I submitted a Cairn adventure to the Appendix N Jam this year! This was my first game jam and I really felt the time and page space restrictions, but my assigned title led me in a fun direction

The Jikininki in the Jug by Dododecahedron

An adventure for Cairn 2e featuring weird happenings in a mountain town and a snowbound temple.

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Scraped over the finish line with my appendix n jam module. Phew! Incan Empire, 1536. Kill the time travelling Nazis. Take their weapons and repel the hated Spanish.

Blood-Pact of Paititi by Bommyknocker Press

Resurrect the Incan emperor. Kill the Nazis. Take their weapons and repel the hated conquistadors.

bommyknocker-press.itch.io

@gamesrobin.com and i are coming at you live with our #appxnjam entry: The Gravity Plague! an adventure about monks ripping themselves apart to reach Heaven and failing utterly. made for cairn 2e. enjoy! ⛪ giantrobottackler.itch.io/the-gravity-...

The Gravity Plague by giantrobottackler, Robin

unrepentant yearning for cairn 2e

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New Carouse, Carouse is out where I interview the creators of #baselinedrift and we get news about the blogosphere and awesome ongoing jams! www.carouse.blog/july-2026-dr...

July 2026 - Drifting Reflections

Welcome! Maybe it's the heat, maybe it's the drinks, but July's got us introspective. This issue marks Carouse's first interview as our own Kati B. picks the brains behind megagame phenomenon Baseline...

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SEVEN-PART PACT, my fantastical ornate TTRPG about powerful wizards, asymmetrical board games, and the pressures of masculinity is now launching on kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...

Seven-Part Pact

A fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Possum Creek about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.

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Voting for the 2026 ENNIE Awards is live! I’m one of the candidates to be a judge next year, and I’m asking for your vote! In this thread I’ll explain what that means, why you should vote for me, and where you can read more of my thoughts on tabletop games. vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2026/ 1/

Making 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/

Extremely flattered that the Designing Dungeons Course by me and Warren has been nominated for Best Online Content! If you haven't checked it out yet, do so before the voting starts! Totally free step by step guide to building a dungeon for TTRPGs! Check it: dungeons.hismajestytheworm.games

The ENNIE Awards@ennie-awards.bsky.social · last mo.

📣 THE 2026 ENNIE AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE OFFICIALLY HERE! 📣 ennie-awards.com/2026-nominees/ New Category Spotlight -We are incredibly excited to debut the new category for Best Solo Game! Solo gaming has exploded with creativity, and we can’t wait to highlight the nominees!

I had fun writing a failed career for Electric Bastionland for this month’s issue of Carouse, Carouse!

June 2026

With solstice behind us, it's jam season! Learn from last year's entries to the Appendix N Jam, check out the latest projects and blog posts, and mind the Tram Hijacker. Roll to Carouse! 1. Lighte...

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I made a map of the food, drinks, and lodging near betweentwocons.com.
 View it on the website—or grab a newspaper-sized version in-person when you pick up @eeldip.bsky.social's mega-zine "The Grotto." See you there, nerds!

Attention all bloggers: a new blog bandwagon appears! This time the topic is randomness in all its forms. The post includes some random tables to further randomize your ensuing post #osr #ttrpg

RANDOM BLOGWAGON — Prismatic Wasteland

Issuing a challenge to all bloggers: blog about the topic of “randomness” on a random day in June. Additional random tables are provided to assist you in your posting.

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New issue of our collaborative indie ttrpg newsletter, Carouse, Carouse! just dropped! If you need something to read with your morning coffee we've got you covered www.carouse.blog/may-2026-fey...

May 2026 - Fey Mischief

Alas, nettlesome sprites delayed this month's issue, but fear not—for below you'll find new releases, a thoughtful review of a psychedelic Cairn module, and a full forest point crawl adventure—also fo...

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Blogwagon Roundup! 50 blogposts all about maps, including a few adventures that use the same map (from @amandalee.bsky.social) in totally different ways #osr #ttrpg

Around the Blogosphere in 80 Days (Blogwagon Roundup) — Prismatic Wasteland

A roundup of 50 blogs from the past few months that all focus on maps (including a few adventures that key off the same map).

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April’s issue features my favorite piece of banner art yet from @servsci.bsky.social! I wrote a bit about treasure maps and now they might be used to reward exploration & mapping

April 2026 - Hallelujah!

Spring has sprung in the northern hemisphere, and the ent babies are sprouting! This month's issue features an oneiric adventure site for Mythic Bastionland, tips for using treasure maps to test your ...

