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Lars // Dice Goblin Games

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DM/Warden. I wrote #BlockDodgeParry, #DANGERCLOSE and a shitload of FIST modules. Bloggie-nominated, featured in KNOCK! He/him. https://dicegoblin.blog/

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Magnolia Keep@magnoliakeep.itch.io · 4d ago

From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes a high-octane post about villains! A lot of discourse has been had the past few days about certain settings choosing to omit depictions of slavery, but I propose that making slavers villains is easy and fun! magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/08/just...

Just Make Slavers The Bad Guys

As I'm writing this, there are two main Hullabaloos I'm aware of in the RPG scene. One concerns the upcoming 5.5 release of Dark Sun, ...

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Lars // Dice Goblin Games@dicegoblin.blog · last wk.

dicegoblin.blog/fiction-befo... I’m playtesting v0.99 of DANGER CLOSE, and since the whole point of the game is to create dramatic war fiction, I figured I’d share another session!

Fiction Before Mechanics: Another DANGER CLOSE War Story

I’m playtesting v0.99 of DANGER CLOSE, and since the whole point of the game is to create dramatic war fiction, I figured I’d share another session! The setup for this blog post and thi…

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Lars // Dice Goblin Games@dicegoblin.blog · 3w ago

Vague idea: what if during fantasy hexcrawls, when you travel through regions, you always draw the attention of... something? In settled lands, that's the local lord. In dark lands, that's spooky monsters. In untamed nature, it might be the spirits of the land. The longer you stay, the more...

Rise Up Comus@riseupcomus.bsky.social · 3w ago

One way to make your fantasy pantheon feel weirder and more resonant with mythology is to make them more LOCAL. Gods cannot hear you if you're not at their specific shrine. Not all gods are known to you. Their blessings must be discovered. Not all gods are for you. Their worship is proscribed.

Noah [ノア] 🇨🇦@noah-the-bard.bsky.social · 3w ago

Neat idea! What if you were to flip it around and instead have a value for "energy" (alternatively; hope, motivation, focus, spirit, or capacity) that gets worn down by stressors. When it gets brought down to zero, your character becomes listless and needs to rest/indulge to recover.

Lars // Dice Goblin Games@dicegoblin.blog · 3w ago

I have this vague, shapeless idea that within a modern/cyberpunk city-based setting, "stress" should be a really big element. Or perhaps "stress" isn't the right word. But when exploring big cities, it's the mental load of things that wears you down. I can imagine there'd be a big difference between

Lars // Dice Goblin Games@dicegoblin.blog · last mo.

ICYMI: I wrote about how having individual stats, a personal retinue, a ship/vessel/castle and a domain can all be run with the same stats. The framing is Rogue Trader, but it'd honestly work with anything! dicegoblin.blog/rogue-trader...

Rogue Trader, but make it OSR-ish

I love Warhammer 40k and its setting and scale. I do find that often, however, that scale is not really represented well – and that’s a shame! Playing the actual tabletop wargame still …

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Lars // Dice Goblin Games@dicegoblin.blog · last mo.

My birthday is coming up, and I'm putting together a wishlist (heck, might end up getting things as a gift for myself). What are some really nice physical TTRPG books/products that are just... really well done?