Prismatic Wasteland
@prismaticwasteland.com
3x Ennie-winning TTRPG designer
My blog: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com
My games in print: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/shop
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PrismaticWasteland
My blog: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com
My games in print: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/shop
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PrismaticWasteland
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Prismatic Wasteland
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I’m W.F. Smith, tabletop RPG designer and blogger at Prismatic Wasteland, best known for Barkeep on the Borderlands, a pubcrawl fantasy adventure.
⬇️ for my top blogposts, my published adventures, and where you can find me other than my blog, prismaticwasteland.com
⬇️ for my top blogposts, my published adventures, and where you can find me other than my blog, prismaticwasteland.com
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Here’s my recap of PAX Unplugged 2025 weirdwonder.net/pax-unplugge...
PAX Unplugged 2025 Recap
This past weekend I attended PAX Unplugged for the third time, a con that I highly recommend as it is a very fun mix of board games and roleplaying games.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Here’s my recap of PAX Unplugged 2025 weirdwonder.net/pax-unplugge...
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Remember that you can't save everyone.
Remember that you have to try.
Remember that you have to try.
Iterated Crisis Phases | Rose Skye
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November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Remember that you can't save everyone.
Remember that you have to try.
Remember that you have to try.
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I wrote a #mothership module about greasy spoon diners, dementia, gendered violence, and uploaded intelligence.
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
valerialoves.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I wrote a #mothership module about greasy spoon diners, dementia, gendered violence, and uploaded intelligence.
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
Finished writing my play reports (and convention report) for Pax Unplugged. Took longer (and is longer) than I expected, but I guess that's what happens when you play 7 games in a weekend. Draft post available for patrons for now
Blog Preview: PAXU Play Reports | Prismatic Wasteland
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November 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Finished writing my play reports (and convention report) for Pax Unplugged. Took longer (and is longer) than I expected, but I guess that's what happens when you play 7 games in a weekend. Draft post available for patrons for now
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It's Black Friday, so you know what that means. I've randomly raised prices and put them on sale to make it look like you're getting a deal! WOW!
Give in to the capitalist urge to buy things you don't need! As long as it's from me! CONSUME.
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Give in to the capitalist urge to buy things you don't need! As long as it's from me! CONSUME.
itch.io/s/170855/bla...
Black Friday Sale by Wayspell
A bundle by Wayspell, $26.60 for The Eye of Monoc, One More Round, His Majesty the Barkeep
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November 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's Black Friday, so you know what that means. I've randomly raised prices and put them on sale to make it look like you're getting a deal! WOW!
Give in to the capitalist urge to buy things you don't need! As long as it's from me! CONSUME.
itch.io/s/170855/bla...
Give in to the capitalist urge to buy things you don't need! As long as it's from me! CONSUME.
itch.io/s/170855/bla...
I wrote a TTRPG-specific gift guide that isn’t just nice or rpg books you already have or purposely don’t have. If you have well-meaning loved ones who support but don’t necessarily understand your hobby (or if you are that loved one) this may be helpful to share with them #ttrpg #osr #dnd
D20 Tabletop Roleplaying Game and D&D Gift Ideas that Aren't Just More TTRPGs (or Dice) — Prismatic Wasteland
When you are shopping for a tabletop roleplaying game obsessive or D&D fan, most of the recommendations are for more TTRPG books or more dice, when they probably already have plenty. Here are 20 gift ...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Finally got around to writing my play report for @evlynmoreau.bsky.social's Orbital Megastructure! It makes sci-fi rpg a dense, sprawling, and procedurally-based space.
#blog #ttrpg #playtest #rpg
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#blog #ttrpg #playtest #rpg
theplayreports.com/posts/orbita...
The Play Reports
Orbital Megastructure - Playtest
theplayreports.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Finally got around to writing my play report for @evlynmoreau.bsky.social's Orbital Megastructure! It makes sci-fi rpg a dense, sprawling, and procedurally-based space.
