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    Just released: Nōn-swich (PWYW)

    Nōn-swich is an atypical, system-agnostic TTRPG (more story, less game) about the last moments you never had. Enjoy. If you like it enough to donate a bunch, consider buying Bone Up (details at link) and get this game for free alongside it! :smile: https://merwins.itch.io/nonswich
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    Campaign end based on character/role

    Has anyone thought of this already, or tried it? I was rewatching The Old Guard (worth it). Then I started thinking of other shows. If you lose the main character, the show is basically over. You can call it the same show, but it's different. Feels different. If you lose a key character...
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    Just released: Bone Up

    Head over to itch.io to grab my just-published system-agnostic comedy guide and resource for TTRPGs. Is it worth $20? That's pretty much an audience question. There's all kind of original funny for you to discover, and after reading, I'm confident you'll come up with plenty of great ideas...
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    Just one...

    So this pops up in my feed. Now, I know people know what "equitable" or "polite" behavior is. Like, you wouldn't do this at work. But I'm in quite a mood today, and so I'm trying to figure out how I would stop something like this, just like I have nasty surprises in store for people who try to...
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    [New Release] Silt Verses rpg

    I've had a tough time getting into the podcast, but I keep hearing good things, so I'm gonna keep trying. The RPG dropped, so there's a little more impetus. Based on the 1/2 episode I've been able to get through, and the RPG blurb, it feels like a cross between a slow-burn Delta Green plus UA...
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    The Devil's Plan

    Yeah, maybe this belongs in a different category. Too bad, for now. The first episode of the Korean game/reality show The Devil's Game (on Netflix) is distinctly a role-based board game. Out of the gate, it's showing me exactly how amateur of a game designer I am. It feels quite deep and...
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    Characters as player influencers

    Roleplaying is a process of exploring possibilities. What if such-and-such a personality had to go through such and such an experience? What would happen? But we are necessarily constrained by our imagination and history. In other words, we create new characters based on things we've seen or...
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    Help! I want to build a reliable longer-term game!

    Real time voice. Not 5e. Simpler than 5e. Open to any genre. No full-on gonzo. A little grounding helps build an enduring game. Fights or other occasional high energy action/conflict is important. Having a fight take all session is bad. Actual RP is important. Representing ones...
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    TTRPG hobbyist categories

    I just flipped through a reddit post, and a ways down, there was the beginning of a very interesting subthread on "gatekeeping" Other than people completely missing the opportunity to ask whether it was "Baldur's gatekeeping," it got me thinking. Has anyone already explored non-pejorative...
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    Hidden gems

    Gems are TINY, with fewer than 20 pages and no reliance on micro font sizes. Gems are SHINY, memorably reflecting or refracting light just so. Gems are SOLID, with substantial presence independent of the reader. Gems are COMPLETE with no more setting or system needed. Gems inspire GREED...
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    Arrhythmia (a Heart campaign) -- Writeups

    TO DISCUSS related GAMING (non-session) topics, please start a thread in the RP forum. (And link back here, maybe?) I am inviting my players to post character journals in this thread to keep this story going. I'll post additional general insights and story overview (not character perspectives)...
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    Should I start up a Medium site?

    Is trying to cultivate a subscription site worth it? Ideas seem like they're worth a dime a dozen...but at the same time, I suppose people continue to buy them. I already have a library of stuff prepped to stage out periodically while I continue to create more. I'm working on getting a...
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    Illustrative how-to guides for building adventures...

    Some published adventures are better than others. But some are not adventures at all. In fact, I daresay that most of the OSR materials that attract my attention are those that spark my own creativity. There's a problem with them (and with many other adventures), in that they often don't...
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    Heart RPG (looking for 2-4 players)

    I'd like to run a Heart game. Looking for a few good peeps to help me get it started, and even keep it going. I've played multiple times, and none of the games feels like a Heart game. So I'm gonna put my dice where my mouth is. Or something. Heart presents itself as highly character-centric...
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    "the 'Black Hack for Everything' era is well passed now"

    Curious what others thought of this stray comment from the referenced post. I've never thought of one system for everything, or even using a system solely for what it was "designed" to do. And I constantly see people designing and redesigning based on elements from prior games, so....
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    Anyone effectively monogamEous?

    You play one game system or setting. You might look at others. But really, you only play the one. What game is it, and why? Only asking because I'm feel like should have found my perfect game by now. In fact, I think I've found my "perfect" game (Trophy), but I still keep going to key...
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    Have: crappy description | Want: to find RPG

    I remember seeing a fantasy setting book that looked like it was heavy on jungle environments or a jungle world. I'm not sure if it was all tribal-based, but all the magic was based off of the biosphere and maybe even plant-heavy. Can't even think of the right words to describe this. Biomagic...
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    Inspired by RPGs

    So, I just found this: GAKH. I can't get the link to work, so just append this to "www.amazon.com": /gp/product/B019RPCV50/ I'm trying to pretend I can learn what's good for me, so I'm not buying it. It flips the script. Most of the time, folks do RPG writing because they're inspired by...
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    Prose, prep, presentation, and poise

    I'm skimming through The Chaos Crier that came with my Black Sword Hack, looking for something simple to run, and I hit this line: "GM, DON'T PREP! Just read this once, and have fun improvising the actions of the various parties in reaction to what the characters do." This is followed by...
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    Cantrip: Somebody School Me!

    Dear Mods. Please don't ban me. I like it here. Everyone else, I need help. Someone explain to me what this means: "Cantrip is unabashedly queer and explicitly rejects the reactionary and unfun tropes that tend to show up in Magical Academy media and opts to tell a story that, while not free...
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