Post-Scriptum About Bullet Points
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“Feel free to retract your post” was said to me this morning. And people
get mad if I say hobbyists are bad at reading. Look at the frame from Alice
I pick...
the leopard wind of the stolen world
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it's all about that kitty kitty cat cat cat
the spots on a leopard are not. they are holes instead, and the Leopard
Wind blows through them like a flute. ...
I Ran: The Dose Makes The Poison (Using Mothership)
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*A rescue (note: definitely not a kidnapping) on an art deco pharma lab
with multiple ticking clocks — I ran The Dose Makes The Poison and these
are my t...
Micro-Blog: Preview and Micro-Reviews
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OKOK so I want to get at least one post out every month and here's my
hurried last-minute entry for May (been dealing with a lot lately, but I
have a fe...
A FEW CRYSTALS MORE 2 - IMPERIAL NOBLE CLASS
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A FISTFUL OF CRYSTALS SUPPLEMENTARY CLASS
NEW CLASS - IMPERIAL NOBLE
*Note: Imperial Nobles are a sort of “advanced class”, a substitute form
the trad...
Magic Spells as Shit I Have Around the House
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Sufficiently advanced technology blah blah blah. But I do think it's
helpful thinking of wizards as people with access to out-of-place
technology as a wa...
The DOOM approaches!
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THE FINAL HOURS! THE COUNT-DOWN BEGINS!
The Kickstarter for Doom of the Dark, the nightland adventure from Patrick
Stuart (me) and Amanda Lee, is nearly o...
RANDOM BLOGWAGON
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Issuing a challenge to all bloggers: blog about the topic of “randomness”
on a random day in June. Additional random tables are provided to assist
you in y...
Attack on Titan: An Informal Review
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Alright, my babies. We need to talk about *Attack on Titan*. I’m not an
anime head but, in 2013, the same friends who showed me *Sword Art Online*
also s...
Treasure Encumbrance Matrix
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Here’s a structure for planning out your treasure. See if you can create a
good variety of treasure that is easy to sell vs hard to sell and easy to
carr...
My Favorite Map
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Prismatic Wasteland has once again put out the call for a blogwagon, this
time about maps, and I’ve got to land this hot air balloon before the
deadline ...
Buddhism in a Bottle
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A couple months ago, I started using a GLP-1 for weight loss: Zepbound,
specifically. One of the Temu Ozempics. I’ve fought my weight my entire
life. As I ...
How to Talk About Difficulty
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Artist credit: Jeffrey Hummel
Gamers suck at talking about difficulty. It's one of those topics that
somehow never produces a good conversation. It's mire...
I went to GaryCon 2026
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*and I didn't even get to see the Cabinet*
Last weekend I went to GaryCon for the first time and I had a wonderful
time.
I had been feeling a bit cooked...
Review: The Crooked Moon
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In October 2021, the popular tabletop RPG actual play channel Legends of
Avantris began releasing episodes of their “Edge of Midnight” *Dungeons &
Dragon...
Referee Sabotage
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It is an old saw that players are bad at executing their plans. Imagine
this common scene: the party have some big job that requires planning;
perhaps robb...
The Sacrament of the Minotaur
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This is the first of a small series of posts which will be about how I am
running Luke Gearing’s *Gradient Descent *in my Mothership home campaign.
This ...
Rings Of Reminder
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It wasn’t an existential threat like it was for many—but 2025 was for me
still quite a wrestle. The past two years have been.
I am still not over stuff t...
In 2025 I played twenty-nine role-playing games
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The year is almost over,
and I didn't do a *lot* of blogging here, regrettably. Turns out I can't
really juggle a day job, a crowdfunding campaign, and a ...
TTRPGs That are Actually Fun to Prep
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It’s helpful to find a media reviewer with clear preferences. If you know
what that person likes, then their review is much more useful to you. “She
hates ...
BLOGGIES 2024 Concludes!
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The Bloggies 2024 have come to a close, and what an incredible celebration
of TTRPG blogging it has been! A phenomenal range of talent, creativity,
and p...
Folie à Trois: Trophy Gold
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Below is a shared review of *Trophy Gold (2022)*, a fantasy adventure game
designed by Jesse Ross and published by The Gauntlet. Although it is
informed ...
Carrion
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*Carrion is the endless city. Time began in*
*Carrion, and in Carrion shall it end.*
*When the world was new, the Hornèd*
*Mother's child, the demiurge Cann...