“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the RingsThere is a place beyond home and hea…
I saw a YouTube video discussing backstory. I know backstory is not super popular in OSR spaces, but I like running game with background. The YouTuber expressed a tension between players wanting to introduce their own elements into the game…
This is a little different from my usual stuff but I had the idea that it would be fun to be able to play a card game with whatever cards you want. These rules require a little charity, because I think if you played it super seriously, it w…
Stats are kinda boring and weird. I don't always like how disconnected from the rest of the character they are. Roll under helps a lot with each point being meaningful, but I think there's more you could do. Here are some ideas.High Stat Ab…
The world as most know it, is the House. The House is particularity and inhabitation. The House is where the clocks run and the children play. It is the world of the now, the everyday, the things which belong and have their place.The Crawls…
This was the original method of character creation that I was going to use for my Weird Wanderings game. I had initially envisioned this game as another in-person ttrpg but my life really isn't super conducive to running such games, and fur…
“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the RingsThere is a place beyond home and hea…
I'm not a fan of Wizards of the Coast dragons. I don't really feel like this should be that controversial. The organization of dragons based on the colors of their scales and their kind of breath weapon which also allows for good dragons in…
I've accidentally started a new world building project. I started babbling about where my daughter could visit in Dreamland while putting her down for a nap. I wanted to share this with you in as unvarnished a way as possible as I have for
Magic is back! At least that is what you are determined to prove. You and other like-minded individuals have taken it upon yourselves to revive English Magic and to bring back to the forefront, the arts of practical wizardry which have for
The World Bloom is a world on a flower which floats on the black seas of infinity. You can read about it here: Part 1 Part 2 The Jeweled Throne of Sparkling Khandar is weakened. The Princess Phelice has gone missing, either kidnapped or kil…
Whether they know it or not, your players are always looking for trouble. In Munchkin, when you kick down the door, meaning you draw from one of the decks it means that you either find a monster you have to fight or you suffer a curse or yo…