Sam D
@diceexploder.com
TTRPG designer and podcaster. Find me on Dice Exploder, a mechanic-of-the-week design podcast and blog. Won a Golden Cobra once. Screenwriter. No colon.
https://www.diceexploder.com/
https://sdunnewold.itch.io/
https://www.diceexploder.com/
https://sdunnewold.itch.io/
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Sam D
@diceexploder.com
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Coming soon: Band-Aids & Bullet Holes
Get your bloody revenge. A deckbuilder tabletop rpg about assassins and their vendettas.
www.kickstarter.com
Band-Aids & Bullet Holes, my John Wick-inspired bloody revenge opera deckbuilder RPG named after a Taylor Swift lyric, is coming to Kickstarter in May.
Look good, feel bad, do violence, cry about it, repeat. Just like your day job.
Look good, feel bad, do violence, cry about it, repeat. Just like your day job.
Great list of posts as usual from the Bloggies.
The Bloggies Nominees are here!
We are 1 week away from voting, so I need everyone's help spreading the word. Congrats to all the nominees and blogs submitted—this last year was incredible. Forming the lists was equal parts rewarding and painful.
www.explorersdesign.com/this-years-b...
We are 1 week away from voting, so I need everyone's help spreading the word. Congrats to all the nominees and blogs submitted—this last year was incredible. Forming the lists was equal parts rewarding and painful.
www.explorersdesign.com/this-years-b...
This year's Bloggies Nominees
Over 90+ blog posts. And a surprise category for 2026.
www.explorersdesign.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Great list of posts as usual from the Bloggies.
I was put on this earth for one reason and one reason only: to watch Midnight Run again
February 8, 2026 at 8:13 AM
I was put on this earth for one reason and one reason only: to watch Midnight Run again
Trying out doing my own character art for Band-Aids & Bullet Holes. Here's this guy named Barf.
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Trying out doing my own character art for Band-Aids & Bullet Holes. Here's this guy named Barf.
55 Knights
55 Myths
55 Sages
55 Weapons
55 Weathers
100 Flora
100 Beasts
100 Castles
100 Rumors
100 Monuments
55 Names
55 Relationships
55 Ambitions
55 Horses
55 Examples of play
155 Swords
55 Myths
55 Sages
55 Weapons
55 Weathers
100 Flora
100 Beasts
100 Castles
100 Rumors
100 Monuments
55 Names
55 Relationships
55 Ambitions
55 Horses
55 Examples of play
155 Swords
A while back there was a conversation floating around rpgs about where's the new innovation in games, like where's the new pbta. I've decided it's "Apollo 47-core": 1 page of rules + 100 pages of modular lore (see: Mythic Bastionland, Wanderhome, even Under Hollow Hills).
February 6, 2026 at 5:53 AM
55 Knights
55 Myths
55 Sages
55 Weapons
55 Weathers
100 Flora
100 Beasts
100 Castles
100 Rumors
100 Monuments
55 Names
55 Relationships
55 Ambitions
55 Horses
55 Examples of play
155 Swords
55 Myths
55 Sages
55 Weapons
55 Weathers
100 Flora
100 Beasts
100 Castles
100 Rumors
100 Monuments
55 Names
55 Relationships
55 Ambitions
55 Horses
55 Examples of play
155 Swords
Time's ceaseless march towards oblivion is a scam
February 5, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Time's ceaseless march towards oblivion is a scam
Every time I repost this it's because I was dehydrated but that doesn't make it less true.
water is delicious
February 5, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Every time I repost this it's because I was dehydrated but that doesn't make it less true.
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Every RPG is a one-page RPG if you only read one page of it
February 4, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every RPG is a one-page RPG if you only read one page of it
About once a year, including right now, I find myself with a friend who's eager to try D&D for the first time. While sometimes I say "okay" and then run For The Queen for them or whatever, sometimes I want to actually run something in the genre of "the D&D movie." Specifically:
February 3, 2026 at 9:50 PM
About once a year, including right now, I find myself with a friend who's eager to try D&D for the first time. While sometimes I say "okay" and then run For The Queen for them or whatever, sometimes I want to actually run something in the genre of "the D&D movie." Specifically:
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I think rpg actual play / play reports reaches such a high with these Afterimage episodes
I love to see more creative non-fiction in the space like this!
