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This account exists to spare my friends from my D&D obsession. Lots of Warhammer too. #OSR #TTRPG #40K. Part of the #torontOSR!
My blog: save.vs.totalpartykill.ca, just like my username! He/Him.
My blog: save.vs.totalpartykill.ca, just like my username! He/Him.
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Reminder I am at Dragonmeet this weekend. Find me there. 😮
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reminder I am at Dragonmeet this weekend. Find me there. 😮
Jason has been talking about this RPG on and off for the last little while, but the opening for this podcast really highlights the epic Dark Souls nonsense he’s channeling.
Finally, if you just want to know more about what The Lands Remaining is in an easy-to-consume audio format, @thebadspot.bsky.social and I have a preview of our new podcast up on the free Gauntlet Patreon feed. Come hear what all the fuss is about!
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The Lands Remaining Podcast preview PLUS writing contest! | The Gauntlet
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November 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Jason has been talking about this RPG on and off for the last little while, but the opening for this podcast really highlights the epic Dark Souls nonsense he’s channeling.
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Test paint to see if my color mixing and matching fit with the inspiration
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Test paint to see if my color mixing and matching fit with the inspiration
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This week in the bathtub, it’s Oubliette (n)! Is this budding megadungeon verbose or adjectival? let’s find out! idlecartulary.com/2025/11/24/b... #osr
Bathtub Review: Oubliette (n.) 0 & 1
Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module de…
idlecartulary.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This week in the bathtub, it’s Oubliette (n)! Is this budding megadungeon verbose or adjectival? let’s find out! idlecartulary.com/2025/11/24/b... #osr
Grabbed the second collection of Blame. What the fuck is even happening in this comic? The library gave me the remaining five volumes in one go, so I gotta finish them all soon.
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Grabbed the second collection of Blame. What the fuck is even happening in this comic? The library gave me the remaining five volumes in one go, so I gotta finish them all soon.
The year was 1992 and this was peak dungeons and dragons technology.
November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The year was 1992 and this was peak dungeons and dragons technology.
Friend of the #TorontOSR, Jonathan Benn, writes about his approach to creating dungeons. Nice solid advice for people new to creating your own adventures.
Writing New Dungeons
www.benn.ca
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Friend of the #TorontOSR, Jonathan Benn, writes about his approach to creating dungeons. Nice solid advice for people new to creating your own adventures.
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9 hours until this artefact of the OSR past is gone! ebay.us/m/QmO9ab
One of a kind piece of Tabletop RPG History-First Handmade "The Undercroft" Zine | eBay UK
The content was partly upcycled ideas from his then blog, What Would Conan Do?., along with an adventure and hand-drawn map. Contains proof reading marks by the author and hand rounded paper edges.
ebay.us
November 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
9 hours until this artefact of the OSR past is gone! ebay.us/m/QmO9ab
And now in blog form, some initial thoughts about Trench Crusade by Mike Franchina and @tuomaspirinen.bsky.social. I want to start kit bashing more troops and play a campaign. (Though it sounds like I might first help organize a day of Mordheim in a few weeks.)
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
And now in blog form, some initial thoughts about Trench Crusade by Mike Franchina and @tuomaspirinen.bsky.social. I want to start kit bashing more troops and play a campaign. (Though it sounds like I might first help organize a day of Mordheim in a few weeks.)
Finally got to play some @trenchcrusade.bsky.social. What an amazing game. So simple. We started playing and barely had to faff about with the rule book.
November 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Finally got to play some @trenchcrusade.bsky.social. What an amazing game. So simple. We started playing and barely had to faff about with the rule book.
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I hate reading the word "innovative" in relation to games.
Innovation is for cars with improved gas milage.
Innovation is for cars with improved gas milage.
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I hate reading the word "innovative" in relation to games.
Innovation is for cars with improved gas milage.
Innovation is for cars with improved gas milage.
Watching @alfredvalley.bsky.social making his art is pretty interesting.
Smashing old images together to make Brute Fort
YouTube video by Alfred Valley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Watching @alfredvalley.bsky.social making his art is pretty interesting.
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"This isn't an official Warhammer 40k RPG, but it's very well put together - I haven't played Chapter Serf yet, but oh boy do I want to."
There's that pull quote!
CHAPTER SERF got some press from Wargamer holy shit. Thanks @tjohnlinward.bsky.social !
www.wargamer.com/chapter-serf...
There's that pull quote!
CHAPTER SERF got some press from Wargamer holy shit. Thanks @tjohnlinward.bsky.social !
www.wargamer.com/chapter-serf...
Play as the wretched background weirdos from Warhammer 40k artwork in this free indie RPG
In 'Chapter Serf' you get a worm's eye view of Warhammer 40,000, playing as a lowly peon with dangerous duties aboard a Space Marine voidship.
www.wargamer.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"This isn't an official Warhammer 40k RPG, but it's very well put together - I haven't played Chapter Serf yet, but oh boy do I want to."
There's that pull quote!
CHAPTER SERF got some press from Wargamer holy shit. Thanks @tjohnlinward.bsky.social !
www.wargamer.com/chapter-serf...
There's that pull quote!
CHAPTER SERF got some press from Wargamer holy shit. Thanks @tjohnlinward.bsky.social !
www.wargamer.com/chapter-serf...
