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Norton Glover
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Enthusiast of tabletop RPGs, old and new. This account is just for gaming stuff.

I make character sheets

Mostly on Mastodon: ng76@tabletop.social
Other stuff at https://nortonglover.carrd.co/
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My table setup for a session of Nuked!, the post-apocalypse Knave hack.
#TTRPG #Nuked
A gaming table with Nuked! rules, dice, and dice trays.
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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I recently ran a one-shot of Far West, the Wuxia/Kung-Fu/Spaghetti Western RPG.

I've posted a quick review:
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#TTRPG #FarWest
Far West – a review of the kung-fu western RPG.
I wanted to talk a little about Far West, a RPG set in a Wuxia/Spaghetti Western world. I recently ran a one-shot of it and had a few thoughts. I’m not going to talk about all of the drama ab…
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November 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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I've made my second GM screen, and it's for Vaults of Vaarn:
#TTRPG #VaultsOfVaarn
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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I took a foam core presentation board from Walmart, sliced it up, and made a #BasicFantasy GM screen.

I'll use the other two for some other games.
#TTRPG #OSR
Front of Basic Fantasy GM screen - Basic Fantasy logo and adventurer with horned helm and axe. Interior of Basic Fantasy GM screen Blank foamcore screens
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Picked up a cheap 18" x 24" foldable foamcore presentation board.

Sliced it up into three pieces to make #TTRPG GM screens.

Now I just have to decide what games I'll use them for...
Three foldable pieces of foamcore. 12" x 6" with two 6" x 6" wings.
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Quick con report for last weekend's Travellercon/USA convention, the gaming convention dedicated entirely to the #Traveller RPG.

#TTRPG

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Con Report – TravellerCon USA 2025
The convention book is always in Traveller LBB form Last weekend I attended TravellerCon/USA, the yearly RPG convention dedicated to the sci-fi RPG Traveller and its many Cepheus Engine variations.…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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The Mystery Flesh Pit RPG is in the Bundle of Holding this week.

It's one of those games I'm not sure I'll ever run, but I definitely want to own.
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#TTRPG
#MysteryFleshPit
#MysteryFleshPitRPG
Mystery Flesh Pit RPG Special
Welcome, visitor, to Mystery Flesh Pit National Park: The RPG, the Cypher System tabletop roleplaying game rulebook from Ganza Gaming about the Permian Basin Superorganism. This bizarre natural geobio...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Just signed up for the TravellerCon-USA 2025 convention, in Lancaster, PA on Oct 24-26.

I'm planning on running at least one session of Hostile, the retro-80s Cepheus Engine game.

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#Traveller #TTRPG #TravellerCon
Travellercon USA 2025
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October 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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For my Traveller campaign, I made my own custom GM screen, with only the stuff I found myself needing on a regular basis.

You can download a PDF copy, and the original Affinity files I created it with, here:
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#TTRPG #Traveller
A custom GM screen for Traveller
If you’re running a long term campaign of any RPG, one of the most useful things you can make for yourself is a customized GM screen. Even if the game you’re running already has one, it…
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October 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Reposted by Norton Glover
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Street Wolves Dead Hand launched today. If you wanted a Street Wolves campaign where the world could end if the players Fd up, look no further!

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September 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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If you need a fillable character sheet for a long-forgotten RPG no one has played in decades, check out my Character Sheets for Dead RPGs page:

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#TTRPG #Charsheet
Character Sheets for Dead RPGs
A collection of character sheets for forgotten, obscure, or out-of-print RPGs. All free to download. Click on the sheet caption to go the original blog post and download link. Click on the image to…
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October 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Made a fillable version of the character sheet for Daredevils, the 1982 pulp adventure RPG from FGU.

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#TTRPG #Daredevils #Charsheet
Daredevils – a fillable character sheet for the 1980s Pulp Adventure RPG
Daredevils was an early pulp adventure game from FGU first published in 1982. I’ve had the PDF version in my collection for years, but really never found to time to run, or even read it, desp…
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October 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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The TTRPG Tools Jam is a new itch game jam starting in October.

The idea is to create some tools to make it easier to play an indie RPG.

I'll probably join this. Perhaps some new cheat sheets or character sheets.

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#TTRPG #gamejam #ttrpgtoolsjam
TTRPG Tools Jam
A game jam from 2025-10-01 to 2025-11-16 hosted by Aaronsxl. In the vein of the TTRPG Resource Jam , this jam aims to create tools to bring indie RPGs to a greater number of people. These would likely...
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September 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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I've been playing around with the Tau Ceti setting (Vietnam War on a Dinosaur Planet ) for the retro-80s Hostile RPG.

