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idraluna-archives.bsky.social
@idraluna-archives.bsky.social
OSR blogger & speculative cartography enthusiast.

Blog: https://idraluna-archives.bearblog.dev/
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Finished the hexmap yesterday but it was too late to photograph it, so I made another one.
Sorry for the strong side sunlight, which makes the paper appear too textured.
With thanks to @idraluna-archives.bsky.social, @ktrey.bsky.social, and @save.vs.totalpartykill.ca who were kind to the first one.
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Elmcat more like ElmGOAT
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?

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 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"Nomad with a long-ass musket" is a really underrated aesthetic imo. I want to write a setting where the default player character is a nomad with a long-ass musket
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Dungeon levels everywhere for those with eyes to see
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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50 peculiar pregens for OD&D wandering NPC encounters (or whatever else):
idraluna-archives.itch.io/pregenerated...
Supplement A: Pregenerated Personage Portfolio by idraluna-archives
50 Pregenerated NPCs for The Littlest Brown Book
idraluna-archives.itch.io
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Given common complaints against starting MUs, I wondered what the starting spells were for early D&D pre-gens so I took a look at the B-series: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/basi...
BASIC MAGIC: What Was Top Choice Among Starting Spells for Early Module MUs?
from Wizard of Barge Due to playing a long-running, well, 6th level anyway, BX magic-user , I've had a lot of thoughts over the years abo...
icastlight.blogspot.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
50 peculiar pregens for OD&D wandering NPC encounters (or whatever else):
idraluna-archives.itch.io/pregenerated...
Supplement A: Pregenerated Personage Portfolio by idraluna-archives
50 Pregenerated NPCs for The Littlest Brown Book
idraluna-archives.itch.io
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Blog Post: additional musing on my previous Mortals and Monsters combat matrix, for use in od&d!

dungeondoll.blogspot.com/2025/11/hero...
Mages and Heroes
As often happens with this blog, I intended to post this in late September, then had to put it off because of schoo...
dungeondoll.blogspot.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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What can you infer about OD&D if you ignore its actual influences?
coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2025/11/osr-...
OSR: Beyond the Western Desert (or OD&D with Appendix N-1)
The conceit of my current OD&D game is "OD&D without context". What weird mutant offshoot of the tree of RPG development will we create if...
coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Map progress from tonight's OD&D session
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Played 5 turns of Marc Miller's Verdun game, made significant gains as the Germans but took some devastating losses in the last round of attacks. We meticulously saved the game state, so the winner remains to be decided
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Much to consider
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Doodled a bunch of OD&D NPCs to drop in when the encounter table calls for a "Myrmidon" or whatever
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Sun and moon in pageant, from a 1596 manuscript about the eight lavish pageants held for the christening of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, 1596.

One of 900+ prints available to buy from our online shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/sun-and-moon-in-pageant/

November 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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An unsophisticated collection of Special Rooms for your #osr #dungeons.
foreignplanets.blogspot.com/2025/10/thin...
Thinking about Special Rooms (Notes made during Meetings)
A rough and ready palimpsest of Special dungeon rooms for OSR games.
foreignplanets.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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#over/under: Spiders & Cigarettes! Headlines & Hairdos!
October 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Issue 3 of The Dispatch for #Over/Under.

Taking the weekend off to do other things was no doubt necessary, but I can't help but feel like we missed A LOT of goings-on.

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October 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
First issue of the only TRUE & UNBIASED newspaper on Prospero's Dream station in the ridiculous Over/Under megagame run by @samsorensen.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Patlabor 2 is a truly underrated gem. 👀
Mamoru Oshii planned it. A young Satoshi Kon took the lead on its layouts. The result: a stunning moment from Patlabor 2.

We're looking inside the film's martial law sequence, including storyboards and production art:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/life-under...
October 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Fun with the the "emojis as currency symbols" schtick
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM