Ronan@Thedicepool

The Sutra of Pale Leaves: Cthulhu in Japan Japanese Series It looks like I have stumbled into a Japan-related games series, what with my recent posts about Kanabo and my visit to a Japanese Friendly Local Game Store in Fukuoka during my rec…

New post on the dice pool dot com. Today I’m taking a look at the campaign, the Sutra of Pale Leaves for Call of Cthulhu. It’s set in Japan of the 1980s and features a very interesting premise and antagonist. #rpg #ttrpg #callofcthulhu

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Arathi Sector A SciFi roleplaying game from Castle Grief

I just backed Arathi Sector by @castlegrief.bsky.social ! Loving the style and the versatile ruleset. Go support them!
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Care and Crime

Japanese FLGS Visit Sayonara Nihon I’m still coming to terms with the fact that I’m home. I’m not fully on board with the situation, to be honest. I guess I can continue to dream that I’m back in Japan again, walking …

New post on the dice pool dot com! I went to an FLGS in Fukuoka and came away with some impressions and some stuff too. I decided to write about it to assuage my post-holiday blues. #trpg #rpg #ttrpg #yellowsubmarine #japan

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Sleighed You might remember a few weeks ago… I reviewed Slow Sleigh to Plankton Downs. Well, the disclaimer on that review, that I had not played or run it is no longer valid.

New post on the dice pool dot com! We got to play Slow Sleigh to Plankton Downs for Troika! It was a good Halloween game that we played in two sessions. #ttrpg #rpg #troika

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Call of Cthulhu: The Derelict Review [My players] didn’t find the book of norse legends, the handwritten notes that presented possible ways to defeat the Sciapod, the silver items that would allow people to actually see the creature, …

New post on the dice pool dot com! I reviewed the Derelict, a modern day Call of Cthulhu scenario from Petersen’s Abominations. It had it all, invisible monster, insanity, axe-murder! #rpg #ttrpg #callofcthulhu

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RITES OF RENEWAL: neo-pagan folk horror for Mothership RPG In the verdant and tightly-wound habblock known as the Grove, where each alley and every inhabitant is home to old traditions, the Antecedent Solarian Fellowship prepares for the three-day Solstice fe...

Proud to be the 603rd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for RITES OF RENEWAL: neo-pagan folk horror for Mothership RPG! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...

Kanabo The best part of the whole How to Play section is the list of Best Practices…We have gems like, “Ask questions. Take Notes. Draw diagrams. Write in pen” and “Fight unfairly. Lay ambushes. Hit…

New post on the dice pool dot com! I’m off to Japan next week! With that in mind, I decided to take a look at a game I’ve had on my shelf for years, Kanabo, an RPG by N Masyk with the setting of Tokugawa-era Japan. #rpg #ttrpg #indierpg #kanabo

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Tears of Utu: Knights of the 5th Dimension. A dark cosmic fantasy adventure for AD&D 2E, 5E, and OSR systems, designed for 4–6 characters of levels 5–7.

Tears of Utu: Knights of the 5th Dimension.
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The coverful wonder

Welcome to Isengard. It's lovely - to begin with.

A Dunlending fortress (well, technically a fortress of Gondor that's long since gone to seed).

The campaign covers events from 2965-3000, so we get a LOT more canonical locations and events

The preorder for my next ONE RING rpg supplement, HANDS OF THE WHITE WIZARD, is up!

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Ross Bryant looking stunned with his hands on his temples, surrounded by players Rashawn Scott, Ashly Burch, cuppycup and Paula Deming. The title “Push the Roll with Ross Bryant” is at the top.

The 1931 Miskatonic University Reunion Disaster is available on your podcast app! Subscribe to “Push the Roll with Ross Bryant” for improv Call of Cthulhu every Wed.

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Loving the backstory prompts. What a great idea!

Sometimes you gotta resort to just kicking the shit out of the undead.

Coming soon: The Venture Below: A Troika! Adventure A danger-laced, conversation-rich crawl through the "dungeon" of the Troika! underground metro system

The Kickstarter for The Venture Below is now LIVE! Please back us, and share with your friends, enemies, and those that you haven't made up your mind about yet.

We can't wait to show you around.

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#troikarpg #ttrpg #indiettrpg #kickstartergames #indiegames

The Venture Below: A Troika! Adventure A danger-laced, conversation-rich crawl through the "dungeon" of the Troika! underground metro system

I just backed The Venture Below: A Troika! Adventure from on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/lam...

Bundle of Tentacles 7 Investigator! This Bundle of Tentacles 7 is our seventh all-new library of Sanity-shattering tabletop roleplaying ebooks inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos. Illuminate your position in the cosmos with fiv...

