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Review: Bunny Borg Do you have a moment to discuss our patron saint of the sun, Fyrthe?

This week's blogletter is a review of Bunny Borg! Check it out here:
#ttrpg #osr #borg #review

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Gencon 2025: Something Else One for the books!

I got the amazing privilege to hang out with some awesome creators at Gencon this year. Fans of the #ttrpg #osr check it out:

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YouTube video by Garys Economics Why your government is about to raise YOUR taxes

Tax #wealth not #work
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Hexflower Exploration Building a hex flower! Weather hexflower for download at the bottom!

This week at the Glyph and Grok we are looking at hexflowers and creating one for weather that is free to download: open.substack.com/pub/glyphngr...

Review: Knock! A high-density OSR ideascape...

This weeks post at the Glyph and Grok is a review of KNOCK!, check it out here! open.substack.com/pub/glyphngr...

#ttrpg #osr #dnd #ose #gamemaster

What's a set of dual land go for?

Alex Tzakis on Substack Restacking a piece of mine from Jan 2024 echoing my sentiments that TTRPGs are in a golden era, not set to suffer because WoTC has dropped the ball.

#ttrpg #dnd #review
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Running High Player-Count Shadowdark Big Game Hunting...

This weeks post on the Glyph n' Grok is up. My thoughts on running high player-count games at the table:
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#ttrpg #dm #gm #gmadvice #dnd #osr #shadowdark

How Running the Big Game Went - Part 3 Finale of reviewing our two-table Shadowdark one-shot for sixteen player characters!

Part 3 of my Retrospective on the big 16 person two-table game we ran at the beginning of the month!
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#ttrpg #shadowdark #dnd #gamemaster

How Running the Big Game Went - Part 2 We ran a two-table Shadowdark one-shot for sixteen player characters!

Part two of my retrospective of running a 16 person Shadowdark one-shot with two separate table mini-adventures running side-by-side. Check it out!
#ttrpg #shadowdark #dnd #gamemaster #gaming

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Ever run or been in a big #ttrpg game? We ran a 16 person, 2 table oneshot of #shadowdark. Here's part 1 of how it went:

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"Rule of Cool" Addiction A solution to a problem that doesn't exist...

#ttrpg opinion piece for your morning : open.substack.com/pub/glyphngr...

#dnd #5e #osr

Treasure: Thoughts and a Table 1D10 interesting non-weapon treasure items for use in your game...

Grab a free 1d10 treasure table pdf in this week's bloggletter at the Glyph and Grok

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#ttrpg #osr #shadowdark #d&d

GM Lessons From a Bar Fight Extracting from a fun session of 5E from the player's side of the screen...

This week's Blog-letter post! #ttrpg #5E #gamemaster #gmadvice #gaming

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Game Prep Thoughts and A Free STL Good times can be alot of work, but the payoff is so good...

STL Freebie in this post. Excited to be working on a big game for awesome people:
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#dnd #shadowdark #gmadvice #gamemaster #3dprinting

Catastros Rookery Released A level 3 Shadowdark mini-adventure now free to all to download!

#ttrpg #shadowdark #adventure Download a level 3 Shadowdark mini-adventure complete with PDF and VTT resources here: open.substack.com/pub/glyphngr...

A Hacking OSR Mindset Exploring ideas that get me excited about rules...

open.substack.com/pub/glyphngr... #ttrpg #osr #shadowdark #blog #newsletter #substack This week we're exploring a mindset and rules ideas to get players thinking about what they can offer or sacrifice to get a more advantageous position.

TAW: "Is the OSR in Trouble?" Thoughts after watching Limithron's "State of The OSR" panel From Gary Con

This week's post is about thoughts after watching the Limithron State of the OSR panel from GaryCon. Check it out here! #osr #ttrpg
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Into The Dark Character Folio Printable character sheet booklets to use with Shadowdark

This week's Glyph and Grok post is a free download available on ITCH for #Shadowdark #ttrpg

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Review: The Gardens of Ynn Ynn, by way of the Glyph and Grok...

#ttrpg review: Gardens of Ynn

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Xara and Sabaar #3 Solo Shadowdark TTRPG play in Giathos

Check out entry #3 in my Shadowdark Solo gameplay campaign: open.substack.com/pub/glyphngr...

Kids In The Dark Character Folio Printable character sheet booklets to use with kids for their first game of Shadowdark

Introducing someone to Shadowdark? Check out this handy freebee I've made, link to Itch page in the piece: open.substack.com/pub/glyphngr...

Plans For Onboarding New Players Designing at the experience of a new player sitting down for the first time...

#ttrpg My latest Substack post is about two situations where i'll be onboarding new players and my thoughts on how to do it best: glyphngrok.substack.com/p/plans-for-...

I Want To Run a TTRPG For My Kids I plot to indoctrinate the children into a lifetime of fun tabletop gaming...part 1

This week's blogletter post is a kick off of exploring getting my kids interested in tabletop roleplaying games: open.substack.com/pub/glyphngr...

Game Review: Blood on the Clocktower Social deduction excellence? So much blood...

Into social deduction games? This is the one...
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Xara and Sabaar #2 Solo Shadowdark TTRPG play in Giathos

#shadowdark solo play Xara and Sabaar #2 set in my narrative game world of Giathos. Another surprise story twist served up by the dice!

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Game Review: Kal-Arath The steppe has an un-quenchable thirst for blood...

This week on the Glyph and Grok, we're reviewing Kal-Arath a tabletop roleplaying game worth your look.

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Catastros Rookery a Shadowdark mini-adventure with downloadable materials for paid subscribers

Check out the level 3 mini adventure designed for use with #Shadowdark here:

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Setup A Game World In Foundry Virtual Tabletop A walkthrough for getting started with my VTT of choice

This week's post is a how-to on going from fresh install to running game world with the Foundry Virtual Tabletop

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#ttrpg #foundryvtt #foundry
#shadowdark #how-to #quickstart #vtt

The Defiled Chapel a Shadowdark mini-adventure module

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Our independent publishing house, Goof and Grump, has officially released our first mini-adventure designed for use with Shadowdark, check it out here: