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wobblerocket 🎲🎮 @wobblerocket.com · 12h

I'm working on a (somewhat late) roundup post for the September RPG blog carnival.

If you haven't sent me your article, now's the chance.

September RPG Blog Carnival – Magic Rocks – WobbleRocket

www.wobblerocket.com

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 1d

Shiny TTRPG links #245

My outboard memory, your linky gain

seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2025/10/shin...

#ttrpg #osr #dnd #diyrpg

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Woefully Encysted Creature @forlornencystment.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about the prevalence of monster poaching, egg-snatching, and giant beaver slavery in AD&D, why it's even more Evil than it sounds, & why that has kind of fun gameplay implications, plus some musings about how much you might be able to sell a mind flayer brain for.

The Monster Economy of AD&D

AD&D's most endangered creature. We all know that larger towns and cities will usually have a market for dragons . That is, it is generally ...

forlornencystment.blogspot.com

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Swan and Raven Studio @swanandravenstudio.com · 4d

Drumroll please...

HELLO//GOODBYE is a charity bundle containing 203 games for only $12. Every dollar goes directly to Virginia charities providing free legal aid to people facing injustice. Available now until November 5th.

itch.io/b/3276/hello...

HELLO//GOODBYE Charity Bundle for Legal Aid. available until November 5th, 6PM EST

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 3d

Review of Hyena Child - a city sandbox of 1630s Alexandria with a grounded feel, packed full of hooks, sites and factions

seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2025/10/revi...

#dnd #osr #ttrpg

Review: Hyena Child

tl:dr; a city sandbox with a grounded feel, packed full of hooks, sites and factions to sustain a good chunk of play. I grabbed this in the...

seedofworlds.blogspot.com

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 5d

Your (semi-)regular r/osr blogroll - come share your great ideas!

www.reddit.com/r/osr/commen...

#ttrpg #DnD #bx #OSE #DIYrpg #rpg #GLOG #OSR #POSR #NSR

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 7d

@murkdice.bsky.social had a cool idea for hex/sub-hex encounter tables and I gave it a spin as part of Hexcrawl25 - combo's well with other faction-hex tools

seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2025/10/actu...

#osr #ttrpg #dnd #diyrpg

Actual Test: Murkmail Mixed Hexes Technique

Murkmail had a cool idea for hex/sub-hex encounter tables - Mixing hexcrawl encounter tables and I gave it a spin as part of Hexcrawl25. I...

seedofworlds.blogspot.com

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 9d

Shiny TTRPG links #244

seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2025/09/shin...

#ttrpg #osr #dnd #diyrpg

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Lorde Stan Account @knightattheopera.bsky.social · 11d

My lawyer @prismaticwasteland.com has cleared me of any liability for sharing this meme edit I made:

Meme about the game Mausritter. The left panel is labeled "expectation," and depicts two cute mice doing little cozy mousey things. The right panel is labeled "reality" and depicts one traumatized mouse cradling the bleeding corpse of another mouse in their arms, edited from the painting "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan" by Ilya Repin.

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 11d

I can only encourage you to stroll along and add your links - think of the joys of the redditor who will stumble across your previously unknown-to-them blog and be amazed

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 11d

The r/osr blogroll - slightly late this week but nonetheless come share your great ideas!

www.reddit.com/r/osr/commen...

#ttrpg #DnD #bx #OSE #DIYrpg #rpg #GLOG #OSR #POSR #NSR

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 12d

Raccoon videos are good inspiration for goblin behaviours

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 16d

Shiny TTRPG links #243

seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2025/09/shin...

#ttrpg #osr #dnd #diyrpg

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 19d

The latest r/osr blogroll - share your great ideas!

www.reddit.com/r/osr/commen...

#ttrpg #DnD #bx #OSE #DIYrpg #rpg #GLOG #OSR #POSR #NSR

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Amanda P. ➡️ PAXU @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 21d

Today my new adventure Orestruck is officially released! Return to the Tannic Forest to confront monstrosities, both magical and mundane.

Itch weirdwonder.itch.io/orestruck
DrivethruRPG www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

@spacepenguinink.bsky.social spacepenguin.ink/collections/...

Image with black background of a figure holding a torch in a cave that looks like teeth with the Words Orestruck an adventure by Amanda P. out now

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 21d

Adventuresome Times Getting Your Magic Rocks - #RPGBlogCarnival prompt from @wobblerocket.com looking at dangerous power sources and their quest potential

seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2025/09/adve...

#osr #ttrpg #dnd

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 22d

A roundup of the biggest blog bandwagon ever: over 69 different bloggers wrote about their Appendices N and I collected and categorized them all for you
#osr #ttrpg

Bandwagon Roundup: The Appendices Ns

Over 69 (!) bloggers came together for the largest bandwagon of the year and I round them all up for your perusal

prismaticweekly.substack.com

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 22d

Shiny TTRPG links #233

seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2025/09/shin...

#ttrpg #osr #dnd #diyrpg

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 24d

The hour is once more nigh for us to turn our eye to LICHJAMMER

lizardsaintstone.blogspot.com/2023/02/lich...

#spelljammer #dnd #ttrpgs #osr

a lizard rests upon a stone: LICHJAMMER LICHJAMMER LICHJAMMER LICHJAMMER LICHJAMMER

lizardsaintstone.blogspot.com

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · Sep 8

good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...

The Expressionist Games Manifesto

“Work! Intoxication! Brain-racking! Chewing, eating, gorging, rooting up! Rapturous birth pangs! Jabbing of the brush, preferably right…

possumcreek.medium.com

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 24d

Looking at new campaigns on Obsidian Portal in 2025 - stable trend since 2023 - 5e still 2/3 of campaigns, little sign of change anywhere.

On the one hand, this is a 'nothing to report' report, on the other, the stability is the point.

seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2025/09/new-...

#data #ttrpg #dnd

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Attronarch @attronarch.bsky.social · Sep 16

21 lessons learned after running 100 sessions of an open ended sandbox where the world is alive and is actively shaping and being shaped by the players: attronarch.com/21-lessons-l...

#OSR #DnD #TTRPG

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · 26d

The latest r/osr blogroll - share your great ideas with us!

www.reddit.com/r/osr/commen...

#ttrpg #DnD #bx #OSE #DIYrpg #rpg #GLOG #OSR #POSR #NSR

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · Sep 7

Of course! Feel free to use it as you please 😁

Onegeon Jam Logo by ToucantSam

toucantsam.itch.io

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xaosseed @xaosseed.bsky.social · Sep 6

My own personal Appendix N for the Appendicitis N jam from @prismaticwasteland.com - noting that but for the hobbit, the venn overlap with AD&D Appendix N is nil.

seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2025/09/own-...

#ttrpg #dnd

Own Personal Appendix N

In response to the Appendicitis N Blogwagon and Prismatic Wastelands request for "a list of inspirational media (books, movies, comics, vid...

seedofworlds.blogspot.com

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