Category: RPG
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Vermis I & Discovering Lore through Play
I recently picked up a physical copy of Vermis I, an interesting setting book whose core conceit is that it is a game manual for an old King’s Field-esque title that never got released. Besides absolutely dripping with nostalgia and chocked full of evocative art, it has a lot of…
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OPD Playtest – Knave
My second playtest was ran with Knave 1e, by Ben Milton (of Questing Beast fame). Among other things, this playtest convinced me of the utility of the system for one-shots and playtests of OSR and OSR-adjacent content, as well as the effectiveness of it’s character creation content for helping players…
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Playtest Takeaways
The sheer size of the dungeon is definitely a success. Writing a 14 room one page dungeon was the height of folly and making it actually fit within a single page was painful indeed but at the end of the day I think it was as much of a success…
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OPD Playtest – Worlds Without Number
My first playtest was with the Worlds Without Number by Sine Nomine Publishing, and I ran it with my current home game group. What follows is my playtest dungeon key & map, a rough play report, as well as my notes on what I learned from the experience. Apologies in…
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First Post + One Page Dungeon Contest Playtest
The One Page Dungeon Contest is running again this year, and since I recently started a new home campaign and therefore have the players to (kindly) run through the ringer, I decided to enter. In fact, entering the contest this year is actually the reason I decided to create this…
The Lady and Tiger 