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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
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 have a blog now? Because all the people playing #over/under have them and now I want one too. Check it out here: thegardenbelow.blot.im
First post is about the difference between character voice, narrative voice, and player voice, and its told in those voices because i am, in fact, like that
First post is about the difference between character voice, narrative voice, and player voice, and its told in those voices because i am, in fact, like that
The Garden Below
The latest entries posted on The Garden Below
thegardenbelow.blot.im
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I have a blog now? Because all the people playing #over/under have them and now I want one too. Check it out here: thegardenbelow.blot.im
First post is about the difference between character voice, narrative voice, and player voice, and its told in those voices because i am, in fact, like that
First post is about the difference between character voice, narrative voice, and player voice, and its told in those voices because i am, in fact, like that
Reposted by elmcat
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
@juniper-c.bsky.social learned about the OSR while playing #over/under and has somehow managed to already learn enough about it to hold correct opinions on what OSR stands for.
@explorersdesign.bsky.social is it too early to submit posts for the Bloggies?
@juniper-c.bsky.social learned about the OSR while playing #over/under and has somehow managed to already learn enough about it to hold correct opinions on what OSR stands for.
@explorersdesign.bsky.social is it too early to submit posts for the Bloggies?
What is an OSR? - The Garden Below
a post about not knowing what the OSR is.
thegardenbelow.blot.im
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
@juniper-c.bsky.social learned about the OSR while playing #over/under and has somehow managed to already learn enough about it to hold correct opinions on what OSR stands for.
@explorersdesign.bsky.social is it too early to submit posts for the Bloggies?
@juniper-c.bsky.social learned about the OSR while playing #over/under and has somehow managed to already learn enough about it to hold correct opinions on what OSR stands for.
@explorersdesign.bsky.social is it too early to submit posts for the Bloggies?
Reposted by elmcat
If you think I missed a blog let me know!
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 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
If you think I missed a blog let me know!
Reposted by elmcat
traveller for 5e. 40k for quest. metamorphosis alpha for skylanders. rifts for the lancer companion app COMP/CON. runequest for the nothing phone. top secret for zenner deck. elfquest for 3ds. toon for samsung smart fridges. GURPS for dolby 5.1 surround sound atmos enabled. ars magica for teens
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
traveller for 5e. 40k for quest. metamorphosis alpha for skylanders. rifts for the lancer companion app COMP/CON. runequest for the nothing phone. top secret for zenner deck. elfquest for 3ds. toon for samsung smart fridges. GURPS for dolby 5.1 surround sound atmos enabled. ars magica for teens
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[Lynn sighs, exhausted. Grudgingly she walks to her soap box, takes a weak grip on the corner, and drags it to the center of the room; it makes a squealing, grinding cacophony until it stops. Visibly weary, Lynn puts one foot on her box, lifts herself up onto it.]
Not every game needs to be D&D.
Not every game needs to be D&D.
The best science-fiction role-playing game ever, adapted at last to the world's most popular rules!
Spearheaded by GDW and TSR veteran Timothy Brown, Traveller 5E is coming from World's Largest RPGs, with crowdfunding in March 2026...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG
Spearheaded by GDW and TSR veteran Timothy Brown, Traveller 5E is coming from World's Largest RPGs, with crowdfunding in March 2026...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
[Lynn sighs, exhausted. Grudgingly she walks to her soap box, takes a weak grip on the corner, and drags it to the center of the room; it makes a squealing, grinding cacophony until it stops. Visibly weary, Lynn puts one foot on her box, lifts herself up onto it.]
Not every game needs to be D&D.
Not every game needs to be D&D.
Reposted by elmcat
Happy Turkey Day 🦃 🔜 🍗
Alright! Time to carve up PCs and spill
their cranberry innards: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat...
Alright! Time to carve up PCs and spill
their cranberry innards: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat...
DEATH & INJURY, TOO: 0hp is not always the end
While you are planning to carve up the turkey 🦃, here's how to carve up 🔪 PCs. Death & dismemberment tables are a bit of table "tech" I re...
icastlight.blogspot.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happy Turkey Day 🦃 🔜 🍗
Alright! Time to carve up PCs and spill
their cranberry innards: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat...
Alright! Time to carve up PCs and spill
their cranberry innards: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat...
If you think I missed a blog let me know!
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 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
If you think I missed a blog let me know!
Reposted by elmcat
This has been such an incredible project to watch over time. If you ever wanted to see what the blogging community looks like as a network, go give this a look!
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 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This has been such an incredible project to watch over time. If you ever wanted to see what the blogging community looks like as a network, go give this a look!
Reposted by elmcat
New blogpost about rules and control in TTRPGs. #TTRPG #OSR #DND
theweepingstag.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
theweepingstag.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
Rules Are About Control (And They are Why We Miss Things)
I was talking with a friend the other day, when we got on to the topic of Dimension 20’s actual play season Never Stop Blowing Up. An homage to 80’s actual and exploitation films, it is…
theweepingstag.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
New blogpost about rules and control in TTRPGs. #TTRPG #OSR #DND
theweepingstag.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
theweepingstag.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
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I feel like @linkskywalker.bsky.social's Flux Space concept deserves just as much praise as the Overloaded Encounter Die - so I blogged about it, again.
dicegoblin.blog/youve-met-me...
dicegoblin.blog/youve-met-me...
