Review
Grotten is a minimalist dungeon crawler designed for solo play by Tommy Sunzenauer, in which you explore a decrepit, monotone underworld filled with strange landmarks, grimy NPCs, dangerous creatures, and horrible boss monsters.
Review
Caveat Emptor is a solo journaling game in which you play an assistant demon selling secretly cursed items to unsuspecting humans in Wittenberg, Germany.
This Mortal Coil
A procedure for creating a shared history during Session 0 that works across genres and systems.
Using the Big Five personality traits to flesh out an NPCs personality
Land of the Crane
From the mummies of ancient Egypt to the internet videos of today, the adorable house cat has captured the human heart for at least ten thousand years.
News
If you heard of Dungeon23, a "thing-a-day" challenge to build a megadungeon over a year, you may have also heard of Lore24, a "thing-a-day" challenge to flesh out a world by writing one bit of lore every way.
News
Welcome to the 2023 Year in Review for Dispatches From the Far Realms, the semi-periodic newsletter about TTRPGs and things adjacent.
Games and game-adjacent design, review, and discussion.