WiddershinsWanderings
TTRPG Fanatic | Editor | Blogger: http://widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev
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- I'm about to send an update to Early Worms about the status of THE CASTLE AUTOMATIC, the Metroidvania dungeon for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM. A lil sneak peak:
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- The president of the United States destroyed existing supply chains through unilateral, illegal action and the normal recourses that Americans use to fight this sort of market pressure aren't working because we live in a newly-born dictatorship.
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- It's good!
- Did 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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- The 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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- Bloggies closes tomorrow! Please vote for Bathtub Reviews or Critique Navidad for best series or for one of my other posts for design, like the Zungeon Manifesto, Don’t Wait to Create, or When is the Cake Baked! idlecartulary.com
- 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'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/
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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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- Amanda truly is the First Knight
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- Puzzle Dungeon Jam was super fun and busy. I talk about the experience and looking at the wonderful submissions with so many awesome guests. #osr #ttrpg puzzledungeon.com/a-look-back-...
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- I wrote a theory post. Don't worry, I paid taxes at the end. newschoolrevolution.com/turning-the-...
- Just so you all know this (overly) linear map is also from a Jennell Jaquays' product... Loops are good, but are neither necessary or sufficient for good map design.
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- Some notes about how I write TTRPG adventures: My texts tend to be terse. A location described in two lines; a single spoken sentence to describe a character. The aim is *not* to be laconic, but to mirror the pace of natural dialogue; a TTRPG is a conversation between players, after all! 1/
- My first session of Mythic Bastionland was today. I was a little nervous, as I hadn't ran anything in over a year! (The last game I ran was the Mothership module Another Bug Hunt.) This was a quiet session, but fun all the same. Sometimes that's how the dice go. Some thoughts on my blog.
- A tale of playtesting and how you don’t really know what mechanics work until you bring ones that don’t work to your table, maybe more than once
- I'm leaving my day job at the end of the month. I'm going full-time game guy. Feels cool.
- I day dream of a future where I've actually finished more than one project. Doing mock ups helps me manifest. 🧘💪🕺
- This week in the Bathtub, we’re entering a multidimensional labyrinth on the back of a dragonfly, in search for nukes: It’s Mana Meltdown! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/12/b...
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- Next month I will launch Cairn Press. I tried to make a publishing agreement that is fair, free, and mutually beneficial. Once the lawyer approves final contract I'll release it as CC-BY-SA, if possible. I've also written up a "plain English" version that you can read here: cairnpress.ink#terms
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- My daily Bloggies picks (6 - CRAWL edition) @yochaigal.bsky.social has a great post about how he used a pointcrawl for his west marches campaign. why it works, and how it achieves many of the same goals as a hexcrawl, just with slightly different methods newschoolrevolution.com/pointcrawls-...
- Also worth reading @naeolin.bsky.social's excellent, super-detailed post on building a player-facing pointcrawl sandbox. great resource! widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/player-facin...
- Surprise post! Randomisation errors and how to avoid sabotaging your model with bad use of randomisation! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/06/w... #osr
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