Personable | Markus
@personable.bsky.social
Liker of things, RPGs, literature, video games, art, food, craft beer, post-punk.
Scandinavian in Germany, previously Australia.
Sometimes I make things: https://personable.itch.io/
I also sometimes blog:
https://personable.blog/
Scandinavian in Germany, previously Australia.
Sometimes I make things: https://personable.itch.io/
I also sometimes blog:
https://personable.blog/
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Hello! I'm Markus AKA Personable, I like thinking (and talking) about tabletop RPGs almost as much as I like playing them. Occasionally I also make them.
I also maintain the RPG blogposts feed, let me know if you want your blog included.
I also maintain the RPG blogposts feed, let me know if you want your blog included.
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Yet another amazing blog built with OBR, the open source blog template I've initiated
bibliothecadantalionis.com
bibliothecadantalionis.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Yet another amazing blog built with OBR, the open source blog template I've initiated
bibliothecadantalionis.com
bibliothecadantalionis.com
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The blog says "4-minute read." That's a lie. Here's every finalist from the past three years of The Bloggies.
www.explorersdesign.com/the-bloggies...
www.explorersdesign.com/the-bloggies...
The Bloggies Hall of Fame
Every winner of The Bloggies from 2022 to 2025. Want to melt your rpg brain? Start here.
www.explorersdesign.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The blog says "4-minute read." That's a lie. Here's every finalist from the past three years of The Bloggies.
www.explorersdesign.com/the-bloggies...
www.explorersdesign.com/the-bloggies...
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Good read.
Echoes a lot of what I've felt about the TTRPG space. There is hardly any actual media coverage that goes on, it's almost all just marketing.
We still get our news from talking with our neighbors in the digital town square.
Echoes a lot of what I've felt about the TTRPG space. There is hardly any actual media coverage that goes on, it's almost all just marketing.
We still get our news from talking with our neighbors in the digital town square.
New blog post! This one about the role played by (the lack of) games media in the tabletop RPG landscape: personable.blog/media-crowdf...
Crowdfunding and The Death of the Media
Reflecting on how the lack of a games press affects how games are funded.
personable.blog
January 6, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Good read.
Echoes a lot of what I've felt about the TTRPG space. There is hardly any actual media coverage that goes on, it's almost all just marketing.
We still get our news from talking with our neighbors in the digital town square.
Echoes a lot of what I've felt about the TTRPG space. There is hardly any actual media coverage that goes on, it's almost all just marketing.
We still get our news from talking with our neighbors in the digital town square.
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Surprise post! Randomisation errors and how to avoid sabotaging your model with bad use of randomisation! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/06/w... #osr
What to randomise when you’re randomising
You may have noticed that a common theme in my reviews is that I criticise people’s random tables: Their wilderness generators, their wandering monsters, their weather tables, their treasure …
idlecartulary.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Surprise post! Randomisation errors and how to avoid sabotaging your model with bad use of randomisation! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/06/w... #osr
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RELEASE: The complete #hexmas map is now available for you to peruse! Download the pdf version to see all the bloggers who contributed to this awesome blogwagon by @prismaticwasteland.com.
#blog #ttrpg #bloggers #blogosphere
bakenshake09.itch.io/hexmas-map-2...
#blog #ttrpg #bloggers #blogosphere
bakenshake09.itch.io/hexmas-map-2...
Hexmas Map 2025 by Bakenshake
A hexcrawl of all the hexes created by Bloggers for Hexmas 2025
bakenshake09.itch.io
January 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
RELEASE: The complete #hexmas map is now available for you to peruse! Download the pdf version to see all the bloggers who contributed to this awesome blogwagon by @prismaticwasteland.com.
#blog #ttrpg #bloggers #blogosphere
bakenshake09.itch.io/hexmas-map-2...
#blog #ttrpg #bloggers #blogosphere
bakenshake09.itch.io/hexmas-map-2...
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Decolonising the Dungeon Crawl---
Like everything else re: decolonisation and TTRPGs discourse, this is a solved problem. There's only metric that matters:
How many creators from the colonised world are participating in and able to make a living from their games?
That's *it*.
1/
Like everything else re: decolonisation and TTRPGs discourse, this is a solved problem. There's only metric that matters:
How many creators from the colonised world are participating in and able to make a living from their games?
