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@elmc.at
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Blogging about TTRPGs among other things.
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That's cool but that's not me 😅
January 15, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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15/31
January 15, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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If your mothership campaign is a string of small community modules, @orchardmartin.bsky.social shows how downtime can be the glue. a couple smart additions and you've got a real campaign framework

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Mothership Campaign Framework: The Anti-Carousing Table - Pointless Monument
I have many pamphlets but I must campaign: A Mothership table story Mothership one-shots are a lot of fun! (enough to make me write a blog post
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January 15, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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@lukegearing.bsky.social made a slick little mechanic for tracking favours. love it for the debt-economy vibe

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Contacts and Favours - Luke Gearing
Player Characters can call on their contacts for help. Often this is just information, but it might be muscle, gear or setting up a meeting with
lukegearing.blot.im
January 15, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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GM mindset that you need to have figure it all out and are responsible for the fun translate 1:1 to the latter
January 14, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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14/31
January 14, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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One of my favorite posts this year is from goblinzone, looking at hacking and how to make it a fun, problem-solving challenge instead of abstracting it into skill checks or building bespoke minigames for individual classes

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Making Hacking an OSR Style Problem
How to design believable, gameable computer systems quickly
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January 14, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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@samsorensen.bsky.social cooked up a great little taxonomy: three questions that quickly reveal your rpg tastes (problem-solving vs storytelling, authority, rules vs world focus), with examples of games that fit different answers. this is really good!

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Sam’s Three-Question Taxonomy - Sam Sorensen
When I sit down to read a new RPG book or play at a new RPG table, I’ve got three questions in mind. Basically all of my behavior at the table is
samsorensen.blot.im
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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13/31
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My daily Bloggies picks (13):

@goblinpunch.bsky.social encourages you to write your own dungeon. we should be empowering people to create. ideally a game system already gives you that confidence, but if not, maybe this post will

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A Dungeon of Your Own
Have you written your own dungeon? Everyone should write a dungeon at least once.  You'll be able to write stuff that you like, and stuff th...
goblinpunch.blogspot.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Figuring out what a magic item does should be fun. too secret is frustrating, and a plain identify action is boring. Luckily, @directsun.bsky.social has a great tips on making it interesting

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Magic item identification, the fun way
Experimenting to identify magic items CAN be fun, provided that the magic item itself was designed right.
puzzledungeon.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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@knightattheopera.bsky.social has a great series on @jdragsky.bsky.social's upcoming game Seven-Part Pact. not gonna lie, nothing has gotten me more excited for a game than reading this

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Seven-Part Pact: Time
We sometimes joke that blogging is a method of exorcism for the game design demons inside us. And right now, I'm possessed by the demon call...
knightattheopera.blogspot.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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christmas comes early this year!
January 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM