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Inkwell Ideas – Thu, 01 October, 04:45 AM
This month is a new Drawtober: 31 drawing prompts related to the Shadowdark RPG, 1 a day, each day through October. But I’m borrowing the daily drawing prompts for a series of writing prompts. They’ll usually be short. Today’s prompt is Torches. Torches make for great 1-use area spell effect magic i... read more.
I Cast Light! – Thu, 01 October, 04:16 AM
Not Dead...Yet...Related to this very long ago post, but demonstrates why blogging is peak when its just half-scribbled notes to yourself. Maybe also related to skeleton as class. Basically, I was thinking of an OSR game where one wouldn't die, but maybe could become a shade when at 0 or negative HP... read more.
Explorers Design – Thu, 01 October, 04:05 AM
The Explorateur: Year 3!This is the 24th issue of The Explorateur, which makes next month's issue the start of its third year. As is tradition, here are a few updates and improvements.New title system. This issue is the first one with the month and year in its title. This will make it easier to know... read more.
Birdmilk's RPG Cafe – Thu, 01 October, 04:00 AM
(Header image is a collage of suffering during the dust bowl prepared for our session by Hat!) Prologue Dust,Where a civilisationFlourished.[…]You proud ones, proud of the skillWith which you play this game—Civilization;Do not forget that it is a very old game.[…]There is a circle around ChinaWhere... read more.
GROGNARDIA – Thu, 01 October, 04:00 AM
While I remain focused on finishing the second edition of Thousand Suns – hence my continued absence from posting here regularly – I was nevertheless determined that I would not forget to commemorate the birthday of Dave Arneson this year, as I have too often in the past. Rather than rehearse why I ... read more.
Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal – Thu, 01 October, 03:21 AM
October is, naturally, the eighth month of the Roman Calendar (although the tenth month of ours). It seems the Romans had no special association for October beyond Autumn, but we have Halloween! So the theme on the Sea of Stars Design Journal for this month will be Monsters and Monstrous Things! S... read more.
ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Thu, 01 October, 12:39 AM
At the End of 2026; White Wolf Brings Publishing Back In-House... read more.
TTRPG Fanatics – Wed, 30 September, 11:47 PM
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. The past few years have been massive for the Starfinder RPG, with Paizo releasing a new edition of the game in the summer of 2025 and a slew of accompanying Starfinder 2E books. Yet, there’s still plenty of galaxy left to explore, with a wide... read more.
ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 30 September, 09:54 PM
Wednesday September 30, 2026... read more.
TTRPG Fanatics – Wed, 30 September, 09:39 PM
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. The past year has been a busy one for Paizo, with the publisher releasing a ton of new Pathfinder 2E books. Yet there’s still plenty coming down the pipeline, with a ton of new adventures and supplements officially announced for the coming mo... read more.
ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 30 September, 08:54 PM
After Racking Up $500K in Pledges on Kickstarter... read more.
D&D Beyond – Wed, 30 September, 08:47 PM
Meet the dragons of Azeroth and the signature powers that make them unforgettable at your table.... read more.
Save vs. Worm – Wed, 30 September, 08:06 PM
I was having a conversation earlier today with my girlfriend (check out her blog, Half Again As Much! She has a great post on there about spells collected by her dad Mike Gunderloy from the early days of D&D!) and in the course of that conversation she used the phrase "doubleganger" rather than dopp... read more.
Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal – Wed, 30 September, 07:31 PM
Gollaon and Voddick watched as the thief did a backflip off the rooftop. “Stop them!” yelled the commander of the Baron’s guards. Voddick and Gollaon looked to each other and than walked over the the edge of the rooftop. Looking down, there was no sign of the thief. The pair listened as the alarm wa... read more.
ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 30 September, 06:59 PM
'Marvel Zombies' Set Included in Wave of Drop Sets... read more.
Birdmilk's RPG Cafe – Wed, 30 September, 04:49 PM
(Header image by Leo Liu on Unsplash) Your available effort is a scarce resource, and you are constantly making decisions in an attempt to maximize value from that effort, whether you consciously consider it or not. Effort, in this case, includes time spent on an activity, but also the physical, ... read more.
This Vorpal Coil – Wed, 30 September, 04:12 PM
Espers derive their abilities from the plane of consciousness, so the techniques they command most naturally affect consciousness itself. Indeed, espers of the first degree (i.e. toposophic level 3) can only exert direct influence over the fundamentals of the mind: thoughts, emotions, sensations, an... read more.
Shadomain – All About Games – Wed, 30 September, 04:00 PM
At Shadomain we love having discussions with anyone interested in games and having more fun. We’ll suggest interesting topics for discussion in our groups and publish comments here and talk about them in our YouTube channel. If you want to add some comments to our discussions, join our private email... read more.
Rise Up Comus – Wed, 30 September, 03:38 PM
I watched Princess Arete and it got my brain going. What's the right word for this genre? I hesitate to say "Ghibli-esque" because it's so overused as to almost be meaningless, even as (especially as) a marketing term. Fairytale fantasy? French vanilla fantasy?It gave me the idea of a project, thoug... read more.
Inkwell Ideas – Wed, 30 September, 03:14 PM
Every convention, the Inkwell Ideas team finds games to play in the evening—in addition to our regular home games. Over the past year, we’ve been paying attention to what other players do well and what we can easily change to become better TTRPG players ourselves. Here are our top 10 tips for being ... read more.
The Alexandrian – Wed, 30 September, 03:00 PM
And they took the gifts that Nature left for them and turned those gifts to their own ends, shaping them through rites of chaos to become a teeming legion – least among their servants, but limitless in number. This scroll describes “seething caverns of chaos, impossible in their vast expanse” and f... read more.
ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 30 September, 02:53 PM
With #6 and Trades Set to Drop on November 4... read more.
ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 30 September, 02:06 PM
As Part of the 'Secret Lair' 'Corn Maze Superdrop' Ad... read more.
Gnome Stew – Wed, 30 September, 01:20 PM
Do you know how to take notes? I’m not talking about transcribing the events at your table verbatim, or jotting down panicked phrases from random sessions that may or may not be in chronological order. I’m talking about actual, useful, player notes. For the longest time, I trusted my memory as a... read more.
Explorers Design – Wed, 30 September, 12:00 PM
Filthy lucre. A designer's life.What do you charge for your work? How do you get paid? What's your rate? These are the questions I whisper to myself while exporting files and writing emails. The answer? Not enough, too late, and too low. I criminally undervalue my work. The perk and curse of having ... read more.
Benign Brown Beast – Wed, 30 September, 11:36 AM
For whatever reason, you’re considering using baseball cards as game pieces. Maybe you’re thinking about the Baseball Jam ’26, or maybe you’re just thinking about trading cards more generally. You remember what’s on a baseball card and roughly how the game works. Is that enough? Here’s what I found ... read more.
From the Sorcerer's Skull – Wed, 30 September, 11:00 AM
My mission: to read DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to the end of Crisis. This week, I'm looking at the comics that were on stands in the week of October 3, 1985. Crisis on Infinite Earths #10: It turns out Brainiac is not so dead as Psimon thought. As the Titan foe prepares to kill... read more.
EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Wed, 30 September, 10:00 AM
Supplements for Swordfish Islands, Age of Vikings, maps for Dolmenwood, a Halloween dice set, and more. And an RPG for Fifth Season (novel).... read more.
EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Wed, 30 September, 09:03 AM
The book is called Dungeons! Illustrated Maps Of Classic Dungeons & Dragons Adventures, and will be available on April 27th, 2027... read more.
ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 30 September, 08:07 AM
On ‘Dungeon Crawl Classics’ Comics... read more.
ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 30 September, 07:08 AM
At New York Comic Con... read more.
TRAIPSE – Wed, 30 September, 04:58 AM
Before he met his tragic end, Vørpé the Magic-User underwent just about every negative non-death setback a PC in my game could experience. I use death and dismemberment rules similar to this and a mutation table similar to probably every other one you've seen. I also have a boutique list of curses a... read more.
The Alexandrian – Wed, 30 September, 03:00 AM
In my Mothership open table, a character named Manny Vasquez recently died. One of the other PCs, Dürmig Ableton, decided to use one of his downtime actions to arrange a memorial service for Manny — a chance for everyone who had worked with him to share their memories and commend him to the wisdom ... read more.
Inkwell Ideas – Wed, 30 September, 02:08 AM
Below are our two previews of the month for our monthly map icons: Great Outdoors Battlemat and Settlement icons. Support us/get them via Patreon! (On the last day of the month we make a pinned post to get the icons via DriveThruRPG at no extra cost.) Out Battlemat set is huge (80+ icons), which is ... read more.
The Alexandrian – Wed, 30 September, 01:31 AM
Originally Written June 2000 Hera & Zeus is a two-person card game designed by Richard Borg, who won the coveted Spiel des Jahres in 1993 for Bluff. The title of the game should be a highly suggestive give-away of the concept which is being put into play: Hera and Zeus are feuding, and this time th... read more.
ars ludi – Wed, 30 September, 12:57 AM
The Kickstarter for the new Microscope is launching in one week: Tuesday, October 6th. This has been a long time coming. I’ve been tweaking and testing and experimenting for years, so I can’t wait to deliver a leaner, cleaner Microscope to you. Spread the word!... read more.