That's *it*.
1/
January 5, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Decolonising the Dungeon Crawl---
Like everything else re: decolonisation and TTRPGs discourse, this is a solved problem. There's only metric that matters:
How many creators from the colonised world are participating in and able to make a living from their games?
That's *it*.
1/
Like everything else re: decolonisation and TTRPGs discourse, this is a solved problem. There's only metric that matters:
How many creators from the colonised world are participating in and able to make a living from their games?
That's *it*.
1/
New blog post! This one about the role played by (the lack of) games media in the tabletop RPG landscape: personable.blog/media-crowdf...
Crowdfunding and The Death of the Media
Reflecting on how the lack of a games press affects how games are funded.
personable.blog
January 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
New blog post! This one about the role played by (the lack of) games media in the tabletop RPG landscape: personable.blog/media-crowdf...
Liz is angry at terminology, and frankly, I get it.
From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes a high-octane blogpost where I wade into some motherfucking discourse. The term "Gameable content" has been one of personal bugbears since I first heard it, and I finally drilled down into *why*.
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/01/agai...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/01/agai...
Against "Gameable Content"
If you spend a lot of time in the blogging circles I do, you'll notice the term "Gameable content" crop up a lot. I was first introduced...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Liz is angry at terminology, and frankly, I get it.
Inspired by everyone else, I also went and wrote a 2025 retrospective post, with a dash of "hopes and dreams for the year ahead": personable.blog/new-year-2026
A year has passed, a year begins: 2026
Looking back on 2025, looking forward to 2026.
personable.blog
January 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Inspired by everyone else, I also went and wrote a 2025 retrospective post, with a dash of "hopes and dreams for the year ahead": personable.blog/new-year-2026
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If you have a spare $1 a month (budgets are tight so I would not assume anyone does honestly), I have a Patreon where I post early blogposts and early PDFs of my games. Also occasionally some exclusive stuff like this little retrospective.
2025 Retrospective | Prismatic Wasteland
Get more from Prismatic Wasteland on Patreon
www.patreon.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
If you have a spare $1 a month (budgets are tight so I would not assume anyone does honestly), I have a Patreon where I post early blogposts and early PDFs of my games. Also occasionally some exclusive stuff like this little retrospective.
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Submit your best rpg blog posts to the bloggies! Especially if they weren't dungeon-game related, I'd love to see more cross-pollination between scenes this round.
The Bloggies 2026 submissions are now open!
Submit your favorite posts, series, and debut blogs via the official Bloggies page between now and Jan 31st!
Please share this around. I'll be making regular Bloggies-themed announcements throughout the month.
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Submit your favorite posts, series, and debut blogs via the official Bloggies page between now and Jan 31st!
Please share this around. I'll be making regular Bloggies-themed announcements throughout the month.
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
The Bloggies 2026
A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.
www.explorersdesign.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Submit your best rpg blog posts to the bloggies! Especially if they weren't dungeon-game related, I'd love to see more cross-pollination between scenes this round.
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The Bloggies 2026 submissions are now open!
Submit your favorite posts, series, and debut blogs via the official Bloggies page between now and Jan 31st!
Please share this around. I'll be making regular Bloggies-themed announcements throughout the month.
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Submit your favorite posts, series, and debut blogs via the official Bloggies page between now and Jan 31st!
Please share this around. I'll be making regular Bloggies-themed announcements throughout the month.
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
The Bloggies 2026
A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.
www.explorersdesign.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The Bloggies 2026 submissions are now open!
Submit your favorite posts, series, and debut blogs via the official Bloggies page between now and Jan 31st!
Please share this around. I'll be making regular Bloggies-themed announcements throughout the month.
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Submit your favorite posts, series, and debut blogs via the official Bloggies page between now and Jan 31st!
Please share this around. I'll be making regular Bloggies-themed announcements throughout the month.
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
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Hit me up at Hodagmag at Gmail dot com if you want a copy for just 7 buckaronis!
Cheap and Cool!
Cheap and Cool!
January 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Hit me up at Hodagmag at Gmail dot com if you want a copy for just 7 buckaronis!
Cheap and Cool!
Cheap and Cool!
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It’s the last day of Critique Navidad! for my final game, I’ll be looking at OddFolk, a d4 based basic fantasy narrative driven RPG with a twist! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/31/c...
Critique Navidad: OddFolk
Each holiday season, I review different modules, games or supplements as a thank you to the wider tabletop roleplaying game community. All of the work I review during Critique Navidad is either giv…
idlecartulary.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It’s the last day of Critique Navidad! for my final game, I’ll be looking at OddFolk, a d4 based basic fantasy narrative driven RPG with a twist! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/31/c...
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I've been playing Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2, and while mostly I agree with the critical consensus I did wanna share something I found a bit silly.
https://magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/12/practicing-sustainable-agriculture-in.html?m=1
https://magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/12/practicing-sustainable-agriculture-in.html?m=1
Practicing Sustainable Agriculture in Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2
It is a well known truism in games media that the more colons there are in a game's title the more likely it is to be ass. Usually this...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I've been playing Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2, and while mostly I agree with the critical consensus I did wanna share something I found a bit silly.
https://magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/12/practicing-sustainable-agriculture-in.html?m=1
https://magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/12/practicing-sustainable-agriculture-in.html?m=1
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It’s the penultimate Critique Navidad, and we have a winning micro-module: The Knight Errant! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/30/c...
Critique Navidad: The Knight Errant
Each holiday season, I review different modules, games or supplements as a thank you to the wider tabletop roleplaying game community. All of the work I review during Critique Navidad is either giv…
idlecartulary.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
It’s the penultimate Critique Navidad, and we have a winning micro-module: The Knight Errant! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/30/c...
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a dungeon game is pay what you want grimdark dungeon crawling. Dungeon crawling as survival horror with body horror and violence consequences. Exert yourself to succeed, get weaker, get stronger. All rules free online.
https://dungeon.loottheroom.uk
https://dungeon.loottheroom.uk
A Dungeon Game
The latest entries posted on A Dungeon Game
dungeon.loottheroom.uk
December 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
a dungeon game is pay what you want grimdark dungeon crawling. Dungeon crawling as survival horror with body horror and violence consequences. Exert yourself to succeed, get weaker, get stronger. All rules free online.
https://dungeon.loottheroom.uk
https://dungeon.loottheroom.uk
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Today for Critique Navidad, it’s Hardcase! Are you prepared for solo play in working class cyberpunk space station? It’s Hardcase! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/26/c...
Critique Navidad: Hardcase
Each holiday season, I review different modules, games or supplements as a thank you to the wider tabletop roleplaying game community. All of the work I review during Critique Navidad is either giv…
idlecartulary.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Today for Critique Navidad, it’s Hardcase! Are you prepared for solo play in working class cyberpunk space station? It’s Hardcase! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/26/c...
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I'm making another art book but with all analog, old-school, pen-and-paper art. Mostly sketches and doodles that took less than 5 minutes to make so expect lots of squiggly, unruly lines and uncontrolled, smudgy chaos. 250-ish pieces, 264 pages, uncountable horns and skulls.
Skeletons, demons, nasty monsters and other scribbly sketches from @nohr.se of MÖRK BORG infamy. Coming in 2026: DOODLES BY NOHR: a 264-something-page book with about the same amount of sketches, drawings and doodles. Rough, quick, dirty and vile. Keep your eyes peeled and your bookshelf ready.
December 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I'm making another art book but with all analog, old-school, pen-and-paper art. Mostly sketches and doodles that took less than 5 minutes to make so expect lots of squiggly, unruly lines and uncontrolled, smudgy chaos. 250-ish pieces, 264 pages, uncountable horns and skulls.
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Today, for Critique Navidad, it is the odd and wonderful Field Agent Handbook! What if you turned your entire life into a Hilda-meets-SCP larp?
idlecartulary.com/2025/12/24/c...
idlecartulary.com/2025/12/24/c...
Critique Navidad: The Field Agent Handbook
Each holiday season, I review different modules, games or supplements as a thank you to the wider tabletop roleplaying game community. All of the work I review during Critique Navidad is either giv…
idlecartulary.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Today, for Critique Navidad, it is the odd and wonderful Field Agent Handbook! What if you turned your entire life into a Hilda-meets-SCP larp?
idlecartulary.com/2025/12/24/c...
idlecartulary.com/2025/12/24/c...
