Ronan@Thedicepool

I have to agree about the Rulebook. I found myself having to flick back and forth a lot during character creation. But glad to hear it works well in play.

Slugblaster Character Creation But what is the aim of this game? Well, its to be the most teen teen you can been.

New post on the dice pool dot com! I’m continuing my series of character creation posts for games I’m considering playing in the future near future. This was a very enlightening experience - it’s the Slugblaster one!
#ttrpg #rpg #slugblaster #charactercreation

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Ways and Means: A Heart Sourcebook The newest hardback sourcebook for the critically acclaimed TTRPG Heart: The City Beneath. MORE CALLINGS! MORE CLASSES! MORE GUNS! MORE MAGIC! MORE DRUGS! MORE ALLIES! MORE ENEMIES! MORE FALLO...

Proud to be the 15th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Ways and Means: A Heart Sourcebook! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...

Old post on the dice pool dot com! I’m on holiday so here’s a repost of something from last August. It’s about giving your PCs something to care about and Wildsea.

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1 like = 1 unhinged ttrpg opinion. im going to sleep so you get the first one free because i like myself: dice are terrible no one should ever have or use dice ever

The Triangle Agency: Character Creation “Triangle Agency is a tabletop role-playing game and exciting new job opportunity for humans like you.”

New character creation post on the dice pool dot com. This is one of the games I’m considering starting a campaign of so it’s been very educational. It’s Triangle Agency! #rpg #ttrpg #triangleagency

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Vaults of Vaarn Second Edition The second edition of Vaults of Vaarn, the acclaimed science-fantasy adventure game.

Proud to be the 263rd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Vaults of Vaarn Second Edition! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...

That’s pretty much what H says about the One Pack guy too 😂! Thanks for your reply! I’ve passed it on to H.

First Anniversary Blog Post: The Packing Game A well-packed bag can mean my day is more comfortable and enjoyable. And, let’s be honest, cuter.

New anniversary blog post on the dice pool dot com. My guest blogger this time is my wife! She is creating a solo game about packing. The Packing Game is unique and really cool. Go read her post about it. #rpg #solo #journaling #game

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Wild how people in TTRPGs think that our artform doesn't have a culture of critique. The TTRPG blogosphere is right there!

It's been active for decades. It has its own community awards (The Bloggies). A review-focused blog, @idlecartulary.itch.io 's Playful Void, is up for an ENNIE.

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Troika! Whalgravaak’s Warehouse Review Here’s the story: hundreds of years ago, the city’s premier logistics wizard, Whalgravaak, abandoned his warehouse, having shredded the Manual of Operations for his Sphere Pool (a mechanism used to…

Another review on the dice pool dot com. This time it’s Whalgravaak’s Warehouse for Troika! The other world’s favourite RPG. We played our last session in this lethal, bonkers dungeoncrawl the other night. #ttrpg #rpg #troika #melsonianartscouncil

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The Grinding Keep Review At one stage, the Elf cast a Magic Missile and it caused a rain of frogs on the entire party and all their enemies, almost killing several on both sides!

We played the DCC adventure, the Grinding Keep last night. It was good! We had a lot of fun with it and all declared we’d like to play more DCC. For a fuller review, check out the post on the dice pool dot com. #rpg #ttrpg #dcc

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1. First #TTRPG you played - Red box D&D
2. First you ever ran - Red box D&D
3. Played the most - Ad&D 2e
4. Run the most - AD&D 2e
5. Favourite - Heart/Spire
6. Most recently played - Dungeon World
7. Most recently run - Dragon Age RPG

Time for a Change If you had to choose one, dear reader, which one would it be? If you are one of my potential players, which one would you like to play?

New post on the dice pool dot com. I’m trying to decide what I should run next. Can you help me? Link in bio and stories.
#rpg #ttrpg

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First Anniversary Blogpost: Crying at the Table Each one of these moments brought tears to my eyes and became a part of the scene itself.

It’s the dice pool dot com’s first birthday! I have invited some friends to come over for a pool party and bring their own posts. Today’s comes from @mediagoblin.bsky.social with art from Tables & Tales members. The post is about the emotional impact RPGs can have.

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The Quantum NPC This works even better through the medium of TTRPGs than TV to be honest, because your imagination simply works around them, never focusing on their details.

