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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming
@cannibalhalfling.bsky.social
about 13 hours ago
"For this continuing System Hack I’m aiming to put together a #ttrpg that plays like a Colony Sim, and hopefully using Cortex Prime to do it. [First], though, it’s time to look at my core inspiration for taking this project on in the first place." - Aaron cannibalhalflinggaming.co….
System Hack: Colony Sim Cortex Inspiration

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System Hack: Colony Sim Cortex Inspiration

Video games don’t make for easy translations to RPGs, especially if the video game isn’t really an RPG itself. For this continuing System Hack I’m aiming to put together a tabletop RPG that plays l…

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Rascal News
@rascal.news
about 13 hours ago
Diving into game design, Daggerheart, Dungeons & Dragons, genre, and what makes a fantasy heartbreaker good enough to break your heart, @lincodega.com writes about their impressions of the new tabletop RPG from Darrington Press and comes away impressed.
Daggerheart does Dungeons & Dragons better than Dungeons & Dragons

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Daggerheart does Dungeons & Dragons better than Dungeons & Dragons

I’m a basic heartbroken fantasy bitch.

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Rascal News
@rascal.news
about 18 hours ago
After more than two decades, Magic: The Gathering once again has Caelyn in its alluring grasp.
Oh fuck, it’s actually good, isn’t it?

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Oh fuck, it’s actually good, isn’t it?

An autobiographical history of Magic: The Gathering.

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MeatCastle GameWare
@meatcastlegameware.com
about 23 hours ago
The latest Missive is out, and it's full of stuff! I run through Cairn 2e's faction/region creation (w/ map & setting notes), my first #TTRPG video essay (next one coming soon), dropped a free adventure PAWNS OF THE MIND MASTERS, and more cool stuff! Read it: meatcastle.substack.com/p….
Region & Faction Building in Cairn 2e

First, I ran through the Cairn 2e Region and Faction generation, as close to ā€œas writtenā€ as possible. I did a single small region with 2 factions, 3 biomes, and 5 points of interest. I’ll talk through my takeaways from the experience first, but you can find the full region and faction notes in the ā€œWelcome to BINTARWYEā€ section below.

First, I rolled up the region’s theme: A culture of inventive wealth with an abundance of horses and a scarcity of livestock. I love the combination of inventive + wealth as it instantly created this idea of their being unusual elements to how this region has
NEW VIDEO ESSAY

I recently created a short 4-minute video essay about pondering having children, creating TTRPG character backstories, and how hope is changed by experience throughout our lives. Folks have been enjoying it - maybe you will too!

My next essay topic: How Moving to an Island Reshaped How I GM Overland Travel
Freebie: PAWNS OF THE MIND MASTERS

It came with the rising of the full moon. ECKTA THE MIND MASTER, one of THE FOUR, crawled from thin air and overwhelmed the minds of every man, woman, and child in the remote village of HWEN.

Now, the village is awash with activity, as its citizenry—lost in a twisted dream of their everyday lives—gather the final components for THE PSYCHOGATE, the ultimate instrument of oppression.
MORE COOL STUFF

The pre-launch page for Twisting Unseen, a new Mothership adventure from Chris Airiau that was a part of The Meat Grinder—my short-lived (but very productive) TTRPG writing group—and that I had the privilege of doing some development work on, is up now on Backerkit. This adventure has some really cool board game-style tile placement elements connected to a great in-world premise where the PCs get in on knowing they are building their surroundings, much like their in-real-life player counterparts. It’s cool and pretty unique!
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Rowan
@dodo-decahedron.bsky.social
1 day ago
Grabbing onto the bumper of the blog bandwagon as it peels off and goes careening away into the night: dododecahedron.blog/2025/….
You Fall Down a Hole And…

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You Fall Down a Hole And…

100 weird holes for your dungeon.

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Wakim Olo
@wakimolo.bsky.social
1 day ago
Struggling to start an Ultraviolet Grasslands (UVG) campaign? For me, tables like this one helped a lot to grasp this strange setting. Here: 6 former traveler NPCs in Violet City astrofork.com/6-veteran-tr... #ttrpg #blog
6 veteran travelers in Violet City (for UVG)

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6 veteran travelers in Violet City (for UVG)

Long time no see! A couple of recent events slapped me in the face and reminded me that I need to show this blog some more love, so I decided to start posting some materials from my ongoing Ultraviole...

