere is getting properly gray and wet now (the perfect weather to stay in and play RPGs). Perhaps the southern contingent will play outsid...
www.carouse.blog
November 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
New Carouse, Carouse!
This time featuring, among other things, me writing about Over/Under, AI in games (not like that) from Patchwork Paladin, a review of Gorman's Larder by @giantrobottackler.bsky.social and a selection of blog posts, as always!
www.carouse.blog/november-202...
This time featuring, among other things, me writing about Over/Under, AI in games (not like that) from Patchwork Paladin, a review of Gorman's Larder by @giantrobottackler.bsky.social and a selection of blog posts, as always!
www.carouse.blog/november-202...
This series already has so much gameable juice. I love this short dungeon for being a perfect little adventure for the Shire’s tone.
A goal with my Middle-earth Hexcrawl project is to capture the feeling I first came to love in Zelda: the feeling of wandering around and falling into a hole and realizing Oh shit, there's a whole dungeon in here.
This is one such adventure: a flux-space dungeon of a haunted hedge maze
This is one such adventure: a flux-space dungeon of a haunted hedge maze
The Eccentric Hobbit's Hedge Maze - a Flux-dungeon for the Middle-earth Hexcrawl
A goal with my Middle-earth Hexcrawl project is to capture the feeling I first came to love in Zelda: the feeling of wandering around and f...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This series already has so much gameable juice. I love this short dungeon for being a perfect little adventure for the Shire’s tone.
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I recorded an actual play of DANGER CLOSE, my tactical military skirmish TTRPG! It gives a pretty good impression of how the game works, and I got carried away a bit in talking about it, because of course I did.
youtu.be/5jnaiti_O3M
youtu.be/5jnaiti_O3M
DANGER CLOSE - Solo Tactical TTRPG Actual Play
YouTube video by Dice Goblin Games
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I recorded an actual play of DANGER CLOSE, my tactical military skirmish TTRPG! It gives a pretty good impression of how the game works, and I got carried away a bit in talking about it, because of course I did.
youtu.be/5jnaiti_O3M
youtu.be/5jnaiti_O3M
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The lay offs might be beginning at work, but I got that late review done.
Kingdomites Brutal Frontier! Hassle @hodagrpg.bsky.social for it. Trust me, it's worth it.
wayspell.blogspot.com/2025/10/king...
Kingdomites Brutal Frontier! Hassle @hodagrpg.bsky.social for it. Trust me, it's worth it.
wayspell.blogspot.com/2025/10/king...
Kingdomites: Brutal Frontier (A Review)
I never had television as a kid. Utility companies really hate running out to the ass end of Nowhere for a handful of people too stupid to l...
wayspell.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The lay offs might be beginning at work, but I got that late review done.
Kingdomites Brutal Frontier! Hassle @hodagrpg.bsky.social for it. Trust me, it's worth it.
wayspell.blogspot.com/2025/10/king...
Kingdomites Brutal Frontier! Hassle @hodagrpg.bsky.social for it. Trust me, it's worth it.
wayspell.blogspot.com/2025/10/king...
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For this year’s spooky season post, I dig up the background of Skeletons, how they’ve been historically depicted in media (including D&D) and my favorite way to include them in my games
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
Bare Bones Survey of Skeletons — Prismatic Wasteland
Embracing the silly origins of skeletons and why it makes them one of the more refreshing undead horrors to use in your games.
www.prismaticwasteland.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Trying to shake the writing block, so I wrote up a tiny Mythic Bastionland hack: a quick Reputation roll I lifted from @samseer.bsky.social's Mothership house rule and tweaked slightly.
elmc.at/glory-as-rep...
elmc.at/glory-as-rep...
Glory as Reputation
Use Glory as an instant reputation roll in Mythic Bastionland: who's heard of your Knight and how fame changes the world at the table.
elmc.at
October 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Trying to shake the writing block, so I wrote up a tiny Mythic Bastionland hack: a quick Reputation roll I lifted from @samseer.bsky.social's Mothership house rule and tweaked slightly.
elmc.at/glory-as-rep...
elmc.at/glory-as-rep...
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First of what I think will be many #over/under blogposts. This one is about how players have a lot more power than they may realize... theplayreports.com/posts/over-u...
The Play Reports
Resources as Players - Over/Under
theplayreports.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
First of what I think will be many #over/under blogposts. This one is about how players have a lot more power than they may realize... theplayreports.com/posts/over-u...
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ok here it is NEW BLOG POST! This is the first draft of a template for Sanic Hack prep that should make running the game's vibes easier! Or it won't, I'm not a Doctor.
Static Site: farmergadda.neocities.org/posts/themes...
Blogger Backup: farmergadda.blogspot.com/2025/10/them...
Static Site: farmergadda.neocities.org/posts/themes...
Blogger Backup: farmergadda.blogspot.com/2025/10/them...
Farmer Gadda's TTRPG Hayloft : Themes - Quicker Game Prep for The Sanic Hack
Preparing a world with mix and match lists
farmergadda.neocities.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
ok here it is NEW BLOG POST! This is the first draft of a template for Sanic Hack prep that should make running the game's vibes easier! Or it won't, I'm not a Doctor.
Static Site: farmergadda.neocities.org/posts/themes...
Blogger Backup: farmergadda.blogspot.com/2025/10/them...
Static Site: farmergadda.neocities.org/posts/themes...
Blogger Backup: farmergadda.blogspot.com/2025/10/them...
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If you were to leave the Shire without needing to hide from the public eye, you could walk from Hobbiton to the Brandywine Bridge. I explore this area as part of my Tolkien Hexcrawl project. (Bonus: Thoughts and opinions about writing interesting content for an established setting like Middle-earth)
On the Road from the Three-farthing Stone to the Bridge of Stonebows - Middle-earth Hexmap
An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project. Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series. The East Road st...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
If you were to leave the Shire without needing to hide from the public eye, you could walk from Hobbiton to the Brandywine Bridge. I explore this area as part of my Tolkien Hexcrawl project. (Bonus: Thoughts and opinions about writing interesting content for an established setting like Middle-earth)
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New on the blog: Overloading the Faction Relationship! Because we all know it's not what you know, it's WHO you know.
gemroomgames.itch.io/the-gem-room...
gemroomgames.itch.io/the-gem-room...
Overloading the Faction Relationship
Overloading the Faction Relationship Dan is working on a small game between bigger projects so obviously that means he needs to write a whole blog post to justify the inevitable scope creep! I Like Fa...
gemroomgames.itch.io
October 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New on the blog: Overloading the Faction Relationship! Because we all know it's not what you know, it's WHO you know.
gemroomgames.itch.io/the-gem-room...
gemroomgames.itch.io/the-gem-room...