04 May 2026

Shiny TTRPG links #275

More links from about the internet. For yet more, see last weeks collection or the weekly r/OSR blogroll or check the RPG Blog Carnival. Bloggie-nominated. Originally inspired by weaver.skepti.ch, delinked by request.

Vulcan Stev's Database launches the May RPGBlog Carnival topic of Inspiration! Where Does Yours Come From?

A shrike for my dreams shares Don’t prep hexcrawls, prep hexframes

Levi Kornelsen posts The Praxic Compendium

Courtney 🌻 The Sunflower Court writes TTRPG Character Creation Challenge Jam

Modified with the approval of creator Evlyn Moreau


@thydungeongal shares manifold issues with the secondary industry around D&D

AMONG CATS AND BOOKS posts Against Maps

Rise Up Comus writes Tolkien-Style Maps

Valeria Loves writes A Sicko’s Guide to Prepping D&D

Backwards Tabletop gives us Essay: The Problem with Production Value

ZOtRPG ! shares From mechanics to topographics: when the map becomes the medium of the conversation

derekb posts On Pointcrawls

Gnomestones writes Filling in the Corners of Your Map

Wyrd Fysh gives us The Not So End Times (of warhammer.social)

Patchwork Paladin posts Let’s Talk About Player Skill and Planning

TRAIPSE writes DM tip: write fiction

Anil Dash gives us Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr?

Hilander RPGs shares You Should Publish That

Sage's Sanctum posts 9 Horrible Subsidiaries (and their Corporate Overlord)

seanfoer.com writes “The GM Cannot Cheat”

Dark Pupil gives us Location Design

Was It Likely? shares a lifepath for a stolen world

T.W. Wombat posts Tabula Mortis

Spiceomancy writes Thronesposting

Traverse Fantasy gives us Cinco: Lackey Missions

RPG Design Theories shares Designing Dungeons Part 3

The Gem Room Games Blog writes Lie with Fictional Maps

Tychological Anomaly gives us TTs, Movement, and Maps

BENTHIC ZONE NARCISSUS gives us ULTRAVIOLENT LIGHT (GLOG SETTING AND CLASSES)

Wandering Diejack shares Freeform Pointcrawls

Periapt Games Design Blog posts Winning the game by being well-rested

in lowercase gives us the first encounter of the roleplaying kind

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