cavegirl
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Emily F Allen.
Indie RPGs. Horror & Whimsy. Owner of one Ennie Award. She/Her. Sapphic trans girl, Quaker, hard left, spider-lover.
Indie RPGs. Horror & Whimsy. Owner of one Ennie Award. She/Her. Sapphic trans girl, Quaker, hard left, spider-lover.
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I'm close to finishing a new project!
Taking a wild punt into unexplored territory, I've made a hybrid of solo journaling game and narrative wargame.
This being me, it involves intoxicants, zombies, and nuns.
So allow me to introduce In The Scarlet Cloister.
Taking a wild punt into unexplored territory, I've made a hybrid of solo journaling game and narrative wargame.
This being me, it involves intoxicants, zombies, and nuns.
So allow me to introduce In The Scarlet Cloister.
October 7, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I'm close to finishing a new project!
Taking a wild punt into unexplored territory, I've made a hybrid of solo journaling game and narrative wargame.
This being me, it involves intoxicants, zombies, and nuns.
So allow me to introduce In The Scarlet Cloister.
Taking a wild punt into unexplored territory, I've made a hybrid of solo journaling game and narrative wargame.
This being me, it involves intoxicants, zombies, and nuns.
So allow me to introduce In The Scarlet Cloister.
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if any part of this looks even a little bit interesting*, I guarantee it will be worth your time to check out
*(if none of it looks even a little bit interesting, does your mind have no tastebuds? because it sure looks interesting to me.)
*(if none of it looks even a little bit interesting, does your mind have no tastebuds? because it sure looks interesting to me.)
I'm close to finishing a new project!
Taking a wild punt into unexplored territory, I've made a hybrid of solo journaling game and narrative wargame.
This being me, it involves intoxicants, zombies, and nuns.
So allow me to introduce In The Scarlet Cloister.
Taking a wild punt into unexplored territory, I've made a hybrid of solo journaling game and narrative wargame.
This being me, it involves intoxicants, zombies, and nuns.
So allow me to introduce In The Scarlet Cloister.
October 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
if any part of this looks even a little bit interesting*, I guarantee it will be worth your time to check out
*(if none of it looks even a little bit interesting, does your mind have no tastebuds? because it sure looks interesting to me.)
*(if none of it looks even a little bit interesting, does your mind have no tastebuds? because it sure looks interesting to me.)
I'm close to finishing a new project!
Taking a wild punt into unexplored territory, I've made a hybrid of solo journaling game and narrative wargame.
This being me, it involves intoxicants, zombies, and nuns.
So allow me to introduce In The Scarlet Cloister.
Taking a wild punt into unexplored territory, I've made a hybrid of solo journaling game and narrative wargame.
This being me, it involves intoxicants, zombies, and nuns.
So allow me to introduce In The Scarlet Cloister.
October 7, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I'm close to finishing a new project!
Taking a wild punt into unexplored territory, I've made a hybrid of solo journaling game and narrative wargame.
This being me, it involves intoxicants, zombies, and nuns.
So allow me to introduce In The Scarlet Cloister.
Taking a wild punt into unexplored territory, I've made a hybrid of solo journaling game and narrative wargame.
This being me, it involves intoxicants, zombies, and nuns.
So allow me to introduce In The Scarlet Cloister.
i see we're at the 'fleeing the country' stage of affairs
thanks keir, very cool
thanks keir, very cool
October 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
i see we're at the 'fleeing the country' stage of affairs
thanks keir, very cool
thanks keir, very cool
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GONDOR CALLS FOR AID
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October 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
GONDOR CALLS FOR AID
FA Announcement: Support Fur Affinity’s Community Funding
www.furaffinity.net/journal/1143...
gofund.me/8126f11cb
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www.furaffinity.net/journal/1143...
gofund.me/8126f11cb
what the fuck was going on that they felt they needed to preemptively ban submissions seemingly written by Bede the Venerable?
sometimes i feel like a hack and a fraud but then I remember that The Horror Zine was a real publication that didn't pay and... no maybe I'm doing OK actually
October 2, 2026 at 5:29 PM
what the fuck was going on that they felt they needed to preemptively ban submissions seemingly written by Bede the Venerable?
here's my blistering hot take: if you make a generic "fail / mixed success / full success" catch-all move in a PbtA game, you have failed.
Moves are specific. They have specific triggers and specific outcomes.
Moves are specific. They have specific triggers and specific outcomes.
September 30, 2026 at 5:58 PM
here's my blistering hot take: if you make a generic "fail / mixed success / full success" catch-all move in a PbtA game, you have failed.
Moves are specific. They have specific triggers and specific outcomes.
Moves are specific. They have specific triggers and specific outcomes.
yoooo this looks *sick*
September 29, 2026 at 8:52 PM
yoooo this looks *sick*
almost any ttrpg bugbear - dice fudging, railroading, murderhobo behaviour, rules lawyering, ignoring the rules, metagaming, coffeeshop play, etc etc - can be a positive thing if the entire playgroup has bought into it and the game in question can support it mechanically.
Hit me with your nuanced ttrpg take.