#blog #ttrpg #playtest #rpg
theplayreports.com/posts/orbita...
#blog #ttrpg #playtest #rpg
theplayreports.com/posts/orbita...
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There've been so many new blogs started this year. The children yearn for the blogs!
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
There've been so many new blogs started this year. The children yearn for the blogs!
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Another pub, another review. Space Gits by @planetsmashergames.bsky.social is inspired. If you buy one game this Christmas about drunk orks causing a ruckus, make sure it’s this one.
Save vs. Total Party Kill - Space Gits
Space Gits an odd duck of a game by the man himself Mike Hutchinson. Mike asks the question, “can you model a game around drunk-ass orks being drunk asses?” I would have to say the answer is a resound...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Another pub, another review. Space Gits by @planetsmashergames.bsky.social is inspired. If you buy one game this Christmas about drunk orks causing a ruckus, make sure it’s this one.
And thank you to the Lego corporation for giving me the exclusive license to make Lego ttrpgs!
Last but certainly not least, thank you @prismaticwasteland.com for this officially licensed Lego ™️ jam brochure. And thank you for playing long-suffering host to the Discord that helped me meet most of the people above!
Thanks also to everyone I forgot to thank, it was a whirlwind weekend!
Thanks also to everyone I forgot to thank, it was a whirlwind weekend!
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
And thank you to the Lego corporation for giving me the exclusive license to make Lego ttrpgs!
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Last but certainly not least, thank you @prismaticwasteland.com for this officially licensed Lego ™️ jam brochure. And thank you for playing long-suffering host to the Discord that helped me meet most of the people above!
Thanks also to everyone I forgot to thank, it was a whirlwind weekend!
Thanks also to everyone I forgot to thank, it was a whirlwind weekend!
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Last but certainly not least, thank you @prismaticwasteland.com for this officially licensed Lego ™️ jam brochure. And thank you for playing long-suffering host to the Discord that helped me meet most of the people above!
Thanks also to everyone I forgot to thank, it was a whirlwind weekend!
Thanks also to everyone I forgot to thank, it was a whirlwind weekend!
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I went to PAX Unplugged 2025, played in/ran a lot of OSR game sessions, and had a lot of fun chatting with other bloggers, designers, and other very cool people within our little hobby.
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PAX Unplugged 2025 Convention Report
A blog post talking about the events of PAX Unplugged 2025, specifically focused on several playtest sessions of OSR games.
widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I went to PAX Unplugged 2025, played in/ran a lot of OSR game sessions, and had a lot of fun chatting with other bloggers, designers, and other very cool people within our little hobby.
widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/pax-unplugge...
widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/pax-unplugge...
Someone needs to create a blog called "Glognardia" to unite "Community 0" and "Community 3" in an alliance against the upstart "Community 2"
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
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 9:41 PM
Someone needs to create a blog called "Glognardia" to unite "Community 0" and "Community 3" in an alliance against the upstart "Community 2"
Stop what you’re doing and go read this. It’s so fucking cool
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
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 9:21 PM
Stop what you’re doing and go read this. It’s so fucking cool
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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
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 7:43 PM
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
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
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I wrote about B1 & how Quasqueton gives us a look into the psyche of Rogahn & Zelligar (& maybe retired adventurers in D&D more broadly). #D&D #OSR #B/X
Greed and Vague Evil: B1 and the Retired Adventurer as Dungeon-Brained Sicko
I did a fun little walkthrough of B1: In Search of the Unknown over on Bluesky . While you can read the detailed play by play over there (in...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Can't go astrowhaling without an astrowhale and related tools. Now you have those.
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#hismajestytheworm #hmtw
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#hismajestytheworm #hmtw
[HMtW] Hilbert Whales and the Tools Used to Harvest Them
Hilbert Whales Beast Dungeon Lord Descending from higher Euclidean n-spaces to feed, the Hilbert Whale is a native to the Flesh realm, just ...
wayspell.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Can't go astrowhaling without an astrowhale and related tools. Now you have those.
wayspell.blogspot.com/2025/11/hmtw...
