Prismatic Wasteland
@prismaticwasteland.com
3x Ennie-winning TTRPG designer My blog: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com My games in print: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/shop My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PrismaticWasteland
Are warriors, bards, and lovable rogues all that different? They all get their power from being Legends: dreamshrike.blogspot.com/2026/09/ever...
Every hero a legend
"When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness." --Tecumseh (apocryphal) If the world is a tree, its roots are legends....
dreamshrike.blogspot.com
Several links related to names and naming in rpgs including a Random Sword & Planet Character Name Generator. sorcerersskull.blogspot.com/2026/09/some...
Some Links on Naming
Thanks to Prismatic Wasteland's post , I was made aware of a blogwagon in the GLoGosphere about naming. I am not a GloGger, but that post go...
sorcerersskull.blogspot.com
My current procedure for buying RPGs. When it works, I usually feel more content with my purchasing decisions coppershaman.com/procedure-fo...
Procedure for buying RPG books
I try to follow this procedure when possible. Sometimes I’m not in the best headspace and I fail. Sometimes it really helps. You want to buy an RPG book Ge...
coppershaman.com
DANGER CLOSE is a system for theatre-of-the-mind tactical military skirmishes, yes, but it also contains a robust system agnostic campaign framework, in which you can pick-and-choose the elements you want in your campaign. I took it for a rest run! dicegoblin.blog/one-smuggler...
One Smuggler Against The Empire: Putting The DANGER CLOSE Campaign Tools To The Test
DANGER CLOSE started out as a game that didn’t exist but that I wanted to play. Now that it’s almost feature complete, I’m in this weird stage of “Oh wow, I can finally play the c…
dicegoblin.blog
The August 2026 TTRPG Crowdfunding Retrospective is here and it's a doozy. The big story? 11 US$100K+ campaigns ended in an 11-day period (8/4-8/14) and collectively raised US$7.8M+ (nearly 83% of all money pledged in August) ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com/2026/09/augu...
August 2026 TTRPG Crowdfunding Retrospective
I feel like I say this every month, but this month is one of the stranger on record for TTRPG crowdfunding. There was an 11-day period (Augu...
ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com
Have you read this nascent blog with alternate rules for making (and upgrading!) a hometown for His Majesty the Worm? Would be cool if you're going for a Darkest Dungeon vibed game and needed a Hamlet.
Home Court - Home Towns for HMTW
The city at the centre of the world is all well and good when it just so happens the door to hell is opened underneath it, but the fantastical doesn't wait o...
abberationheuristic.bearblog.dev
I have made using True Names for fae and demons compelling and gameable, which some said was impossible. Also, this is part of both the ongoing Name and Indonesian TTRPG Blogwagons #ttrpg #osr
True Names in Elf Games — Prismatic Wasteland
Rules for learning and using True Names against fey, demons and other sorts that preserve player agency. Also a brief note about animals in human form. For the Name and Indonesian Blogwagons.
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New Blogpost! Pokemon in the Post-Human Age may choose to cling to Society or revert to their Feral instincts, but those can't be the only two options. Enter, the Spoonsingers, a Mon-Astic order blurring the line between Psychic and Fighting, a new facton/advancement option for #IntoTheOddish
Farmer Gadda's TTRPG Hayloft : Spoonsinger - A Mon-astic Order for Into The Oddish
May the Force Palm be with you
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Just image there's a thumbnail with a little guy in the middle of a compass rose.
Boxing the Compass - Benign Brown Beast
I made this little zine for personal reasons, but I hope you’ll find some use or interest in it. Boxing the Compass (Pages) Boxing the Compass (US
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In the 19th session of our B1 campaign, the party fights for their right to plunder ancient ruins, recruits even MORE unlikely allies, & constructs an elaborate plan to take the fight to Mangug's orcs & take back the dungeon! #TTRPG #D&D #AD&D #OSR
Play Report (AD&D 2e): In Search of the Unknown (Session 19)
We played the nineteenth session of our Dungeon Module B1: In Search of Unknown AD&D 2e game last night. You can read past play reports here...
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I have made using True Names for fae and demons compelling and gameable, which some said was impossible. Also, this is part of both the ongoing Name and Indonesian TTRPG Blogwagons #ttrpg #osr
True Names in Elf Games — Prismatic Wasteland
Rules for learning and using True Names against fey, demons and other sorts that preserve player agency. Also a brief note about animals in human form. For the Name and Indonesian Blogwagons.
prismaticwasteland.com
I issue you a challenge: Write your dungeons in 4-5 room elemental building blocks. Try writing a dungeon patch every week for a month. Post your dungeon patches on your blog so your friends can use them. Take dungeon patches from your friend's blogs. Make your megadungeons like a quilt.
