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Daddy Rolled A 1
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Blogging about TTRPGs & comics including D&D content. Judge for the One Page Dungeon Contest since 2014. I sometimes mention cocktails, craft beer & vinyl. He/Him
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What if your cleric’s miracles weren’t so holy?

20 weird traits to make your divine characters feel truly strange, and D20 tables for generating superstitions, omens, rituals, and faiths.

New on my Patreon.

👉 patreon.com/daddyrolleda1

#OSR #DnD #OldSchoolEssentials #TTRPG #WeirdFantasy
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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✨👕Day 176 of Nerd Fashion Monday! 176 days of non-repeated geek shirts! Late this week! A gift from friends because I work in advertising.

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November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Gary Gygax warned: “This is not for the faint of heart.”

The S-Series modules—Tomb of Horrors, White Plume Mountain, Barrier Peaks, and Tsojcanth —pushed D&D to its limits.

New video: From Tombs to Spaceships: How the S-Series Changed D&D

🎥https://youtu.be/1jQMqItGPms

#DnDHistory #OldSchoolRPG
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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I'm really proud of this adventure, and folks have been commenting on the content, layout, and art!

Check it out at my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/step-i...

By the way, if you like the layout/art/map, my friend Bill Green is open for commissions. You'll find him at billgreenstudios.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Looking good! I love the hat!

I was wearing this shirt yesterday... I felt it was appropriate giving the 2 big things happening last night...
November 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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This gives me an idea! My video aired October 21st, 20205.

Ebay Average Price (Sept - October 20th): $58.14

Ebay: Average Price (October 21st+): $139.58

And here is Google Trends on the search term of "Masque of the Red Death DnD"
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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🎲 BONUS UNBOXING!

I unboxed the 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚, a wild collaboration that feels like opening a time capsule of 1970s gaming!

And it's joined by OSR weird science-fantasy goodness from Barrows & Borderlands!

🎥 Watch the unboxing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQlK...

#OSR #DnD #TTRPG #RPGHistory
October 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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The lich is one of D&D’s most powerful monsters, but its roots go far deeper than the Monster Manual.

💀 From ancient myth to Sword & Sorcery fiction to D&D, discover how this undead sorcerer evolved.

🎥 Watch now!: youtu.be/tHLnWQqTd6E

#DnD #TTRPG #OSR #RPGHistory #DADDYROLLEDA1
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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✨👕Day 175 of Nerd Fashion Monday! 175 days of non-repeated geek shirts! An appropriate Halloween shirt to wear at my friend's record shop?

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October 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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TSR once made a D&D setting with no elves, no dungeons… only madness and corruption.

It's largely been forgotten... until now.

🎥 Masque of the Red Death: D&D’s Forgotten Horror Masterpiece: youtu.be/ftMEhzOYiZE

#DnDHistory #MasqueOfTheRedDeath #TTRPG
October 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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✨👕Day 174 of Nerd Fashion Monday! 174 days of non-repeated geek shirts! One of my 3 most favorite Peanuts specials!

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October 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Just dropped a HUGE Patreon exclusive:

13 pages converting Masque of the Red Death (AD&D 2E) to Old School Essentials! Firearms! Corruption! Classes!

Gothic horror meets B/X, and it sets up my 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟭𝟬/𝟮𝟭!

Patreon: www.patreon.com/DaddyRolledA1

#oldschoolessentials #ttrpg #dnd
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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My latest video explores 4 early horror RPGs that paved the way for Ravenloft and D&D’s darker side.

I also dig into the ancient history of the D20, from Ptolemaic Egypt to today’s gaming tables.

📺 Watch that segment → youtu.be/9SvAoguzjtY?...

#DnDHistory #OSR #TabletopRPG
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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✨👕Day 173 of Nerd Fashion Monday! 173 days of non-repeated geek shirts! Repping my favorite comic book store, Collector's Paradise in Pasadena!

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October 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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New on my Patreon: D12 Horror Character Concepts, ready for your old-school Halloween sessions!

🎲 12 class ideas • Two 1d8 creepy tables • 1d20 NPCs • Fear & Composure ideas and advice.

🎃 $5 tier download NOW!

👉 patreon.com/daddyrolleda1

#OSR #DnDHistory #TTRPG
October 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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✨👕Day 172 of Nerd Fashion Monday! 172 days of non-repeated geek shirts! (2 days late!) Wore this to Tron: Ares Premiere in Hollywood. Saw NIN after!

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October 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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My new video is live!

Explore the real origins of D&D’s demons, devils, and daemons, from Tolkien to Dante to ancient myth. Part of my October 2025 Horror Series.

Watch here: youtu.be/n7Rz12iM1mA

#DnDHistory #OSR #TabletopRPG
October 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Wow! A Canadian professor teaching a D&D course cited Daddy Rolled A 1 as an inspiration, and even used a book I reviewed as his textbook!

🎲📚 Huge thanks to everyone who watches & supports the channel.

the-artifice.com/dungeons-dra...

#DnDHistory #OSR #TTRPGCommunity #TabletopRPGs
October 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Did you know TSR published official D&D settings where you could:

🐉 Play as a dragon?
⚔️ Fight in a war with no heroes?
🦖 Explore a lost world of dinosaurs?

They were some of the strangest D&D settings ever published… and may players missed them!

Watch the full story: youtu.be/u6mbzNzBEUM
September 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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✨👕Day 171 of Nerd Fashion Monday! 171 days of non-repeated geek shirts! Negroni Week 2025 ended yesterday. This was the shirt I got this year!

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A smiling man standing in front of a home bar and a neon yellow "Y" sign, holding a Negroni and wearing a t-shirt that reads "Negroni Week: a drink for a cause; Imbibe - Campari". Behind the man are bottles of spirits and liqueurs on top of the bar, and pictures hanging on the wall. Two balloons are behind his right shoulder.
September 30, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Beyond D&D, TSR built RPGs about gangsters, pulp heroes, dogfights, and even Conan & Indiana Jones.

Inside were mechanics D&D never adopted, like reputation, corruption, and cinematic stunts.

These are TSR’s forgotten RPGs.

🎥 Watch Now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpat...

#DnDHistory #TTRPG #TSR
September 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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✨👕Day 170 of Nerd Fashion Monday! 170 days of non-repeated geek shirts! A Halloween-themed store logo design my friend had made last year!

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September 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Early D&D wasn’t *just* about heroes.

It was about torchbearers, mercenaries, and specialists: the henchmen & hirelings that made parties work.

Henchmen, Hirelings & Followers: Their history & how to use them in modern games.

🎥 New video out now! youtu.be/rXqdnfKS420

#DnDHistory #OSR #TTRPG
September 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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✨👕Day 169 of Nerd Fashion Monday! 169 days of non-repeated geek shirts! Working at my friend's record store. This seemed appropriate.

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September 16, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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My 1st Patreon adventure is LIVE: The Bone Mill

A creepy, old-school dungeon you can drop right into your campaign.

Join for $5 → get it instantly, plus future exclusive adventures + GM tools: patreon.com/DaddyRolledA1

#DnD #OSR #TTRPG #indieRPG
September 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM