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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
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?
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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
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This was a long time coming: Advice for Running a Hexcrawl, a Decade Too Late.
Save vs. Total Party Kill - Advice for Running a Hexcrawl, A Decade Too Late
Masters of Carcosa is the longest campaign I have run. My friends and I played 23 sessions, starting at the end of 2014, ending near the start of 2016. The game began after Brendan took a break from r...
save.vs.totalpartykill.ca
December 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This was a long time coming: Advice for Running a Hexcrawl, a Decade Too Late.
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I too am participating in Hexmas! I give you 0202: Conifer Mountain, an adaptation of a portion of a play-by-post game I ran last year weirdwonder.net/hexmas-0202-... #osr
Hexmas 0202: Conifer Mountain
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weirdwonder.net
December 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I too am participating in Hexmas! I give you 0202: Conifer Mountain, an adaptation of a portion of a play-by-post game I ran last year weirdwonder.net/hexmas-0202-... #osr
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I wrote about my plans for 2026, both under the @cairnrpg.com umbrella and Between Two Cairns.
newschoolrevolution.com/cairn-in-2026/
newschoolrevolution.com/cairn-in-2026/
Cairn in 2026
Every year I try and write a little post about what folks should expect from me in the coming year. I suppose a small part of me feels that once I've announc...
newschoolrevolution.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I wrote about my plans for 2026, both under the @cairnrpg.com umbrella and Between Two Cairns.
newschoolrevolution.com/cairn-in-2026/
newschoolrevolution.com/cairn-in-2026/
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Delightful garbage for your holiday-addled sensory organs. 🎄🎅☃️
Including my Theoryslop Post of the Year™
www.valerialoves.com/joybringers-...
Including my Theoryslop Post of the Year™
www.valerialoves.com/joybringers-...
Joybringers of 2025
Yeah you sickos love lists don’t you.
www.valerialoves.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Delightful garbage for your holiday-addled sensory organs. 🎄🎅☃️
Including my Theoryslop Post of the Year™
www.valerialoves.com/joybringers-...
Including my Theoryslop Post of the Year™
www.valerialoves.com/joybringers-...
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My 2025 Secret Santicorn🎄🦄, which is too good not to share. Thank you Anon!
Here are some fantastic titles for 4️⃣-level PCs and how to get them: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
Here are some fantastic titles for 4️⃣-level PCs and how to get them: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
2025 SECRET SANTICORN: Fourth Level Titles & How To Get Them
Merry Christmas an d Happy Holidays! In my last post , I blogged about what I gave for the 2025 Secret Santicorn. On this day of gift-g...
icastlight.blogspot.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
My 2025 Secret Santicorn🎄🦄, which is too good not to share. Thank you Anon!
Here are some fantastic titles for 4️⃣-level PCs and how to get them: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
Here are some fantastic titles for 4️⃣-level PCs and how to get them: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
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Happy Holidays everyone!
I managed to polish off my #Hexmas blog post last night and I humbly submit it now to join the rest in Yuletide cheer!
And let’s raise a glass of eggnog to @prismaticwasteland.com for coming up with this jolly concept!
#blogwagon #osr #ttrpg
I managed to polish off my #Hexmas blog post last night and I humbly submit it now to join the rest in Yuletide cheer!
And let’s raise a glass of eggnog to @prismaticwasteland.com for coming up with this jolly concept!
#blogwagon #osr #ttrpg
Operation #HeXmas
⍲ Recently, Prismatic Wasteland got the blog bandwagon (snow)ball rolling for #Hexmas with this post. The TL;DR of it is participating bloggers design the content of a single TTRPG hex themed aroun…
theanarchistspellbook.wordpress.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Happy Holidays everyone!
I managed to polish off my #Hexmas blog post last night and I humbly submit it now to join the rest in Yuletide cheer!
And let’s raise a glass of eggnog to @prismaticwasteland.com for coming up with this jolly concept!
#blogwagon #osr #ttrpg
I managed to polish off my #Hexmas blog post last night and I humbly submit it now to join the rest in Yuletide cheer!
And let’s raise a glass of eggnog to @prismaticwasteland.com for coming up with this jolly concept!
