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Cultures, not Games
A rant.
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A World That Answers
A poem after reading The Retired Adventurer.
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CATMAIL #4
Look what the cat dragged in. Monthly project updates, plus curated blog posts and oddments worth your time.
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Cat Scraps: Apr 26
A monthly archive of blog links dragged home and hoarded, with essays, tools, playable bits, reviews, and oddities.
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Against Maps
Not all maps help play. Some clarify, some confuse, some inspire, and some just sit there like decoration.
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Fullstack Refereeing
A framework for thinking about refereeing as Backend, Frontend, and Runtime, so you can diagnose play problems instead of solving the wrong ones.
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CATMAIL #3
Look what the cat dragged in. Monthly project updates, plus curated blog posts and oddments worth your time.
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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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CATMAIL #2
Look what the cat dragged in. Monthly project updates, plus curated blog posts and oddments worth your time.
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CATMAIL #1
Look what the cat dragged in. Monthly project updates, plus curated blog posts and oddments worth your time.
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Common, Recalled, Obscure
Landmark, Hidden, Secret reframed for character knowledge.
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2025 in Blog Data
Blogging isn't dead: a 2025 year-in-review of the blogosphere map dataset—posts per month, survival rates, and publishing patterns.
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Mapping the Blogosphere
An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.
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Glory as Reputation
Use Glory as an instant reputation roll in Mythic Bastionland: who's heard of your Knight and how fame changes the world at the table.
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Appendix Elmcat
An Appendix N reverse engineered: my principles for player-driven sandbox games and the sources that planted them.
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Running Mythic Bastionland
Run Mythic Bastionland with confidence: map creation, realm population, sparking conflict, Omens, Sites, calendars, and lightweight prep tools.
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In Pursuit of Prep Serenity
From anxiety to near-zero prep: tools, faction turns & a calendar system keep my Dolmenwood OSR campaign alive while the GM stays relaxed.
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Bluesky Comments Fixed
Restore Bluesky comment threads on Bearblog with a quick meta-tag trick and updated plugin code—step-by-step fix in one concise guide.
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Kill Clerics, Become Warlocks
Ditch bland clerics. Make divine magic rare, pact‑bound, and dramatic—one miracle per god, high stakes if you fail. Turn clerics into warlocks.
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Sandbox Settlements: Downtime
Learn how I designed and applied a customized downtime system for sandbox games that sparks exploration and dynamic play.