Sunken Idols
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Firing up the gameblog machine
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When it comes to itch, you should price your work high and put it on sale. Your pdf can be $20 and just put on sale for $10 if. you're nervous. I tend to get a lot more eyes on my work when they pdfs are on sale. Idk why. I'm sure there's some psychology behind it, but I'm not a psychologist.
October 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When it comes to itch, you should price your work high and put it on sale. Your pdf can be $20 and just put on sale for $10 if. you're nervous. I tend to get a lot more eyes on my work when they pdfs are on sale. Idk why. I'm sure there's some psychology behind it, but I'm not a psychologist.
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Writers should internalize Lao Tzu's lesson about how the emptiness at the center of a wheel is what makes it useful, and how a pot is valuable because of where the clay *isn't*. Corporate geek culture has warped us into thinking that negative spaces are flaws that need to be fixed.
Can't stress this enough: nobody fucking cares what he was up to
August 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Writers should internalize Lao Tzu's lesson about how the emptiness at the center of a wheel is what makes it useful, and how a pot is valuable because of where the clay *isn't*. Corporate geek culture has warped us into thinking that negative spaces are flaws that need to be fixed.
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Nightwick, for it's part, was something TableSmith (a program I'd downloaded because there was data to make the Judges' Guild Ruins & Relics tables) spit out and I liked it enough I kept shifting it around to things until I had that fateful day of being tired and listening to Black Sabbath
Finding out King's Field was named after a golf course places From Soft in the long tradition of naming megadungeons after golf courses
July 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Nightwick, for it's part, was something TableSmith (a program I'd downloaded because there was data to make the Judges' Guild Ruins & Relics tables) spit out and I liked it enough I kept shifting it around to things until I had that fateful day of being tired and listening to Black Sabbath
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keying a dungeon
rolls Special on the stocking procedures
this dungeon has got Hands
rolls Special on the stocking procedures
this dungeon has got Hands
June 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
keying a dungeon
rolls Special on the stocking procedures
this dungeon has got Hands
rolls Special on the stocking procedures
this dungeon has got Hands
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About time a search engine did this.
Picture research is time-consuming enough with also having to trawl through page after tedious page of false, redundant, pointless imagery claiming to be something it isn't.
#FuckAI #duckduckgo
Picture research is time-consuming enough with also having to trawl through page after tedious page of false, redundant, pointless imagery claiming to be something it isn't.
#FuckAI #duckduckgo
July 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
About time a search engine did this.
Picture research is time-consuming enough with also having to trawl through page after tedious page of false, redundant, pointless imagery claiming to be something it isn't.
#FuckAI #duckduckgo
Picture research is time-consuming enough with also having to trawl through page after tedious page of false, redundant, pointless imagery claiming to be something it isn't.
#FuckAI #duckduckgo
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I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones
Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign
But we can EASILY top 1,000!
I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send!
↻💬♡ to boost
We CAN make a difference 💕
#itch #censorship
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Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign
But we can EASILY top 1,000!
I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send!
↻💬♡ to boost
We CAN make a difference 💕
#itch #censorship
1/🧵
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones
Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign
But we can EASILY top 1,000!
I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send!
↻💬♡ to boost
We CAN make a difference 💕
#itch #censorship
1/🧵
Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign
But we can EASILY top 1,000!
I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send!
↻💬♡ to boost
We CAN make a difference 💕
#itch #censorship
1/🧵
If magic is scary and dangerous, creating magic items should be less "enchanting a grand sword for your king" and more "accidentally* inventing the torment nexus."
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#osr #magic #ad&d #od&d #b/x #1e
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#osr #magic #ad&d #od&d #b/x #1e
Cursed Artifacts
Begin with what its creator was trying to make. Then, add 1-2 abilities/drawbacks that make it clear something isn't quite right. As subtle...
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July 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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I want to invite any interested rpg bloggers to participate in a new Summer LEGO RPG Jam.
Write something for your blog inspired by Lego and share the link! Let's have a bit of summer fun.
The jam is open 7/2 - 8/29
#osr #ttrpg #dnd #lego
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Write something for your blog inspired by Lego and share the link! Let's have a bit of summer fun.
The jam is open 7/2 - 8/29
#osr #ttrpg #dnd #lego
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A Second Summer LEGO RPG Jam!
Last summer, I invited everyone to participate in a Summer LEGO RPG Setting Jam . It was a lot of fun! And nineteen people created LEGO-th...
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June 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I want to invite any interested rpg bloggers to participate in a new Summer LEGO RPG Jam.
Write something for your blog inspired by Lego and share the link! Let's have a bit of summer fun.
The jam is open 7/2 - 8/29
#osr #ttrpg #dnd #lego
diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-se...
Write something for your blog inspired by Lego and share the link! Let's have a bit of summer fun.
The jam is open 7/2 - 8/29
#osr #ttrpg #dnd #lego
diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-se...
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A setting where the bones of the gods, giants or dragons never stop growing after their dead.
May 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A setting where the bones of the gods, giants or dragons never stop growing after their dead.
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Noodled this up the other day, still thinking about it
1. Extrapolating the implied setting of OD&D is an interesting exercise to me. What makes a fighter a fighter? He is in the fighting "social class."
2. Being explicit about game phases is interesting to me. We need to do a better job of this.
1. Extrapolating the implied setting of OD&D is an interesting exercise to me. What makes a fighter a fighter? He is in the fighting "social class."
2. Being explicit about game phases is interesting to me. We need to do a better job of this.
May 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Noodled this up the other day, still thinking about it
1. Extrapolating the implied setting of OD&D is an interesting exercise to me. What makes a fighter a fighter? He is in the fighting "social class."
2. Being explicit about game phases is interesting to me. We need to do a better job of this.
1. Extrapolating the implied setting of OD&D is an interesting exercise to me. What makes a fighter a fighter? He is in the fighting "social class."
2. Being explicit about game phases is interesting to me. We need to do a better job of this.
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If someone could make a game like Kingdom Come Deliverance but with the amount of supernatural stuff that was in Darklands I would be very happy please thank you k bye
May 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If someone could make a game like Kingdom Come Deliverance but with the amount of supernatural stuff that was in Darklands I would be very happy please thank you k bye
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For May the Fourth, I am going to play a smallish game of Voidfighter with my Star Wars Lego spaceships and post it here.
May 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
For May the Fourth, I am going to play a smallish game of Voidfighter with my Star Wars Lego spaceships and post it here.
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My first TTRPG thing was some Troikaish backgrounds. This is very early proto-Vaarn. I still think some of these are funny
April 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
My first TTRPG thing was some Troikaish backgrounds. This is very early proto-Vaarn. I still think some of these are funny
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my take on "summon star vampire"
May 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
my take on "summon star vampire"
Biblically accurate popemobile
May 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Biblically accurate popemobile
Quick thoughts about Carcosa, campaign structure, and a staple of non-Vancian magic.
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#osr #magic #carcosa #ad&d #od&d #b/x #1e
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#osr #magic #carcosa #ad&d #od&d #b/x #1e
Magic Words
Imagine a campaign where the first PCs are the ancients, who create the spells the rest of the PCs will later have to uncover. If you need a...
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May 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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ADVENTURE! is done!
Things I learned:
Yes, you can use unwaxed embroidery floss to bind a book… but you have to untangle it 1,000 times.
Yes, you can do a Coptic stitch with a straight needle. It is a giant pain in the ass and curved needles are easier to use and only marginally harder to find.
Things I learned:
Yes, you can use unwaxed embroidery floss to bind a book… but you have to untangle it 1,000 times.
Yes, you can do a Coptic stitch with a straight needle. It is a giant pain in the ass and curved needles are easier to use and only marginally harder to find.
April 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
ADVENTURE! is done!
Things I learned:
Yes, you can use unwaxed embroidery floss to bind a book… but you have to untangle it 1,000 times.
Yes, you can do a Coptic stitch with a straight needle. It is a giant pain in the ass and curved needles are easier to use and only marginally harder to find.
Things I learned:
Yes, you can use unwaxed embroidery floss to bind a book… but you have to untangle it 1,000 times.
Yes, you can do a Coptic stitch with a straight needle. It is a giant pain in the ass and curved needles are easier to use and only marginally harder to find.
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This is your periodic reminder that giant piles of free art are available for use in your next TTRPG or board game project, including commercial use.
Here are some resources to get started: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom... (Part 1 of 2)
#ttrpg #boardgames 🎲✂️
Here are some resources to get started: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom... (Part 1 of 2)
#ttrpg #boardgames 🎲✂️
Public domain art resources
Using public domain art in tabletop game design
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April 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is your periodic reminder that giant piles of free art are available for use in your next TTRPG or board game project, including commercial use.
Here are some resources to get started: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom... (Part 1 of 2)
#ttrpg #boardgames 🎲✂️
Here are some resources to get started: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom... (Part 1 of 2)
#ttrpg #boardgames 🎲✂️
What could amateur first aid look like in a world with weird fantasy magic? Here's my answer, and a way to keep games with loads of healing interesting.
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#osr #ad&d #od&d #b/x #1e #magic
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#osr #ad&d #od&d #b/x #1e #magic
Gnarlier Healing Spell
What does a healing spell do? It closes wounds. It makes flesh grow . Anyone can now cast cure (light) wounds, but if you don't "know" the s...
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April 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
AD&D had rules for subduing dragons. Here's what I imagine when I read them.
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#ad&d #osr #1e #dragons #poetry
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#ad&d #osr #1e #dragons #poetry
What Subduing a Dragon Means
Hubris. HUBRIS. You tore it out of the sky. Pushed your fingers through the romantic film of wonder. Gripped a timebreaking god. It lies twi...
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April 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM