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Mapping the Blogosphere
An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.
elmc.at
Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
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been doing more of my little amateur sharpie proxies for a cube! this week, fetchlands:
November 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
been doing more of my little amateur sharpie proxies for a cube! this week, fetchlands:
Reposted by elmcat
I had long forgotten that Courtney’s posts were referencing prior discourse on Illusionism - what crucial history!
You’re spot on in identifying how quickly the concept shifted from theoryslop to boogeyman. Great post.
You’re spot on in identifying how quickly the concept shifted from theoryslop to boogeyman. Great post.
It's been over a decade since the original quantum ogre posts. We use the term, but do we all mean the same thing? In this post I unpack the history of the quantum ogre and propose a modern definition.
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...
quantum ogre reborn
It’s time we re-examine what we mean when we use the term “quantum ogre”. The seed of this post started when Valeria posted her review of Fabula Ultima and quoted Emanuele Galletto (the game’s author)...
www.fluoriteguillotine.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I had long forgotten that Courtney’s posts were referencing prior discourse on Illusionism - what crucial history!
You’re spot on in identifying how quickly the concept shifted from theoryslop to boogeyman. Great post.
You’re spot on in identifying how quickly the concept shifted from theoryslop to boogeyman. Great post.
Reposted by elmcat
It's been over a decade since the original quantum ogre posts. We use the term, but do we all mean the same thing? In this post I unpack the history of the quantum ogre and propose a modern definition.
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...
quantum ogre reborn
It’s time we re-examine what we mean when we use the term “quantum ogre”. The seed of this post started when Valeria posted her review of Fabula Ultima and quoted Emanuele Galletto (the game’s author)...
www.fluoriteguillotine.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It's been over a decade since the original quantum ogre posts. We use the term, but do we all mean the same thing? In this post I unpack the history of the quantum ogre and propose a modern definition.
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...
Reposted by elmcat
Dragonmeet, now in blog form.
Save vs. Total Party Kill - Dragonmeet
I am usually in and out of London to see my brother. In past years I’ve returned to Toronto disappointed to learn if I had planned my trip a little bit better I would have been in the city for Dragonm...
save.vs.totalpartykill.ca
November 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Dragonmeet, now in blog form.
Reposted by elmcat
Some thoughts about hope:
"Last week, Senyar, a cyclone, formed in the Straits of Malacca. This never happens in the Strait of Malacca, you understand? Ours are relatively halcyon waters, protected from monsoons, tsunamis.
Not any more, I guess."
slowlorispress.com/post/8016257...
1/
"Last week, Senyar, a cyclone, formed in the Straits of Malacca. This never happens in the Strait of Malacca, you understand? Ours are relatively halcyon waters, protected from monsoons, tsunamis.
Not any more, I guess."
slowlorispress.com/post/8016257...
1/
TO DRINK UP THE SEA
Islands of Weirdhope, the maritime expandalone to ECO MOFOS!!, by the fearsome pairing of David Blandy and Daniel Locke, is currently crowdfunding.
Scant hours left! The Backerkit campaign ends...
slowlorispress.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Some thoughts about hope:
"Last week, Senyar, a cyclone, formed in the Straits of Malacca. This never happens in the Strait of Malacca, you understand? Ours are relatively halcyon waters, protected from monsoons, tsunamis.
Not any more, I guess."
slowlorispress.com/post/8016257...
1/
"Last week, Senyar, a cyclone, formed in the Straits of Malacca. This never happens in the Strait of Malacca, you understand? Ours are relatively halcyon waters, protected from monsoons, tsunamis.
Not any more, I guess."
slowlorispress.com/post/8016257...
1/
Reposted by elmcat
wrote a little blog post about proceduralism, osr design, and extrapolating to gmless play
www.patreon.com/posts/reflec...
www.patreon.com/posts/reflec...
Reflections on Procedure | Jay Dragon (& Friends)
Get more from Jay Dragon (& Friends) on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
wrote a little blog post about proceduralism, osr design, and extrapolating to gmless play
www.patreon.com/posts/reflec...
www.patreon.com/posts/reflec...
Reposted by elmcat
ive struggles for ages to explain my deepset love for OSR design tools to other ttrpg folks and im grateful someone has finally written a blogpost that so clearly elucidates how OSR play is built. required reading imo
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
ive struggles for ages to explain my deepset love for OSR design tools to other ttrpg folks and im grateful someone has finally written a blogpost that so clearly elucidates how OSR play is built. required reading imo
Reposted by elmcat
I'm humbled by the amazing response to the Blog Map Graph. Thank you!
I'm still not done with it and am working on making it more useful and improving the UX. Right now I'm focusing on making it more maintainable for myself while experimenting with some ideas I've had
I'm still not done with it and am working on making it more useful and improving the UX. Right now I'm focusing on making it more maintainable for myself while experimenting with some ideas I've had
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I'm humbled by the amazing response to the Blog Map Graph. Thank you!
I'm still not done with it and am working on making it more useful and improving the UX. Right now I'm focusing on making it more maintainable for myself while experimenting with some ideas I've had
I'm still not done with it and am working on making it more useful and improving the UX. Right now I'm focusing on making it more maintainable for myself while experimenting with some ideas I've had
Reposted by elmcat
"[What] I’ve written amounts to “the OSR is about adventures,” which probably won’t be news to anyone [...] For me, however, this layered view offers a way to understand the OSR as a consistent, coherent design movement."
The OSR Onion
The OSR may be best understood as a layered approach to design centered around a specific way of writing, refereeing, and playing adventures.
dododecahedron.blog
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"[What] I’ve written amounts to “the OSR is about adventures,” which probably won’t be news to anyone [...] For me, however, this layered view offers a way to understand the OSR as a consistent, coherent design movement."
Reposted by elmcat
Starting at 1pm Central Time! Get REAL with Small Business SaturDAG with commissions done TO ORDER day of!!!
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PLUS, A ONCE IN-A-LIFETIME OPPURTUNITY TO GET YOUR "MICE GAME" CHARACTERS DONE BY A CERTIFIED HATER!
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Starting at 1pm Central Time! Get REAL with Small Business SaturDAG with commissions done TO ORDER day of!!!
FANTASY!
SCI-FI!
HORROR!
SUPERHEROES!
AND MORE!
PLUS, A ONCE IN-A-LIFETIME OPPURTUNITY TO GET YOUR "MICE GAME" CHARACTERS DONE BY A CERTIFIED HATER!
FANTASY!
SCI-FI!
HORROR!
SUPERHEROES!
AND MORE!
PLUS, A ONCE IN-A-LIFETIME OPPURTUNITY TO GET YOUR "MICE GAME" CHARACTERS DONE BY A CERTIFIED HATER!
I'm humbled by the amazing response to the Blog Map Graph. Thank you!
I'm still not done with it and am working on making it more useful and improving the UX. Right now I'm focusing on making it more maintainable for myself while experimenting with some ideas I've had
I'm still not done with it and am working on making it more useful and improving the UX. Right now I'm focusing on making it more maintainable for myself while experimenting with some ideas I've had
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I'm humbled by the amazing response to the Blog Map Graph. Thank you!
I'm still not done with it and am working on making it more useful and improving the UX. Right now I'm focusing on making it more maintainable for myself while experimenting with some ideas I've had
I'm still not done with it and am working on making it more useful and improving the UX. Right now I'm focusing on making it more maintainable for myself while experimenting with some ideas I've had
Reposted by elmcat
I wrote a TTRPG-specific gift guide that isn’t just nice or rpg books you already have or purposely don’t have. If you have well-meaning loved ones who support but don’t necessarily understand your hobby (or if you are that loved one) this may be helpful to share with them #ttrpg #osr #dnd
D20 Tabletop Roleplaying Game and D&D Gift Ideas that Aren't Just More TTRPGs (or Dice) — Prismatic Wasteland
When you are shopping for a tabletop roleplaying game obsessive or D&D fan, most of the recommendations are for more TTRPG books or more dice, when they probably already have plenty. Here are 20 gift ...
www.prismaticwasteland.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Reposted by elmcat
I have a blog now? Because all the people playing #over/under have them and now I want one too. Check it out here: thegardenbelow.blot.im
First post is about the difference between character voice, narrative voice, and player voice, and its told in those voices because i am, in fact, like that
First post is about the difference between character voice, narrative voice, and player voice, and its told in those voices because i am, in fact, like that
The Garden Below
The latest entries posted on The Garden Below
thegardenbelow.blot.im
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I have a blog now? Because all the people playing #over/under have them and now I want one too. Check it out here: thegardenbelow.blot.im
First post is about the difference between character voice, narrative voice, and player voice, and its told in those voices because i am, in fact, like that
First post is about the difference between character voice, narrative voice, and player voice, and its told in those voices because i am, in fact, like that
Reposted by elmcat
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
@juniper-c.bsky.social learned about the OSR while playing #over/under and has somehow managed to already learn enough about it to hold correct opinions on what OSR stands for.
@explorersdesign.bsky.social is it too early to submit posts for the Bloggies?
@juniper-c.bsky.social learned about the OSR while playing #over/under and has somehow managed to already learn enough about it to hold correct opinions on what OSR stands for.
@explorersdesign.bsky.social is it too early to submit posts for the Bloggies?
What is an OSR? - The Garden Below
a post about not knowing what the OSR is.
thegardenbelow.blot.im
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
@juniper-c.bsky.social learned about the OSR while playing #over/under and has somehow managed to already learn enough about it to hold correct opinions on what OSR stands for.
@explorersdesign.bsky.social is it too early to submit posts for the Bloggies?
@juniper-c.bsky.social learned about the OSR while playing #over/under and has somehow managed to already learn enough about it to hold correct opinions on what OSR stands for.
@explorersdesign.bsky.social is it too early to submit posts for the Bloggies?
Reposted by elmcat
If you think I missed a blog let me know!
Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Mapping the Blogosphere
An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.
elmc.at
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
If you think I missed a blog let me know!
