NEW EPISODE - Talk of the Table w/ @lonearchivist.bsky.social
The Fundamentals of RPG Layout
We discuss the fundamentals of good layout, why white space is just as important as content, and how to hone your layout skills from your first indesign session.
Just posted this essay about the OSR, but more so about how TTRPGs have created their own genres and these things we consider cliques or movements are actually greater extensions of what TTRPGs have done unique from other mediums.
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Jackson Howell
Jackson Howell
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Remember SKILL CHALLENGES? They're back! In blog form!
Check out my latest post where I lay out an easy and fun way to handle a complex, tense situation. It works in every TTRPG ever made up until this point and all future TTRPGs (disclaimer: this is a lie)
www.mindstormpress.com/quick-stakes...
The blogclave has started. Who will be the new blog pope?
Here to make a bold statement: the cleric class sucks.
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does anyone out there have a recording of the 2018 Great Crystal Debate?
Thank you so much!
I promise I will start writing again once I figure out what to do with this enormous pile of cardboard boxes.
I've been re-reading a lot of books on urbanism lately. It's going to be hard not making this profile all about urban design.
www.explorersdesign.com/5-urban-desi...
FOMORIA IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER
Brave the Darkness, eat the heart of gods, and purge the filth of the Red Plague in a shifting subterranean world. Fomoria, the epic folk horror RPG by Tania Herrero and Johan Nohr, published by Free League, is live on Kickstarter.
youtu.be/YA5sthyTxGs
fomoria.com
My new favorite blog post.
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...
“...ethnographic accounts of Native American traditions depict dice playing as a sacred activity that was inherently pleasing to the gods (who were themselves dice players)"
Again, the history of dice is tied to the history of religion!
EDELGARD WAS RIGHT
You went to Salton Sea?!
Jealous!
⚡ NEW BLOG POST! I'm back talking about adventure design, this time laying out a mental model for 'energy' inside of an adventure. It's a simple and effective way to categorize elements inside of the scenario and look for stagnation and chaos. Check it out! ⚡
www.mindstormpress.com/energy-coin-...
i may have been too harsh on a few of my ttrpg opinions
A decidedly unfunny, non-jokey newsletter for April 1st, it's The Explorateur! This month's issue has a landslide of design links including a call for volunteer judges for The Awards.
Oh! And there's a non-rpg link all about book cover art rates 👀
www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...
the cover to the new issue of Wyrd Science, featuring an illustration of psychedelic mushrooms growing out of a pink skull by tom j newell
what if we put issue 8 of Wyrd Science on sale? What if this got more likes & shares than our stupid jokes?
featuring Dolmenwood, Blades In The Dark, Doomsong, Kamping Kitbash, Lee Gold, The Old King's Crown, weird fiction, aggro comics, dungeon synth & lots more
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Pain box from dune
Traveller 5e box set
The cover of Girl By Moonlight: A femme figure rendered in tones of purple and wearing a crown reaches up to touch a glowing white sphere of energy as circles and swirls of power burst from her finger tips. Overlaid on her flowing white dress, we see the ghostly outlines of her fellow heroes, featuring a swashbuckling woman with a sword at the forefront.
“The game is about hope, and the game is about seeking change. Hope can only exist in desperate, terrible circumstances. You don’t need hope when things are going well. You don’t need hope when stuff is working.”
- Designer @andrewgillis.bsky.social
Girl By Moonlight
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An illustration from the Daggerheart Domain card called "Codex-Touched" featuring someone reading a magic tome with sigils swirling in the air.
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Help shape the future of #Daggerheart! Take our quick survey to tell us how you play, what you want more of, and where your adventures should lead next!
You'll guide future expansions, tools, & more still to come.
TAKE SURVEY → http://darringtonpress.com/dhsurvey
We’ve been playing a lot more RPGs with the kids. They’re already coming up with solutions to problems we’ve had since the 80s.
this made me mad but was relatable so I had to buy it
I wrote up a diceless resolution system that uses only your hands! It is useful for RPGs played as you tromp through the woods with your kid.
newschoolrevolution.com/diceless-res...
Store front for Golden Game Guild in Golden Colorado. The window has on display an LGBTQ+ Flag and some board games
If you're ever in Golden, CO, you need to check out Golden Game Guild. It's an awesome game space complete with cafe. Get your group, buy some beers, and play. They also had a good selection of indie and solo RPGs. I picked up the Librarians Apprentice sequel for journaling.
Not an early backer yet? IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
If we get to 999 backers, Exalted Funeral will let me tack on a stretch goal of two divination boards to play your tarot decks on!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes a high-octane blogpost about *Ick*
Dragon Magazine has repeatedly subjected me to the sexual fantasies of 70s wargamers, and now I pass that onto you.
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/03/dungeons-and-dra...
