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BEHOLD: 60 festive hexes for your next Christmastime campaign from a variety of your favorite bloggers. Go give them a read and steal the best bits for your games
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
The Rankin Bass Hexmas Crawl — Prismatic Wasteland
A Christmas-themed hexcrawl setting with 60 hexes written from bloggers across the blogosphere.
www.prismaticwasteland.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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RELEASE: The complete #hexmas map is now available for you to peruse! Download the pdf version to see all the bloggers who contributed to this awesome blogwagon by @prismaticwasteland.com.
#blog #ttrpg #bloggers #blogosphere
bakenshake09.itch.io/hexmas-map-2...
#blog #ttrpg #bloggers #blogosphere
bakenshake09.itch.io/hexmas-map-2...
Hexmas Map 2025 by Bakenshake
A hexcrawl of all the hexes created by Bloggers for Hexmas 2025
bakenshake09.itch.io
January 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
RELEASE: The complete #hexmas map is now available for you to peruse! Download the pdf version to see all the bloggers who contributed to this awesome blogwagon by @prismaticwasteland.com.
#blog #ttrpg #bloggers #blogosphere
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#blog #ttrpg #bloggers #blogosphere
bakenshake09.itch.io/hexmas-map-2...
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If you have a spare $1 a month (budgets are tight so I would not assume anyone does honestly), I have a Patreon where I post early blogposts and early PDFs of my games. Also occasionally some exclusive stuff like this little retrospective.
2025 Retrospective | Prismatic Wasteland
Get more from Prismatic Wasteland on Patreon
www.patreon.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
If you have a spare $1 a month (budgets are tight so I would not assume anyone does honestly), I have a Patreon where I post early blogposts and early PDFs of my games. Also occasionally some exclusive stuff like this little retrospective.
Visit Pando's Noble Pines! toastedblogel.jofrank.com/posts/pandos...
toastedblogel.jofrank.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Visit Pando's Noble Pines! toastedblogel.jofrank.com/posts/pandos...
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Signing up is free! January issue is free (if you sign up!)
Zines will be 7 dollars!
One page monthly "insert" games/modules will be 3 dollars!
WHAT.
A.
DEAL.
Made hot and fresh and just for you!
Zines will be 7 dollars!
One page monthly "insert" games/modules will be 3 dollars!
WHAT.
A.
DEAL.
Made hot and fresh and just for you!
December 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Signing up is free! January issue is free (if you sign up!)
Zines will be 7 dollars!
One page monthly "insert" games/modules will be 3 dollars!
WHAT.
A.
DEAL.
Made hot and fresh and just for you!
Zines will be 7 dollars!
One page monthly "insert" games/modules will be 3 dollars!
WHAT.
A.
DEAL.
Made hot and fresh and just for you!
open.substack.com/pub/gestalti...
yes dude yessss duuuude. I'm so glad this post exists.
I LOVE FIAT
yes dude yessss duuuude. I'm so glad this post exists.
I LOVE FIAT
The Game Designer Is Another Player
Gaming Content as a Voice
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
open.substack.com/pub/gestalti...
yes dude yessss duuuude. I'm so glad this post exists.
I LOVE FIAT
yes dude yessss duuuude. I'm so glad this post exists.
I LOVE FIAT
smelling some projection in this analysis
December 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
smelling some projection in this analysis
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What my girl Jay said.
(Which is why I teach how to read & write about games alongside literary texts, as different as they often are)
(Which is why I teach how to read & write about games alongside literary texts, as different as they often are)
totally! a designer's intent gives you a lens thru which you can understand the game's choices. but designer intent is also a way to bandaid over careless design. trying to use it to discuss the game-text is (to me) like trying to read a book based on what the author meant for it to say
December 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
What my girl Jay said.
(Which is why I teach how to read & write about games alongside literary texts, as different as they often are)
(Which is why I teach how to read & write about games alongside literary texts, as different as they often are)
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As a first year blogger, I've keep notes on jokes and trends. Its all culminated in this post! Thanks to @elmc.at's graph work and @linkskywalker.bsky.social's Flux Space, I got the motivation I needed to create the Blogosphere Flux.
#blog #fluxspace #community
theplayreports.com/posts/blogos...
#blog #fluxspace #community
theplayreports.com/posts/blogos...
The Play Reports
Welcome to the Blogosphere
theplayreports.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
As a first year blogger, I've keep notes on jokes and trends. Its all culminated in this post! Thanks to @elmc.at's graph work and @linkskywalker.bsky.social's Flux Space, I got the motivation I needed to create the Blogosphere Flux.
#blog #fluxspace #community
theplayreports.com/posts/blogos...
#blog #fluxspace #community
theplayreports.com/posts/blogos...
