The Play Reports

While Realis was crowdfunding on Kickstarter, I took the opportunity to download the ashcan from itch and run a one-shot.

Forlorn Encystment posed an excellent question on Discord.

This post has been mulling around in my brain for some months now.

This was my third year at GenCon, but my first time running games.

The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Date Played April 7, 2026 Adventure Wizard's Sojourn System Peasantry GM Zakary (Creator) Player Count 4 My Role Player (Dinkus, Hangman) Number of Sessions 1 The Snapshot Visited a wizard tower, and the wizard went on…

I've found joy in retro gaming these last couple weeks, playing a lot of Skies of Arcadia.

The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Date Played December 21, 2025 Adventure Naughty List System Orbital Blues GM Kati Player Count 3 My Role Referee Number of Sessions 1 With Orbital Blues Month having just ended, I thought it would be a great time to sh…

This post has been written as part of the Map Blogwagon.

Fungal Festering Fugitives This is an ongoing series about my open table of Cloud Empress.

Discussions around the bullet typographical device have been making its rounds in the Blogosphere and inciting much debate and discourse, which I’m partially adding to with this post.

The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Date Played April 3, 2026 Adventure Summer Season System Honeybees GM Pat Player Count 3 My Role Player (Derpia) Number of Sessions 1 The Snapshot Continued play from session 1 playtest Discovered paper wasps south of…

The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Date Played April 1, 2026 Adventure Down Darker Trails - Shadows over Stillwater System Pulp Cthulhu GM Jess Player Count 4 My Role Player (Lee the Flea) Number of Sessions 1 The Snapshot Poorly scoped out a bank The w…

This post is both a player and GM report at the same time!

I was looking to expand my Blogosphere setting, and I wanted to write-up locations for them.

The discussion of improvisation and its role at the table continues to fester in my mind, especially after my post on Improv, Play Culture, and Authority.

I love writing snappy reviews of ttrpgs products I engage with, but I realized I can do that with all kinds of media...like video games!

I've been wanting to share with anyone who would listen about the Open Table Cloud Empress (CE) campaign I've been running and then I realized this is one of the reasons why I have a blog...to capture these sessions and refine the way I GM!

As someone who GMs many games, I often think about improv and how that skill has grown with the number of systems and sessions I run.

Introduction This post is part review of my time reading The Rulebook and part recognizing the importance of Instructional Design for TTRPGs.

Running an Open Table of Cloud Empress has taught me a lot.

I've been writing some non-fiction pieces and considering writng them in an epistolary fashion.

Cover art for Slugblaster by Sex on a Pizza.

Table of Contents Introduction System & Adventure Breakdown System Breakdown Adventure Breakdown Memorable Highlights Facilitator Shoutouts All the Data Conclusion Introduction The end of year awards are making their rounds, and being a lover of a data, I…

Final Hexmas Map This entire project wouldn't have been possible without Prismatic Wasteland's Blogwagon Call.

The logo for Over/Under.

Table of Contents Introduction Inspiration Blogosphere Event Die Real Life Event Die Blogosphere Flux Theme Encounter Local Effects Points of Interest Special Equipment Final Thoughts Additional Reading Introduction Since I joined the Prismatic Waystation…

Another blogwagon by Prismatic Wasteland has summoned the bloggers.

A few years ago, my first sandbox campaign used the Beyond the Wall (BtW) system, and it was also an excuse to buy Hexographer to create my own hexcrawl.

Been a minute since I got to be a player, but I'm back with more Mothership.

When people ask for a good system change - from say something like 5e - that's easy to handle, I used to always recommend PbtA.

The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Date Played August 16, 2025 Playtest Infected Settlement in Sector 6 – Exiled Seers System Orbital Megastructure GM Evlyn Moreau Player Count 4 My Role Player (Jules – Human Variant of Killvek Clan) Number of Sessions 1

The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Date Played September 9, 2025 Open Table Realm of Fosk System Mythic Bastionland GM Olobosk Player Count 4 My Role Player (Viv - The Mirror Knight) Number of Sessions 1 The Snapshot Travelled to a bridge that was cover…

Lying on a dice roll is often remarked as a horrible behavior to do.

The logo for Over/Under, created by Sam Sorensen.

The logo for Over/Under, created by Sam Sorensen.

Got into a discussion about when you should link to relevant content in your blog, but not all the authors are cool, so should you?

The Blogging Clerics, or Blerics, have been summoned again by the Bandwagon!

A picture of Outer Wilds Main Theme sheet musicby Andrew Prahlow.

Old Gods of Appalachia (OGoA) is a Cypher system based game that focuses on an alternate Appalachia in the 19th century.

Introduction Opening and eating fortune cookies provide a chance for ominous, vague, or hysterical moments in a campaign setting.

I heard the clack of keys as Prismatic Wasteland's call to blog about clerics summoned people in the blogosphere.

Another Prep Tool Note: This post includes spoilers for the adventures Another Bug Hunt and A Wicked Secret.

The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Adventure Through Ultan's Door System Dreamland GM Jason Player Count 4 My Role Player (Lily/Cultist/Rollory) Number of Sessions 1 The Snapshot Discovered a weird door only we could see Dreamt in the Inquisitor’s Temple

Rulebook cover for Vaesen This was a pickup game after Precognition!

The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Adventure System Call of Kid-thulhu GM Jess Player Count 4 My Role Player (Paul - Costume: Batman/Mothman) Number of Sessions 2 The Snapshot Legend in town that kids who come to a haunted house never return Roger, some…

The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Adventure Mind Dungeon of the Crystal Eye System MÖRK BORG GM Daria (Bees777) Player Count 4 My Role Player (Ashe - Ashborn Apostle) Number of Sessions 1 The Snapshot Entered a tavern and met some chill people Touched a

The rulebook cover of NUKED!

The Cover of the Deluge at Drizzle Distillery adventure by Munkao.

The Stat Sheet The Label The Details Adventure Spawning Grounds of the Crab-Men System Original Dungeons & Dragons (OD&D) GM Attronarch Player Count 5 (with each person controlling 2 characters) My Role Player (Ulfam and Gill Boi) Number of Sessions 1 The…

The Core Rulebook cover title of Fallout.