Prismatic Wasteland
@prismaticwasteland.com
3x Ennie-winning TTRPG designer
My blog: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com
My games in print: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/shop
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PrismaticWasteland
My blog: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com
My games in print: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/shop
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PrismaticWasteland
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Prismatic Wasteland
prismaticwasteland.com
I’m W.F. Smith, tabletop RPG designer and blogger at Prismatic Wasteland, best known for Barkeep on the Borderlands, a pubcrawl fantasy adventure.
⬇️ for my top blogposts, my published adventures, and where you can find me other than my blog, prismaticwasteland.com
⬇️ for my top blogposts, my published adventures, and where you can find me other than my blog, prismaticwasteland.com
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Bloggies PSA! Round 1 of all 5 initial Categories is open until 7 AM EST. Not just Advice.
Advice: forms.gle/LApoXPh7cVhy...
Critique: forms.gle/5Qvwxxsvyhq8...
Gameable: forms.gle/WjPxMyQunpPZ...
Theory: forms.gle/VSa1fwjYLcrk...
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Vote for your favorites. PSA over
Advice: forms.gle/LApoXPh7cVhy...
Critique: forms.gle/5Qvwxxsvyhq8...
Gameable: forms.gle/WjPxMyQunpPZ...
Theory: forms.gle/VSa1fwjYLcrk...
Meta: forms.gle/R26nY7qm7DaA...
Vote for your favorites. PSA over
February 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Bloggies PSA! Round 1 of all 5 initial Categories is open until 7 AM EST. Not just Advice.
Advice: forms.gle/LApoXPh7cVhy...
Critique: forms.gle/5Qvwxxsvyhq8...
Gameable: forms.gle/WjPxMyQunpPZ...
Theory: forms.gle/VSa1fwjYLcrk...
Meta: forms.gle/R26nY7qm7DaA...
Vote for your favorites. PSA over
Advice: forms.gle/LApoXPh7cVhy...
Critique: forms.gle/5Qvwxxsvyhq8...
Gameable: forms.gle/WjPxMyQunpPZ...
Theory: forms.gle/VSa1fwjYLcrk...
Meta: forms.gle/R26nY7qm7DaA...
Vote for your favorites. PSA over
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It's the middle of February, so that means it's time for another edition of my newsletter, featuring a roundup of interesting OSR blog posts, a look at what I've been reading, and what video games and RPGs I've spent my time on this month.
table46.bearblog.dev/the-46er-feb...
#rpg #osr #nsr #posr
table46.bearblog.dev/the-46er-feb...
#rpg #osr #nsr #posr
The 46er - February 2026
It's been a great month for blogging! The Bloggies are in full swing, with voting about to begin. There's been many great posts - I've curated a selection of...
table46.bearblog.dev
February 16, 2026 at 3:02 AM
It's the middle of February, so that means it's time for another edition of my newsletter, featuring a roundup of interesting OSR blog posts, a look at what I've been reading, and what video games and RPGs I've spent my time on this month.
table46.bearblog.dev/the-46er-feb...
#rpg #osr #nsr #posr
table46.bearblog.dev/the-46er-feb...
#rpg #osr #nsr #posr
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Bloggies voting has begun! This week is the tournament: the Thunderdome of rpg blogs. If you're thinking to yourself, "This is a lot of reading." I've got bad news: you're already running out of time.
Here's everything you need to know for this week... 1/4
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Here's everything you need to know for this week... 1/4
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
The Bloggies 2026
A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.
www.explorersdesign.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Bloggies voting has begun! This week is the tournament: the Thunderdome of rpg blogs. If you're thinking to yourself, "This is a lot of reading." I've got bad news: you're already running out of time.
Here's everything you need to know for this week... 1/4
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Here's everything you need to know for this week... 1/4
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
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Oh shit it’s time to vote. The blogging Thunderdome has started.
Bloggies voting has begun! This week is the tournament: the Thunderdome of rpg blogs. If you're thinking to yourself, "This is a lot of reading." I've got bad news: you're already running out of time.
Here's everything you need to know for this week... 1/4
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Here's everything you need to know for this week... 1/4
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
The Bloggies 2026
A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.
www.explorersdesign.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Oh shit it’s time to vote. The blogging Thunderdome has started.
Go vote for my posts! I think I’m in all non-advice categories (because I only give bad advice, like “go vote for my posts”)
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-202...
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-202...
February 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Go vote for my posts! I think I’m in all non-advice categories (because I only give bad advice, like “go vote for my posts”)
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-202...
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-202...
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I need more people to vote in the categories not labeled "advice."
February 16, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I need more people to vote in the categories not labeled "advice."
