Luke Boniecki
@lukeboniecki.bsky.social
RPGs, boardgames 🎲
Proud trade unionist ✊ 🟥
Non-binary from Gdańsk, now soaking up Sopot's vibes 🇵🇱
Just call me by my name 🏳️⚧️ (but any/all is fine)
Bit of a snob
https://appendix-g.itch.io/
Proud trade unionist ✊ 🟥
Non-binary from Gdańsk, now soaking up Sopot's vibes 🇵🇱
Just call me by my name 🏳️⚧️ (but any/all is fine)
Bit of a snob
https://appendix-g.itch.io/
Great thread
Shout out your favorite resources for creating #ttrpg art and imagery that are *not* gen AI!
Whether it's artists who provide stock art, a repository of CC-BY images, or a directory of public domain works, drop your faves in the replies!
We'll start: Smithsonian Open Access
www.si.edu/openaccess
Whether it's artists who provide stock art, a repository of CC-BY images, or a directory of public domain works, drop your faves in the replies!
We'll start: Smithsonian Open Access
www.si.edu/openaccess
Smithsonian Open Access | Smithsonian Institution
Learn more about Smithsonian Open Access
www.si.edu
May 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Great thread
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
a reminder that @rascalnews.bsky.social runs the announcement section as a totally free public service for the ttrpg ecosystem -- free to post, free to access, free to browse. we also publish a free weekly newsletter highlighting every announcement.
www.rascal.news/tag/announce...
www.rascal.news/tag/announce...
announcements - Rascal News
Community-submitted press releases and updates from across the TTRPG industry.
www.rascal.news
February 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
a reminder that @rascalnews.bsky.social runs the announcement section as a totally free public service for the ttrpg ecosystem -- free to post, free to access, free to browse. we also publish a free weekly newsletter highlighting every announcement.
www.rascal.news/tag/announce...
www.rascal.news/tag/announce...
For someone (like me) still holding on to some concepts from The Forge in the 00s, that's a very refreshing take
This article (by @lumpley.bsky.social) on Conflict Resolution & Task Resolution (and other kinds!) is SO GOOD.
I just read it and have to share!
If you're a #gamemaster or #gamedesigner in the #ttrpg space, do not miss out on this concept:
lumpley.games/2024/05/12/r...
I just read it and have to share!
If you're a #gamemaster or #gamedesigner in the #ttrpg space, do not miss out on this concept:
lumpley.games/2024/05/12/r...
Revisiting Task & Conflict Resolution – lumpley games
lumpley.games
December 9, 2024 at 10:50 PM
For someone (like me) still holding on to some concepts from The Forge in the 00s, that's a very refreshing take
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
RuneQuest and the world of Glorantha have had many highs and lows. After flying high in the 1970s, it looked like the 1980s might be even better thanks to a business deal. But in some ways, the game would never recover.
Sun County & The RuneQuest Renaissance: 1992-1994 – Designers & Dragons
www.designers-and-dragons.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:53 PM
RuneQuest and the world of Glorantha have had many highs and lows. After flying high in the 1970s, it looked like the 1980s might be even better thanks to a business deal. But in some ways, the game would never recover.
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
Explorateur #2 is live and in your inbox. It's a curation of links for #ttrpg designers. November was packed with sharp writing, ideas, and theory, so it was hard to leave anything out.
I'll share some of the highlights here on BlueSky...
www.explorersdesign.com/the-explorat...
I'll share some of the highlights here on BlueSky...
www.explorersdesign.com/the-explorat...
The Explorateur: Issue #2
Monthly discoveries for tabletop roleplaying game designers. Vetted. Looted. Curated.
www.explorersdesign.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Explorateur #2 is live and in your inbox. It's a curation of links for #ttrpg designers. November was packed with sharp writing, ideas, and theory, so it was hard to leave anything out.
I'll share some of the highlights here on BlueSky...
www.explorersdesign.com/the-explorat...
