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GROGNARDIA – Tue, 16 April, 04:00 AM
Issue #22 of Polyhedron (March 1985) features an interesting piece of artwork by Joseph Pillsbury. I say "interesting" not solely for the subject matter of the piece – a downed spacecraft – but because Pillsbury is an artist I mostly remember for his humorous comics in the "Dragon Mirth" section of ... read more.
Dyson's Dodecahedron – Mon, 15 April, 11:31 PM
Welcome to Longboat Mountain. This is the first in a series of maps detailing adventure sites and locations on the trail up to Longboat Valley high atop Longboat Mountain. The mountain is named after the wooded valley (G) near the peak of the mountain – which contains what can only be described a... read more.
EN World Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Mon, 15 April, 11:07 PM
A monster hunt near Par Celundi becomes a trek through the dangers of Underland!... read more.
Dungeon Fantastic – Mon, 15 April, 09:32 PM
We played yesterday, Session 191, and I had a few more notes I'd forgotten yesterday. - the PCs fought a bunch of slicer beetles. I found it easier to just do TOTM, as they call it, winged ranges, and tracking the monsters by hand. I didn't bother to put all 20 of them into the turn tracker, make s... read more.
Pelgrane Press Ltd – Mon, 15 April, 08:12 PM
Dearest Mother, I was so pleased to receive your latest communication, taking particular delight in your account of the spring cotillion. If only I could have been there to witness Cecily’s debut! Please assure the great aunts that they needn’t worry about me in Paris. I have fallen in with a cadre... read more.
Rascal News – Mon, 15 April, 08:00 PM
It is almost impossible to purchase a physical copy of Heart Blazing. I’ve found two copies on eBay and… that’s it. This is deeply disappointing because Hearts Blazing is one of my favorite tabletop roleplaying games, period, and it deserves to be available to anyone who wants to purchase it. In add... read more.
GROGNARDIA – Mon, 15 April, 07:00 PM
By the time the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon series premiered in September 1983, I'd been playing D&D almost four years. I was also just shy of fourteen years old. Perhaps inevitably, I greeted the arrival of the cartoon with some trepidation, despite the involvement of Gary Gygax as its co-producer. ... read more.
POCGamer – Mon, 15 April, 06:00 PM
Dystopias are a popular setting for videogames and tabletop RPGs The post Dystopian Designing appeared first on POCGamer.... read more.
The Alexandrian – Mon, 15 April, 05:53 PM
Should the GM hide their rolls behind a GM screen or should they roll openly where the players can see the results? A lot of people actually think that hiding their dice rolls is the primary or even ONLY reason for a GM to use a screen, and this can even mire discussions about using GM screens in a... read more.
EN World Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Mon, 15 April, 05:05 PM
This week Jessica is speaking to Chris Legge about their contribution to Zine Month 2024. Lethe is a TTRPG that uses a unique mechanic for collaborative storytelling; rather than players building their character in advance, the GM builds each player character. Players start with a blank character ... read more.
D&D Beyond – Mon, 15 April, 04:44 PM
Take a trip through time as we explore the origins of Vecna and his nefarious plots throughout each edition of Dungeons & Dragons!... read more.
GROGNARDIA – Mon, 15 April, 04:00 PM
Yesterday, Dan Collins and Paul Siegel of the Wandering DMs channel hosted a truly excellent interview with author Michael Moorcock, creator of Elric of Melniboné, among many other memorable fantasy characters. Regular readers of this blog – and lovers of pulp fantasy in general – will definitely fi... read more.
Kobold Press – Mon, 15 April, 03:52 PM
It’s Midgard Monday! Each week, we visit a corner of the wide world of Midgard. Look for standalone content you can drop into your campaign—whether it’s in Midgard or your own homebrew. Find new inspiration each Midgard Monday! Conflict between the Seven Cities and the occupied territory of Rume... read more.
Richard Green | Game Designer – Mon, 15 April, 03:30 PM
Tyranny of Dragons was the first full D&D 5e campaign I ran, starting back in 2015. Here’s the write up from the 31st session in which the PCs confront the Green Wyrmspeaker Neronvain and the green dragon Chuth yet again. Begin here with Session 1 – Greenest in Flames. 12th Hammer, 1491 DR (contd.)... read more.
Azukail Games – Mon, 15 April, 03:02 PM
Species of Sundara: Dwarves (5E) introduced the Takatori dwarves, known for their tattoo culture. The Takatori dwarves of Sundara boast an intricate tattoo culture, and those who can understand the tattoos can determine a dwarf’s marital status, trades, origin, successes and more just by examining t... read more.
Rascal News – Mon, 15 April, 02:00 PM
This is a community submitted press release.You know the way these stories go: thirteen years ago, four struggling musicians made a deal with the Devil. What were they chasing? Fame, riches, adoration. Your classic Devil fare.What happened next? Well, you know the way these stories go: the damned fo... read more.
Rise Up Comus – Mon, 15 April, 01:13 PM
The OSR space has discussed the importance of framing interesting combats. It has not done the same amount of work to provide concrete advice on running interesting social encounters. This post tries to talk about how to make social encounters more interesting and give more space for player choice.T... read more.
From the Sorcerer's Skull – Mon, 15 April, 11:00 AM
To its foes, the Draconic Empire is perhaps the greatest threat to the peace. Rapacious and destructive as the chromatic dragons that founded it, it will enslave the free peoples of the world, burning what it cannot hold, either wittingly or unwittingly enacting the vengeance of the chromatic dragon... read more.
EN World Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Mon, 15 April, 10:41 AM
This Level Up: Advanced 5E book delves into starships, space travel, and starship combat.... read more.
Gnome Stew – Mon, 15 April, 10:00 AM
Licensed games usually take the approach of presenting material that can happen far away from the canon events of the setting. This works especially well in settings like Star Trek or Star Wars, where there is a literal galaxy of locations available for storytelling. Player characters may hear abou... read more.
The Gameatory – Mon, 15 April, 09:04 AM
For the next ten days, the heroes rested in Dulwich, reflecting on their experiences and re-equipping themselves for the coming struggle. Two factions yet lurked in and under the keep—the Blood Moon goblins and the bandits—and both demanded the characters’ attention. Eventually, it was decided to de... read more.
Seed of Worlds – Mon, 15 April, 08:29 AM
Interesting links tripped over this past week. For even more, see the previous list found here or you can check the RPG Blog Carnival or on Third Kingdom Games news roundup. Originally inspired by weaver.skepti.ch End of Week links. Tabletop Curiosity Cabinet gives us Resurrection: Having my cake ... read more.
Sly Flourish – Mon, 15 April, 06:00 AM
This article is one in a series where we look at types of adventures and examine how we prepare them. how we run them. what pitfalls we might run into. how we avoid these pitfalls. These articles include: Dungeon Crawls Infiltrations and Heists Investigations and Mysteries Overland Exploration an... read more.
Roleplaying Tips – Mon, 15 April, 05:10 AM
We need not know every way to Fail Forward. We only want a few reliable go-tos. In the discussion after last night’s Story Stakes Workshop, the topic of skill checks came up. For d20 games, I mentioned that a fail doesn’t have to be a hard no or a binary 0 result. Any game system […] The post Failin... read more.
GROGNARDIA – Mon, 15 April, 04:00 AM
An aspect of Dungeons & Dragons – and, by extension, all fantasy roleplaying games – that I find equally fascinating and frustrating is the way that it adopts and adapts the mythology and folklore of the real world in order to provide fodder for new spells, magic items, and (especially) monsters. I ... read more.