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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 16d

Coming next summer!
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warden @cairnrpg.com · 17d

You can now purchase @weirdwonder.bsky.social's latest adventure Orestruck from the Cairn Store:

store.cairnrpg.com/products/ore...

Orestruck

An ossified horror murders and rends, terrorizing miners in an ancient cavern. A warrior and his vicious gang hunt a privateer rumored to have returned home. The dreamers hunger for a bloody return t...

store.cairnrpg.com

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warden @cairnrpg.com · 20d

Barrow of the Elf King. Free web version!

Rise of the Blood Olms has an OSE stats conversion.

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Jedediah Berry @jedediahberry.bsky.social · 20d

The next two (!) books of the Wildendrem tabletop RPG setting are coming soon to Kickstarter. #osr www.kickstarter.com/projects/626...

Coming soon: Wildendrem Volume Two: The Saintly Hollows

Two new books of mythic adventure in a land of wonder and peril, for use on their own or alongside the award-winning Valley of Flowers.

www.kickstarter.com

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warden @cairnrpg.com · 21d

Hecksleague?

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Space Penguin Ink @spacepenguinink.bsky.social · 22d

NEW RELEASES FOR SEPTEMBER!

ORESTRUCK is a forestcrawl for CAIRN 2E. In the town of Pact, corpse thieves plunder the dead for unknown purposes, vicious gangs hunt men through the streets at night, and a gnashing monstrosity made of rock and bone has taken up residence in the local mine. Good luck!

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warden @cairnrpg.com · 22d

I try to catch these but sometimes the real world leaks through

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Amanda P. ➡️ PAXU @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 22d

Today my new adventure Orestruck is officially released! Return to the Tannic Forest to confront monstrosities, both magical and mundane.

Itch weirdwonder.itch.io/orestruck
DrivethruRPG www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

@spacepenguinink.bsky.social spacepenguin.ink/collections/...

Image with black background of a figure holding a torch in a cave that looks like teeth with the Words Orestruck an adventure by Amanda P. out now

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Quest Portal @questportal.bsky.social · 22d

Today Helgi tried to find fault in the Mausritter SRD and comes up short. Isaac Williams' Mausritter delivers everything a tabletop RPG SRD should, and more. www.questportal.com/blog/small-m...

Small Mice, Big Adventures: Why the Mausritter SRD Is a Masterclass in Accessible Game Design - Quest Portal VTT

Mausritter might seem like a novelty, but it's Bold, charming, and mechanically sharp. It delivers everything a tabletop RPG SRD should and more. | Small Mice, Big Adventures: Why the Mausritter SRD…

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Amanda P. ➡️ PAXU @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 23d

Tomorrow: get ready #osr #ttrpg

Text: Orestruck. Coming Soon. An Adventure by Amanda P. Developed for Cairn 2E. Release Date 9/17/2025.
Image: a figure holding a torch in a cave styled like teeth.

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Conor Duffy @youngmrduffy.bsky.social · 24d

Looking for a new adventure to drop into your campaigns for #cairn or any #osr game? Belly of the Beast is a dungeon delve with a twist: rather than enter the dungeon to fight a dragon, the dragon IS the dungeon. #ttrpg

third-country-press.itch.io/belly-of-the...

Belly of the Beast: a Dungeon for Cairn 2nd Edition by Third Country Press

Delve into the gold-laden corpse of a great dragon.

third-country-press.itch.io

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warden @cairnrpg.com · 26d

This is awesome! When you're done you should make a mass post with links (Patreon is fine) so I can put up a conversion on the website.

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warden @cairnrpg.com · Sep 9

Bad

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warden @cairnrpg.com · Sep 9

What was the joke? I have to know.

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Brad Kerr @bradkerr.net · Sep 4

Between Two Cairns is back. "Into the Depths of Kreuger Castle." Podcasting! Indie D&D adventure module review! Male conversation! It's all here, folks.
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Into the Depths of Kreuger Castle | Between Two Cairns

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Brad Kerr @bradkerr.net · Sep 5

Another Between Two Cairns today. For Patreon subscribers only. We play Hypotheticals. "What RPG are you running in 2 hours for your normie cousin's bachelor party?" "What TSR module are you running for some old-head work friends who don't care about rules?"
www.patreon.com/posts/138140...

Bonus Episode: Hypotheticals, the Issues, and more! | Between Two Cairns

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warden @cairnrpg.com · Aug 30

Part 1 of an interview I did:

open.substack.com/pub/behindth...

Behind the Screen #8

Creator Introduction

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Stop, Plot, & Role! Podcast @stopplotrole.bsky.social · Aug 21

Woo, episode 3 of this season is up! We're playing Cairn 2e by Yochai Gal, and continuing Trouble in Twin Lakes, also by Yochai Gal, lol. Lots of fun this one - Gossamer gets some armor, but at what cost?! tinyurl.com/mtfzu5sr #ttrpg #podcast #cairnrpg

Cairn 2e: Episode 3 | Stop, Plot, & Role!

Trouble in Twin Lakes pt 3

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warden @cairnrpg.com · Aug 22

Gimme

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Bodie H. @bodieh.bsky.social · Aug 21

I made some new character sheets for my switch to Cairn for my open table campaign!

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warden @cairnrpg.com · Aug 19

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The Shadow Book of Ji Yun: The Chinese Classic of Weird True Tales, Horror Stories, and Occult Knowledge by Yun Ji, translated by Yi Izzy Yu and John Yu Branscum

The culture surrounding these tales, Ji Yun’s background and biography, and the historical significance of it all are in effect also "ghosts" to the contemporary world. They haunt us still.

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warden @cairnrpg.com · Aug 16

This post and another by PatStu inspired one of the Cairn principles (have enemies talk to you while you fight).

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warden @cairnrpg.com · Aug 15

I have a print copy of this. I was looking at it yesterday!

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warden @cairnrpg.com · Aug 13

I'm loving this so far, patiently waiting for every new post!

Pandatheist @pandatheist.bsky.social · Aug 13

Beyond the Pale

Last night I finished a 3 session run of Beyond the Pale by Yochai Gal, a decidedly Jewish Cairn adventure centered on the shtetl of Kest. Theres a ton of interesting things worth talking about in this one, and it will be spoiler heavy by necessity. Lets dive in!

Beyond the Pale by Yochai Gal. Shows three stylized rabbits in a circle touching ear to ear forming a waved triangle in the middle.

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warden @cairnrpg.com · Aug 13

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