I'll share some of the highlights here on BlueSky...
www.explorersdesign.com/the-explorat...
A great post, worth reading for anyone who missed it, just like I did - even though I don’t really agree with the conclusion
In case folks missed it the first time around, here is @idlecartulary.itch.io's excellent breakdown of the current state of the OSR.
playfulvoid.game.blog/2024/11/09/w...
playfulvoid.game.blog/2024/11/09/w...
What’s an OSR game?
People keep asking me what an OSR game is. They want a clear mechanical difference, like the one they think exists between Forged in the Dark and Powered By The Apocalypse, for example. You’r…
playfulvoid.game.blog
November 30, 2024 at 11:53 PM
A great post, worth reading for anyone who missed it, just like I did - even though I don’t really agree with the conclusion
I didn’t have time lately to look through the stuff I’ve go, but here are some new(ish) #TTRPG releases that arrived for me in the last few weeks.
Not sure when I’ll have time to read them, though!
Not sure when I’ll have time to read them, though!
November 30, 2024 at 12:02 PM
I didn’t have time lately to look through the stuff I’ve go, but here are some new(ish) #TTRPG releases that arrived for me in the last few weeks.
Not sure when I’ll have time to read them, though!
Not sure when I’ll have time to read them, though!
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
How Jennell Jacquays rocked the dungeon design world, continued from part 1. In part 1 we talked about some major premade dungeons that predate Thracia and what each added to the craft. Let's now move to how Thracia both combined and completely evolved these concepts.
November 27, 2024 at 8:55 PM
How Jennell Jacquays rocked the dungeon design world, continued from part 1. In part 1 we talked about some major premade dungeons that predate Thracia and what each added to the craft. Let's now move to how Thracia both combined and completely evolved these concepts.
Great thread on early dungeon design
November 28, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Great thread on early dungeon design
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
A 25% tarif? That will increase the price of approximately 85% of all TTRPGs, and that's accounting for people switching to US printers.
November 26, 2024 at 2:05 AM
A 25% tarif? That will increase the price of approximately 85% of all TTRPGs, and that's accounting for people switching to US printers.
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
The Wizard of Oz had the ideal D&D party composition:
• character whose entire personality is having a pet (human ranger)
• character that makes more sense in another setting (warforged fighter)
• a furry (tabaxi bard)
• character who wanted to play as a monster (scarecrow)
• character whose entire personality is having a pet (human ranger)
• character that makes more sense in another setting (warforged fighter)
• a furry (tabaxi bard)
• character who wanted to play as a monster (scarecrow)
November 26, 2024 at 1:48 PM
The Wizard of Oz had the ideal D&D party composition:
• character whose entire personality is having a pet (human ranger)
• character that makes more sense in another setting (warforged fighter)
• a furry (tabaxi bard)
• character who wanted to play as a monster (scarecrow)
• character whose entire personality is having a pet (human ranger)
• character that makes more sense in another setting (warforged fighter)
• a furry (tabaxi bard)
• character who wanted to play as a monster (scarecrow)
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
A new 100+ page WIP version of DURF Expanded is now up on my Patreon!
This version includes:
- New art
- Reworked travel procedure and magic
- Rules for converting other OSR creatures
www.patreon.com/emielboven
This version includes:
- New art
- Reworked travel procedure and magic
- Rules for converting other OSR creatures
www.patreon.com/emielboven
November 26, 2024 at 1:45 PM
A new 100+ page WIP version of DURF Expanded is now up on my Patreon!
This version includes:
- New art
- Reworked travel procedure and magic
- Rules for converting other OSR creatures
www.patreon.com/emielboven
This version includes:
- New art
- Reworked travel procedure and magic
- Rules for converting other OSR creatures
www.patreon.com/emielboven
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
I can't talk about exactly what these are yet but I've had the okay to say that I'm working on them, so I guess I get to add another dream gig to my portfolio now
November 22, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I can't talk about exactly what these are yet but I've had the okay to say that I'm working on them, so I guess I get to add another dream gig to my portfolio now
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
Trans rights are human rights
November 21, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Trans rights are human rights
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
My own take on the topic has been a table for the scandal of the week in Electric Bastionland:
astrofork.com/bastion-gaze...
astrofork.com/bastion-gaze...
Bastion gazette I
Everyone is desperate for guidance and order in Bastionland, and thus they turn to its many newspapers, journals and radios. Use this table to make up content for media, in whatever form it is consume...
astrofork.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:12 PM
My own take on the topic has been a table for the scandal of the week in Electric Bastionland:
astrofork.com/bastion-gaze...
astrofork.com/bastion-gaze...
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.bsky.social and I review six pamphlets from Stockholm Kartell, and answer a question from the mailbag.
shows.acast.com/between-two-...
shows.acast.com/between-two-...
Stockholm Kartell Pamphlets | Between Two Cairns
shows.acast.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.bsky.social and I review six pamphlets from Stockholm Kartell, and answer a question from the mailbag.
shows.acast.com/between-two-...
shows.acast.com/between-two-...
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
Questing Beast/ Ben Milton / the Knave guy is now being sponsored by a publisher that had a "Meltdown sale" to celebrate 'triggering the libs' after the US election; 47% off (and, side bonus, AI image to advertise).
This is not his first foray into this shit. His defense is "No Politics"
This is not his first foray into this shit. His defense is "No Politics"
November 21, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Questing Beast/ Ben Milton / the Knave guy is now being sponsored by a publisher that had a "Meltdown sale" to celebrate 'triggering the libs' after the US election; 47% off (and, side bonus, AI image to advertise).
This is not his first foray into this shit. His defense is "No Politics"
This is not his first foray into this shit. His defense is "No Politics"
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
Hey ya'll, I'm Iko, I design The Lost Bay, RPG set in 199X
+ I run a publishing house and webstore
+ host a podcast,
speaking of which a new interview episode is out with @amandalee.bsky.social ❤️
Get it on Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
On Spotify
open.spotify.com/episode/66Si...
+ I run a publishing house and webstore
+ host a podcast,
speaking of which a new interview episode is out with @amandalee.bsky.social ❤️
Get it on Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
On Spotify
open.spotify.com/episode/66Si...
Amanda Lee Franck, Crush Depth Apparition, Vampire Cruise
Podcast Episode · The Lost Bay Podcast · 11/20/2024 · 39m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Hey ya'll, I'm Iko, I design The Lost Bay, RPG set in 199X
+ I run a publishing house and webstore
+ host a podcast,
speaking of which a new interview episode is out with @amandalee.bsky.social ❤️
Get it on Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
On Spotify
open.spotify.com/episode/66Si...
+ I run a publishing house and webstore
+ host a podcast,
speaking of which a new interview episode is out with @amandalee.bsky.social ❤️
Get it on Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
On Spotify
open.spotify.com/episode/66Si...
Introduce yourself with your top 5 #TTRPG picks.
1. The Between
2. Wonderhome
3. Apocalypse World: Burned Over
4. Frontier Scum
5. Masks: A New Generation
1. The Between
2. Wonderhome
3. Apocalypse World: Burned Over
4. Frontier Scum
5. Masks: A New Generation
November 20, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Introduce yourself with your top 5 #TTRPG picks.
