Goblin's Henchman
@goblinshenchman.bsky.social
Amateur RPG designer - perhaps best known for making Hex Flower variants, dice maths, some Excel stuff and Face Folio
Stuck in a layout trap.
Got the adventure idea, beats and NPCs. But, it's all over the place. Keep getting sucked into formatting minutiae rather than sorting out the bigger overall structure.
It's demotivating getting nowhere!
Need to step back, fix the bones, then fiddle around ...
:O/
Got the adventure idea, beats and NPCs. But, it's all over the place. Keep getting sucked into formatting minutiae rather than sorting out the bigger overall structure.
It's demotivating getting nowhere!
Need to step back, fix the bones, then fiddle around ...
:O/
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Stuck in a layout trap.
Got the adventure idea, beats and NPCs. But, it's all over the place. Keep getting sucked into formatting minutiae rather than sorting out the bigger overall structure.
It's demotivating getting nowhere!
Need to step back, fix the bones, then fiddle around ...
:O/
Got the adventure idea, beats and NPCs. But, it's all over the place. Keep getting sucked into formatting minutiae rather than sorting out the bigger overall structure.
It's demotivating getting nowhere!
Need to step back, fix the bones, then fiddle around ...
:O/
January 14, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Henchling was DM, and I rolled 4 consecutive 1s in combat
1️⃣🔂🔂🔂
😏😐😨😱
1️⃣🔂🔂🔂
😏😐😨😱
January 14, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Henchling was DM, and I rolled 4 consecutive 1s in combat
1️⃣🔂🔂🔂
😏😐😨😱
1️⃣🔂🔂🔂
😏😐😨😱
Seems that posting on that hell site about 🧊⚰️ gets you banned🏴☠️
Gemini tells me if I'm a good Henchman for a 48hrs or so they might let me back in, and if I keep a low profile
It's almost like the algorithm is Naxi facilitating machine
🤔
I only really go there to follow the situation in Ukraine
Gemini tells me if I'm a good Henchman for a 48hrs or so they might let me back in, and if I keep a low profile
It's almost like the algorithm is Naxi facilitating machine
🤔
I only really go there to follow the situation in Ukraine
January 14, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Seems that posting on that hell site about 🧊⚰️ gets you banned🏴☠️
Gemini tells me if I'm a good Henchman for a 48hrs or so they might let me back in, and if I keep a low profile
It's almost like the algorithm is Naxi facilitating machine
🤔
I only really go there to follow the situation in Ukraine
Gemini tells me if I'm a good Henchman for a 48hrs or so they might let me back in, and if I keep a low profile
It's almost like the algorithm is Naxi facilitating machine
🤔
I only really go there to follow the situation in Ukraine
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/s...
Ever wanted to play a table top war game (like Warhammer Fantasy Battle) solo, that is against an army commanded by AI General?
Well, this is attempt to do that, using a Hex Flower as that AI General
#osr #warhammer #warhammerfantasy #HexFlower
Ever wanted to play a table top war game (like Warhammer Fantasy Battle) solo, that is against an army commanded by AI General?
Well, this is attempt to do that, using a Hex Flower as that AI General
#osr #warhammer #warhammerfantasy #HexFlower
Solo Analogue AI for Commanding Armies in Warhammer type Battles – Hex Flower
I forgot had made this Hex Flower. At the time I probably thought it needed some refinement, so it sat in a folder and got forgotten. Rather than it sit in e-limbo forever, here it is. PDF on Driv…
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January 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Ever wanted to play a table top war game (like Warhammer Fantasy Battle) solo, that is against an army commanded by AI General?
Well, this is attempt to do that, using a Hex Flower as that AI General
#osr #warhammer #warhammerfantasy #HexFlower
Ever wanted to play a table top war game (like Warhammer Fantasy Battle) solo, that is against an army commanded by AI General?
Well, this is attempt to do that, using a Hex Flower as that AI General
#osr #warhammer #warhammerfantasy #HexFlower
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I'm very proud of this book. It was a lot of work, scattered over a few years. A ton of thought went into it. Damn sure not bidding to be the new hot OSR clone, I just wanted my house rules and setting in a book I could whip out and use when I feel like it. I achieved the goal. [pats self on back]
#BPPB
Classes included in this book: Fighter, Wizard, Cleric, Thief, Botten (machine people), Lizz (little lizard people), Elf, Dwarf, and Skeleton Warrior.
I don't always play #OSR, but when I do I do it like this.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Classes included in this book: Fighter, Wizard, Cleric, Thief, Botten (machine people), Lizz (little lizard people), Elf, Dwarf, and Skeleton Warrior.
I don't always play #OSR, but when I do I do it like this.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
January 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Reposted by Goblin's Henchman
#BPPB
Classes included in this book: Fighter, Wizard, Cleric, Thief, Botten (machine people), Lizz (little lizard people), Elf, Dwarf, and Skeleton Warrior.
I don't always play #OSR, but when I do I do it like this.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Classes included in this book: Fighter, Wizard, Cleric, Thief, Botten (machine people), Lizz (little lizard people), Elf, Dwarf, and Skeleton Warrior.
I don't always play #OSR, but when I do I do it like this.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
September 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
#BPPB
Classes included in this book: Fighter, Wizard, Cleric, Thief, Botten (machine people), Lizz (little lizard people), Elf, Dwarf, and Skeleton Warrior.
I don't always play #OSR, but when I do I do it like this.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Classes included in this book: Fighter, Wizard, Cleric, Thief, Botten (machine people), Lizz (little lizard people), Elf, Dwarf, and Skeleton Warrior.
I don't always play #OSR, but when I do I do it like this.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Sharing for the morning crowd:
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:O)
#OSR < this tag does not always work for me
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:O)
#OSR < this tag does not always work for me
Inversion of the standard 2d6 probability peak | “Why Mathematicians Hate This Simple Two-Dice Hack”
I saw this blog post (All Hail King d12) and it made me chuckle – I presume it was at least partly tongue in cheek! Anyway the central idea was this: “I want to see more wizards and dra…
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January 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Sharing for the morning crowd:
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:O)
#OSR < this tag does not always work for me
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/i...
:O)
#OSR < this tag does not always work for me
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/i...
"All Hail King d12 ... the king is dead ... All Hail two d6s"
:O)
Forgot to add the tags!
@joelhines.bsky.social
#OSR #TTRPG #DiceMaths #2D6
"All Hail King d12 ... the king is dead ... All Hail two d6s"
:O)
Forgot to add the tags!
@joelhines.bsky.social
#OSR #TTRPG #DiceMaths #2D6
Inversion of the standard 2d6 probability peak | “Why Mathematicians Hate This Simple Two-Dice Hack”
I saw this blog post (All Hail King d12) and it made me chuckle – I presume it was at least partly tongue in cheek! Anyway the central idea was this: “I want to see more wizards and dra…
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/i...
"All Hail King d12 ... the king is dead ... All Hail two d6s"
:O)
Forgot to add the tags!
@joelhines.bsky.social
#OSR #TTRPG #DiceMaths #2D6
"All Hail King d12 ... the king is dead ... All Hail two d6s"
:O)
Forgot to add the tags!
@joelhines.bsky.social
#OSR #TTRPG #DiceMaths #2D6
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Gordon's alive! #MovieMonday #FlashGordon #80sFantasy #SpaceOpera #FilmReview open.spotify.com/episode/0USu...
Movie Monday: Flash Gordon (1980) (E309)
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December 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
@joelhines.bsky.social
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"All Hail King d12 ... the king is dead ... All Hail two d6s"
:O)
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/i...
"All Hail King d12 ... the king is dead ... All Hail two d6s"
:O)
Inversion of the standard 2d6 probability peak | “Why Mathematicians Hate This Simple Two-Dice Hack”
I saw this blog post (All Hail King d12) and it made me chuckle – I presume it was at least partly tongue in cheek! Anyway the central idea was this: “I want to see more wizards and dra…
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
@joelhines.bsky.social
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/i...
"All Hail King d12 ... the king is dead ... All Hail two d6s"
:O)
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/i...
"All Hail King d12 ... the king is dead ... All Hail two d6s"
:O)
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/h...
Sharing this at a better time of day😎
This Hex Flower is a homage to the classic arcade game Pac-Man. In this case ‘Hac-man’ runs the maze eating pellets and being chased by Ghosts. Can you get past Lv 3?
#Pac-Man #PacMan #HexFlower #Hex-Flower #OSR
Sharing this at a better time of day😎
This Hex Flower is a homage to the classic arcade game Pac-Man. In this case ‘Hac-man’ runs the maze eating pellets and being chased by Ghosts. Can you get past Lv 3?
#Pac-Man #PacMan #HexFlower #Hex-Flower #OSR
Hac-Man Hex Flower| a homage to Pac-Man
This Hex Flower Game Engine is a homage to the classic arcade game Pac-Man. In this case ‘Hac-man’ runs the maze eating pellets and being chased by Ghosts. Can you get past Level 3? I …
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January 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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Sharing this at a better time of day😎
This Hex Flower is a homage to the classic arcade game Pac-Man. In this case ‘Hac-man’ runs the maze eating pellets and being chased by Ghosts. Can you get past Lv 3?
#Pac-Man #PacMan #HexFlower #Hex-Flower #OSR
Sharing this at a better time of day😎
This Hex Flower is a homage to the classic arcade game Pac-Man. In this case ‘Hac-man’ runs the maze eating pellets and being chased by Ghosts. Can you get past Lv 3?
#Pac-Man #PacMan #HexFlower #Hex-Flower #OSR
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This Hex Flower is a homage to the classic arcade game Pac-Man. In this case ‘Hac-man’ runs the maze eating pellets and being chased by Ghosts. Can you get past Level 3?
It’s just a bit of fun – try it out
#Pac-Man #PacMan #HexFlower #Hex-Flower #OSR
This Hex Flower is a homage to the classic arcade game Pac-Man. In this case ‘Hac-man’ runs the maze eating pellets and being chased by Ghosts. Can you get past Level 3?
It’s just a bit of fun – try it out
#Pac-Man #PacMan #HexFlower #Hex-Flower #OSR
Hac-Man Hex Flower| a homage to Pac-Man
This Hex Flower Game Engine is a homage to the classic arcade game Pac-Man. In this case ‘Hac-man’ runs the maze eating pellets and being chased by Ghosts. Can you get past Level 3?I g…
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January 8, 2026 at 12:28 AM
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/h...
This Hex Flower is a homage to the classic arcade game Pac-Man. In this case ‘Hac-man’ runs the maze eating pellets and being chased by Ghosts. Can you get past Level 3?
It’s just a bit of fun – try it out
#Pac-Man #PacMan #HexFlower #Hex-Flower #OSR
This Hex Flower is a homage to the classic arcade game Pac-Man. In this case ‘Hac-man’ runs the maze eating pellets and being chased by Ghosts. Can you get past Level 3?
It’s just a bit of fun – try it out
#Pac-Man #PacMan #HexFlower #Hex-Flower #OSR
I wrote this. I think it's fun.
It's a tongue-in-cheek X-Mas themed one-shot adventure
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#OSR #PunWarning
It's a tongue-in-cheek X-Mas themed one-shot adventure
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
#OSR #PunWarning
Grimbo Grotto - Christmas Farcical Horror Adventure - Goblin's Henchman | DriveThruRPG
Grimbo Grotto
It twas the night before a crisp mass snowfall and nothing was stirring, except a drunken ‘potty-mouthed’ were-reindeer high on psychedelic mushrooms
A system neutral 4 page one-shot a...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I wrote this. I think it's fun.
It's a tongue-in-cheek X-Mas themed one-shot adventure
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
#OSR #PunWarning
It's a tongue-in-cheek X-Mas themed one-shot adventure
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
#OSR #PunWarning
Podcast Taught Me What? | #3 Narrative Abhors a Vacuum
Bastionland Podcast – Season 6, Episode 2 - Amanda Lee Franck
This episode threw up lots of game design nuggets but for me this was the biggie
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@bastionland.bsky.social @amandalee.bsky.social #OSR
Bastionland Podcast – Season 6, Episode 2 - Amanda Lee Franck
This episode threw up lots of game design nuggets but for me this was the biggie
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/p...
@bastionland.bsky.social @amandalee.bsky.social #OSR
Podcast Taught Me What? | #3 Narrative Abhors a Vacuum
Blurb: I listen to podcasts, some of which often throw out a game design ‘nugget’. If I find a nugget interesting, I think I’m going to put a pin in it and post it here. Consolida…
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December 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Podcast Taught Me What? | #3 Narrative Abhors a Vacuum
Bastionland Podcast – Season 6, Episode 2 - Amanda Lee Franck
This episode threw up lots of game design nuggets but for me this was the biggie
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/p...
@bastionland.bsky.social @amandalee.bsky.social #OSR
Bastionland Podcast – Season 6, Episode 2 - Amanda Lee Franck
This episode threw up lots of game design nuggets but for me this was the biggie
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/p...
@bastionland.bsky.social @amandalee.bsky.social #OSR
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It's the final episode of series six of the Bastionland Podcast, so I'm joined by Mark Diaz Truman of @magpiegames.bsky.social to discuss his choices for the Rule of Three.
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Thanks to Mark and everyone else who guested on this series. That's all for now!
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Thanks to Mark and everyone else who guested on this series. That's all for now!
Mark Diaz Truman's Rule of Three
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December 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Podcast Taught Me What? | #2 Thoughtful Randomness
From: Between Two Cairns – Beneath the Muckfort – 20 Nov S4 E12
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TLDR: The game design idea: Randomness is not in of itself a virtue.
#OSR @bradkerr.net
From: Between Two Cairns – Beneath the Muckfort – 20 Nov S4 E12
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/p...