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I guess this is an excuse to put together all the finished maps I have made for my homebrew world in one post ireadtoomanyadventures.blogspot.com/2026/02/blog...
Blogging Bandwagon: Maps of Aelwydi
Prismatic Wastelands has a new blogging bandwagon theme going, this time for maps so here is every finished map of my own homebrew world.
ireadtoomanyadventures.blogspot.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I guess this is an excuse to put together all the finished maps I have made for my homebrew world in one post ireadtoomanyadventures.blogspot.com/2026/02/blog...
Blog Preview is up on the Patreon, talking about Pokémon and its similarity to the OSR playstyle. You can check it out (and lots of other as of yet unpublished posts) for the cost of a cup of coffee in like 1960 ($1)
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
Blog Preview: Pokémon is OSR | Prismatic Wasteland
Get more from Prismatic Wasteland on Patreon
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February 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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Bloggies Voting goes live Monday morning, but the voting forms stealthily go live today...
So, you might be asking, "What blog posts are in this year's Thunderdome?" You can find the whole list here.
So, you might be asking, "What blog posts are in this year's Thunderdome?" You can find the whole list here.
The Bloggies 2026
A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.
www.explorersdesign.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Bloggies Voting goes live Monday morning, but the voting forms stealthily go live today...
So, you might be asking, "What blog posts are in this year's Thunderdome?" You can find the whole list here.
So, you might be asking, "What blog posts are in this year's Thunderdome?" You can find the whole list here.
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My 2nd episode of We Read the Bloggies is up, a recording of my post "Look Before You Leap." I'd like to thank my D&D players for volunteering to read my dreadful script for your entertainment. Please enjoy this bit of amateur theatre with a side of theory slop.
podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBl...
podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBl...
[Advice] Look Before You Leap, by Dwiz
Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): Look Before You Leap by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera) Narrated by Dwiz and friends!
podcast.bloggies.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:41 PM
My 2nd episode of We Read the Bloggies is up, a recording of my post "Look Before You Leap." I'd like to thank my D&D players for volunteering to read my dreadful script for your entertainment. Please enjoy this bit of amateur theatre with a side of theory slop.
podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBl...
podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBl...
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Why is my blog called that? Well. Its complicated. This blog post attempts to explain it.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-the-...
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-the-...
What is the Garden Below? - The Garden Below
An introduction of sorts to a place of many hands
thegardenbelow.blot.im
February 14, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Why is my blog called that? Well. Its complicated. This blog post attempts to explain it.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-the-...
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-the-...
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Digital Angel was hands down the coolest thing someone put in our team's hands at #PAXU
@sandroad.moe crafted a raw #TTRPG about Cam Girls in a Death Spiral! Play is for consenting perverted adults w/ excellent communication skills and high interpersonal trust
Get it at ttrpg.link/DigitalAngel
3/7
@sandroad.moe crafted a raw #TTRPG about Cam Girls in a Death Spiral! Play is for consenting perverted adults w/ excellent communication skills and high interpersonal trust
Get it at ttrpg.link/DigitalAngel
3/7
Digital Angel
It is the dystopic far-future of 2 0 2 6 Advanced supercities have exploded with new and horrible technologies. Rampant factories on their outskirts choke the remnants of the ecosystem. Wealth dispari...
ttrpg.link
February 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Digital Angel was hands down the coolest thing someone put in our team's hands at #PAXU
@sandroad.moe crafted a raw #TTRPG about Cam Girls in a Death Spiral! Play is for consenting perverted adults w/ excellent communication skills and high interpersonal trust
Get it at ttrpg.link/DigitalAngel
3/7
@sandroad.moe crafted a raw #TTRPG about Cam Girls in a Death Spiral! Play is for consenting perverted adults w/ excellent communication skills and high interpersonal trust
Get it at ttrpg.link/DigitalAngel
3/7
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Wondering how to get people to choose out of your list of 48 options without bias? This is how to make dice work for you: Equal Opportunity Edition. idlecartulary.com/2026/02/14/e...
Equal Opportunity Dice (Make Dice Work For You #2)
Make Dice Work For You is a series where I’ll regularly talk through a new way to use dice in your game. It came out of conversation surrounding What to randomise when you’re randomising, and what …
idlecartulary.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Wondering how to get people to choose out of your list of 48 options without bias? This is how to make dice work for you: Equal Opportunity Edition. idlecartulary.com/2026/02/14/e...
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reminder that this is happening! thank you @amandalee.bsky.social!
All 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
You have 80 days starting now!
#osr #tttpg #blog
Bandwagon: The Map is Not the Territory But It is the Topic — Prismatic Wasteland
Announcing a new blog bandwagon! This time you have 80 days in which to write something on your blog about maps and/or to annotate/remix/expand a map drawn by the esteemed Amanda Lee Franck!
www.prismaticwasteland.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
reminder that this is happening! thank you @amandalee.bsky.social!