By coincidence, Thor of Torchbearer fame, talks about alternatives to violence when dungeon delving. Here he discusses things in the context of Torchbearer, but still interesting ideas to steal perhaps.
Violence and Conflict in Torchbearer
YouTube video by The Burning Wheel 🔥
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
By coincidence, Thor of Torchbearer fame, talks about alternatives to violence when dungeon delving. Here he discusses things in the context of Torchbearer, but still interesting ideas to steal perhaps.
A good post from @ratkingrpg.bsky.social about obstacles in dungeons and moving beyond lots of combat.
Dungeon Design Note: Obstacles Support Exploration
Less Combat ... More Obstacles I’ve been talking about dungeon crawling as a play style here for years, and I’m not alone among RPG blogger...
alldeadgenerations.blogspot.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A good post from @ratkingrpg.bsky.social about obstacles in dungeons and moving beyond lots of combat.
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Here we go! Gormand’s Larder is in store at Ratti Incantati!
Grab a a copy, I am pretty happy with this one. :)
#TTRPG #RPG #ZINES
Grab a a copy, I am pretty happy with this one. :)
#TTRPG #RPG #ZINES
New games just dropped! 📚 📚
@riseupcomus.bsky.social's tarot-driven mega-dungeon, cyberpunk rebellion from @fraggingunicorns.bsky.social, an occult medieval OSR, 2 x @forbiddenpsalm.bsky.social, @evlynmoreau.bsky.social's experimental adventure, and a cool new Tarot deck! 🐀
@riseupcomus.bsky.social's tarot-driven mega-dungeon, cyberpunk rebellion from @fraggingunicorns.bsky.social, an occult medieval OSR, 2 x @forbiddenpsalm.bsky.social, @evlynmoreau.bsky.social's experimental adventure, and a cool new Tarot deck! 🐀
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Zedeck has finished his weird freaks of 40K RPG. Hells yeah. This game feels perfect for kitbashing. Just need the lightest trappings of rules for using minis.
Spent the last two weeks working on this, missing deadlines and not answering messages---but this thing was in my mind like a psychic worm; I just had to get it out, you know?
Process notes and extra thoughts here: slowlorispress.com/post/8005714...
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Process notes and extra thoughts here: slowlorispress.com/post/8005714...
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CHAPTER SERF
CHAPTER SERF is a tabletop roleplaying game and adventure, set in Warhammer 40K, where you play those hooded peasant weirdos you sometimes spot in the backgrounds of the art.
Full PDF downloadable...
slowlorispress.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Zedeck has finished his weird freaks of 40K RPG. Hells yeah. This game feels perfect for kitbashing. Just need the lightest trappings of rules for using minis.
I 100% forgot I made this SRD for Errant for @avaislam.bsky.social. I don't remember why we made it now, though. Maybe because everyone needs an SRD?
You Are A Failure
The Errant RPG System Reference Document
funkaoshi.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I 100% forgot I made this SRD for Errant for @avaislam.bsky.social. I don't remember why we made it now, though. Maybe because everyone needs an SRD?
It only took 13 years, but my blogs archive is now grouped by year, rather than being one giant list. It’s still a giant page, though.
save.vs.totalpartykill.ca/archive/
save.vs.totalpartykill.ca/archive/
Save vs. Total Party Kill - Archive
Links to my blog posts, organized by year.
save.vs.totalpartykill.ca
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 AM
It only took 13 years, but my blogs archive is now grouped by year, rather than being one giant list. It’s still a giant page, though.
save.vs.totalpartykill.ca/archive/
save.vs.totalpartykill.ca/archive/
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Fluxcats are strays who fed on the magical trash and mutants of the Midden, Hex's eldritch trash-heap.
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Fluxcats are strays who fed on the magical trash and mutants of the Midden, Hex's eldritch trash-heap.
I still think it’s funny Kingdom Death’s models don’t have instructions. It’s like a 3D puzzle. At least this model didn’t have a million tiny hand.
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I still think it’s funny Kingdom Death’s models don’t have instructions. It’s like a 3D puzzle. At least this model didn’t have a million tiny hand.
I always love a good exegesis of OD&D.
What can you infer about OD&D if you ignore its actual influences?
coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2025/11/osr-...
coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2025/11/osr-...
OSR: Beyond the Western Desert (or OD&D with Appendix N-1)
The conceit of my current OD&D game is "OD&D without context". What weird mutant offshoot of the tree of RPG development will we create if...
coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I always love a good exegesis of OD&D.
Luke joked that he had solved grappling forever and in my head I was all, “this fucking guy,” but then I read the post and am wondering if Luke Gearing is too powerful.
November 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Luke joked that he had solved grappling forever and in my head I was all, “this fucking guy,” but then I read the post and am wondering if Luke Gearing is too powerful.
Over/Under is Over! I share some rough thoughts as @samsorensen.bsky.social's totally bananas war-game comes to a close.
Save vs. Total Party Kill - Over/Under is Over
I participated—and I use that term most loosely—in Sam’s epic online play-by-post “war-game” Over/Under is officially over. I look forward to all the dissertations about the game in the years to come...
save.vs.totalpartykill.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Over/Under is Over! I share some rough thoughts as @samsorensen.bsky.social's totally bananas war-game comes to a close.