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New Dungeon (in blog form): Castle Claus, or The Keep on the North Pole
A Rankin Bass Christmas-themed dungeon for the Merry Hexmas Blog Bandwagon. Possibly one of my more high effort blog posts to date
#osr #ttrpg
A Rankin Bass Christmas-themed dungeon for the Merry Hexmas Blog Bandwagon. Possibly one of my more high effort blog posts to date
#osr #ttrpg
Castle Claus: The Keep on the North Pole — Prismatic Wasteland
A Merry Hexmas location: dungeoncrawl through Santa Claus’ castle. Whether you lead an elf and reindeer uprising is up to you!
www.prismaticwasteland.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Blog map update!
- Added many more blogs
- Pulled in more historical post data (Substack, Ghost + others)
- Reworked the side-panel stats to be clearer
The new data also reshaped the communities. We're at eight now.
graph.elmc.at
- Added many more blogs
- Pulled in more historical post data (Substack, Ghost + others)
- Reworked the side-panel stats to be clearer
The new data also reshaped the communities. We're at eight now.
graph.elmc.at
Blogosphere Map
An interactive map of TTRPG related blogs, linked by who cites whom.
graph.elmc.at
December 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Blog map update!
- Added many more blogs
- Pulled in more historical post data (Substack, Ghost + others)
- Reworked the side-panel stats to be clearer
The new data also reshaped the communities. We're at eight now.
graph.elmc.at
- Added many more blogs
- Pulled in more historical post data (Substack, Ghost + others)
- Reworked the side-panel stats to be clearer
The new data also reshaped the communities. We're at eight now.
graph.elmc.at
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I am once against digging into AD&D. The question: Who can build a stronghold? Different classes can build different strongholds at different levels, but demihuman characters are limited to certain levels as certain classes. Who can attain a high enough level to build a stronghold in this world?
Who Can Rule a Stronghold in AD&D?
This is something interesting that came up when I was messing around with the AD&D DMG's Appendix B to create a sandbox ( okay, many sand...
forlornencystment.blogspot.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I am once against digging into AD&D. The question: Who can build a stronghold? Different classes can build different strongholds at different levels, but demihuman characters are limited to certain levels as certain classes. Who can attain a high enough level to build a stronghold in this world?
Check this out!!!
Not mine but I'm just so hyped that my Indonesian friend has made his first Tabletop RPG blogpost!
"the default dungeon is colonial"
open.substack.com/pub/beeboobu...
"the default dungeon is colonial"
open.substack.com/pub/beeboobu...
the default dungeon is colonial
when progression is built on taking
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Check this out!!!
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Announcement time!
I've gone and decided to move on from my google hosted Blogger blog, and instead do my own thing with my own domain. Check it out over here:
personable.blog/new-blog-sam...
I've gone and decided to move on from my google hosted Blogger blog, and instead do my own thing with my own domain. Check it out over here:
personable.blog/new-blog-sam...
New Blog, same nonsense
An inaugural post for my new domain.
personable.blog
December 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Announcement time!
I've gone and decided to move on from my google hosted Blogger blog, and instead do my own thing with my own domain. Check it out over here:
personable.blog/new-blog-sam...
I've gone and decided to move on from my google hosted Blogger blog, and instead do my own thing with my own domain. Check it out over here:
personable.blog/new-blog-sam...
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Since B1: In Search of the Unknown provides little context for the area where the dungeon adventure takes place, I created a sandbox in which to locate Quasqueton. I talk about my thought process & provide descriptions of several new locations to place in the area surrounding the dungeon.
Creating a Sandbox for B1: In Search of the Unknown
B1: In Search of the Unknown is a very self-contained dungeon module. That is, the dungeon is the module. There is a hint of civilization n...
forlornencystment.blogspot.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Since B1: In Search of the Unknown provides little context for the area where the dungeon adventure takes place, I created a sandbox in which to locate Quasqueton. I talk about my thought process & provide descriptions of several new locations to place in the area surrounding the dungeon.
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This holiday season, give your favorite creators the perfect gift: attention. A 5-star rating, a product review on Exalted, or even a share on Reddit.
www.explorersdesign.com/critmas-2025/
www.explorersdesign.com/critmas-2025/
Critmas Gift Guide 2025
The 3 gifts every game designer wants (and a holiday party idea).
www.explorersdesign.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This holiday season, give your favorite creators the perfect gift: attention. A 5-star rating, a product review on Exalted, or even a share on Reddit.
www.explorersdesign.com/critmas-2025/
www.explorersdesign.com/critmas-2025/
they should allow athletes to bet their sports but just on themselves winning
December 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
they should allow athletes to bet their sports but just on themselves winning
Sketching out my delta green onion game toastedblogel.jofrank.com/posts/deltag...
toastedblogel.jofrank.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Sketching out my delta green onion game toastedblogel.jofrank.com/posts/deltag...
