05 October 2026

Shiny TTRPG links #297

A week of links spotted on the internet. For even more, try last weeks set 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.

gamemastereno hosts Torquetober!

baktegon hosts Norman Mailer Mail-in Game Jam

Shigure hosts The Queer Medieval Jam

portals and pegasi gives us The Goblin Market (Dolmenwood)

Roles, Rules, and Rolls shares Midkemia's Matrix: Rationality Unbound

I Cast Light! posts SAVE THROWS: AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD & AS WORLD BUILDING DEVICES

Rise Up Comus writes Worldbuilding through Saving Throws

Valeria Loves asks Why Didn't Silent Titans Change the World?

New School Revolution writes The Keys to My Heart

Dead Tree, No Shelter gives us Squad Goals

Iron & Ink shares Things It Took Me A Long Time To Learn

I Cast Light! posts MAGIC NEEDS MINI-PROBLEMS NOT MINI-GAMES: A Defense of Vancian Magic

Pages Brittle with Sun and Salt writes 30 Old OSR Blog Posts You Should Read

ΝΕΩΝ ΚΑΤΑΛΟΓΟΣ posts The Catalogue of Ships

The Crafter DM asks Has D&D Beyond Maps ruined D&D maps?

Federal Agent Make-Believe shares Unknown Armies: I Wear No Mask

Save vs. Worm posts Post-it Dungeon for October

The Socratic Dungeon writes Crits Over +10

AMONG CATS AND BOOKS gives us Witchcraft

Vladar's Blog asks So you want to run Blackmoor?

semitext games posts D4s are for Improvisation

dungeon doll gives us Gaolcat

Orthopraxy shares Judging a Book by its Cover--On GM Screens and Dismantling Table Power-Dynamics

CROSS PLANES writes Shadowdark & Gamma World

The Grognard's Almanac asks Is the Fighter Really Boring? A Tour of OSR Fighter Design

Being An Asshole To A Goblin (BAATAG) shares Elements of a Key 3: Actual Keys

Sam Sorensen asks What Does a Work Not Need?

d4 Caltrops writes Variegated Vocabularies for Limited Languages

Bare Nuckelavee gives us THE CLOG (Oubliette D&D)

Session Zero shares Playing with Time

Melon's Blog posts Paganism and Diegetic Magic

Dreaming Dragonslayer writes salvaging monsters from Luke Gearing's dumpster bin

For Want of a Silver Bullet gives us On Myths, Bastions, and Lands (Remaining)

Ladino's Rogue Thoughts shares GM Exercise - Natural Disaster

WIL WHEATON dot TUMBLR dot COM posts tips for 40-year-old beginners

Tabletop Atelier writes How Bingo Can Revolutionize Your D&D Game

Cavegirl's Game Stuff gives us Horrible Wounds in OSR games

Last Gasp shares Take Me To Your Leader

Explore: Beneath & Beyond posts Original Scenarios Resurrected I: The Solo Dungeon (1977, Richard Bartle)

Explore: Beneath & Beyond writes A Complete Timeline of Early D&D Scenarios I: 1971-1975

Atmospheric Underworld gives us Signposting, Signseeking, and Agency Spirals: Hazards for the Ambitious in Tabletop RPGs

Billhook Blog shares Completely Untested Magic System Theoryslop for the Masses

Armoury of the Invincible Knights posts Language Dice for OSE

OSRPGtalk writes Design Theory: Processes, Procedures, and Loops

Leicester's Ramble gives us They Met at a Tavern 36: Fellow Travelers and Walking Trees

Table 46 shares The 46er - September 2026

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