I love to see more creative non-fiction in the space like this!
Dice Exploder is back this week with a new episode of Afterimage all about ERPL, The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory, a mini-con that took place at my college several times a year.
I still think about the people I met there. They still mean something to me. What might I still mean to them?
I still think about the people I met there. They still mean something to me. What might I still mean to them?
Afterimage #3: The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory — Dice Exploder
The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory, or ERPL, was a thrice a year mini convention put on by students at my college back in the 00s and 10s and onward to this day. It's how I got into indie games....
www.diceexploder.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:21 AM
I think rpg actual play / play reports reaches such a high with these Afterimage episodes
I love to see more creative non-fiction in the space like this!
I love to see more creative non-fiction in the space like this!
I'm going to Breakout
Who's going to Breakout con? Am I going to Breakout con?
January 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I'm going to Breakout
Reposted by Sam D
Sam has been experimenting with a form of RPG play-adjacent podcasting that focuses on the *emotional experience* of play, rather than the beat-by-beat radioplay format common in APs. He has succeeded triumphantly. I’m in this one!
Dice Exploder is back this week with a new episode of Afterimage all about ERPL, The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory, a mini-con that took place at my college several times a year.
I still think about the people I met there. They still mean something to me. What might I still mean to them?
I still think about the people I met there. They still mean something to me. What might I still mean to them?
Afterimage #3: The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory — Dice Exploder
The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory, or ERPL, was a thrice a year mini convention put on by students at my college back in the 00s and 10s and onward to this day. It's how I got into indie games....
www.diceexploder.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Sam has been experimenting with a form of RPG play-adjacent podcasting that focuses on the *emotional experience* of play, rather than the beat-by-beat radioplay format common in APs. He has succeeded triumphantly. I’m in this one!
Dice Exploder is back this week with a new episode of Afterimage all about ERPL, The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory, a mini-con that took place at my college several times a year.
I still think about the people I met there. They still mean something to me. What might I still mean to them?
I still think about the people I met there. They still mean something to me. What might I still mean to them?
Afterimage #3: The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory — Dice Exploder
The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory, or ERPL, was a thrice a year mini convention put on by students at my college back in the 00s and 10s and onward to this day. It's how I got into indie games....
www.diceexploder.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Dice Exploder is back this week with a new episode of Afterimage all about ERPL, The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory, a mini-con that took place at my college several times a year.
I still think about the people I met there. They still mean something to me. What might I still mean to them?
I still think about the people I met there. They still mean something to me. What might I still mean to them?
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Sucks to suck, losers
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Sucks to suck, losers
Who's going to Breakout con? Am I going to Breakout con?
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Who's going to Breakout con? Am I going to Breakout con?
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My good friend Audrey, known to many as LadyTabletop, is opening their layout commissions, and you would be wise to grab a slot! audreystolze.carrd.co
January 21, 2026 at 10:19 PM
My good friend Audrey, known to many as LadyTabletop, is opening their layout commissions, and you would be wise to grab a slot! audreystolze.carrd.co
Band-Aids & Bullet Holes, my John Wick-inspired bloody revenge opera deckbuilder RPG named after a Taylor Swift lyric, is coming to Kickstarter in May.
Look good, feel bad, do violence, cry about it, repeat. Just like your day job.
Look good, feel bad, do violence, cry about it, repeat. Just like your day job.
Coming soon: Band-Aids & Bullet Holes
Get your bloody revenge. A deckbuilder tabletop rpg about assassins and their vendettas.
www.kickstarter.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Band-Aids & Bullet Holes, my John Wick-inspired bloody revenge opera deckbuilder RPG named after a Taylor Swift lyric, is coming to Kickstarter in May.