1. The Between
2. Wonderhome
3. Apocalypse World: Burned Over
4. Frontier Scum
5. Masks: A New Generation
1. The Between
2. Wonderhome
3. Apocalypse World: Burned Over
4. Frontier Scum
5. Masks: A New Generation
Reposted by Luke Boniecki
Mausritter setting "Whiskers in the Wind" by @hlashbrooke.bsky.social is the first time (that I know of) monsters from the Illustrated Bestiary found their way into a published module 🐭
I share the art credit with @salvaterra.bsky.social and @louiems.bsky.social 🎨
And it's got a bathtub review! 🛁
I share the art credit with @salvaterra.bsky.social and @louiems.bsky.social 🎨
And it's got a bathtub review! 🛁
This week in the Bathtub, a new Mausritter setting by Hugh Lashbrooke! playfulvoid.game.blog/2024/11/11/b... #osr
Bathtub Review: Whiskers in the Wind
Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module de…
playfulvoid.game.blog
November 18, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Mausritter setting "Whiskers in the Wind" by @hlashbrooke.bsky.social is the first time (that I know of) monsters from the Illustrated Bestiary found their way into a published module 🐭
I share the art credit with @salvaterra.bsky.social and @louiems.bsky.social 🎨
And it's got a bathtub review! 🛁
I share the art credit with @salvaterra.bsky.social and @louiems.bsky.social 🎨
And it's got a bathtub review! 🛁
Super rad stuff. Makes me regret missing out on Summer LEGO RPG Setting Jam! As a kid I had many adventures with Wolfpack, Black Knights and Lion Knights
New Blog Post! This is a TTRPG Adventure Site adapted from a classic Lego Castle theme, the Forestmen! Join the Merry Men at a party in Sherbet Forest, and try your luck at winning a prize! farmergadda.blogspot.com/2024/11/sher...
Sherbet Forest Clearing
farmergadda.blogspot.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Super rad stuff. Makes me regret missing out on Summer LEGO RPG Setting Jam! As a kid I had many adventures with Wolfpack, Black Knights and Lion Knights
Undying Sands, Bottled Sea, and Hexcrawl Toolbox are all amazing, so that’s an auto-pledge from me!
BOREAL FROSTLANDS IS LIVE ON BACKERKIT
❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/g...
❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/g...
Boreal Frostlands
Brand new 'hex-n-screen' setting compatible with Undying Sands, Bottled Sea and Hexcrawl Toolbox. An icescape wasteland in the freezing Norths, dotted with crumbling ruins, temples of old and new, and...
www.backerkit.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Undying Sands, Bottled Sea, and Hexcrawl Toolbox are all amazing, so that’s an auto-pledge from me!
I might try to mash this with Mercator trading rules (which I tried already to mash with UVG, and gave up)
Magical Industrial Gunboats: a free 9-page PDF with steam-powered rivercrawl tools, plus a lot of useful quotes in the blog post. coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2024/11/osr-...
OSR: Magical Industrial Gunboats
Here's some useful information for river-based adventures using Magical Industrial Revolution . Skip to Part 3 or click this PDF link if yo...
coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:40 PM
I might try to mash this with Mercator trading rules (which I tried already to mash with UVG, and gave up)
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When you are gift-shopping for a tabletop roleplaying game obsessive, most of the recommendations are for more TTRPG books or more dice, when they probably already have plenty. Here are 20 gift ideas that aren’t just more TTRPG books or dice!
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
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 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM
I definitely cooled down on lethality, but telegraphing danger does a trick for me.
I've tried several different solutions for lingering injuries including those by Skerples, as well as stuff taken from several OSR/OSR-like games, and nothing really worked long term
I've tried several different solutions for lingering injuries including those by Skerples, as well as stuff taken from several OSR/OSR-like games, and nothing really worked long term
Poking the hornet's nest of the OSR community, I have written a blog post about my thoughts on lethality: personabler.blogspot.com/2024/11/topp...
Toppling the pillars of the OSR: against lethality
One of the accepted wisdoms in the OSR (as codified in e.g. the Principia Apocrypha ), as well at the NSR (as defined by Yochai Gal or Pa...
personabler.blogspot.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:37 PM
I definitely cooled down on lethality, but telegraphing danger does a trick for me.
I've tried several different solutions for lingering injuries including those by Skerples, as well as stuff taken from several OSR/OSR-like games, and nothing really worked long term
I've tried several different solutions for lingering injuries including those by Skerples, as well as stuff taken from several OSR/OSR-like games, and nothing really worked long term