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I. Foreward, and onward…
Whew!!! Things got reeeally busy this week.
I’m shipping off to Chicago with friends after wrapping up this busy work day, and I’ve been running around like a chicken with their head cut-off!
Hate to make this one short, folks! I enjoy chatting with you about the regular on-goings, but rest assured,… a pre-Gen Con round-up is coming next week!
Also, if you’ve been reading Dungeon Delve for any amount of time, you may have noticed a semi-regular story excerpt from issue to issue following the exploits of a Paladin, Sage, and Thief through chambers in a sprawling dungeon.
I’ve finally begun to gather these excerpts into a new blog post:
»»»»»»» Three Fools Saga: Part 1 - The Story So Far… «««««««
Finally, we’re halfway through July, and this months RPG Blog Carnival topic: “Improv, Roleplay, and Warm-ups”…. has yielded two fantastic submissions!
Seed of Worlds posts “Improv To Warm Up A Table”
Advantage on Arcana posts “Preparation, Interpretation, Improvisation”
Excited to see more submissions by the end of the month! … Click on the original article link for information on how to submit!
On to the round-up!
II. The Sage Speaks!
The sages backstory quest to build a master dictionary, one issue at a time!
TTRPG Glossary
Grognard: French term for “Old Soldier / Grumbler”, it represents a hobby gamer who prefers older systems, games, and ways of playing, often begrudging the new. Usually referred in context of OSR vs Modern, the Edition Wars, or as far back as wargamings transition to TTRPGs.
III. Markings on the Wall
Latest rumors, discoveries, and puzzling finds in the RPG world and beyond!
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A bunch of tabletop RPG jams!
TTRPG News and Finds
Another big name from the DnD and Magic world moves onward to a fresh new position! … Jess Lanzillo is now a creative director with White Wolf, the publishers of Vampire: the Masquerade and more! … Polygon
In case you missed it… The ENnie Awards just announced their nominees for 2025, and there are some fantastic entries this year! … If you’re interested in voting, check out this link here!
Steve Kenson announces a new edition of Mutants and Masterminds (4th edition), and we’re likely to learn more come GenCon!
Paizo has a number of releases this and next month, including the Starfinder 2E Player Core and DM Core!
Kevin Crawford just released Ashes Without Number, the post-apocalyptic toolkit in the vein of Stars, Worlds, and Cities!
This weeks Reddit post highlight! … Ceartas1992 states r/rpg subreddit: 12 years of TTRPGs, and not once have I been able to complete a campaign. Does this happen to anyone else?
Gameable and Design Advice
Learning game design isn’t a passive endeavor; it requires reading, playing, and educating yourself. Playful Void encourages active pursuit. Don’t wait to create, don’t wait to learn!
Back in the day, you had archetypal mobs which were ripe for the slaying. Prismatic Wasteland takes inventory of those types (historically), and what it says about the kind of campaign you run.
Looking at social orgs in fantasy like adventuring companies and patrons, its really just a projection of modern western lore, as RolltoDoubt observes
Identifying magic equipment should never be locked behind RAW technicality; the properties of an item should be visible, and leave clues, Direct Sun Games suggests.
OSR Rocks! recounts how they came to fully-appreciate the idea of turn-based exploration, with some interesting things to learn about running it yourself!
IV. Looting the Room
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