Every year, I reread the LotR trilogy. This last year's reread amped me up and I started keying Middle-earth 12 miles at a time
Concurrently, without meaning to, I wrote a game to run the hexcrawl
I call it Lore - a Lord of the Rings Adventure Game retroclone
Here's what I think is fun about it🧵
Personally I mostly tried shifting to "digital agency" ("digitale Handlungsfähigkeit" in German) because it talks about what it's about rather than pointing at the "evil other"
Hi! I'm Hodag RPG. I'm a 4x Ennie Winning Illustrator and Gamesmaker, originally from Wisconsin.
Anti AI.
I do Black & White Interior illustrations for OSR and NSR projects! I love Star Wars, DC Comics and Pokémon alot. I hate bullies, bigots and jabronis.
Trad Games🤝 Progressive Everything Else
An old Life Magazine ad from 1940 animated by Studio Spud using Moho software (2D vector animation).
www.instagram.com/studio_spud
Minor updates to Rule 7 regarding self-promotion The r/rpg mods have made a few minor changes to Rule 7 to tighten up some loopholes and clarify some questions that we get asked regularly in modmail. These changes should result in absolutely zero impact to our regular users. The changes simply document common things that we are seeing in the queues and modmail and will allow us to moderate more effectively without having to explain the same things over and over in modmail. We have not changed the definition of an active user, or what is needed to post promotion. There are some minor grammar changes for clarity, and a few sentences were rearranged. The following are the non-trivial changes that were made: OLD: Affiliate links must be clearly disclosed or they will be removed NEW: Affiliate links and other profit-sharing schemes are not allowed. ADDED TO THE "WHAT IS SELF PROMOTION" LIST: Discussing "a game you are working on", with obvious intent to fish for questions or requests for details and links. Asking for features to include or feedback on a game, site, app, or tool that you are building And the most substantial change: OLD: "If you are using a newly created account and start immediately posting to other peoples' work, then you may be seen as a self-promoter in disguise." NEW: "If you are using a newly created or inactive account and start immediately posting promotion of other peoples' work, then you will be considered a self-promoter in disguise." This change is being made because we regularly get into modmail discussions with brand new or inactive accounts that promote a product to multiple subs, but claim "I'm not affiliated" when there is clearly promotion being made. We see enough obvious "stealth promo" that we are now assuming that promo from non-active accounts is self-promo. This doesn't change how we've been moderating these posts (we've been using this assumption for a while now), merely documenting the change. Thank you. The r/rpg mods
They should make an rpg subreddit that doesn't hate the people making them lol
I can see that!! I think the best way to use it when analyzing yourself is to focus on one or two layers or concerns not everything at once.
It helps me to focus on specific addressing specific areas by breaking it down.
Some stuff will depend on another but a lot I can work on separately
No. Runtime interacts with Backend so does Frontend. But they all do different things and can create problems individually. There is not duplication.
Resurrected an old draft of mine to prove that I'm still blogging about ttrpgs.
I tried my best to explain it, so you don't have to be a software sicko like me!
elmc.at/fullstack-re...
👀 very curious how the review will turn out!
Not sure I understand
In case you didn't know I released an open source app that does markdown + CSS to print layout
You can edit text via the browser app
Or in the editor of your choice (obsidian, sublime, vs code...)
Web pixelppr.com
Desktop github.com/the-coded-ty...
Attached example of what you can do with it
Now we only need to come up with something better than initiative
very neat session prep tool!
Resurrected an old draft of mine to prove that I'm still blogging about ttrpgs.
I tried my best to explain it, so you don't have to be a software sicko like me!
elmc.at/fullstack-re...
bankuei.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/e...
Great to read about how things have shifted 4 years into a campaign (and how a game can be built to enrich long campaigns)
You will get notified once I reviewed the application. It's manual process and I took some days off over eastern.
I will get to it soon, sorry for the wait
The inside of a flute
The inside of a steinway piano.
The inside of a pipe organ.
The inside of a stradivari violin.
Mausritter and Pico inspiration:
Photographer, Charles Brooks, explores the hidden spaces inside instruments, revealing a small world of hidden architecture.
www.charlesbrooks.info
A revised version, more refined and complete with layout, is now available.
binary-star-games.itch.io/death-has-co...
oh yea I have the same concerns. it probably needs additional changes to the format to make sense.
I'm not here to tell you whether to use bullet points or not, but I will tell you the history of them!
#blog #ttrpg #rpg #typography
theplayreports.com/posts/fleuro...
I am waiting to hear European condemnations of this genocidal statement. I expect to be disappointed...
Perhaps the German Chancellor will once again say that the time for discussing international law is not now...
Front page of the trifold going over the basics, D&D, APs and VTTs
Back page of the pamphlet going over dice and some other game recommendations
The final version of my "What the Heck is a TTRPG?" trifold is available completely free on my itchio! Perfect for those looking to get a basic understanding of the hobby or branch out into new games ~ (((Thank you to everyone who gave feedback!))
sandroad.itch.io/what-the-hec...
I wrote up a few tips for writing modules. I hope folks find it interesting! I might add to it over time.
newschoolrevolution.com/module-writi...
New blog post that attempts to span all types of challenge-oriented games, rather than just talking RPGs like I normally do. But there's plenty of RPG stuff in here, too.
Discussion questions included at the end.
knightattheopera.blogspot.com/2026/04/how-...
Ministry of Defence 05 APRIL 2026 • Overnight, RAF Regiment gunners, operating in a high threat area, successfully downed multiple Iranian drones. • UK Typhoons and F-35 jets, supported by Voyager and Royal Navy Merlin and Wildcat helicopters, have continued their defensive missions over the Eastern Mediterranean, Jordan, Bahrain and UAE. • Force protection measures in the region continue to be at the highest levels - ensuring UK personnel are as safe as possible. We continue to work closely in coordination with allies.
A cool update on the war we aren’t fighting and aren’t involved in
State of the Blog at 900 posts - base stats poisoned by swarming bots there is nonetheless hope in the launch of new webrings, frequent blogwagons and other signs of real humans still being out there.
Let us persist at bit longer.
seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/04/stat...
#dnd #ttrpg #diyrpg #osr
New blog post alert; its a sad one talking through the transfeminine kink zeitgeist, the ttrpgs it has inspired, saftey tools, LARP, and the act of becoming in spite of fear.
You know, just in case you wanted something light to read over a long weekend.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/against-safe...