He went from an unnamed red-shirt to one of the most memorable characters from the Star Trek TNG era. Chief O’Brien is my example for the Quantum NPC. Check out the new blog post on the dice pool dot com to see what I’m on about. #ttrpg #rpg #dnd #spelljammer #npc

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Obituaries …Whalgravaak’s Warehouse is, by a long way, the most murderous I have ever run. Death truly waits around every turn. It’s really just as well Troika! characters are so easy and quick to creat…

Obituaries for our dearly departed RPG characters? Memorialised forever in our discord server? Of course!

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Dagger in the Heart. Stabbed in the Back more like.

Homebrew Heart Landmarks 5 It was the kind of party that took its toll on a number of different organs, the brain being not the least of them.

New post on the dice pool dot com. It’s a boozy Heart Landmark. Inspired by recent experiences. #ttrpg #rpg #heart #heartthecitybeneath

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TAZ - A Roleplaying Game of Post-Cyberpunk Resistance TAZ is a post-cyberpunk tabletop roleplaying game about resistance and loss of control. Set in a world stripped of all its resources, you play as desperate idealists searching for a place to build a f...

Proud to be the 235th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for TAZ - A Roleplaying Game of Post-Cyberpunk Resistance! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Corkers I’m off to Cork for the weekend so I won’t have time to come up with anything new today. Instead I thought I would share a couple of posts from last year. I wrote these at a time when I was first e…

A new couple of old posts on the dice pool dot com! I’m away this weekend so no time for a full post. Instead, please enjoy these two from last year about implementing an engagement roll in D&D 5E. Link in bio and stories!

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Revenge of the Giff I’m considering an option that harks back to Dark Sun. In 2nd Edition Dark Sun, a player started, not with just one PC, but a whole stable of them, called a character tree.

New post on the dice pool dot com. We’re starting a spin-off from our regular Spelljammer campaign. The players will mostly be making new PCs but I might allow them to bring them into the main campaign after the spin-off. #rpg #ttrpg #dnd #spelljammer #darksun

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Last Train to Bremen A storytelling game of four doomed musicians and their poor decisions.

Proud to be the 136th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Last Train to Bremen! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

Prep Part 2 I am an unapologetic shill for Huffa’s Between the Skies. It’s one of my most used and most valuable RPG books. I use it constantly in lots of contexts. But I love using it to prepare for sessions.…

New post on the dice pool dot com. Still riding the Prep post bandwagon. I wanted to discuss how I use Huffa’s wonderful Between the Skies in my prep for encounters and sessions. Go read it! #trrpg #rpg #dnd #spelljammer #betweentheskies #prep

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If you're not familiar with the British & Irish Lions it's the rugby equivalent of when Mario and Bowser take a game off from murdering one another to play tennis or go-kart racing.

Going to be cheering on Marcus Smith like I didn't have a voodoo doll of him made in February

One of my favourite APs of recent years! I love this run of Cosmic Dark.

Ain't Slayed Nobody | Call of Cthulhu Podcast Ain't Slayed Nobody is an actual play Call of Cthulhu RPG podcast for horror, game, and comedy geeks! Subscribe to the series via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. Find out what H.P. Lovec...

I wanted to mention @aintslayed.bsky.social , who are podcasting the whole Cosmic Dark campaign. It is genuinely great and listenable: even if you don't listen to actual plays, try this.

I'm the GM so I'm biased but it's really about the players.

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Prep Preposition This post is part of a blog bandwagon started on the Roll to Doubt blog. Click on the link above to take in the blogpost that’s piloting this bandwagon. Wagon-jumpers abound. You …

New post on the dice pool dot com. I’m jumping on a blog bandwagon started on the Roll to doubt blog. It’s that perennial favourite topic: GM prep. I mainly use it as an excuse to ramble about the good old days and show off some tables. #rpg #ttrpg #prep

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Modular Gaming Improbable hot-takes “The Discourse (TM)” has been focusing on running published adventures/modules/campaigns as opposed to custom/homebrew/sandbox games for the last little while. First Quinns rev…

For most of my life I have disliked running published modules for the same basic reasons. But a few experiences recently have helped to at least sway me a little. I wrote a blog post about it! In fact I wrote several, all of which are linked from this one.

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Two podcasts that are doing yeoman's work:
1) Blogs on Tape is collecting the best posts of the blogosphere and READING THEM OUT LOUD FOR YOU
2) Similarly, Tomos Revelados is doing the same thing in Spanish! (I don't speak it, but they recently translated my Copy and Paste Manifesto for an ep.)