Shiny TTRPG links #285

More links from about the internet - for still more, check out the huge set from the previous list found here or the weekly r/OSR blogroll or check the RPG Blog Carnival. Bloggie-nominated. Originally inspired by weaver.skepti.ch, delinked by request.

AMONG CATS AND BOOKS shares rootring months later

Goblin Archives, Unenthuser & Emo Sludge host LIMINAL HORROR SUMMER JAM 2026

Weeping Stag gives us Learning to Draw and Not Feeling Like Crap About It

Troy Press writes Participating in Blaugust 2026

Empire of Crust gives us On the Cancer of Creation for Others

Sultan's Musings posts Pirate Chill

Huovila, Hiski gives us Telegraphed Dangers — Enemy Intercompatibility in D20-Based Fantasy OSR Tabletop Roleplaying Games

@rxsesroots shares Boo! Did I Scare Ya..?

Campaign Mastery posts Worldbuilding Through Encounters

Bommyknocker Press writes High Level Play and Scaffolding

Beneath Foreign Planets gives us More Lost Books of Appendix N

Empire of Crust shares It does not have to hurt, to be meaningful

Pages Brittle with Sun and Salt posts Land Ship (Wilderness Key)

Ye Olde Revivalist writes How to Make a Caravan Crawl Part 4 (ready to go western town)

Cobb.land gives us My Introduction to TTRPGs

Dice Goblin shares Ur-Beings: Ancient Precursor Races

Digital Initiative posts The Types of Guildies You Lead

Fool's Pyrite gives us Consequence Heatsinks

The Rpg Gazette posts Race-as-Class and the Quiet Death of a Design Idea

Woo The Moon writes How is Combat Objective?

Writing my Odd Game gives us IN FAVOR OF SHORT GAMES

Farmer Gadda's TTRPG Hayloft shares Of Dice and Men - Opinions about Rolling in OSR Games

Thought Punks posts Mastering Intrigue: Crafting Suspense and Tension in TTRPGs

Domain of Many Things writes “I Attack the Goblin.” D&D Combat Can Be Much Better Than This

The Black Citadel gives us The Acid-Drinkers

Zenosyne Synth shares d10 Dungeon Gimmicks

VILE CULT OF SHAPES writes The Hearth of Secrets

Spiceomancy shares Outdex

I Cast Light! posts LAW, ORDER, & DOLMENWOOD: Bringing Courts, Calendars, and Consequences To A Fantasy Setting

Dazzling Prismatic Hemicycle writes Magic Mechanics, Class or Classless, and Where to Draw the Line

Blog of Forlorn Encystment gives us What I Like About Orc Babies

New School Revolution shares How to Teach a Game

Casting Shadows posts The Silent Majority

MurkMail shares Step-dice rumour tables