I've made a post with some of my additions to the setting:
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#TTRPG #CepheusEngine #Hostile
Hostile – Tales of a Vietnam War Dinosaur Planet
I’ve been planning on running some games in the Hostile setting, the retro-80s, Aliens-inspired sci-fi RPG from Zozer games. The specific part of the setting I’m interested is the world…
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September 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Building a Galaxy 9 - Nevron- The Sea Dogs

A planet full of Vargr dog-pirates

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#Foreven, #TTRPG, #Traveller
Building a Galaxy 9 – Nevron- The Sea Dogs
My Foreven Sector Traveller campaign (previous entries) is going well, and I’m still creating worlds just ahead of the player’s voyages. They recently visited a planet called Nevron, wh…
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September 3, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Best of RPGaDAY2025

Some of the highlights of the recent RPGaDAY2025 challenge:

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#RPGaDAY2025, #Ttrpg
Best of RPGaDAY2025
The RPGaDAY2025 challenge ended yesterday. I thought I’d put together a quick list of some of my favorite entries. Maybe not a “best” list, just some of the entries in #RPGaDAY202…
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September 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Just checked out the Star Trek Paper Miniature Maker over on Itch to see if it's been updated to keep up with the new shows.

It definitely has been. All of the new Discovery & SNW uniforms are there.

Still good. Still free.

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#StarTrek #PaperMini #TTRPG
Star Trek Miniature Maker 2.4 by wayne_peters@hotmail.co.uk
An app for making Star Trek Paper Miniatures
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September 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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RPGaDAY2025 - Day 29 - Connect - Running a RPG club

How I'm trying to connect with other players in a new RPG club.

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#RPGaDAY2025, #Ttrpg
RPGaDAY2025 – Day 29 – Connect – Running a RPG club
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 29 – Connect Wanted to talk a little about how I’ve been connecting with other RPG players. I’ve started up a face-to-face RPG club…
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August 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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RPGaDAY2025 - Day 28 - Suspense - Giant Spiders and Webscapes

A super-suspenseful mechanic from the Webworld RPG

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#RPGaDAY2025, #Ttrpg, #Webworld
RPGaDAY2025 – Day 28 – Suspense – Giant Spiders and Webscapes
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 28 – Suspense The best RPG mechanic I’ve ever seen for generating suspense is the concept of Webscapes from the RPG Webworld . Webworld i…
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August 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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RPGaDAY2025 - Day 27 - Tactic -Agents of T.A.C.T.I.C.

Some pregens and secret gadgets for a super-agency

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#QuantumEngine, #ttrpg, #RPGaDAY2025, #Superpowered
RPGaDAY2025 – Day 27 – Tactic -Agents of T.A.C.T.I.C.
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 27 – Tactic For this prompt I’m going to just revisit an old post I made for the Superpowered RPG. It’s a SHIELD-style agency calle…
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August 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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RPGaDAY2025 - Day 26 - Nemesis - How to Punish a PC

Using the goddess Nemesis to enforce alignment

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#HouseRules, #RPG, #RPGaDAY2025, #Ttrpg
RPGaDAY2025 – Day 26 – Nemesis – How to Punish a PC
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 26 – Nemesis Some RPGs have a fairly strict morality system, usually called alignment. It’s a code of ethics that players are supposed to…
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August 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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RPGaDAY2025 - Day 24 - Reveal - Secret Identities

Some rules for pulp or superhero characters with secret identities

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#RPGaDAY2025, #ttrpg
RPGaDAY2025 – Day 24 – Reveal – Secret Identities
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 24 – Reveal In a lot of pulp or superhero worlds, characters have secret identities. Batman is Bruce Wayne, Spiderman is Peter Parker, etc. The…
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August 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Reposted by Norton Glover
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Creating a new indie TTRPG where you play as birds. You have a pool of Bird Points (BP) that you spend in order to perform CO-OPerative bird ARTs (CO-OP ARTs); however, if your BP falls below your Resolve Threshold (RT) you roll on the Affliction table and develop Bird Mental Issues
August 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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A poster-sized map of my custom Traveller sector.

I used the TravellerMap Poster Maker to make a large PDF file.

Sent it to Staples, had it laminated so we can use markers to plot routes.

I'm going to surprise my players with it tomorrow.
#TTRPG #Traveller
Laminated map of a Traveller sector. Ruler for scale.
August 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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RPGaDAY2025 - Day 22 - Ally - NPCs of the Lumberlands

Some NPCs from my Lumberlands campaign

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#Lumberlands, #OSR, #RPGaDAY2025, #Ttrpg
RPGaDAY2025 – Day 22 – Ally – NPCs of the Lumberlands
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 22 – Ally Last year I finished up a campaign of the Black Hack set in the Lumberlands (DriveThruRPG / itch.io) campaign setting. It’s a w…
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August 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM