Martin Orchard
@orchardmartin.bsky.social
Organises an East Bristol, UK RPG Meetup group (DM for details)
Pointless Monument TTRPG game stuff at: pointlessmonument.itch.io
Very occasional blog at: pointlessmonument.blot.im
Pointless Monument TTRPG game stuff at: pointlessmonument.itch.io
Very occasional blog at: pointlessmonument.blot.im
Was thinking about how rail locomotive wheel arrangement Whyte notation (0-6-0, 2-8-2 etc) resembles a character/creature statblock.
And then part of my brain went "or it could be a fully narrative system"
And then part of my brain went "or it could be a fully narrative system"
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Was thinking about how rail locomotive wheel arrangement Whyte notation (0-6-0, 2-8-2 etc) resembles a character/creature statblock.
And then part of my brain went "or it could be a fully narrative system"
And then part of my brain went "or it could be a fully narrative system"
Finally making progress on the Cairn puzzle dungeon, hopefully out by the end of the year
November 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Finally making progress on the Cairn puzzle dungeon, hopefully out by the end of the year
Note that the Alexander one does have this campaign map with a very stealable early 60s style to it
October 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Note that the Alexander one does have this campaign map with a very stealable early 60s style to it
New monster manual and adventure module appeared in our little library yesterday
October 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
New monster manual and adventure module appeared in our little library yesterday
Writing a Cthulhu by Gaslight scenario for playtesting next week, in advance of taking it to the @apocalypseplayers.bsky.social mini-convention in early October.
Adapting real world places to horror scenarios is always an entertaining way to approach design.
Adapting real world places to horror scenarios is always an entertaining way to approach design.
September 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Writing a Cthulhu by Gaslight scenario for playtesting next week, in advance of taking it to the @apocalypseplayers.bsky.social mini-convention in early October.
Adapting real world places to horror scenarios is always an entertaining way to approach design.
Adapting real world places to horror scenarios is always an entertaining way to approach design.
Snail Fancy, by @feralcharlie.bsky.social and @alexcoggon.bsky.social is a perfect interactive one shot for your OSR/NSR system of choice. The PCs spiraled from shoplifting hats to feeding someone to a giant snail and unleashing an ecological catastrophe on the local borough.
August 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Snail Fancy, by @feralcharlie.bsky.social and @alexcoggon.bsky.social is a perfect interactive one shot for your OSR/NSR system of choice. The PCs spiraled from shoplifting hats to feeding someone to a giant snail and unleashing an ecological catastrophe on the local borough.
Small dungeon studies to try and zero in on a style for a Cairn 2e adventure
August 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Small dungeon studies to try and zero in on a style for a Cairn 2e adventure
We look at the dog and go "when he starts working he can put it towards that" or a variation thereof.
July 31, 2025 at 9:31 AM
We look at the dog and go "when he starts working he can put it towards that" or a variation thereof.
A 'full indie' meetup this evening as we had the start of a Dune (@modiphius.bsky.social) campaign, @gshowitt.bsky.social Pub Crusade, a 7th(!) session of @riseupcomus.bsky.social His Majesty The Worm and a final playtest of my own module for @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com Mothership
June 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A 'full indie' meetup this evening as we had the start of a Dune (@modiphius.bsky.social) campaign, @gshowitt.bsky.social Pub Crusade, a 7th(!) session of @riseupcomus.bsky.social His Majesty The Worm and a final playtest of my own module for @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com Mothership
@wyrdscience.bsky.social
It seems someone even lore pedantic than me was motivated to write in...
It seems someone even lore pedantic than me was motivated to write in...
June 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@wyrdscience.bsky.social
It seems someone even lore pedantic than me was motivated to write in...
It seems someone even lore pedantic than me was motivated to write in...
The Spaniel Knight
Property: Lead of great pulling, Frantic steed (does not tire)
Ability: Steal Shoes
Passion: New smells
Property: Lead of great pulling, Frantic steed (does not tire)
Ability: Steal Shoes
Passion: New smells
May 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The Spaniel Knight
Property: Lead of great pulling, Frantic steed (does not tire)
Ability: Steal Shoes
Passion: New smells
Property: Lead of great pulling, Frantic steed (does not tire)
Ability: Steal Shoes
Passion: New smells
Tonight it was @bastionland.bsky.social Electric Bastionland running @n8hps.bsky.social Astral Curse of the Iron Gnomes, coming down to a crucial DEX save.
(Off camera, Session 2 of @riseupcomus.bsky.social His Majesty the Worm, alongside 5e and Call of Cthulhu: Order of the Stone)
(Off camera, Session 2 of @riseupcomus.bsky.social His Majesty the Worm, alongside 5e and Call of Cthulhu: Order of the Stone)
April 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Tonight it was @bastionland.bsky.social Electric Bastionland running @n8hps.bsky.social Astral Curse of the Iron Gnomes, coming down to a crucial DEX save.
(Off camera, Session 2 of @riseupcomus.bsky.social His Majesty the Worm, alongside 5e and Call of Cthulhu: Order of the Stone)
(Off camera, Session 2 of @riseupcomus.bsky.social His Majesty the Worm, alongside 5e and Call of Cthulhu: Order of the Stone)
More dungeon entrances should have:
- Graffiti
- Barricades
- Litter
- Graffiti
- Barricades
- Litter
March 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
More dungeon entrances should have:
- Graffiti
- Barricades
- Litter
- Graffiti
- Barricades
- Litter
Ran @norgad.bsky.social Dead Weight this evening - superb module, all new Mothership players (first non-D&D ttrpg for one of them) and they had an absolute blast
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Ran @norgad.bsky.social Dead Weight this evening - superb module, all new Mothership players (first non-D&D ttrpg for one of them) and they had an absolute blast
Presence - Led Zeppelin (1976)
February 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Presence - Led Zeppelin (1976)
My OSE mini campaign continues alongside its 5e equivalent and a Savage Worlds one shot - but what's that hiding in the corner? Why it's @jasoncordova.bsky.social The Between kicking off Season 2 with the Factotum and Explorer returning from Season 1.
January 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My OSE mini campaign continues alongside its 5e equivalent and a Savage Worlds one shot - but what's that hiding in the corner? Why it's @jasoncordova.bsky.social The Between kicking off Season 2 with the Factotum and Explorer returning from Season 1.
Or if not a ghost, then...
January 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Or if not a ghost, then...
First night at the new venue for the East Bristol Adventurers. Kicking off my OSE mini-campaign alongside 5e, Savage Worlds and @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social ECO MOFOS running @goblinmixtape.bsky.social Into the Antlion's Den
January 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
First night at the new venue for the East Bristol Adventurers. Kicking off my OSE mini-campaign alongside 5e, Savage Worlds and @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social ECO MOFOS running @goblinmixtape.bsky.social Into the Antlion's Den
Grabbed some of @wuggy.bsky.social cartography assets from itch to make a playtest map. Came together pretty fast in Affinity and avoids the Wonderdraft problem of not quite delivering the resolution I need for eventual publication #osr
December 16, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Grabbed some of @wuggy.bsky.social cartography assets from itch to make a playtest map. Came together pretty fast in Affinity and avoids the Wonderdraft problem of not quite delivering the resolution I need for eventual publication #osr
Preparing for a January OSE playest for a small Black Wyrm/Ragged Hollow-esque sandbox. Made my own houseruled version of the Basic D&D character sheet, incorporating my Cairn 2e style inventory house rules amongst others (e.g. AAC) #osr
December 15, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Preparing for a January OSE playest for a small Black Wyrm/Ragged Hollow-esque sandbox. Made my own houseruled version of the Basic D&D character sheet, incorporating my Cairn 2e style inventory house rules amongst others (e.g. AAC) #osr
We close out #mothershipmonth with IRON TOMB by Owen O'Donnell. One casualty (harpooned while running to scoop up some treasure).
December 11, 2024 at 4:03 PM
We close out #mothershipmonth with IRON TOMB by Owen O'Donnell. One casualty (harpooned while running to scoop up some treasure).
I would travel back in time to erase this spell from existence and it hasn't even featured in any of my significant 5e campaigns
December 5, 2024 at 4:31 PM
I would travel back in time to erase this spell from existence and it hasn't even featured in any of my significant 5e campaigns
Honestly worth giving a go even if you're doing every step via Youtube videos and solely using default fonts and wiki commons images, as in this example:
November 19, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Honestly worth giving a go even if you're doing every step via Youtube videos and solely using default fonts and wiki commons images, as in this example:
"For my action I use Wine on the Guard, and I'm going to spend a Monastery Point to make it Fortified"
November 16, 2024 at 4:08 PM
"For my action I use Wine on the Guard, and I'm going to spend a Monastery Point to make it Fortified"
If you're in town, you can come along as well! (next Mothership session will be 10th Dec with Owen O'Donnell's IRON TOMB)
November 13, 2024 at 12:11 PM
If you're in town, you can come along as well! (next Mothership session will be 10th Dec with Owen O'Donnell's IRON TOMB)