So the #CharacterCreationChallenge is over this year, and I have thoughts. Over February I'll be expounding on some of those thoughts in a set of Ruminations. This will not be published to any particular schedule; I will instead just publish as I form half-baked thoughts from the pile of raw conjectural dough that is haphazardously piled before me.

https://wordsmith.social/character-creation-challenge-2026/ruminations-i

Entries for January 13-18, less than two weeks behind! If one 3rd level NPC party for OSE Fantasy Advanced is helpful, a second must be twice as helpful.

At this rate, I should be wrapping up the challenge sometime during the first week of February,

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https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026-character-creation-challenge-speed_31.html

And now you can hear Jeremy Clarkson proclaiming "And he's across the line" as I completed 31 characters in 31 days for the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge. I used the #StarTrek Adventures #TTRPG with the 23rd Century Campaign Guide to make a Free Trader.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 31: Star Trek Adventures 2E with 23rd Century Campaign Guide – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/31/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-31-star-trek-adventures-2e-with-23rd-century-campaign-guide/

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #AlienRPG

Closing out *Character Creation Challenge 2026* with one of the best game releases of the year. It's *Alien: The RPG - Evolved Edition*. Corporate scientists have all the fun.

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/31+-+Alien+the+RPG+Evolved+Edition

Entries for January 7-12, only weeks behind! A ready made 3rd level NPC adventuring party to spring on the PCs.

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https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026-character-creation-challenge-speed_0727033344.html

And now that the challenge is over for me, it's time to read the rest of the entries in #CharacterCreationChallenge. I've been avoiding doing so to ensure I didn't let someone else's ideas infect my own.

Let's see what all y'all came up with!

I materialize into Day 30 of the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge by making a character for the #DoctorWho #TTRPG 2nd edition by Cubicle 7 Entertainment.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 30: Doctor Who 2nd Edition – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/30/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-30-doctor-who-2nd-edition/

And here it is, the final character in the #CharacterCreationChallenge. I started working on this a week ago. A week to make a character in Chivalry & Sorcery (5th edition). Given that this is a C&S mage, that's amazingly quick and streamlined. A character like this in C&S2 would have taken me the better part of a month alone.

https://wordsmith.social/character-creation-challenge-2026/2026-01-31-chivalry-and-sorcery-fifth-edition-brittania-games-designs

Now that I've done the challenge, I've had a few thoughts accumulate, so February I'll put out sporadic ruminations on various issues.