The only good thing to come from Bulletgate so far
Had to quickly sketch out this eel with a man's face after hearing @yochaigal.bsky.social talk about how eels look like they have a person's face on Between Two Cairns
I want to stumble through a fairy gate.
#OSR #TTRPG
He hasn't. I've seen it. It's beautiful.
More images.
Wow @coorac.bsky.social I finally received Castle of the Veiled Queen and I have to say it might be the nicest looking module I've ever seen. Paper quality, format, art, presentation, etc are top-notch.
Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I review Leviathan by Christian Eichhorn, and discuss the importance of Number Appearing.
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IT IS COMPLETE!
Check out my submission for the Lean Green Zine Jam!
It's got:
-Strange creatures
-Weird environments
-Gozo items
mikeisitch.itch.io/bio-patina
#cairnttrpg #ttrpg #osr #osrttrpg #adventure #Islandttrpg #swordandsorcery #fantasy #leangreenzinejam #ttrpg #rpgzine #cairnrpg #cairn
Now you get to make one of those cool cool obsidian point maps
It may have been eaten by your spam filter, let me know if it doesn't show up.
I left you a long explainer on the blog!
Thanks for playing and writing up this review!
The Bloodhound is a person, not a dog! I should add a reference to the WG. The PCs are told this by the Guard they meet.
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Haha yeah, typo
As Perens says in the article, "Refusing to grant others the rights you yourself received as a user is highly [antisocial], no matter what method you use."
I can see a world where someone fully trains an LLM to write a new RPG based on my CC-BY-SA text, then spits out the result with a closed license.
This is already possible of course (mechanics can't be copyrighted) but it still is very anti-social behavior.
www.theregister.com/2026/03/06/a...
For folks who care about Copyleft (in writing or in software) this should be a clarion call. It is already probably too late, though. And it might not all be bad.
Reaction roles are the soul of OSR encounters.
Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I review What Lies Within the Pools Which Lie Upon the Shoreline? by @manarampmatt.bsky.social and discuss how do modern OSR games handle handle a vacuum after PC death.
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In a bonus episode of Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I talk about the tools we use to make stuff! All are linked in the post. This is only for patrons for now, but will appear in the public feed some time in the future.
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Drew a character for my patrons!
Apparently all of my adventures on DriveThruRPG are 25% off right now, so... have at them!
#osr #ttrpg #Shadowdark
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Does anyone know of a paid version of the When We Were Wizards podcast?
These ads are not a good experience. They appear in the middle of people talking without warning and ruin the experience.
If they setup a web shop with a single season payment I would be so happy.
17 hours and $38 to go to double the goal and unlock a free OSE PDF conversion for all backers!
If you havent jumped in with the Valley of Lune yet, why not now?
Feel free to ask me anything about the project!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hil...
#Cairn2e #ZineQuest #OSR #Indie #Zine
You can link to the terms page. Or the Google doc itself.
Oh look! There's the cover (more or less final) for my next Old-School Essentials adventure: "He Who Claimed the Sun"! Coming soon(ish).
#OSE #OSR #TTRPG
Sunday 6:30pmET on WESU 88.1fm I welcome Anthony Merida and his upcoming OSR CON to the show. We'll talk OSR, #ttrpg, #gaming, and even publishing. Tune in! wesufm.org streamed worldwide or your fav radio app. #OSR #games #indieradio
36 Hours to go on the Valley of Lune, a complete wilderness region for Cairn 2e!
Here's a peek at the smallest dungeon in the area, The Vault of the Dreamless.
#OSR #Cairn #TTRPG #ZineQuest
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I've released the text of the Cairn Press Creator Agreement as CC-BY-SA 4.0. Obviously you should do what I did and pay a lawyer before using it! But I hope it helps others.
Find it here:
cairnpress.ink#terms
I have been toying around with this concept for YEARS. Glad someone finally beat me to it:
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I've launched 4 (very) successful TTRPG crowdfunding campaigns in as many years. One like = one no-nonsense take on indie TTRPG crowdfunding.
