The Benign Brown Beast

The adventure I spent the most time with this year was Skerples’ Tomb of the Serpent Kings (TotSK), running it for a group of 5e players. I...

A random event or “random” is an idea I’m borrowing from the MMORPG RuneScape , although it may exist in other contexts or games also. I tho...

I’ve had the pleasure to run three new systems in the last year or so, and I’ve collected some notes here. Mothership Mothership is a Sc...

For a while now 1 , I’ve been dreaming of a maritime campaign , so I jumped on Weird on the Waves a year or so ago. It’s finally out, and i...

“The Discourse” I can't keep up with The Discourse . There's always something happening, and I mostly don't care. But I try to ...

Skerples proposes a collaborative dimension-hopping train. This is a quick brainstorm about trains, to help myself and others get started. ...

When I first moved to Buffalo and didn't know anyone in the area, I ended up staying with my girlfriend's roommate's mother'...

I have had the pleasure to play in two of Spwack's DIE TRYING playtests. While I'm only talking about the DIE TRYING rules here, the...

Always feels good to help people with things. Sometimes this is just recommending resources, but sometimes I get to flex my slowly-dying eng...

Two junk tables for world building. Illus. Harry Clarke Flotsam (1d100+1d6) Based heavily on Chris G's Secret Santicore 2013 contr...

These spells are meant for a nautical LotFP campaign. I haven't tested any of them yet, but I'll let you know how it goes if I do. T...