Reposted by elmcat
traveller for 5e. 40k for quest. metamorphosis alpha for skylanders. rifts for the lancer companion app COMP/CON. runequest for the nothing phone. top secret for zenner deck. elfquest for 3ds. toon for samsung smart fridges. GURPS for dolby 5.1 surround sound atmos enabled. ars magica for teens
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
traveller for 5e. 40k for quest. metamorphosis alpha for skylanders. rifts for the lancer companion app COMP/CON. runequest for the nothing phone. top secret for zenner deck. elfquest for 3ds. toon for samsung smart fridges. GURPS for dolby 5.1 surround sound atmos enabled. ars magica for teens
Reposted by elmcat
[Lynn sighs, exhausted. Grudgingly she walks to her soap box, takes a weak grip on the corner, and drags it to the center of the room; it makes a squealing, grinding cacophony until it stops. Visibly weary, Lynn puts one foot on her box, lifts herself up onto it.]
Not every game needs to be D&D.
Not every game needs to be D&D.
The best science-fiction role-playing game ever, adapted at last to the world's most popular rules!
Spearheaded by GDW and TSR veteran Timothy Brown, Traveller 5E is coming from World's Largest RPGs, with crowdfunding in March 2026...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG
Spearheaded by GDW and TSR veteran Timothy Brown, Traveller 5E is coming from World's Largest RPGs, with crowdfunding in March 2026...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
[Lynn sighs, exhausted. Grudgingly she walks to her soap box, takes a weak grip on the corner, and drags it to the center of the room; it makes a squealing, grinding cacophony until it stops. Visibly weary, Lynn puts one foot on her box, lifts herself up onto it.]
Not every game needs to be D&D.
Not every game needs to be D&D.
Reposted by elmcat
Happy Turkey Day 🦃 🔜 🍗
Alright! Time to carve up PCs and spill
their cranberry innards: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat...
Alright! Time to carve up PCs and spill
their cranberry innards: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat...
DEATH & INJURY, TOO: 0hp is not always the end
While you are planning to carve up the turkey 🦃, here's how to carve up 🔪 PCs. Death & dismemberment tables are a bit of table "tech" I re...
icastlight.blogspot.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happy Turkey Day 🦃 🔜 🍗
Alright! Time to carve up PCs and spill
their cranberry innards: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat...
Alright! Time to carve up PCs and spill
their cranberry innards: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat...
If you think I missed a blog let me know!
Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Mapping the Blogosphere
An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.
elmc.at
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
If you think I missed a blog let me know!
Reposted by elmcat
This has been such an incredible project to watch over time. If you ever wanted to see what the blogging community looks like as a network, go give this a look!
Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Mapping the Blogosphere
An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.
elmc.at
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This has been such an incredible project to watch over time. If you ever wanted to see what the blogging community looks like as a network, go give this a look!
Reposted by elmcat
New blogpost about rules and control in TTRPGs. #TTRPG #OSR #DND
theweepingstag.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
theweepingstag.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
Rules Are About Control (And They are Why We Miss Things)
I was talking with a friend the other day, when we got on to the topic of Dimension 20’s actual play season Never Stop Blowing Up. An homage to 80’s actual and exploitation films, it is…
theweepingstag.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
New blogpost about rules and control in TTRPGs. #TTRPG #OSR #DND
theweepingstag.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
theweepingstag.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
Reposted by elmcat
I feel like @linkskywalker.bsky.social's Flux Space concept deserves just as much praise as the Overloaded Encounter Die - so I blogged about it, again.
dicegoblin.blog/youve-met-me...
dicegoblin.blog/youve-met-me...
You’ve Met Me At A Very Flux Time: More Flux Dungeon Thoughts
I’ve written about Flux Spaces before; Nick LS Whelan’s idea of capturing somewhat abstract spaces, which (in my opinion) really capture a sense of scale that a lot of dungeons fail to …
dicegoblin.blog
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I feel like @linkskywalker.bsky.social's Flux Space concept deserves just as much praise as the Overloaded Encounter Die - so I blogged about it, again.
dicegoblin.blog/youve-met-me...
dicegoblin.blog/youve-met-me...
Reposted by elmcat
I went to PAX Unplugged 2025, played in/ran a lot of OSR game sessions, and had a lot of fun chatting with other bloggers, designers, and other very cool people within our little hobby.
widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/pax-unplugge...
widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/pax-unplugge...
PAX Unplugged 2025 Convention Report
A blog post talking about the events of PAX Unplugged 2025, specifically focused on several playtest sessions of OSR games.
widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I went to PAX Unplugged 2025, played in/ran a lot of OSR game sessions, and had a lot of fun chatting with other bloggers, designers, and other very cool people within our little hobby.
widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/pax-unplugge...
widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/pax-unplugge...
Reposted by elmcat
I've been watching elmcat build this for the last few weeks and it's super cool!
Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Mapping the Blogosphere
An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.
elmc.at
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I've been watching elmcat build this for the last few weeks and it's super cool!