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Kent-based museum professional, responsible for feeding the office peacock.
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Index Card Dungeon 2 - Map 4 - Ruined Tower

While Map 3 showed us the "ghost tower" in its prime, this version of the tower shows it in modern times, crumbling and threatening to collapse down the hill.

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June 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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June 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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351 | It's Raining D&D Video Games, Superpowered Kids (On Bikes), New Starfinder Stuff, Musketeers vs. Cthulhu https://twp.ai/E697YR
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351 | It's Raining D&D Video Games, Superpowered Kids (On Bikes), New Starfinder Stuff, Musketeers vs. Cthulhu | Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk
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June 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Worldbuilding Tip 42: Provide a variety of locations that perform different tasks for adventure/story creators. Some of the places must be functional, like stores and farms. Some should be ornamental, to provide color and utility. Then you can have a few oddities, which contrast with the others.
June 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Deal of the Day! $16, down from $50! Monty Python RPG. #trrpg #sale #montypython www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
www.drivethrurpg.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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The veils are thin in the UK too… Congratulations to @slyflourish.com for an excellent and inspiring campaign setting in a rather lovely book. And to @scottfgray.bsky.social for the mammoth editing task and the many artists who brought it to life. Top work.
May 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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For me, the artist who really got Elric.
May 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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RPG tip: When time is tight, cut from the boring middle instead of the exciting conclusion.

#dnd #ttrpg
May 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Worldbuilding Tip 17: As you build the limits of your world along with the types of stories and games you want to take place there, think about the ecosystems you'll need. Stories of survival need harsh climates. Stories of great journeys need diverse landscapes or regions of space to traverse.
May 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Outgunned Adventure Is Smart As A Whip: The Indiana Jones RPG I’ve wanted ever since I was a kid. #ttrpg #dnd
Outgunned Adventure Is Smart As A Whip
The Indiana Jones RPG I’ve wanted ever since I was a kid.
dlvr.it
May 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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#daggerheart has arrived! Thank you Darrington peeps.
May 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Good morning, Cork and happy Friday - another sunny one! Stay with us and enjoy it👌
May 16, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Making the Most of DM Screens for D&D and RPGs!

Whether for Dungeons and Dragons or other RPGs, a DM screen can help you run a better game. I take a look at different screen types and customizing your own!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVdZ...
#DnD #ttrpg
May 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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May 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Good morning, Cork! And it's a gorgeous one - we will have all of your news and weather thru the day - stay with us - have a good one !
May 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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RPG tip from the archive: Fill travel with interesting situations with choices to make and lore to discover.

#dnd #ttrpg
May 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Latest on Soviet space probe due to crash to Earth on line with Cork 🛰️
Latest on Soviet space probe due to crash to Earth on line with Cork
Kosmos 482 is about to hit Earth - and the European Space Agency has issued an update
www.corkbeo.ie
May 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Around the 200th image slide for this next War Story vid I realized how excessive these have become. Bloated with tiny things no one but me will ever notice. Then I said fuck it and made 20 more.

Next is recording skits. There's... <checks notes>... 7 different costumes!?

How did it get to this?
May 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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RPG tip from the archive: Explore other RPGs. Read them even if you don't play them.

#dnd #ttrpg
May 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Worldbuilding Tip 8: As you switch between bottom-up and top-down focus, there's a temptation to throw out things you've already done because of contradictions. That's OK, but let there be contradictions early. You'll have time later to pare back or make changes. Contradictions can also be fun.
May 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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I'm covering the Guardian's recent SFF column this month, with short reviews of new books by Joe Abercrombie and Emily Tesh, and debuts by Cate Baum and Roisin Dunnett. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
The best science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup
The Devils by Joe Abercrombie; The Incandescent by Emily Tesh; Land of Hope by Cate Baum; A Line You Have Traced by Roisin Dunnett
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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RPG tip from the archive: Blow up Vulcan. If your game needs to be shaken up, don't be afraid to let the meteors fall. It's your world and huge things can happen in it.

#dnd #ttrpg
May 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Falling 500kg rocketship piece could crash land in West Cork, expert claims
Falling 500kg rocketship piece could crash land in West Cork, expert claims
After over 50 years in Earth's atmosphere - this Soviet spacecraft is finally coming down
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May 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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RPG tip from the archive: Run phased battles. Lots of minions followed by some big bruisers followed by a boss.

#dnd #ttrpg
May 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Worldbuilding Tip 7: If you start from the bottom up, at some point you'll run into questions that push you back to the top. Detailing a town? Is there a leader, a temple, a military presence? Then you'll need to think on the political structure, the divinities, and the military situation.
May 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM