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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · Jul 3

I fell asleep for a hundred years in Thousand Year Old Vampire. This game can be so cruel at times. wyrdwald.com/game-journal...

Lucius - Thousand Year Old Vampire - Part 13

Lucius fall into a deep slumber for a hundred years.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · Jun 21

The Balsam Lake Unmurders by @paulczege.bsky.social finally arrived, love the personal note in the envelope! So rare these days. I’m a bit worried about The ink that bleeds which was ordered before this one. But it might just have been carried by a more sluggish pigeon. Time to solve an unmurder.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · Jun 13

Playing Thousand Year Old Vampire, in part 10 Lucius create a new immortal by accident. wyrdwald.com/game-journal...

Lucius - Thousand Year Old Vampire - Part 10

Lucius creates a new vampire through sloppy feeding in part 10 of the Thousand Year Old Vampire playthrough.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · Jun 3

The next instalment of my playthrough of Thousand Year Old Vampire part 7 is published here: wyrdwald.com/game-journal...

Lucius - Thousand Year Old Vampire - Part 7

Game journals for a playthrough of Thousand Year Old Vampire, the journaling RPG. Lucius discovers the flaws of his new arrangement and how he's been fooling himself.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 27

Playing Thousand Year Old Vampire. The prompt for this one was "Horrified at your new nature, you withdraw from society. Where do you hide? How do you feed? Create a stationary Resource which shelters you." - wyrdwald.com/game-journal...

Lucius - Thousand Year Old Vampire - Part 5

His new nature horrifies Lucius and he withdraws from society. Part 5 of the actual play of Thousand Year Old Vampire.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 26

Just backed Sin Eater, looks really cool. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hun... Now I just need to figure out how to speed up time until the summer of 2026..

Sin Eater

A journaling game about the absolute power to absolve or condemn

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 25

I had to paint one of mine, they always seem to come into play.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 22

Part 4 of my Thousand Year Old Vampire playthrough. This prompt was tough and painful. wyrdwald.com/game-journal...

Lucius - Thousand Year Old Vampire - Part 4

Guilt burdens Lucius as he reflects on what he's done. He tries to learn how to live with his new desires.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 20

In part 3 of the playthrough of Thousand Year Old Vampire, Lucius is trying to grasp for the life he once had. It's turning out to be hard. wyrdwald.com/game-journal...

Lucius - Thousand Year Old Vampire - Part 3

Playthrough of the journaling RPG Thousand Year Old Vampire. Lucius is trying to find his way back to a life in this new reality.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 18

Markdown and static site generators 👌

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 17

Question about the tarot cards that some journaling games use. On my site I've used simple html tricks to display regular playing cards for my prompts. Does anyone know of any type of image pack or trick to do the same for tarot cards? I'd want a consistent look to those card icons / images.

Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 16

The Magus by @momatoes.com arrived in the mail today. It looks amazing looking forward to trying it out. 😊

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 15

I'm Patrick. Writer and gamer. For TTRPGs I'm the GM more often than not. I have some thoughts about adventures to create and settings to flesh out. Recently started a new site for TTRPGs the initial focus is journaling games like Lost in the Deep or Thousand Year Old Vampire - wyrdwald.com

Tabletop games in fantastical worlds

A home for solo RPG adventuring and journals

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 15

My gameplay of Thousand Year Old Vampire continues, only at the second writing prompt I can feel how my vampire Lucius is changing. wyrdwald.com/game-journal...

Lucius - Thousand Year Old Vampire - Part 2

Part 2 of Lucius, an actual play of Thousand Year Old Vampire.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 13

I've started playing Thousand Year Old Vampire by @timhutchings.bsky.social So far I've published the character creation session along with part one of my roman vampire Lucius. He starts out as a happy guy.. wyrdwald.com/game-journal...

Lucius - Thousand Year Old Vampire - Character creation

In this series I play Thousand Year old Vampire the journaling RPG, this is session zero the character creation phase.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 11

Picked up Tangled Blessings by @cassi.mothwin.com from SfBok in Sweden. Seems really cool, looking forward to start playing.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 7

I'll keep an eye out :) Though graphics are always nice I liked the game as it is. Some small tweaks that come to mind is for the ace of hearts, as it says you should see if you found any stairs after you've written the daily journal. I never found any stairs so that wasn't a problem for me. :)

Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 6

I've finished my playthrough of the Lost in the Deep the journaling RPG. The final chapter is online here: wyrdwald.com/game-journal... Thank you @diogooldskull.bsky.social for creating the game, I had a blast! Next I'll post some thoughts, an epilogue if you will and then it's off to the next game.

Tordhir - Lost in the Deep - Part 8

The conclusion to Tordhir's story in the journaling RPG Lost in the Deep

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · May 1

In part 7 of my playthrough of Lost in the Deep I found that elusive ace of hearts with a promise of a way out, but also more hardship. wyrdwald.com/game-journal...

Tordhir - Lost in the Deep - Part 7

Tordhir remains Lost in the Deep, while not journaling he seeks the Heart of Stone

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Solo RPG chat. @solorpgs.bsky.social · Apr 28

Draw cards, lose yourself in quiet streets, forgotten memories, and flickering lights.
Hold on to your Light — or let the night take it.
A full game in a single trifold.
52 prompts. A fading journey. One night to remember.

In The Quiet Hours by zeruhur

A Solo Game of Wandering the Night

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · Apr 29

In part 6 of my playthrough of Lost in the Deep, the dwarf Tordhir at least wakes up feeling quite refreshed. wyrdwald.com/game-journal...

Tordhir - Lost in the Deep - Part 6

In part 6 of the journals of Tordhir in Lost in the Deep, the journaling RPG, he for once wakes up somewhat refreshed.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · Apr 27

This is in Swedish, but even without understanding the language you can see that the police will get involved. www.youtube.com/shorts/tyik2...

Brott i hiss

YouTube video by Freudian Slip Productions

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · Apr 24

The adventure of Tordhir, my dwarf in the journaling RPG Lost in the Deep, continues. Part 5 is online here: wyrdwald.com/game-journal...

Tordhir - Lost in the Deep - Part 5

Part 5 of Tordhir's adventure in an actual play of the Lost in the Deep journaling RPG.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · Apr 22

As I've only recently started paying attention to solo games, it feels as if I've missed so much. Luckily I was in time to back Solo Borg before the Kickstarter finished :) www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

SOLO BORG: Play MÖRK BORG on your own

Standalone single-player rules for bleak, brutal fantasy roleplaying — with tools for worldbuilding, quests, and desperate choices.

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Patrick Ogenstad @ogenstad.bsky.social · Apr 22

Part 4 of my story of the dwarf Tordhir playing Lost in the Deep is now online. Tordhir has survived another day. wyrdwald.com/game-journal...

Tordhir - Lost in the Deep - Part 4

Dreams of the outside are growing stronger. Tordhir is Lost in the Deep with only his journal and dark thoughts to keep him company

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