You’ve Met Me At A Very Flux Time: More Flux Dungeon Thoughts
I’ve written about Flux Spaces before; Nick LS Whelan’s idea of capturing somewhat abstract spaces, which (in my opinion) really capture a sense of scale that a lot of dungeons fail to …
dicegoblin.blog
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I feel like @linkskywalker.bsky.social's Flux Space concept deserves just as much praise as the Overloaded Encounter Die - so I blogged about it, again.
dicegoblin.blog/youve-met-me...
dicegoblin.blog/youve-met-me...
Reposted by elmcat
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...
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...
Reposted by elmcat
I've been watching elmcat build this for the last few weeks and it's super 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 8:20 PM
I've been watching elmcat build this for the last few weeks and it's super cool!
Reposted by elmcat
We (bloggers) have GOT to get sluttier (link more)
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We (bloggers) have GOT to get sluttier (link more)
Reposted by elmcat
Been watching this develop. It’s pretty amazing.
I think it helps highlight how the old-school scene (by blogs) is ~6 different groups of people who may/may not be communicating.
Harder to see, but present, is the temporal aspect of the old-school scene growth & change
I think it helps highlight how the old-school scene (by blogs) is ~6 different groups of people who may/may not be communicating.
Harder to see, but present, is the temporal aspect of the old-school scene growth & change
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 8:02 PM
Been watching this develop. It’s pretty amazing.
I think it helps highlight how the old-school scene (by blogs) is ~6 different groups of people who may/may not be communicating.
Harder to see, but present, is the temporal aspect of the old-school scene growth & change
I think it helps highlight how the old-school scene (by blogs) is ~6 different groups of people who may/may not be communicating.
Harder to see, but present, is the temporal aspect of the old-school scene growth & change
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
Reposted by elmcat
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...
forlornencystment.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Reposted by elmcat
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
[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
Reposted by elmcat
seedlinggames.com/blogging/ove...
Made a blog post where I put all the art/low effort photoshops/etc that I made for over/under, minus a few particularly low effort things.
I also wrote up the entire Ominous Plant storyline
#over/under
Made a blog post where I put all the art/low effort photoshops/etc that I made for over/under, minus a few particularly low effort things.
I also wrote up the entire Ominous Plant storyline
#over/under
Blog
seedlinggames.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
seedlinggames.com/blogging/ove...
Made a blog post where I put all the art/low effort photoshops/etc that I made for over/under, minus a few particularly low effort things.
I also wrote up the entire Ominous Plant storyline
#over/under
Made a blog post where I put all the art/low effort photoshops/etc that I made for over/under, minus a few particularly low effort things.
I also wrote up the entire Ominous Plant storyline
#over/under
Reposted by elmcat
Stockholm Kartell's discord server has a channel called, roughly translated, Desirable Lifestyles. Here are some posts, and some lifestyles to aspire to.
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Stockholm Kartell's discord server has a channel called, roughly translated, Desirable Lifestyles. Here are some posts, and some lifestyles to aspire to.
Reposted by elmcat
In 2025 I will begin publishing Cairn supplements for third parties, under the moniker Cairn Press.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In 2025 I will begin publishing Cairn supplements for third parties, under the moniker Cairn Press.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
Reposted by elmcat
Some words about Mantis-Men: discodanlives.bearblog.dev/mantis-men/
Mantis-Men: Monsters and Factions
Like I don’t already have enough to do between my actual job, learning lines for the production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” I’m in, and finishing up the final...
discodanlives.bearblog.dev
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Some words about Mantis-Men: discodanlives.bearblog.dev/mantis-men/
Reposted by elmcat
seedlinggames.com/blogging/ove...
Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
Blog
seedlinggames.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
seedlinggames.com/blogging/ove...
Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
Reposted by elmcat
If you’re at PAXU and we didn’t get a chance to say Hi (or even if we did), I’ll be at the Plus One Booth (#4143) today at 1-2pm, shaking hands and kissing babies. Come say wassup, get a book signed or have otherwise cryptic interactions with me
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If you’re at PAXU and we didn’t get a chance to say Hi (or even if we did), I’ll be at the Plus One Booth (#4143) today at 1-2pm, shaking hands and kissing babies. Come say wassup, get a book signed or have otherwise cryptic interactions with me
Reposted by elmcat
Every RPG blogger is allowed one “What is the OSR?” post. Here’s mine:
The OSR Onion
The OSR may be best understood as a layered approach to design centered around a specific way of writing, refereeing, and playing adventures.
dododecahedron.blog
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Every RPG blogger is allowed one “What is the OSR?” post. Here’s mine:
Reposted by elmcat
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.