Ben L
@benlaurence.bsky.social
Author of Through Ultan's Door, Downtime in Zyan, and Mazirian's Garden. Creator of the podcast Into the Megadungeon. Links here: https://linktr.ee/ultansdoor Patreon: https://patreon.com/ultansdoor Webstore: https://throughultansdoor.bigcartel.com/
Day 515, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “Encyclopedia Magica Volume One”, TSR 1994, Arnie Swekel, page 336. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart #monster
Oxnails are massive selled gastropods able to climb walls and swim with ease, able to carry great weights and even several passengers. However, it moves slowly. Name your oxnail. fomoria.com #fomoria #ttrpg
Public Domain Art is the lifeblood of small tabletop rpgs, but it can be a nightmare trying to find the right art and license. This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film. Link below 🔗👇
some truly great ENNIES options this year one of my favorites: the Designing Dungeons Course (@riseupcomus.bsky.social and @icastlight.bsky.social) take a break and give it a look if you do, I think you'll give it your vote 👇
Designing Dungeons Course
The landing page for the Designing Dungeons course.
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Rise Up Comus@riseupcomus.bsky.social · 4w agoMaking your own dungeon can feel intimidating, but it's just a series of discrete steps. To help make the joy of writing your own dungeon available for everyone, I wrote the Designing Dungeons Course. Please vote it #1 for BEST ONLINE CONTENT in this year's ENNIES! vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2026/
RiP Emmanuel. Another of the old guard has retired, but his legacy has and will endure.
So I've been playtesting a new game / adventure. Working title: MACE OF THE MONKEY KING. Premise: the Monkey King's dropped his mace. It's fallen on a town. Whoops! In its early stages, the adventure has PCs exploring a community hit by a comet. So far we're two sessions in. 1/
A little over two weeks ago I released a jokey blog post about what to expect going into an o/u-like LTRP. Now its time to give Baseline Drift the chunky post-mortem blog treatment as its predecessor with a reprise of my first ever blog post. thegardenbelow.blot.im/voice/expres...
Voice / Expression / Reprise - The Garden Below
Exploring markdown formats, plural identity, and other tools of live text expression in the wake of Baseline Drift.
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Playing the Quiet Year with my wife and elder daughter (17). Her bestie introduced her to it! I cannot believe that she plays in Cataphract games and knows who Avery Alder is. So far it's very fun especially bc my wife isn't into role playing games but can get into this. 🎆
*staring at my 80 page heartbreaker Jorune ruleset manuscript* "Maybe this thing where we try to make the perfect ruleset to run a single campaign...is a mistake?"
My 800 room, 99 section modular megadungeon for Cairn is finally complete! Also, it's PWYW, so anyone can enjoy it. www.fistfulofvalkyries.com/2026/06/ente... #ttrpg #osr #cairnrpg #megadungeon
Suppose I'm using group initiative. Does anyone know of any blogpost or forum discussion of the comparative merits of alternating sides in a sequence of phases i.e. winner moves, loser moves, winner shoots missiles, loser shoots missiles, etc. VS the winner does all their stuff and then the loser?
A delightful conceit
Amabel Holland@amabel.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday's the day! Swords Against - Beginner's Box (1979 Replica Edition) is a complete reproduction of a specific, incomplete, unplayable copy of an 1979 RPG starter set purchased at an estate sale, including some of the deceased owner's personal effects. hollandspiele.com/products/swo...
I've been making A LOT of progress on my Jorune vaporware campaign, to the point where it's...almost not vapor ware?It will be a large player base (20-25 active players) living world campaign. Very excited about it! #osr
My daughter wants me to go to GenCon with her. Frankly it sounds like a nightmare to me and seems to cost a wild amount of money to sign up for events. Am I right that the fun is to be had outside of the scheduled events?
Are there good supplements or magic systems that have properly psychedelic spells or psychic powers? What are they? Since I'm an OSR head, I'm not looking for freeform systems. I want lists of trippy spells. Psionic powers are ok too if they're properly weird.
The very first Cairn Press "Double Feature" is now LIVE on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cai...
Cairn Press Adventure Double Feature!
Two brand-new adventures the Cairn RPG: "What Haunts the Harwood" and "The Drops of St. Jerome"
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John Blanche did to wargaming what Vivienne Westwood did to fashion. Dungeonpunk showed us that you didn't have to respectfully render Tolkien in historical hues, but could slap on tentacles and spikes and lipstick and chequers and blazing evil moons.
A statement regarding @darkhorseunion.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4uOQHVM
Statement Regarding Dark Horse Workers United :: Dark Horse Comics
To the members of Dark Horse Workers United and everyone at Dark Horse: I am pleased to announce that Dark Horse Comics is willing to voluntarily recognize Dark Horse Workers United as a recognize...
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RIP John Blanche. A legend. His early art is my fav fantasy art.
Famous Heroes of the Kabuki Stage Played by Frogs by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), a woodcut illustration of personified frogs in costume acting out scenes from Kabuki plays. Original from Library of Congress. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. Text by rawpixel
