martinMar 11

Enjoyed this blog post by Ty at mindstormpress:

https://www.mindstormpress.com/adding-congruency-to-anti-canon-worldbuilding

"Can a world spontaneously erupt from the minds at the table and follow a ley line of verisimilitude at the same time?"

#osr #nsr #ttrpg #worldbuilding #blogospherefind

not a martian, honestMar 8

The osr blogosphere is going meta: a 1d100 random table of topics for osr blogs

d4 Caltrops: d100 - Brainfood for Burgeoning Blogs
https://blog.d4caltrops.com/2025/11/d100-brainfood-for-burgeoning-blogs.html?m=1

#osr #blogging #ttrpg #blogospherefind

d100 - Brainfood for Burgeoning Blogs

R ecently, some impressive work Mapping the RPG blogosphere by elmcat had me thinking about the recent surge in new Blogs about these ga...

not a martian, honestMar 8

http://realmofchaos80s.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-rough-month-in-warhammer-cottage.html

#wargame #terrain #blogospherefind

A Rough Month in the Warhammer Cottage

One of the example cottages from White Dwarf 130. It is well worth tracking down these old mags if you are just using pdfs like I once did. ...

not a martian, honestMar 1

Tree Climber: Idiosyncratic Knight NPCs
https://tree-climber.blogspot.com/2026/02/idiosyncratic-knight-npcs.html?m=1

#blogospherefind #ttrpg

Idiosyncratic Knight NPCs

This is inspired by Zelda-Style NPC Personalities .  I am a big fan of using a variety of NPC generation tools in a single campaign to keep ...

martinFeb 5

Excellent read: https://samsorensen.blot.im/in-praise-of-legwork

Agree with the thesis, but we must match the "legwork" to the campaign. Zero prep can be fine for a one-shot. The level of prep in "City State..." is unnecessary for anything other than a *long* campaign and comes with costs that will weigh down something shorter:

Costs: prep time to read & digest, GM holding and processing in-game, less flexibility to respond to player creativity. Worth it for the right game though!

#ttrpg #osr #nsr #blogospherefind

not a martian, honestFeb 1

A classic page that somehow isn't as used as much anymore as before

Campaign Wiki LinksToWisdom: HomePage
https://campaignwiki.org/wiki/LinksToWisdom/HomePage

#ttrpg #dnd #osr #blogospherefind

not a martian, honestJan 25

https://perilandplunder.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/tormentor/

#blogospherefind #ttrpg

TORMENTOR

We’ve all been there, Tony.(The Torment of St. Anthony, by Michelangelo.) Demons are a lot like humans, some of them are devious schemers… and some are just jerks. Tormentors are the se…

Peril and Plunder
not a martian, honestJan 25

https://alexschroeder.ch/view/2026-01-19-grenzland

#blogospherefind #tilde #pubnix

not a martian, honestJan 25

http://propnomicon.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-haunting-handouts.html

#blogospherefind #ttrpg #callofcthulhu

"The Haunting" Handouts

not a martian, honestJan 25

https://goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/can-we-de-quantize-dd-did-heisenbergs-hobgoblins-just-enter-the-chat/

#blogospherefind #ttrpg

Can we de-quantize D&D? | … did Heisenberg’s Hobgoblin just enter the chat?

Asking for a friend: Does Everything have to be a Point Crawl? I put out this post that contain this statement: “PS – While we are at it, we should probably acknowledge that every adven…

Goblin's Henchman