#blogwagon #osr #ttrpg
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December 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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For my contribution to the Merry Hexmas blog bandwagon, I made a mini sandbox: the Jinglebell Barrens, a land which lives in the shadow of a lost city which forgot the meaning of Hexmas. Will the adventurers restore warmth & cheer to its streets, or simply plunder everything not nailed down? #osr
'Tis the Season (for a Sandbox): Into the Jinglebell Barrens
This post is a part of Prismatic Wasteland's Hexmas Blog Bandwagon . The intention was for participants to make a single holiday-themed hex...
forlornencystment.blogspot.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
For my contribution to the Merry Hexmas blog bandwagon, I made a mini sandbox: the Jinglebell Barrens, a land which lives in the shadow of a lost city which forgot the meaning of Hexmas. Will the adventurers restore warmth & cheer to its streets, or simply plunder everything not nailed down? #osr
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blog post: x-in-6, 2d6, 1d20: alice muses about the three types of dice checks which are core to od&d!
dungeondoll.blogspot.com/2025/12/dice...
dungeondoll.blogspot.com/2025/12/dice...
Dice Tools in od&d
unified resolution systems are a big thing in modern rpg design. generally, the question i see a lot comes down to this: "why have multiple ...
dungeondoll.blogspot.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
blog post: x-in-6, 2d6, 1d20: alice muses about the three types of dice checks which are core to od&d!
dungeondoll.blogspot.com/2025/12/dice...
dungeondoll.blogspot.com/2025/12/dice...
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A gift, for the festive season, my first ever an OSR. You can tell its an OSR because its made entirely out of offcuts from B2 The Keep on the Borderlands. Its compatible with many games and also incompatible with at least 3, probably.
juniperc.itch.io/bn-2-the-kee...
juniperc.itch.io/bn-2-the-kee...
BN-2 The Keep on the Borderlands by Juniper-C
A Lyrical OSR Dungeon
juniperc.itch.io
December 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A gift, for the festive season, my first ever an OSR. You can tell its an OSR because its made entirely out of offcuts from B2 The Keep on the Borderlands. Its compatible with many games and also incompatible with at least 3, probably.
juniperc.itch.io/bn-2-the-kee...
juniperc.itch.io/bn-2-the-kee...
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New blogpost from my friend Habeeb, this one talking about magic in Tabletop RPG, infrastructure, convenience, and... generative AI?
I'm just going to keep hyping him up here until he posts on Bluesky 😂
beeboobubie.substack.com/p/the-infras...
I'm just going to keep hyping him up here until he posts on Bluesky 😂
beeboobubie.substack.com/p/the-infras...
the infrastructure of magical convenience
notes on roleplaying convenience, class, and control
beeboobubie.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
New blogpost from my friend Habeeb, this one talking about magic in Tabletop RPG, infrastructure, convenience, and... generative AI?
I'm just going to keep hyping him up here until he posts on Bluesky 😂
beeboobubie.substack.com/p/the-infras...
I'm just going to keep hyping him up here until he posts on Bluesky 😂
beeboobubie.substack.com/p/the-infras...
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I struggled for a really long time to decide what the first Solar Cataphracts game blog post was gonna be. I needed something in depth enough that it couldn't just be a discord message. How about a four thousand word breakdown of #Over/Under 's economics?
open.substack.com/pub/tangentj...
open.substack.com/pub/tangentj...
Solar Dev Log 1:
Learning some valuable lessons from the Economics of Over/Under, and how I plan to apply them to my next Live Text Roleplaying Game.
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I struggled for a really long time to decide what the first Solar Cataphracts game blog post was gonna be. I needed something in depth enough that it couldn't just be a discord message. How about a four thousand word breakdown of #Over/Under 's economics?
open.substack.com/pub/tangentj...
open.substack.com/pub/tangentj...
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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...
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From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes the first annual Lizzies! The best and brightest of the blogosphere comes forward, as decided by your second-favorite blogger with a furry pfp!
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The Lizzies 2025
Welcome one and all to the first annual Lizzies , a celebration of all things Liz (that's me)! 2025 has been...a fucking year to be trans in...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes the first annual Lizzies! The best and brightest of the blogosphere comes forward, as decided by your second-favorite blogger with a furry pfp!