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You have to be prepared to reinvent wheels, to teach, to mentor, to be annoyed, to be frustrated and bored if you actually want the field to grow and not just your own small patch of grass in it. It's surfing a wave, zigzagging up a hill, not walking a straight track.
At coffee just now with @lumpley.bsky.social, @epidiah.bsky.social, & Emily Care Boss, @acorncircus.bsky.social said “if you want new people coming into the space, you have to be prepared to have all the same conversations you’ve already had, because we haven’t had them yet” & he’s right.
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You have to be prepared to reinvent wheels, to teach, to mentor, to be annoyed, to be frustrated and bored if you actually want the field to grow and not just your own small patch of grass in it. It's surfing a wave, zigzagging up a hill, not walking a straight track.
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Starting at 1pm Central Time! Get REAL with Small Business SaturDAG with commissions done TO ORDER day of!!!
FANTASY!
SCI-FI!
HORROR!
SUPERHEROES!
AND MORE!
PLUS, A ONCE IN-A-LIFETIME OPPURTUNITY TO GET YOUR "MICE GAME" CHARACTERS DONE BY A CERTIFIED HATER!
FANTASY!
SCI-FI!
HORROR!
SUPERHEROES!
AND MORE!
PLUS, A ONCE IN-A-LIFETIME OPPURTUNITY TO GET YOUR "MICE GAME" CHARACTERS DONE BY A CERTIFIED HATER!
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Starting at 1pm Central Time! Get REAL with Small Business SaturDAG with commissions done TO ORDER day of!!!
FANTASY!
SCI-FI!
HORROR!
SUPERHEROES!
AND MORE!
PLUS, A ONCE IN-A-LIFETIME OPPURTUNITY TO GET YOUR "MICE GAME" CHARACTERS DONE BY A CERTIFIED HATER!
FANTASY!
SCI-FI!
HORROR!
SUPERHEROES!
AND MORE!
PLUS, A ONCE IN-A-LIFETIME OPPURTUNITY TO GET YOUR "MICE GAME" CHARACTERS DONE BY A CERTIFIED HATER!
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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...
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@directsun.bsky.social Invited me onto his podcast talking about Puzzle Dungeons and it was real fun. Give it a listen.
Youtube: youtu.be/NNiIE3DwChE
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5JyZ...
Youtube: youtu.be/NNiIE3DwChE
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5JyZ...
The Tomb of Eight Gates: Puzzle Dungeon Workshop
YouTube video by Direct Sun
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@directsun.bsky.social Invited me onto his podcast talking about Puzzle Dungeons and it was real fun. Give it a listen.
Youtube: youtu.be/NNiIE3DwChE
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5JyZ...
Youtube: youtu.be/NNiIE3DwChE
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5JyZ...
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Spine is probably the best TTRPG I've read or played all year, and — unbelievably — it's a solo TTRPG. Find out how this remarkable piece of work changed me, even as I changed it! idlecartulary.com/2025/10/30/i...
I Read Spine
I Read Games reviews are me reading games when I have nothing better to do, like read a module or write or play a game. I don’t seriously believe that I can judge a game without playing it, usually…
idlecartulary.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Spine is probably the best TTRPG I've read or played all year, and — unbelievably — it's a solo TTRPG. Find out how this remarkable piece of work changed me, even as I changed it! idlecartulary.com/2025/10/30/i...
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🎶HODAG'WEEN COMES ONCE A YEAR!
NOW IT'S HERE!
NOW IT'S HERE!
HODAG MAG-TIME! 🎶
NOW IT'S HERE!
NOW IT'S HERE!
HODAG MAG-TIME! 🎶
October 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
🎶HODAG'WEEN COMES ONCE A YEAR!
NOW IT'S HERE!
NOW IT'S HERE!
HODAG MAG-TIME! 🎶
NOW IT'S HERE!
NOW IT'S HERE!
HODAG MAG-TIME! 🎶
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I wrote a piece for the Lesbian With Teeth blog, on why lesbian literature has so many transgressive, Avant Garde and genre-pushing work and why it does so by being Like That.
lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/g...
lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/g...
Guest post: A Feminine Apocalypse Does It Raw
This post is a guest contribution from Lhuzie Fénix. One may recoil at defining something by what it is not, to think that is poor practice. However, that is just dishonest. Artistic movements are …
lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I wrote a piece for the Lesbian With Teeth blog, on why lesbian literature has so many transgressive, Avant Garde and genre-pushing work and why it does so by being Like That.
lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/g...
lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/g...