#hismajestytheworm #hmtw
wayspell.blogspot.com/2025/11/hmtw...
#hismajestytheworm #hmtw
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A 2nd blogpost for #MausritterMonth! A short review of the starter adventure that came with the original boxed set. The impressive proliferation of Mausritter adventures is part of what has made the game so successful, but what about Mausritter’s Keep on the Borderlands equivalent?
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
Review: Honey in the Rafters — Prismatic Wasteland
A short and sweet review of a starter adventure for Mausritter.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A 2nd blogpost for #MausritterMonth! A short review of the starter adventure that came with the original boxed set. The impressive proliferation of Mausritter adventures is part of what has made the game so successful, but what about Mausritter’s Keep on the Borderlands equivalent?
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
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November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Die a blorbo or live long enough to see yourself become a glup shitto
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Die a blorbo or live long enough to see yourself become a glup shitto
A 2nd blogpost for #MausritterMonth! A short review of the starter adventure that came with the original boxed set. The impressive proliferation of Mausritter adventures is part of what has made the game so successful, but what about Mausritter’s Keep on the Borderlands equivalent?
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
Review: Honey in the Rafters — Prismatic Wasteland
A short and sweet review of a starter adventure for Mausritter.
www.prismaticwasteland.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A 2nd blogpost for #MausritterMonth! A short review of the starter adventure that came with the original boxed set. The impressive proliferation of Mausritter adventures is part of what has made the game so successful, but what about Mausritter’s Keep on the Borderlands equivalent?
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
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(PRE?) REVIEW TIME
After the dust settled from PAX Unplugged, one surprise experience kept coming back to me - A game with an IP I love that was willing to take risks to deliver something excellent - These are my first impressions of playing Godzilla: The RPG :
www.failforward.moe/2025/11/godz...
After the dust settled from PAX Unplugged, one surprise experience kept coming back to me - A game with an IP I love that was willing to take risks to deliver something excellent - These are my first impressions of playing Godzilla: The RPG :
www.failforward.moe/2025/11/godz...
Godzilla The RPG - Impressive First Impressions
Today I returned from PAX Unplugged with two systems sticking out in my mind among the priceless revelry , the exciting zine swapping , the ...
www.failforward.moe
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
(PRE?) REVIEW TIME
After the dust settled from PAX Unplugged, one surprise experience kept coming back to me - A game with an IP I love that was willing to take risks to deliver something excellent - These are my first impressions of playing Godzilla: The RPG :
www.failforward.moe/2025/11/godz...
After the dust settled from PAX Unplugged, one surprise experience kept coming back to me - A game with an IP I love that was willing to take risks to deliver something excellent - These are my first impressions of playing Godzilla: The RPG :
www.failforward.moe/2025/11/godz...
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Thank you for reading!
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Thank you for reading!
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Back from Pax! Exhausted!
I need to do a post to express my appreciation to many people for their kindness, consideration, and generosity. In the meantime, here's a quick photodump of the many games I played!
Barkeep!
Cairn!
Paranoia!
Break!!
Picklebacks with @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social!
I need to do a post to express my appreciation to many people for their kindness, consideration, and generosity. In the meantime, here's a quick photodump of the many games I played!
Barkeep!
Cairn!
Paranoia!
Break!!
Picklebacks with @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social!
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Back from Pax! Exhausted!
I need to do a post to express my appreciation to many people for their kindness, consideration, and generosity. In the meantime, here's a quick photodump of the many games I played!
Barkeep!
Cairn!
Paranoia!
Break!!
Picklebacks with @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social!
I need to do a post to express my appreciation to many people for their kindness, consideration, and generosity. In the meantime, here's a quick photodump of the many games I played!
Barkeep!
Cairn!
Paranoia!
Break!!
Picklebacks with @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social!