elmcat
Blogging about TTRPGs among other things.
- Reposted by elmcatAll bloggers are hereby cordially invited to participate in a new blog bandwagon on the topic of MAPS, featuring art (which you can use, remix, distort as you see fit) from @amandalee.bsky.social (Garbage Barge, Vampire Cruise, et al) You have 80 days starting now! #osr #tttpg #blog
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- Reposted by elmcatAI is like every other extractive technology: built on the proletariat of the neocolonial economies of the global South. Do not look away. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
- Reposted by elmcat‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
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- Reposted by elmcatGet this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by @mollynoise.bsky.social and human-made art by @stregawolf.art. Jump in now for early bird deals!
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- Reposted by elmcatNew from me - Epstein continued attending dinners alongside the likes of Musk, Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin after his sentence for child sex offenses www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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- I'm joining the newsletter game. Don't ask me why! I'm not sure either. I just want to help more good blogs get found elmc.at/catmail-1/
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- Reposted by elmcatThe Bloggies 2026 submissions are officially closed. Get ready for the nominations next Monday. You can get the full schedule and submissions breakdown here: www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-sub...
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- Reposted by elmcatDid I forget to write and publish The Explorateur while working on The Bloggies? *Jonathan Frakes Voice:* "Not this time." A treasure trove of links for rpg designers by rpg designers 👇 www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...
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- Updated the blog map with the first data set of 2026. graph.elmc.at here is what it looks like if you filter for this year
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- Last day to nominate posts for the bloggies. If you need some suggestions I posted a few of my nominations every day in this thread the past month.
- My daily Bloggies picks (31 - last day!): In this short series, Matthew goes through several ttrpg books and analyzes their layouts, highlighting what works and where the pitfalls are matthewkjandre.blogspot.com/2025/04/prac...
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- My daily Bloggies picks (30): Malmuria writes about the hobby's cults of personality (Gygax and his son) and how reactionaries and white supremacists, plus the "civility over accountability" crowd, keep finding space in certain corners of the scene familiarwaves.substack.com/p/the-hobbys...
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- Reposted by elmcatAs of tomorrow, Cairn Press is live! Bring me your modules, your supplements, your hacks - as long as they are Cairn adjacent, I'll take consider it! More soon. cairnpress.ink
- If you'd like to nominate something I wrote, I'd really appreciate it. Here are my favorite posts from last year: Sandbox Settlements: Prep, Run, and Thrive Sandbox Settlements: Downtime Running Mythic Bastionland Mapping the Blogosphere elmc.at
- If you want to be nominated for a Bloggie, please campaign for yourself. You campaigning helps expand the audience of The Bloggies which gets more eyes on everyone's writing. Thanks Exeunt! www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
- If you just want general recommendations (or a bunch of cool posts to read) I've been posting a few of my nominations each day all month
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- Reposted by elmcatI have been writing this blogpost for months to share my personal perspective and insight to the Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene. Check it out! afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-co...
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- My daily Bloggies picks (29): @iknowadamseats.bsky.social wrote about why you might want to play a game you don't like, especially if you haven't touched it in years, and what it can teach you iknowadamseats.blogspot.com/2025/02/stop...
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- My daily Bloggies picks (28): @binarystar.games asks why are we motivated and drawn to conflict, how are we expressing it, and how to we resolve it? I found this very insightful! binarystar.games/posts/origin...
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- What if I change Landmark, Hidden, Secret to use for character knowledge? idk! elmc.at/common-recal...
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- My daily Bloggies picks (27): @icastlight.bsky.social takes a dive into English medieval law and looks for gameable content. really enjoyed this little exploration icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/law-...
- My daily Bloggies picks (26): @save.vs.totalpartykill.ca shares advice and thoughts from a hexcrawl he ran a decade ago. figuring it out as you go "You shouldn't let a fear of doing it wrong stop you from playing. It’s honestly pretty hard to play wrong." save.vs.totalpartykill.ca/blog/advice-...
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