Amanda P.
@weirdwonder.bsky.social
adventure writer (Pilgrimage of the Sun Guard, Tannic, Resonant, Dread Hospitality, Orestruck, Eternal Empress) weirdwonder.bearblog.dev
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November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
PAX Unplugged was great this year, especially because spending time with good friends and meeting pals in person. great summary from @naeolin.bsky.social #paxunplugged #paxu
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.
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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.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
PAX Unplugged was great this year, especially because spending time with good friends and meeting pals in person. great summary from @naeolin.bsky.social #paxunplugged #paxu
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Really honored to be included in this year's Indie Cornucopia!
We're surrounded by great games at a great value, please check it out if you're so inclined 😁
bundleofholding.com/presents/Cor...
We're surrounded by great games at a great value, please check it out if you're so inclined 😁
bundleofholding.com/presents/Cor...
Cornucopia 2025
Adventurer! In time for the American Thanksgiving holiday, we present this all-new Cornucopia 2025, our 13th annual feast of top-quality tabletop roleplaying game ebooks. For just US$12.95 you get all...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Really honored to be included in this year's Indie Cornucopia!
We're surrounded by great games at a great value, please check it out if you're so inclined 😁
bundleofholding.com/presents/Cor...
We're surrounded by great games at a great value, please check it out if you're so inclined 😁
bundleofholding.com/presents/Cor...
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hey I made a new game this is just a reminder or in case you did not hear
amandalee.itch.io/local-heroes
amandalee.itch.io/local-heroes
Local Heroes by amandalee
A one-shot RPG for 4-5 friends and a Wizard
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November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
hey I made a new game this is just a reminder or in case you did not hear
amandalee.itch.io/local-heroes
amandalee.itch.io/local-heroes
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So how did law and order work in Medieval England? And can we bring that into D&D? I decided to take a look and found the first thing is that almost no one would tolerate 75% PC foolishness: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/law-...
LAW, ORDER, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Gameable Suggestions from English Medieval Law
Its not *always* trial by combat... How law and order work in medieval societies can be used to enhance our pseudo-medieval fantasy games ...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
So how did law and order work in Medieval England? And can we bring that into D&D? I decided to take a look and found the first thing is that almost no one would tolerate 75% PC foolishness: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/law-...
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If you're looking for more rpg-related YouTube channels that aren't actual plays, check out Weird Place. They remind me of PBS's Idea Channel from almost 10 years ago. Very relaxing, informative watches.
www.youtube.com/@weird_place...
www.youtube.com/@weird_place...
Weird Place
Two humans celebrating the art of analog gaming
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November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If you're looking for more rpg-related YouTube channels that aren't actual plays, check out Weird Place. They remind me of PBS's Idea Channel from almost 10 years ago. Very relaxing, informative watches.
www.youtube.com/@weird_place...
www.youtube.com/@weird_place...
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I'm happy to report that @drivethrurpg.com have added Cairn as a filter (under Old School Revival). Thanks much for that! If you've made something for Cairn, be sure to update the tag there under "Edit Title Listing."
Thanks again everyone.
Thanks again everyone.
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I'm happy to report that @drivethrurpg.com have added Cairn as a filter (under Old School Revival). Thanks much for that! If you've made something for Cairn, be sure to update the tag there under "Edit Title Listing."
Thanks again everyone.
Thanks again everyone.
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In 2025 I will begin publishing Cairn supplements for third parties, under the moniker Cairn Press.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In 2025 I will begin publishing Cairn supplements for third parties, under the moniker Cairn Press.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
I just sat and read A Perfect Wife all in one sitting. It is is incredible and I highly recommend it.
Great job @zedecksiew.bsky.social @amandalee.bsky.social Scrap World and @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social.
www.copypastecoop.com/shop/p/perfe...
Great job @zedecksiew.bsky.social @amandalee.bsky.social Scrap World and @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social.
www.copypastecoop.com/shop/p/perfe...
