More nuggets of TTRPG gold. Previous list found here. Inspired by weaver.skepti.ch End of Week links. You can find more links on the weekly blogroll on r/OSR.
Wandering Gamist collects their 'best of the best' - "mostly-system-agnostic posts that I still think are broadly correct or worthwhile " - some great ideas in here, well worth the look.
Scrap Princess & Patrick Stewart have launched the Demon Bone Sarcophagus Kickstarter. Team that created the mighty Veins of the Earth, Fire on the Velvet Horizon and Deep Carbon Observatory among other legendary supplements. Have backed.
Knight at the Opera on what they love about 1) medieval European culture 2) Arthurian mythology 3) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and finally about the recent movie. Altogether a great meditation on 'go strange' with your fiction because it sure was strange in those times.
The Mad Queen's Court has the cool concept of BLACK STAR OF THE CANNIBAL KINGS - to become a King once must devour a King, and Kings get bigger as they eat, and live, and grow...
A welcome new strangeness from Goblins Punch - Asria and its Domesticated Oozes.
Mapping a River for pointcrawling on Spriggans Den.
How the ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Color Wheel Explains Humanity - if you want to generate some interesting NPCs.
A mega-thread of blogs on D&D Behind the Screen.
A thread by Alyssa Visscher of thoughts and critiques regarding cults in D&D/ttrpg, and using them more effectively.
Maps from my games: lessons I’ve learned by Coppers and Boars.
Dungeoncrawling as worker placement - time, movement, and action economy in dungeon games on Marcia's Blog.
Now our 'trust' corner:
Trusting the Referee by weaver.skepti.ch.
Monsters & Manuals on Keeping it Honest: Why Dice Matter
FKR: It’s not the amount of rules on Aboleth Overlords.
The Region Statblock - Exploration for 5e.
I like Acorn Afloats practical 'creating a Wizards Tower' that uses Excel.
Some great thoughts on bringing a town to life in a low maintenace manner.
Alone in the Labyrinth is creating more hex generators - for Volcanoes, Wetlands, Tundra & Taiga.
BOSSRUSH on Spiceomancy - "another souls-like GLoGhack".
Cross-Section Castle Character Creation - a magnificent reworking of the cross-section book illustrations by Rise Up Comus.
Motels of the Uncanny Highway from a series of random generators for road-trip through Weird America by Engines of Oracles. Good for your 'outside the sprawl' cyberpunk game too.
Good thinking on outdoor dungeons as Swords & Cloaks writes up an Outdoor Dungeon Sample Path.
10 Magical Relics for Cairn by Glass Bird Games - good inspiration for strange magic items whatever your setting.
Blemmye Class for OSE on Victory Fish.
Need some bizarre visuals for your game? DALL.E mini image generator!
Excellent list, thanks!
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