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Zedeck Siew
@zedecksiew.bsky.social
1 day ago
AUNTIE SA’S MIRACLE MIX! Eat a jar, sleep, dream you are being buried alive. The next day all injuries on you are healed. ā€œSecret formula. Don’t ask, okay?ā€ Auntie Sa winks. slowlorispress.com/post/7…. Wrote a baby-stealing monster based on the wasps we get around the house. 1/
POTTER WASP

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POTTER WASP

A trader selling herbal medicine, her beautiful children, and a trail of empty cribs. +++ A DAY FROM TOWN, BY A MUDDY BANK Auntie Sa is breaking camp. Her four daughters douse the fire pit; her two...

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Rascal News
@rascal.news
1 day ago
Critical Role will be touring their new new live show around major cities like Atlanta, Berlin, Edinburg... and @chasecarter.bsky.social's hometown of Fort Worth, Texas. While not an AP fan, ex-pat Chase reflects on what it means to him for the CR crew to mosey into his former back yard.
I didn’t want to see Critical Role’s live show, except they’re coming to my old back yard

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I didn’t want to see Critical Role’s live show, except they’re coming to my old back yard

It’s the principle.

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Wakim Olo
@wakimolo.bsky.social
2 days ago
Today, I publish for you 6 npcs to find in Violet City for Ultraviolet Grasslands, #UVG. They are travelers or former travelers who might offer advice and help to Kickstart a campaign. astrofork.com/6-veteran-tr... #rpg #blog
6 veteran travelers in Violet City (for UVG)

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6 veteran travelers in Violet City (for UVG)

Long time no see! A couple of recent events slapped me in the face and reminded me that I need to show this blog some more love, so I decided to start posting some materials from my ongoing Ultraviole...

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MeatCastle GameWare
@meatcastlegameware.com
2 days ago
That latest Missive has arrived! This one is a Mega-Missiveā„¢ featuring a dive into region/faction creation in Cairn 2e, the region I created, my first video essay, a FREE old-school pulp fantasy #TTRPG adventure, and loads more cool stuff. Read it out HERE: meatcastle.substack.com/p….
How We Generate Settings - Pt. 1

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How We Generate Settings - Pt. 1

Freebie: PAWNS OF THE MIND MASTERS - Cairn 2e Adventure!

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Marcia B.
@traversefantasy.itch.io
2 days ago
i’ve had epiphanies w.r.t. population management in #resourciv! since these are somewhat extensive and require a rebalancing of things… i think this will constitute a v0.2 🧐 traversefantasy.blogspot.….
Resourciv: Revamping Peeps, Part II

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Resourciv: Revamping Peeps, Part II

Okayyy this is going to be a lot. Had a breakthrough so I don’t feel quite done yet. Hex Assignment One of the original benefits of discrete...

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darjr
@darjr.bsky.social
2 days ago
Black Flag Reference Document will soon be in CC by #ttrpg #dnd #d&d #ttrpg #ccby www.enworld.org/threads/b….
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Caelyn
@caelyn.bsky.social
3 days ago
One of my regular gallows humour remarks to the rest of the @rascal.news crew is that it kinda sucks how our little worker-owned tabletop games site appears to have a better grasp of journalistic ethics and rigour than any of these big news rooms.

I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.

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Rascal News
@rascal.news
3 days ago
Draughts employees unanimously vote to strike — and management subsequently called the police on their peaceful rally
Draughts workers celebrated a unanimous strike vote with a rally and a police visit

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Draughts workers celebrated a unanimous strike vote with a rally and a police visit

"I’m ready to do whatever it takes to make sure we raise the industry standards and get treated fairly."

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Abbey
@abzkelly.bsky.social
3 days ago
Got mail! Very excited to dive into these! For the curious: $14.05 in import fees. (I ordered these before tariffs came to be, and will be buying local for the most part going forwards.) @rascal.news @moreblueberries.bsky.social
two notebooks, a tea, a pen, and a package on a table
two notebooks, project ecco, rascal year one zine, a pen and a tea on a table
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