A Perfect Wife- An urban horror TTRPG by Zedeck Siew — Copy Paste Co-op
A Perfect Wife - An urban horror TTRPG adventure zine inspired by Asian ghost films
A tabletop RPG adventure about the pontianak, a female spirit from Malaysian / Indonesian belief—her beginning in...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I just sat and read A Perfect Wife all in one sitting. It is is incredible and I highly recommend it.
Great job @zedecksiew.bsky.social @amandalee.bsky.social Scrap World and @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social.
www.copypastecoop.com/shop/p/perfe...
Great job @zedecksiew.bsky.social @amandalee.bsky.social Scrap World and @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social.
www.copypastecoop.com/shop/p/perfe...
So good.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
So good.
I preordered this exciting new dungeon by @riseupcomus.bsky.social and if you can, so should you! #osr
In case you missed it, I just launched a pre-order campaign for my upcoming 100+ room, 5 level dungeon The Castle Automatic.
Instead of doing a "traditional" Kickstarter, I opted for a pre-order campaign through Exalted Funeral instead. We're calling it the Early Worm campaign.
Why?
Instead of doing a "traditional" Kickstarter, I opted for a pre-order campaign through Exalted Funeral instead. We're calling it the Early Worm campaign.
Why?
Why the Castle Automatic is doing a preorder campaign instead of a Kickstarter
In case you missed it, I just launched a pre-order campaign for my upcoming 100+ room, 5 level dungeon The Castle Automatic . Click to bec...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I preordered this exciting new dungeon by @riseupcomus.bsky.social and if you can, so should you! #osr
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Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
Blog
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November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
soooo good
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
soooo good
New game from the great @amandalee.bsky.social!
November 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
New game from the great @amandalee.bsky.social!
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In 2023, like many people, I participated in Dungeon 23. The end result was a massive, Metroidvania-inspired dungeon called The Castle Automatic.
Here are three techniques I am using to structure the information architecture:
-Room names and numbers
-Landmark/hidden/secret
-Enemies last<>first
Here are three techniques I am using to structure the information architecture:
-Room names and numbers
-Landmark/hidden/secret
-Enemies last<>first
Information Architecture in The Castle Automatic
In 2023, like many people, I participated in Dungeon 23 . The end result was two dungeons - one based on the tarot (for His Majesty the Worm...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In 2023, like many people, I participated in Dungeon 23. The end result was a massive, Metroidvania-inspired dungeon called The Castle Automatic.
Here are three techniques I am using to structure the information architecture:
-Room names and numbers
-Landmark/hidden/secret
-Enemies last<>first
Here are three techniques I am using to structure the information architecture:
-Room names and numbers
-Landmark/hidden/secret
-Enemies last<>first
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Oh we are talking OSR megadungeons?
For Dungeon23 I compiled this massive vault of megadungeon resources. Last I checked there were around 200 links across the entire thing!
Go check it out!
duvelmandice.github.io/vault/
For Dungeon23 I compiled this massive vault of megadungeon resources. Last I checked there were around 200 links across the entire thing!
Go check it out!
duvelmandice.github.io/vault/
Duvelman's Vault
duvelmandice.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Oh we are talking OSR megadungeons?
For Dungeon23 I compiled this massive vault of megadungeon resources. Last I checked there were around 200 links across the entire thing!
Go check it out!
duvelmandice.github.io/vault/
For Dungeon23 I compiled this massive vault of megadungeon resources. Last I checked there were around 200 links across the entire thing!
Go check it out!
duvelmandice.github.io/vault/
Two of my adventures, Resonant and Orestruck, are on sale now over at @spacepenguinink.bsky.social #osr
SALE ALERT!
Right now, ALL of our TTRPG books, box sets, and cards are 30% off! Every MOTHERSHIP product, LIMINAL HORROR, CAIRN, FORBIDDEN PSALM, and a whole hellish host of third-party content for these and other fantastic systems. Discount applied automatically at checkout, so CHECK IT OUT!
Right now, ALL of our TTRPG books, box sets, and cards are 30% off! Every MOTHERSHIP product, LIMINAL HORROR, CAIRN, FORBIDDEN PSALM, and a whole hellish host of third-party content for these and other fantastic systems. Discount applied automatically at checkout, so CHECK IT OUT!
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Two of my adventures, Resonant and Orestruck, are on sale now over at @spacepenguinink.bsky.social #osr
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OSE Month is coming. I've been working on the DEMONIC GRIMOIRE, coming to Backerkit along with more fine infernal tomes by other old-school luminaries in May. www.backerkit.com/c/collection...
Old-School Essentials Month on BackerKit
Prepare your spirit for OSE Month: a group-collab project led by Exalted Funeral and Necrotic Gnome, featuring a new 176-page OSE book — the Demonic Grimoire — and sister projects from other renown...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
OSE Month is coming. I've been working on the DEMONIC GRIMOIRE, coming to Backerkit along with more fine infernal tomes by other old-school luminaries in May. www.backerkit.com/c/collection...
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Armanda is back!! 🥳
For those who don't know, Armanda really helped kickstart the new solo-game craze back in 2021/2022 and pioneered experimenting in the space with wonderful games and mechanics.
She was also instrumental in helping me become a designer!
Follow her itch too: armandah.itch.io
For those who don't know, Armanda really helped kickstart the new solo-game craze back in 2021/2022 and pioneered experimenting in the space with wonderful games and mechanics.
She was also instrumental in helping me become a designer!
Follow her itch too: armandah.itch.io
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Armanda is back!! 🥳
For those who don't know, Armanda really helped kickstart the new solo-game craze back in 2021/2022 and pioneered experimenting in the space with wonderful games and mechanics.
She was also instrumental in helping me become a designer!
Follow her itch too: armandah.itch.io
For those who don't know, Armanda really helped kickstart the new solo-game craze back in 2021/2022 and pioneered experimenting in the space with wonderful games and mechanics.
She was also instrumental in helping me become a designer!
Follow her itch too: armandah.itch.io
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I love the genre mashup. Give me all the Golden Girls/Cthulhus and WWII/Draculas you've got.
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
Dare to Play it Straight
The rarest tabletop genre is the simplest one. A call for more anti-mashups.
www.explorersdesign.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I love the genre mashup. Give me all the Golden Girls/Cthulhus and WWII/Draculas you've got.
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
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Surprise: we're working on something new! A game called Tiny Wizard.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Surprise: we're working on something new! A game called Tiny Wizard.
Sometimes I just want to run the platonic ideal megadungeon with a town a la Diablo 1. That game had such a wild manual.
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Sometimes I just want to run the platonic ideal megadungeon with a town a la Diablo 1. That game had such a wild manual.
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If you're in Toronto between now and Feb, go check out the fantasy and scifi map display at the Merril Collection (3rd Floor of the Lillian H Smith branch on College)
I love these old maps and they have a couple by Phillipe Druillet, one of my fav artists.
#osr #fantasyart #fantasymap #tpl
I love these old maps and they have a couple by Phillipe Druillet, one of my fav artists.
#osr #fantasyart #fantasymap #tpl
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If you're in Toronto between now and Feb, go check out the fantasy and scifi map display at the Merril Collection (3rd Floor of the Lillian H Smith branch on College)
I love these old maps and they have a couple by Phillipe Druillet, one of my fav artists.
#osr #fantasyart #fantasymap #tpl
I love these old maps and they have a couple by Phillipe Druillet, one of my fav artists.
#osr #fantasyart #fantasymap #tpl
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Put together another creative commons illustration pack: hounskul.itch.io/fantasy-illu...
Fantasy Illustration Pack 02 by Hounskull
Free illustration pack for dark fantasy & OSR projects.
hounskul.itch.io
September 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Put together another creative commons illustration pack: hounskul.itch.io/fantasy-illu...
I am finishing up an adventure and I took out a very strange book from the library that’s essentially just translations of old tablets about Greek and Roman magic. In it there is a citation: “For snake-blasting, see 49, with commentary.” #osr
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I am finishing up an adventure and I took out a very strange book from the library that’s essentially just translations of old tablets about Greek and Roman magic. In it there is a citation: “For snake-blasting, see 49, with commentary.” #osr