Society And The Artist; The Puppet And Its Shadow
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Last Saturday morning we were at Balai Seni Negara, the National Art
Gallery, to visit its conservation unit, to pore over its collection of
wayang kulit...
Why is the rumor false?
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I don't like false rumors. A false rumor is a wasted opportunity to give
players an information key to a future lock. Too many false rumors create
an un...
Arden Vul Weasels – Session 23
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The Weasels face demons and map rooms. Referee: Havoc Lykourga, the
Glamorous Threadspinner, an imperial goblin who dreams of the sea (Level 6
Magic-User/L...
Fletchwind Kickstarter
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My friend Hilander is publishing a zine.
It is called Fletchwind. It is a city supplement for Cairn.
You can click the link to read more about the cont...
E3: It’s Always Trade-Offs
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Episode Synopsis Paul and Dusey ask and answer: is player agency always
sacrosanct? Should every new roleplayer start in a dungeon? Did Tolkien
know how to...
Mega Informal Review
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Been having a stressful time lately. These are things I’ve read or seen
lately and have had thoughts about (if short). Just need to exorcise.
*Primetime* ...
Mothership Month 2026
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*Mothership Month is coming November 1 - November 30,* back to our
regularly scheduled timeslot. With one big caveat: *No crowdfunding this
year.*
I don...
The Common Store of Monsters
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I am slowly grinding my way through the re-writes for Veins of the Earth.
As part of the re-write I have re-organised the ‘Pariahs of the Earth’
monsters ...
"Jaquays Your Dungeon" - Another OSR Maxim
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Be Cautious of Maxims
As I've written before, the "OSR" loved its maxims, short phrases that try
to describe shared principles and act as a way of mutual...
Why I closed up shop
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Feel free to dismiss everything I say here as just the mad ramblings of a
man in the middle of a meltdown. If you want a quick explanation, you can
always ...
June 27th Megagame: Super-Diplomacy
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The evening of Saturday, June 27th, 2026, some friends and I—including
Walid from Dead Letters and ty from *OVER/UNDER*—are running a megagame
version of...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...