Just a reminder that, on @bundleofholding.com , you can get Stealing Cthulhu, Fairyland and Cthulhu Dark by me, plus Lovecraftesque by @armadajosh.bsky.social and other brilliant stuff.

You should do that now. It is the sensible thing to do. bundleofholding.com/presents/Ten...

So good to get full buy-in from the table.

Thanks! I’m loving how it super-charges everyone’s imaginations and improv at the table. I’ve rarely had an experience like it with a system I’m new too. I was nervous about the free-form of it all but now I’m just excited to get back into it.

Blades Out! Since I didn’t know for sure that the PCs would back the Lampblacks until the very moment they answered Baz in the opening scene, I couldn’t plan for what might come next.

New post on the dice pool dot com! We had our first score in Blades in the Dark by @johnharper.bsky.social . The Death-knells fucked up some drug dens and made off like bandits. #rpg #ttrpg #bladesinthedark

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I really want to run it! I have questions. Did you use the backgrounds from the adventure? It sounds like your experience was atypical but how long was it? A oneshot? How did you think Troika! worked for the investigative elements?

Slow Sleigh to Plankton Downs There are two stars of this adventure. The first is the murderous creature itself. It’s unique, insidious and gross in a bonkers sort of way. The second is the artwork, which you can find examples …

New post on the dice pool dot com. I have been thinking about Slow Sleigh to Plankton Downs as a Troika! Horror themed one-shot. I think it could work. #rpg #trrpg #troika

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Ha! They’re great. They remind me of doodling during class with a biro in the margins. My particular favourites are Yinyin’s pleading eyes and Rafiq’s magnificent moustache.
As for the review… I have never enjoyed reading a module more. Thanks for making it!

A Perfect Wife The writing is subtle and considered and evocative, the layout is spare but adds so much to the adventure as a thing to read and there is beautiful, idiosyncratic artwork throughout.

New post on the dice pool dot com. I showed off my brand new copy of A Perfect Wife by @zedecksiew.bsky.social @amandalee.bsky.social and Scrapworld a few days ago. I’ve gotten around to reading and reviewing it. #rpg #ttrpg #aperfectwife

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A grey blue washed image of a bearded young ish white guy looking into the mirror all serious with his palm pressed against it. A serif font title reads: DID I JUST ARGUE WITH A JOKE? A semi opaque navy snoot near the bottom bears the bluesky logo and the text PART OF A BLUESKY EDUCATIONAL SERIES

Stay Frosty Obviously, a game like this is going to draw comparisons with the Alien RPG and Mothership given the subject matter but, from even a cursory look, it seems to be approaching the genre from a slight…

New post on the dice pool dot com! Today I’m taking a look at Stay Frosty Remastered by @caseyg.bsky.social and @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io . Love its simplicity and style. If you like the Black Hack and space action horror, go get it. #rpg #ttrpg #stayfrosty

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Blades in the Dark Player Best Practices At this point, I’ve dealt, at length, with the GM advice, but what about the players? Surely they deserve a little guidance too! Yep, they have not been forgotten.

New post on the dice pool dot com! We started our Blades in the Dark campaign but didn’t get past character and crew creation. I ran through the player best practices during the process so I thought I’d do a blog post about them. #rpg #ttrpg #bladesinthedark

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The front cover of A Perfect Wife by Zedeck Siew, Amanda Lee Franck and Scrap World. A horrific, childlike creature all in red brandishes an elongated claw-hand in the illustration.

Inside cover of A Perfect Wife by Zedeck Siew, Amanda Lee Franck and Scrap World. Illustration shows an owl-like bird in white against a dark background.

The back cover of A Perfect Wife. It reads, “Welcome to Desa Damai. The first disappearance was over a year ago. Now it happens with vicious regularity—every fortnight. The neighbourhood is tense. Most agree the following precautions work: - Head indoors if dogs are whining. - walk on by if your name is called. - Do not search for the baby crying. Illustration of an owl like bird in white against a dark forest.

Two art prints: On the left, a spiky, crimson femme creature with wide open mouth, long black hair against a blue background. On the right, a person on a motorbike stopped in a pool of yellow light from a doorway in the backstreet of a city. The cityscape rises above and behind.

A Perfect Wife has arrived. I absolutely love the words, the artwork and the very specific vibe that this adventure presents. Look at it! Isn’t it great? Amazing work from @zedecksiew.bsky.social @amandalee.bsky.social and Scrap World.

Agon is the deal of the day @drivethrurpg.com! If you're interested in fast-paced heroic action in a mythic world, now's a good time to check it out.
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Yoink! Looking forward to diving into it.