Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord: the Lore

Excerpts from books, films, television, and other websites to inspire your role-playing. Also original fiction, game design ideas, and commentary.

Dojo Darelir, the School of Xenograg the Sorcerer
"Tome of Pagan Rites", "Spellcaster", "MazeTales: Destiny's Threshold", dark fantasy with "Luciens Unrest", and "Epic Props", but the headline Kickstarter is Darrin Drader's "Daring & Dread"
https://www.geeknative.com/238758/routinely-itemised-rpg-367/#h-rpg-crowdfunding #routinelyitemised #osr

Hack the #BlackHack
https://itch.io/jam/the-black-hack-10th-anniversary-jam
and maybe dual wield game jams by also joining #RPGenesis in the same week 🤘
https://itch.io/jam/rpgenesis2026

#ttrpg #osr

The Black Hack 10th Anniversary Jam

A game jam from 2026-08-01 to 2026-09-01 hosted by pikliz. Ten years ago David Black caved our heads in when he released The Black Hack into the world. Providing a hyper-streamlined ruleset, TBH is a prep-lite...

itch.io
Shiny TTRPG links #283

A lighter set of links as I was travelling - but for more, check out the huge set from the previous list found here or the weekly r/OSR blo...

I was thinking about Appendix N yesterday while perusing old paperback books at The Book Deal's anniversary sale (dang it, why can't they have the start of Philip José Farmer's Riverworld series; I don't want to start in the middle!), and lo and behold, this blog post crosses my path this afternoon. I have to say, I agree with a lot of it!

https://afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/appendix-n-manifesto/

#AppendixN #TTRPG #Fantasy #Horror #SciFi #DND #OSR #NSR

Things Can Be Weirder in TTRPG: An Appendix N Manifesto

Appendix N is not a list. It is a declaration of creative freedom.

Afraid of Encounters

Right. Here’s today’s scribble from the sweltering hellhole we call our flat.

I think I’ve found a theme for this doodle. book: encounters in dungeons. There’s loads of potential there. :)

#drawing #ink #pnp #OSR #pnpde