Rowan
Blogger & aspiring game designer in the NSR milieu: dododecahedron.blog
& sometimes carouse.blog
(he/him)
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- New zine! "Imagine a parallel world where RPGs evolved from wargaming by adding roleplaying, instead of our world’s approach of adding mechanics to free roleplaying. It is hard to conceive a divergent history where the conditions were right for RPGs to start from wargames." — from Wightbred's essay
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- It’s Bloggies season! Here’s a big list of posts I enjoyed. Plus, a recap of my year in blogging and plans for 2026:
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- What a great day to be back in NYC!
- My contribution to the Merry Hexmas Blog Bandwagon: former Elf Liberation Front members, Licorice Eels, snow heads in need of bodies, and more!
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- The entrance to a dungeon (or a new level) should evoke trepidation and demand a tangible commitment to peril. #osr
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- Every RPG blogger is allowed one “What is the OSR?” post. Here’s mine:
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- Took a break from writing about role-playing game design to post about… board game design! dododecahedron.blog/2025/11/12/p...
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- In Castle Kelpsprot, the megadungeon I’m running, I use specific naming conventions for different factions. Members of one faction all have virtue names (Clement, Harmony, Prudence), while members of another faction are named after “vermin” (Flea, Rat, Roach). Helpful in a game with many characters!
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- If the best film reviews enhance the audience’s viewing experience, then the best role-playing game reviews should enhance the play experience. dododecahedron.blog/2025/10/13/r...
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- The gatehouse opens October 11! Looking to welcome up to four more players to Castle Kelpsprot, my open table science-fantasy megadungeon capsule game. My DMs are open! (Discord username same as here minus the hyphen). Learn more: dododecahedron.blog/2025/08/18/c...
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- Portland is so dog-friendly! I just saw a coyote rolling around in the someone’s front lawn
- Me fighting the urge to write about politics on my elfgames blog
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- Good news! We helped Ken get his phone repaired, and he was able to contact family. He’s on his way to them and will have a place to stay and access to a vehicle to get to work. He’ll still need to replace his clothes and find an apartment, so any help would be appreciated!
- CW: domestic violence Hey folks, I’m visiting family, and we’re helping a neighbor escape an abusive relationship. Please pitch in if you can and please give this a signal boost! I’m mostly RPG-focused on here, but I’m not on any other social media and this is very important gofund.me/ba07656c3
- CW: domestic violence Hey folks, I’m visiting family, and we’re helping a neighbor escape an abusive relationship. Please pitch in if you can and please give this a signal boost! I’m mostly RPG-focused on here, but I’m not on any other social media and this is very important gofund.me/ba07656c3
- Sometimes spontaneous posts end up being some of the best: dododecahedron.blog/2025/09/10/c... #osr #rpg
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- Just wrote a short post on castaway origins in Castle Kelpsprot, my capsule game megadungeon: dododecahedron.blog/2025/08/26/k...
- “When the tour guide is a tourist themselves, you know you’re fucked.”
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