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Cairn Crash Course
Cairn Crash Course
Lesson #1: The cover is flipping you off. Hello there. There has been a lot of new blood injected into the OSR/NSR space recently. I'll leave the ho...
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Cairn Crash Course
Game Mastering Like a Park Ranger - Silverarm
Game Mastering Like a Park Ranger - Silverarm
This is going to be one of those posts where someone says how Game Mastering in RPG’s is basically a lot like part of their work experience in another field. I'll also get into the dangerous arena of providing GM advice. I’d like to tell you I’ll avoid cheesy reaches to fit the framework but make absolutely no guarantees.
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Game Mastering Like a Park Ranger - Silverarm
Action Mysteries
Action Mysteries
Mystery scenarios are probably the second-most popular genre of gameplay in RPGs after dungeoncrawling. Despite this, quite frustratingly, m...
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Action Mysteries
Western Wilds: an Expedition into the West Marches - The Indie Game Reading Club
Western Wilds: an Expedition into the West Marches - The Indie Game Reading Club
Editor: Guest author Jason Lutes writes about his lengthy fantasy sandbox game and how he made it happen, West Marches style! I recently wrapped up a 40-session “sandbox” fantasy campaign, taking a cue from the “West Marches” approach popularized by Ben Robbins (of Microscope fame). According to a series of blog posts Ben wrote to… Continue reading Western Wilds: an Expedition into the West Marches →
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Western Wilds: an Expedition into the West Marches - The Indie Game Reading Club
A Web of Hooks: Quest Connections in a Sandbox Megadungeon Region - Silverarm
A Web of Hooks: Quest Connections in a Sandbox Megadungeon Region - Silverarm
In order for a sandbox region to have a sense of verisimilitude it's important for it for many of the  locations to be actually connected instead of a series of unrelated vignettes. This interconnection creates a web of hooks that pulls players from location to location and unites the patchwork quilt of locations into a unified whole.
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A Web of Hooks: Quest Connections in a Sandbox Megadungeon Region - Silverarm
Damage to dilemma, the diceless way
Damage to dilemma, the diceless way
Shipwright Thinking about CosmicOrrery’s post about diceless violence and the reference to this post about combat maneuvers. Skorne’s no to-hit rolls or even damage rolls is something I…
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Damage to dilemma, the diceless way
🥉 My Process
🥉 My Process
Since I'm getting a dungeon into publishable form right now for a new project, I thought it might be useful to share a little bit about my p...
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🥉 My Process
Problems
Problems
This  Bastionland Editorial  was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site a week after its...
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Problems