5 RPG things I want to make (or finish) in 2026:
1. The starter adventure for Mistwalker
2. Ripped Stockings, Leather Jackets, and Bloody Lips (vampire RPG)
3. A full dungeon for His Majesty the Worm
4. Richilieu's Recipe (Mothership trifold heist)
5. Barony (crusader kings solo game)
1. The starter adventure for Mistwalker
2. Ripped Stockings, Leather Jackets, and Bloody Lips (vampire RPG)
3. A full dungeon for His Majesty the Worm
4. Richilieu's Recipe (Mothership trifold heist)
5. Barony (crusader kings solo game)
10 games (or modules) I want to make (or finish) in 2026:
1. Twisting Unseen
2. Flatline on the Blocks
3. 5MW: CIN Sector
4. All Roads Lead to Rome
5. Paramour
6. Strings of the Puppetmaster
7. Robotnik Museum
8. The House of Light
9. Tears of the Gorgon Queen
10. Rise of the Carvers
1. Twisting Unseen
2. Flatline on the Blocks
3. 5MW: CIN Sector
4. All Roads Lead to Rome
5. Paramour
6. Strings of the Puppetmaster
7. Robotnik Museum
8. The House of Light
9. Tears of the Gorgon Queen
10. Rise of the Carvers
10 is way too much given my past output so I'm saying:
5 Games I Want to MAKE (or finish) in 2026!
- Tacticians of Ahm (Tactical Fantasy)
- Stranger Stars (Mothership Total Conversion)
- Voidbreakers (Horror Investigation)
- 1,000 Miles from Home (Road Trip)
- Astral Command (Solo PbtA Trek-like)
5 Games I Want to MAKE (or finish) in 2026!
- Tacticians of Ahm (Tactical Fantasy)
- Stranger Stars (Mothership Total Conversion)
- Voidbreakers (Horror Investigation)
- 1,000 Miles from Home (Road Trip)
- Astral Command (Solo PbtA Trek-like)
December 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
5 RPG things I want to make (or finish) in 2026:
1. The starter adventure for Mistwalker
2. Ripped Stockings, Leather Jackets, and Bloody Lips (vampire RPG)
3. A full dungeon for His Majesty the Worm
4. Richilieu's Recipe (Mothership trifold heist)
5. Barony (crusader kings solo game)
1. The starter adventure for Mistwalker
2. Ripped Stockings, Leather Jackets, and Bloody Lips (vampire RPG)
3. A full dungeon for His Majesty the Worm
4. Richilieu's Recipe (Mothership trifold heist)
5. Barony (crusader kings solo game)
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Today on Critique Navidad, it’s the Cycle! Will you be rehabilitated, or fine out the dark secret of your prison? idlecartulary.com/2025/12/23/c...
Critique Navidad: The Cycle
Each holiday season, I review different modules, games or supplements as a thank you to the wider tabletop roleplaying game community. All of the work I review during Critique Navidad is either giv…
idlecartulary.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Today on Critique Navidad, it’s the Cycle! Will you be rehabilitated, or fine out the dark secret of your prison? idlecartulary.com/2025/12/23/c...
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Paradise Killer is currently FREE on Epic Games Store as one of their festive free games! 😱
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Paradise Killer is currently FREE on Epic Games Store as one of their festive free games! 😱
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
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www.affinity.studio/blog/fcr
Attention older affinity users. That free font collection is now available for you. (You can get it from the welcome screen in v2 apparently)
Attention older affinity users. That free font collection is now available for you. (You can get it from the welcome screen in v2 apparently)
A special type of thank you for Affinity V1/V2 users
The new Affinity app is free for everyone to download, but we’re also gifting something else to our early supporters...
www.affinity.studio
December 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
www.affinity.studio/blog/fcr
Attention older affinity users. That free font collection is now available for you. (You can get it from the welcome screen in v2 apparently)
Attention older affinity users. That free font collection is now available for you. (You can get it from the welcome screen in v2 apparently)
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are you jewish and do you think you can gather 2-5 players for TTRPG playtest that must take place in the next 48 hours? if so, send me a DM!
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
are you jewish and do you think you can gather 2-5 players for TTRPG playtest that must take place in the next 48 hours? if so, send me a DM!