The Elemental Level of Megadungeon Construction
There was a post on Facebook (cess pit that it is) that I found really inspirational. Here's a screenshot so you don't ritually defile yours...
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Without us, the dice are powerless. But we can invest ourselves into them, make them into a Leviathan that can rule over us. goatsongrpg.wordpress.com/2026/09/02/l...
Ludic Leviathan
My design philosophy has long been rooted in the idea of permissive and cooperative design – the idea that a game’s text and rules should serve to help the players. However, I’ve started to s…
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Another entry for the Indonesian TTRPG Blogwagon from me. I suuuuuuuuuuck at designing mechanics and procedures, but I'm trying anyway. Here's a magic system based on Indonesian occult practice where you negotiate it instead of casting it yourself! afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/indonesian-t...
Indonesian TTRPG Blogwagon: An Indonesian Magic System
Magic system based on Indonesian occult practice
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev
For the Crime Wave FlimFlam Jam, Oil City is a box of shenanigans for your palookas. 60 hand-written encounters, 30 job hooks, and more than 30 NPCs. Chase elephants, rob payrolls, lean on lawyers, and make bank. Don't forget your Tommy guns. markfelps.itch.io/oil-city-and...
Oil City and Freedom Island by Mark Felps
a Crime Wave FlimFlam setting
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Throwing my contribution to the Indonesia blogwagon out there: The Orangutan, a being for Cairn, including a bit of possible diegetic advancement. Hope you all enjoy! personable.blog/orangutan/
The Orangutan
A being for Cairn.
personable.blog
Afraid of Encounters (He/Him)@isaacisafraid.bsky.social · 3w ago17 August 1945 is the Independence Day of Indonesia. I'm not celebrating that. I am celebrating the Indonesian TTRPG scene and any Indonesian TTRPG stuff by calling for an Indonesian TTRPG Blogwagon! afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/indonesian-t...
I'm going to try and write more frequent, less serious blog posts about cataphracts This one is a bunch of miscellaneous thoughts, many of which might be familiar from the discord seedlinggames.com/blogging/cat...
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It came from cohost... but now it's on wordpress! goatsongrpg.wordpress.com/2026/09/01/o...
On Dallas
Hey everyone! This mini-blog is from when I was posting on cohost (coposting), talking about the Dallas RPG which I think was real neat! I’m going to preserving my other coposts in a similar …
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Clayton makes a great point here that I think a lot of people dont realize. People pay attention when all you have to say is negative. You are digging yourself a grave made of your own discontent- the internet isn't actually a good place to complain.
Clayton@explorersdesign.bsky.social · 4d agoMusings about the industry. Talks about the town. Caning my shins. Playing the bagpipes. It's a new issue of the Explorateur; a newsletter of design links by game designers for game designers. www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...
I heard some folks wanted a 4e but make it Pokemon. Introducing a fun lil ashcan to round out the 30th Anniversary of Pokemon. Hope y'all enjoy. rest.blot.im/pocket-monst...
Pocket Monster League Public Alpha - Traveler's Rest
Unsurprisingly, I love Pokemon. It is such a fascinating and creative space to make things in. I firmly believe that is the closest we have gotten
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Blades of Thesus: a webapp that outputs a cheatsheet for Blades in the Dark. You select which of the Deep Cut mods you want to install, and it subs out and fixes the appropriate rules. The community can also publish their own mods which can be installed and generate new reference booklets.
I wrote a manifesto. It's mostly for me, but maybe it can be for you too! seraphim-seraphina.itch.io/my-blog/devl...
Write More Short Blog Posts: A Manifesto
Why? Because you wish you blogged more and you like citing yourself. Where? Your blog, or wherever else you want. I'm not picky. When? Whenever someone asks a question in a Discord server and you have...
seraphim-seraphina.itch.io
WELL, IT'S FINALLY HERE... JUST NOT IN IT'S FINAL FORM! Check out HypertrenchxGrit, a cool new way to Escape! Blazing fast action, cool customizable characters, space war AND, A BONUS: an entire supplement of Glup Shiddos for you to enjoy! Check it out today! hodagrpg.itch.io/hypertrenchx...
HYPERTRENCHxGRIT by Hodag RPG
An Earlybird Playtest Kit for the Space Fantasy Experience of a lifetime!
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Musings about the industry. Talks about the town. Caning my shins. Playing the bagpipes. It's a new issue of the Explorateur; a newsletter of design links by game designers for game designers. www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...
The Explorateur: Issue #23
Monthly jams, critique, theory, and resources for rpg designers.
explorersdesign.com
Last week on my birthday I issued a blog challenge for folks to write about obscure games and folks sure did deliver. Let this be a lesson that you (yes, you!) should also issue blog challenges on your birthday. virtualmoose.org/2026/08/28/o...
