"Messy lesbians, toxic power dynamics, giant robots fighting eldritch horrors, oppression, and hard choices."
Impressions of Isabelle Ruebsaat's Girl Frame, with some insights from the designer herself.
The 1996 draft of the unpublished, unannounced Magic RPG is substantial. I made a few marginal notes when I reviewed it. I'm giving it away for a donation to Planned Parenthood, offered by secret silent auction. DM me with offers. I'm likely to get a few big offers.
"What if?" #mtg #ttrpg 1/2
@paizo.com is raising their prices on #TTRPG PDFs.
I have thoughts on this, but am generally a big fan of it. Also remember Paizo is a well established upper midsize studio.
If they are raising their prices… so should you. Community copies exist to provide accessibility
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Of *course* I had to pitch the BitD sexual revolution and call it Blades '69
Evil Hat knows I have a reputation to uphold
RuleZero What Is OSR? System Matters Manifesto Roots in Wargaming What we canlearn from boardgames Hostility to game design House of Leavesof ttrpgs Rules-X X-puk X meets Y Ghibli/Dark Souls
made a list of ttrpg topics/takes that earn you a wedgie
“About to engage in adventures” type fit
This week in the Bathtub, get lost in an a cursed motel from which there is no escape…in space! In the latest from Norgad, Roach Motel! idlecartulary.com/2026/03/09/b...
"Fitness" is a subgenre of custom map.
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Forgive me Star Fox 64, the second Fire Emblem game was necessary.
b/w analogue photo of a shopping estate at night. the paint is peeling, and only one unit is lit.
big update to violence. shooting is better. melee is better. cleaned up and split up. expect a bunch more violence shit in june '26.
lukegearing.blot.im/violence
I rate every room in White Plume Mountain (X out of 5 Stars) and explain why each room does, or does not, work and how you can take these lessons into designing your own dungeons, be they of the funhouse variety or not
#osr #ttrpg
Johnson Squared: a farcical whodunit mystery-
Deputised with the full legal powers of Janus Corp, the Crewmembers must identify a rogue scientist leaking data off-colony. The only problem: everyone on the station is an exact clone of the same man.
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I will speak of this bit for generations.
“First off, I don’t know what a ‘Nintendo’ is."
The creator of Pokémon-meets-OSR game, Into the Oddish, is serious about parody and won't let legal threats cramp creativity.
New month, new newsletter. Talking about why I didn't blog this month haha
Also including a ton of links to posts I found interesting!
elmc.at/catmail-2/
It's in sale again please buy my shit, money is tight
Rust Wings bundle pledge
Rust Wings character sheet
After 1.5 years of hard work, Rust Wings, my Ghibli-inspired adventure TTRPG using Mausritter's rules, is live on Kickstarter. Come help make this upbeat and joyous exploration of resistance, ecological survival, and teenage joy a success. www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...
** Now back in stock! **
In Thousand Year Old Vampire you chronicle the many centuries of a vampire’s existence, beginning with the loss of mortality and ending with inevitable destruction.
Hardcover, full color, 188 pages. With ribbons, foil, and secrets.
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The March Mecha Newsletter features Girl Frame and an interview with the creator @anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social! Girl Frame is a PBTA game about lesbian pilots, forced into half-living mech suits and sent by their Handler to kill eldritch beings from outside reality.
It's incredibly well-written.
Is The Isle lacking?
Or are you biting the bullet that its maps count as art?
spearwitch.itch.io/the-isle
What are your favorite PbtA actual plays?
Ideally something you like not only for the players, but that also shows off the strengths of the system.
I’d love a new podcast backlog to work through.
Or are you combining our interpretations?
Like the crouton should simply be left on the tongue until it is gone, no matter how long it takes?
Are you saying Brad used “Jolly Rancher” as a synonym for “small”?
Hello everybody. My name is Olivia, I am the social media coordinator for MCG, and I have made a very silly, embarrassing mistake.
Our team has been busy getting ready for GAMA (among some personal issues that have left the Kansas crew a bit scattered), and (1/5)
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Bread you can suck on?
A short and very busy month on the road means this month's Explorateur is light. I mean, it's still a mace to face with design links, but it's not the usual two-hander.
I'm doing this new thing with the intro where I share three design/creative/craft ideas.
www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...
Gender Among the Elves. Built from two starting premises.
1. Elves can change their gender easily.
2. Elven society is still pretty patriarchal.
goblinpunch.blogspot.com/2026/02/gend...
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