Rambling Readers

Hypnogoria

My Dragonbane box set hath arrived and you get a lot for your money - full rules, campaign book, solo rules + adventure, world map, cards for adventures, treasure etc, and a set of card stand minis!

#ttrpg

The crowdfunding pre-launch page for my journaling game The Balsam Lake Unmurders is now active to follow. It's a game where you're an agent sent to a forested Minnesota town to catch a serial necromancer. Check it out.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252728880/the-balsam-lake-unmurders

#journalGaming #ttrpg #zine #BalsamLake

A photo of a scruffy bearded white guy in a dirty, misshapen t-shirt, driving a car and lit by late-day sun and shadows. There is a caption, as if it's a movie frame, which says, "6:30 p.m., March 10th. Entering the town of Balsam Lake."

Astrobach :breadified:

Folklore read live!

Hear the first three tales of the new best translation of Abjørnsen & Moe!

Hear folklore about that tonight @ 6:30 pm PST/9:30 pm EST: https://youtube.com/live/i6Qrn_U0leA

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #vancouver #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #troll #Asbjørnsen #norway #norwegian #scandanavian

A storybook-style drawing man with a bowler hat rows a small rowboat filled with silver ducks in a hurry. Overlaid text: The Troll's Silver Ducks

Wulfric

Looking for a virtual con to attend next month, look no further than Precognition. The organizers are avid #TTRPG enthusiasts who are interested in promoting #IndieGames and lesser known systems. #DnD, #pathfinder, and other mainstream titles are also welcome as part of this celebration of gaming.

Join in the inaugural event as players or GMs and help put a bit more joy into the world.

Kickstarter ends March 5th and the Convention is March 14th-16th. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/precogcon/precognition-0

Tabletop.Events Game Schedule and Submissions
https://tabletop.events/conventions/precognition-2025

Hypnogoria replied to Hypnogoria's status

BYW my #podcast review of excellent Casting the Runes #TTRPG - #horror gaming in the worlds of MR James is here - https://www.hypnogoria.com/h_dicing.html

Hypnogoria

Just found an excellent free adventure for the #horror #TTRPG Casting the Runes courtesy of the brilliant Unbound Book site - https://unboundbook.org/the-marshwood-vampire-a-casting-the-runes-scenario/

Astrobach :breadified:

Folklore read live!

Ever angered a pet so bad it squeezed you to death while you slept?

Hear folklore about that LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/dB555qD-vj0

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #vancouver #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #german #trude #witch #hag #hags

A storybook style illustration of a witch luring a girl in a rowboat to the shores of her gardens. Overlaid text: The Night Hags of Germany

Astrobach :breadified:

Folklore read live!

What if a troll consumed the innocent AND found them wives?

Be confused by folklore tonight @ 6:30 pm PST/9:30 pm EST: https://youtube.com/live/3Kzr63A-SFc

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #vancouver #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #iceland #trolls #valentines #valentinesday #cupid #troll

A storybook style drawing of a great green troll with crimson horns bursting into a middle ages era home and advancing on a well dressed woman who looks on in surprise. Overlaid text: The Matchmaking Troll

David Croyle

Good move from the mods at rpg.net!

#uspol #ttrpg #rpg #gaming #resist #humanity #GoodVsEvil

A forum admin posts reads "New Ban: Do Not Post In Support of Trump or his Administration
The following policy announcement is the result of over a year of serious debate by the moderation team. The decision is as close to unanimous as we ever get. It will not be the subject of further debate. We have fully considered the downsides and ultimately decided we have to stay true to our values. We will not pretend that evil isn't evil, or that it becomes a legitimate difference of political opinion if you put a suit and tie on it.
We are banning support of Donald Trump or his administration on the RPGnet forums. This is because his public comments, policies, and the makeup of his administration are so wholly incompatible with our values that formal political neutrality is not tenable. We can be welcoming to (for example) persons of every ethnicity who want to talk about games, or we can allow support for open white supremacy. Not both. Below will be an outline of the policy and a very incomplete set of citations.
We have a community here that we've built carefully over time, and support for elected hate groups aren't welcome here. We can't save the world, but we can protect and care for the small patch that is this board......"

Jürgen Hubert wants to read Dungeon Master's Guide 2024 by Christopher Perkins

Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt, Adrian Ng, Judy Bauer, Janica Carter: Dungeon Master's Guide 2024 (2024, Wizards of the Coast)

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"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more..."

#dnd #ttrpg

Jürgen Hubert wants to read Midgard - die Welt by Jürgen E. Franke

Jürgen E. Franke , Thomas Losleben: Midgard - die Welt (2019, Elsa Franke, Verlag für F&SF-Spiele)

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The other long-running German #TTRPG / #PNPDE setting!

Though to be honest, I would probably have bought more books if the publisher was willing to sell them in PDF-only versions...

Dave Dawkins

Your characters manage to pull off something utterly unique. People are surprisingly unimpressed.

#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #authodons #ttrpg #dnd

August 19 1961, a car crashed into a docked submarine in Lysekil, Sweden. This is the only recorded accident between a submarine and a car.

likely not a disguised martian

Hmm... I was looking into Paranoia again on the off-chance I might play it again soon... and realized that what I thought was slightly outdated (the paranoia about communist traitors without even the slightest understanding of what communism is) is eerily prescient of current right-wing talking points.

Doesn't help that the disturbing belief in the infallibility of the obviously deranged Computer, the jack booted security, the clueless technologists... all feel familiar.

#ttrpg #paranoia

Jürgen Hubert started reading 2024 Player’s Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons Core Rulebook) by Christopher Perkins

Christopher Perkins, Jeremy Crawford, James Wyatt, F. Wesley Schneider, Ray Winninger, Ben Petrisor, Makenzie De Armas: 2024 Player’s Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons Core Rulebook) (Hardcover, 2024, ‎ Wizards of the Coast)

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This new and improved Player’s Handbook is the ultimate guide for fifth edition D&D players. …

Since my #ttrpg group voted for another #DnD campaign, I suppose this purchase was inevitable.

What are people's practical experiences with this edition, compared to the previous one?

Jürgen Hubert wants to read Der Himalaya by Magnus Bartlett

Magnus Bartlett, Pushpesh Pant: Der Himalaya (1990, Ars Edition)

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I love finding travel books like this in a #LittleFreeLibrary . There's always a lot of good #ttrpg #worldbuilding material in them - if only I could find the time to read them...