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Happy #portfolioday Human-made Toronto based traditional ink drawings for your games and stories #osr #ttrpg #indieartist

just released my submission for @gilarpgs.bsky.social's WYRM jam! it's a dungeon set inside a spire on a tranquil sea. each sunset every flower on the sea withers and dies. except for the lilies. there's plenty of community copies available. enjoy! 🪷 giantrobottackler.itch.io/in-a-petal-u...

Have been working on a new project for blog discovery. It's now live! Check out rootr.ing! A new small hub and webring for ttrpg blogs. Read about here: elmc.at/rootring-is-...

rootring is live!

rootring is a curated webring for TTRPG blogs: a place to wander from site to site, discover new writing, and follow the blogosphere.

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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

Rating Every Room in White Plume Mountain — Prismatic Wasteland

I review every single room (and some non-rooms) in the original funhouse dungeon and describe what makes them work or not work and what is worth stealing for your dungeons and what you should avoid, a...

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I know, I know, I keep talking about the Bloggies. But I built an archive of all the past Bloggies Awards. If that's your kind of thing, take a look! You can also grab yearly OPML files of all nominees for your RSS reader. bloggies.org

Vote for Elmcat! ACAB was one of my favorite blogs this year, and Elmcat has become a pillar of the community. His Mapping the Blogosphere project is one of the coolest things I've seen on a blog.

Clayton@explorersdesign.bsky.social · 6mo ago

And you can vote for all of the current contenders for round 3 in this form! forms.gle/bgzyuLaCQAYF...

Bloggies PSA! Round 1 of all 5 initial Categories is open until 7 AM EST. Not just Advice. Advice: forms.gle/LApoXPh7cVhy... Critique: forms.gle/5Qvwxxsvyhq8... Gameable: forms.gle/WjPxMyQunpPZ... Theory: forms.gle/VSa1fwjYLcrk... Meta: forms.gle/R26nY7qm7DaA... Vote for your favorites. PSA over

The awesome @bommyknocker.bsky.social, @elmc.at, Grace of Choir of Fire @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social and many community members have organized a group recording effort of every Bloggies post as podcast episodes inspired by Blogs on Tape!https://podcast.bloggies.org/

We Read The Bloggies (@WeReadTheBloggies) • Activity

We’re volunteers turning Bloggies-nominated blog posts into audio. So you can enjoy them anywhere, in a more accessible format.

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a response to the @rascal.news article on yazeba's bed & breakfast, clarifying some misunderstandings and (hopefully) providing a clearer explanation of what happened possumcreek.medium.com/a-response-t...

four Pig-faced Orcs inked today #osr #ttrpg #art #inkillustration #dnd

New zine! "Imagine a parallel world where RPGs evolved from wargaming by adding roleplaying, instead of our world’s approach of adding mechanics to free roleplaying. It is hard to conceive a divergent history where the conditions were right for RPGs to start from wargames." — from Wightbred's essay

Tanya Floaker@floaker.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I was having thoughts about ways in which "the FKR" and "Storygames" should kiss (I know, I know). Then @dodo-decahedron.bsky.social made my fave blog post of 2025, invoking the PbtA onion by @lumpley.bsky.social, so I folded them in. Here's the result. Check out more here: playworlds.itch.io

I wrote a theory post. Don't worry, I paid taxes at the end. newschoolrevolution.com/turning-the-...

Turning the Dial

Nerds love taxonomy; it gives order to the world, and provides a meaningful sense of control. Of course, it's all an illusion. At best taxonomy is a useful t...

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January issue of Carouse just dropped! If you like indie TTRPGs check out this collaborative newsletter from a diverse group of indie creators. www.carouse.blog/january-2026...

January 2026 - The Carousies

Happy New Year! This issue is a little different; in place of our usual columns and gameable goodness we're handing out some awards! Plus, you'll find a thoughtful review by Sprinting Owl of a unique ...

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A short but sweet post this week. Next week's article is a semi-sequel to my 1 HP Dragon post from last year. www.explorersdesign.com/top-5-newsle...

My 5 Favorite RPG Newsletters

Forget the algorithms. We've got people to show us the rpg blogosphere.

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Next month I will launch Cairn Press. I tried to make a publishing agreement that is fair, free, and mutually beneficial. Once the lawyer approves final contract I'll release it as CC-BY-SA, if possible. I've also written up a "plain English" version that you can read here: cairnpress.ink#terms

Cairn Press

The official website for the Cairn Press imprint.

cairnpress.ink

It’s Bloggies season! Here’s a big list of posts I enjoyed. Plus, a recap of my year in blogging and plans for 2026:

Bloggies / New Year

2025 blogging highlights and plans for 2026

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