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I have hopped onto the bandwagon.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I have hopped onto the bandwagon.
ampwall.com/a/alewife/ne...
ampwall.com/a/alewife/ne...
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Valentine's Day is right around the corner...
Consider helping me playtest my new game — Violent Delights: A chess-based RPG about Romeo & Juliet.
The first 10 people to play and complete a feedback form will receive a complimentary PDF of Violent Delights when the game is complete.
Consider helping me playtest my new game — Violent Delights: A chess-based RPG about Romeo & Juliet.
The first 10 people to play and complete a feedback form will receive a complimentary PDF of Violent Delights when the game is complete.
Violent Delights (Playtest) by Backwards Tabletop
A chess-based RPG about Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet
backwards-tabletop.itch.io
February 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Valentine's Day is right around the corner...
Consider helping me playtest my new game — Violent Delights: A chess-based RPG about Romeo & Juliet.
The first 10 people to play and complete a feedback form will receive a complimentary PDF of Violent Delights when the game is complete.
Consider helping me playtest my new game — Violent Delights: A chess-based RPG about Romeo & Juliet.
The first 10 people to play and complete a feedback form will receive a complimentary PDF of Violent Delights when the game is complete.
Dragonball Z does NOT pass the Bechdel Test
February 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Dragonball Z does NOT pass the Bechdel Test
“Meme lord” is a modern one-for-one translation of “philosopher king”
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“Meme lord” is a modern one-for-one translation of “philosopher king”
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Wrote about why I think writing in networks deserves all the love it’s been getting lately.
dungeonmerl.in/3meqjfytmkc2f
dungeonmerl.in/3meqjfytmkc2f
Writing Things in Networks is Unreasonably Effective - Dungeon Merlin
That's because RPGs are network building games.
dungeonmerl.in
February 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Wrote about why I think writing in networks deserves all the love it’s been getting lately.
dungeonmerl.in/3meqjfytmkc2f
dungeonmerl.in/3meqjfytmkc2f
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I wonder if there are gonna be transcripts for the We Read the Bloggies podcast.
February 12, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I wonder if there are gonna be transcripts for the We Read the Bloggies podcast.
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Reading and LISTENING to the bloggies!
Favs so far:
The 10 types of special rooms @traipsehex.bsky.social
Writing rooms in pairs @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com
WHY MEGADUNGEONS? @icastlight.bsky.social
Dealing With NPCs Should Be Expensive and Irritating @forlornencystment.bsky.social
Favs so far:
The 10 types of special rooms @traipsehex.bsky.social
Writing rooms in pairs @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com
WHY MEGADUNGEONS? @icastlight.bsky.social
Dealing With NPCs Should Be Expensive and Irritating @forlornencystment.bsky.social
In a stunning reversal of the civilizational transition from orality to literacy, the bloggie nominees are becoming audio.
Thank you @directsun.bsky.social for the stellar job narrating my post! You navigated my tongue-twisting typos with admirable alacrity. podcast.bloggies.org
Thank you @directsun.bsky.social for the stellar job narrating my post! You navigated my tongue-twisting typos with admirable alacrity. podcast.bloggies.org
We Read The Bloggies (@WeReadTheBloggies) • Activity
We’re volunteers turning Bloggies-nominated blog posts into audio. So you can enjoy them anywhere, in a more accessible format.
podcast.bloggies.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Reading and LISTENING to the bloggies!
Favs so far:
The 10 types of special rooms @traipsehex.bsky.social
Writing rooms in pairs @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com
WHY MEGADUNGEONS? @icastlight.bsky.social
Dealing With NPCs Should Be Expensive and Irritating @forlornencystment.bsky.social
Favs so far:
The 10 types of special rooms @traipsehex.bsky.social
Writing rooms in pairs @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com
WHY MEGADUNGEONS? @icastlight.bsky.social
Dealing With NPCs Should Be Expensive and Irritating @forlornencystment.bsky.social
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Can you represent characters as the relationships they have with others? I expanded on Bonds from His Majesty the Worm to find out.
tbr.bearblog.dev/a-miserable-...
tbr.bearblog.dev/a-miserable-...
A Miserable Pile of Secrets
This morning I was listening to Boonta Vista, an Australian comedy podcast, and they were discussing a part of the brain called the Corpus Callosum. This is ...
tbr.bearblog.dev
February 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Can you represent characters as the relationships they have with others? I expanded on Bonds from His Majesty the Worm to find out.
tbr.bearblog.dev/a-miserable-...
tbr.bearblog.dev/a-miserable-...