TLDR: The game design idea: Randomness is not in of itself a virtue.
#OSR @bradkerr.net
Podcast Taught Me What? | #2 Thoughtful Randomness
Blurb: I listen to podcasts, some of which often throw out a game design ‘nugget’. If I find a nugget interesting, I think I’m going to put a pin in it and post it here. #2 Thoug…
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December 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Podcast Taught Me What? | #2 Thoughtful Randomness
From: Between Two Cairns – Beneath the Muckfort – 20 Nov S4 E12
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/p...
TLDR: The game design idea: Randomness is not in of itself a virtue.
#OSR @bradkerr.net
From: Between Two Cairns – Beneath the Muckfort – 20 Nov S4 E12
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/p...
TLDR: The game design idea: Randomness is not in of itself a virtue.
#OSR @bradkerr.net
Still like to make a haiku dungeon or bestiary
This is a draft for an encounter I thinking of including in an adventure I'm writing:
Fetid air be still
Plips skitter on moulded bone
Manticore, eye awake
😬
#OSR
This is a draft for an encounter I thinking of including in an adventure I'm writing:
Fetid air be still
Plips skitter on moulded bone
Manticore, eye awake
😬
#OSR
December 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Still like to make a haiku dungeon or bestiary
This is a draft for an encounter I thinking of including in an adventure I'm writing:
Fetid air be still
Plips skitter on moulded bone
Manticore, eye awake
😬
#OSR
This is a draft for an encounter I thinking of including in an adventure I'm writing:
Fetid air be still
Plips skitter on moulded bone
Manticore, eye awake
😬
#OSR
😯😲🤯
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
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 12:26 AM
😯😲🤯
Gemini:
"The answer is still no, running on mercury would be impossible even for an elite athlete in fan-like, computer-controlled shoes"
While AI is leading us into a apocalyptic hellscape, it did put to bed a thought that has been rattling around in my head for two decades
But floating works!
"The answer is still no, running on mercury would be impossible even for an elite athlete in fan-like, computer-controlled shoes"
While AI is leading us into a apocalyptic hellscape, it did put to bed a thought that has been rattling around in my head for two decades
But floating works!
a close up of a spoon with the words mercury and squad below it
ALT: a close up of a spoon with the words mercury and squad below it
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November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Gemini:
"The answer is still no, running on mercury would be impossible even for an elite athlete in fan-like, computer-controlled shoes"
While AI is leading us into a apocalyptic hellscape, it did put to bed a thought that has been rattling around in my head for two decades
But floating works!
"The answer is still no, running on mercury would be impossible even for an elite athlete in fan-like, computer-controlled shoes"
While AI is leading us into a apocalyptic hellscape, it did put to bed a thought that has been rattling around in my head for two decades
But floating works!
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I need to re-do this idea for #Mausritter #Halloween adventure
Adventuring mice exploring a giant pumpkins seems a fun idea!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
#OSR #RPG #TTRPG
Adventuring mice exploring a giant pumpkins seems a fun idea!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
#OSR #RPG #TTRPG
Horror is the Hill - Giant Halloween Jack o Lantern - Goblin's Henchman | DriveThruRPG
Horror is the Hill - is a one page system nuetral point crawl set in a giant jack o'lantern. Perhaps perfect for a Halloween?
Overview
This system neutral one shot could be a good option for a Hallow...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I need to re-do this idea for #Mausritter #Halloween adventure
Adventuring mice exploring a giant pumpkins seems a fun idea!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
#OSR #RPG #TTRPG
Adventuring mice exploring a giant pumpkins seems a fun idea!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
#OSR #RPG #TTRPG
Pre-rolled Random Tables | so you don’t have to
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/p...
Not going to change the world, but might be of interest in those that use lots of random tables in adventure design🧠
@bradkerr.net might be able to confirm if he is the genesis of this blog posts
#osr
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/p...
Not going to change the world, but might be of interest in those that use lots of random tables in adventure design🧠
@bradkerr.net might be able to confirm if he is the genesis of this blog posts
#osr
Pre-rolled Random Tables | so you don’t have to
The OSR/NSR (and splinter movements thereof) fly high the flag and associated benefits of random tables and procedurally led outcomes. I’m fully behind this idea and the benefits. That said, …
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October 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Pre-rolled Random Tables | so you don’t have to
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/p...
Not going to change the world, but might be of interest in those that use lots of random tables in adventure design🧠
@bradkerr.net might be able to confirm if he is the genesis of this blog posts
#osr
goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/p...
Not going to change the world, but might be of interest in those that use lots of random tables in adventure design🧠
@bradkerr.net might be able to confirm if he is the genesis of this blog posts
#osr