Look good, feel bad, do violence, cry about it, repeat. Just like your day job.
Look good, feel bad, do violence, cry about it, repeat. Just like your day job.
Dice Exploder Afterimage is back on the Patreon, goes public in a couple weeks.
Afterimage #3: The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory | Dice Exploder
Get more from Dice Exploder on Patreon
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January 20, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Dice Exploder Afterimage is back on the Patreon, goes public in a couple weeks.
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ahh a nice night out at the movies. now time to check my phone and see what our mad pedophile king and his evil scheming viziers are up to
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 AM
ahh a nice night out at the movies. now time to check my phone and see what our mad pedophile king and his evil scheming viziers are up to
Yeah I've got some gaming discourse for ya: the discourse is that I haven't played any rpgs since mid-December and I'm losin it.
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Yeah I've got some gaming discourse for ya: the discourse is that I haven't played any rpgs since mid-December and I'm losin it.
MY RPG QUESTS FOR 2026
Finish the Apocalypse World campaign I’m 6 sessions into
10+ session Mythic Bastionland campaign
Full Under Hollow Hills campaign
Try out some play-by-post
Run a one shot to introduce my screenwriting manager to RPGs
Go to a con where I can game with online friends in person
Finish the Apocalypse World campaign I’m 6 sessions into
10+ session Mythic Bastionland campaign
Full Under Hollow Hills campaign
Try out some play-by-post
Run a one shot to introduce my screenwriting manager to RPGs
Go to a con where I can game with online friends in person
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 AM
MY RPG QUESTS FOR 2026
Finish the Apocalypse World campaign I’m 6 sessions into
10+ session Mythic Bastionland campaign
Full Under Hollow Hills campaign
Try out some play-by-post
Run a one shot to introduce my screenwriting manager to RPGs
Go to a con where I can game with online friends in person
Finish the Apocalypse World campaign I’m 6 sessions into
10+ session Mythic Bastionland campaign
Full Under Hollow Hills campaign
Try out some play-by-post
Run a one shot to introduce my screenwriting manager to RPGs
Go to a con where I can game with online friends in person
A while back there was a conversation floating around rpgs about where's the new innovation in games, like where's the new pbta. I've decided it's "Apollo 47-core": 1 page of rules + 100 pages of modular lore (see: Mythic Bastionland, Wanderhome, even Under Hollow Hills).
January 13, 2026 at 7:56 PM
A while back there was a conversation floating around rpgs about where's the new innovation in games, like where's the new pbta. I've decided it's "Apollo 47-core": 1 page of rules + 100 pages of modular lore (see: Mythic Bastionland, Wanderhome, even Under Hollow Hills).
For some reason every time I finish a previously on for The Pitt I expect the Slow Horses theme to start playing.
January 11, 2026 at 5:50 AM
For some reason every time I finish a previously on for The Pitt I expect the Slow Horses theme to start playing.
My life is just biding time until I can get back into a movie theater or to a game table.
January 7, 2026 at 5:34 AM
My life is just biding time until I can get back into a movie theater or to a game table.
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Probably the work I'm most proud of from 2025! Everyone please listen and then tell me your critiques
Doing some research and re-listening to the @diceexploder.com 4-part miniseries that @helloalexroberts.bsky.social & I did about love, sex & romance in TTRPGS
If I may say so myself, we did a good job…
www.diceexploder.com/blog/2025/8/...
If I may say so myself, we did a good job…
www.diceexploder.com/blog/2025/8/...
Love, Sex, and Romance: Sex Moves (Apocalypse World) with Alex & Sharang — Dice Exploder
Love, sex, and romance: huge human topics, wildly under-discussed in roleplaying games. At least in my opinion. So today on Dice Exploder we’re kicking off a new miniseries on the subject hosted by NO...
www.diceexploder.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Probably the work I'm most proud of from 2025! Everyone please listen and then tell me your critiques