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
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Now that the 1.0 version is out and the start date is set, it's finally time to post about VANGUARD, my adaptation of Sam Sorenson's CATAPHRACT.
lairoftheduskwitch.bearblog.dev/vanguard/
lairoftheduskwitch.bearblog.dev/vanguard/
December 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Now that the 1.0 version is out and the start date is set, it's finally time to post about VANGUARD, my adaptation of Sam Sorenson's CATAPHRACT.
lairoftheduskwitch.bearblog.dev/vanguard/
lairoftheduskwitch.bearblog.dev/vanguard/
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Throwing one more post on the pile before the end of the year. Enjoy
binarystar.games/posts/origin...
binarystar.games/posts/origin...
Conflict as Motivation and Resolution
Or: Everyone always says what combat is doing, but nobody ever asks how combat is doing.
The TTRPG community (well, the blogging part of it) sure does love to define combat as one specific pithy thing...
binarystar.games
December 20, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Throwing one more post on the pile before the end of the year. Enjoy
binarystar.games/posts/origin...
binarystar.games/posts/origin...
This is absolutely amazing. I loved the Blogging Cleric class and always looked forward to see more from @bakenshake.bsky.social's Blog Setting. Never have I suspected my persona would be a part of it so this fills me with joy. Check it out and start bloggin!
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 10:58 PM
This is absolutely amazing. I loved the Blogging Cleric class and always looked forward to see more from @bakenshake.bsky.social's Blog Setting. Never have I suspected my persona would be a part of it so this fills me with joy. Check it out and start bloggin!
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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
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Blog map update!
- Added many more blogs
- Pulled in more historical post data (Substack, Ghost + others)
- Reworked the side-panel stats to be clearer
The new data also reshaped the communities. We're at eight now.
graph.elmc.at
- Added many more blogs
- Pulled in more historical post data (Substack, Ghost + others)
- Reworked the side-panel stats to be clearer
The new data also reshaped the communities. We're at eight now.
graph.elmc.at
Blogosphere Map
An interactive map of TTRPG related blogs, linked by who cites whom.
graph.elmc.at
December 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Blog map update!
- Added many more blogs
- Pulled in more historical post data (Substack, Ghost + others)
- Reworked the side-panel stats to be clearer
The new data also reshaped the communities. We're at eight now.
graph.elmc.at
- Added many more blogs
- Pulled in more historical post data (Substack, Ghost + others)
- Reworked the side-panel stats to be clearer
The new data also reshaped the communities. We're at eight now.
graph.elmc.at
Blog map update!
- Added many more blogs
- Pulled in more historical post data (Substack, Ghost + others)
- Reworked the side-panel stats to be clearer
The new data also reshaped the communities. We're at eight now.
graph.elmc.at
- Added many more blogs
- Pulled in more historical post data (Substack, Ghost + others)
- Reworked the side-panel stats to be clearer
The new data also reshaped the communities. We're at eight now.
graph.elmc.at
Blogosphere Map
An interactive map of TTRPG related blogs, linked by who cites whom.
graph.elmc.at
December 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Blog map update!
- Added many more blogs
- Pulled in more historical post data (Substack, Ghost + others)
- Reworked the side-panel stats to be clearer
The new data also reshaped the communities. We're at eight now.
graph.elmc.at
- Added many more blogs
- Pulled in more historical post data (Substack, Ghost + others)
- Reworked the side-panel stats to be clearer
The new data also reshaped the communities. We're at eight now.
graph.elmc.at
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Quick post about some cool and very convenient public domain heraldic shields I found. Perfect for kingdom making using some very iconic imagery that is easy for players to remember, yet similar enough to draw connections. icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/12/d20-...
D20 HERALDIC SHIELDS: Easy Options for Your Campaign Kingdom
Depiction of 20 heraldic shields I find it easier to be creative when I have a prompt or some starting point rather than a blank slate. Its ...
icastlight.blogspot.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Quick post about some cool and very convenient public domain heraldic shields I found. Perfect for kingdom making using some very iconic imagery that is easy for players to remember, yet similar enough to draw connections. icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/12/d20-...
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Continuing the series, here's some illness and poisoning rules.
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/illness-pois...
#osr
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/illness-pois...
#osr
Illness, Poisons, and Medication
In situations of prolonged/grievous exposure to environmental pressures, you have a chance of . Roll a d12, and compare the result to the Illness Chance for ...
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev
December 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Continuing the series, here's some illness and poisoning rules.
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/illness-pois...
#osr
behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/illness-pois...
#osr
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