September 28, 2026 at 4:57 PM
almost any ttrpg bugbear - dice fudging, railroading, murderhobo behaviour, rules lawyering, ignoring the rules, metagaming, coffeeshop play, etc etc - can be a positive thing if the entire playgroup has bought into it and the game in question can support it mechanically.
hard agree
world of darkness has always been an Urban Fantasy setting.
world of darkness has always been an Urban Fantasy setting.
September 25, 2026 at 2:34 AM
hard agree
world of darkness has always been an Urban Fantasy setting.
world of darkness has always been an Urban Fantasy setting.
I would rather have a small scene with consistently invested, engaged participants than a much large scene with a significant amount of people only engaging on a casual shallow level.
I think this is linked to the idea that the mainstreaming of TTRPGs is a good thing and that more people in the hobby is a de facto goal. Neither of which I think actually has much evidence for being true.
Is there any other artform that's as obsessed with onboarding as ttrpgs?
September 24, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I would rather have a small scene with consistently invested, engaged participants than a much large scene with a significant amount of people only engaging on a casual shallow level.
i genuinely think that a serious ideological split between the conservative right and the reactionary bigoted right has been a long time coming and we are now finally starting to see the cracks form.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the most stereotypically Tory conservative man of the 21st Century, responded to Suella Braverman with a long-form video criticizing her position and rejecting a race-based theory of Englishness, and in response has been ratioed by the increasingly feral British online far-right.
September 24, 2026 at 3:11 PM
i genuinely think that a serious ideological split between the conservative right and the reactionary bigoted right has been a long time coming and we are now finally starting to see the cracks form.
you really can call absolutely anything OSR these days apparently
September 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
you really can call absolutely anything OSR these days apparently
mitch mcconnel after the midterms
September 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
mitch mcconnel after the midterms
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I chose violence today
August 25, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I chose violence today
i gotta say i will take powerscalers over shippers any day because at least the powerscalers ground their vicious infighting in the actual facts of the text discussed
August 24, 2026 at 11:12 PM
i gotta say i will take powerscalers over shippers any day because at least the powerscalers ground their vicious infighting in the actual facts of the text discussed
breaking powerscalers' brains by introducing them to rock paper scissors
August 24, 2026 at 1:37 PM
breaking powerscalers' brains by introducing them to rock paper scissors
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I have a blog now and wrote about playing a bastardized version of OD&D in prison and how the DIY spirit of the OSR is most alive when you don't buy anything at all
barenuckelavee.bearblog.dev/no-one-can-t...
barenuckelavee.bearblog.dev/no-one-can-t...
NO ONE CAN TAKE YOUR GAME FROM YOU
There is a sickness in the modern tabletop hobby, a kind of creeping, insidious consumerism that tries to convince you that you need things to play. We get c...
barenuckelavee.bearblog.dev
August 21, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I have a blog now and wrote about playing a bastardized version of OD&D in prison and how the DIY spirit of the OSR is most alive when you don't buy anything at all
barenuckelavee.bearblog.dev/no-one-can-t...
barenuckelavee.bearblog.dev/no-one-can-t...
I think there's a distinction to be made between:
- the complexity of a game's rules
and
- how tightly a game expects you to follow its rules.
they're different axes.
- the complexity of a game's rules
and
- how tightly a game expects you to follow its rules.
they're different axes.
It's funny bc I think "PbtA is rules light" is a myth from people who only played 5E or 90s descended games before encountering it.
Personally I find "rules light" games are much more difficult to roleplay with and consequently make actual play with.
I do not consider the pbta games I've done actual play in to be rules light. If I'm playing a pbta game a goal is to use as many of the mechanics on my character sheet as possible
I do not consider the pbta games I've done actual play in to be rules light. If I'm playing a pbta game a goal is to use as many of the mechanics on my character sheet as possible
August 23, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I think there's a distinction to be made between:
- the complexity of a game's rules
and
- how tightly a game expects you to follow its rules.
they're different axes.
- the complexity of a game's rules
and
- how tightly a game expects you to follow its rules.
they're different axes.
to my understanding "punk" is when you are not very good at playing rock music and all the discussions about 'real punk' beyond beyond that is just sophistry
Buddy that ship sailed 50 years ago what the fuck are you talking about
August 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
to my understanding "punk" is when you are not very good at playing rock music and all the discussions about 'real punk' beyond beyond that is just sophistry
G O U R D
Hey, what does your Big Walk crew call the items you collect?
So far across 2 groups I’ve heard:
-Babies
-Beans
-Pears
-Objects
So far across 2 groups I’ve heard:
-Babies
-Beans
-Pears
-Objects
August 22, 2026 at 6:09 AM
G O U R D
all jokes aside i do think that in order to actually count as OSR you ought to be able to run Expedition To The Barrier Peaks in it with minimal conversion work.
guy who hates osr but only because "they are disrespectful of gygaxian design rigor"
August 21, 2026 at 8:19 PM
all jokes aside i do think that in order to actually count as OSR you ought to be able to run Expedition To The Barrier Peaks in it with minimal conversion work.
while it is about many things, Dark Sun is kinda fundamentally *about* climate change. if the shiny new book isn't about climate change, it's not really Dark Sun, it's just DnD wearing it's skin like a suit.
August 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
while it is about many things, Dark Sun is kinda fundamentally *about* climate change. if the shiny new book isn't about climate change, it's not really Dark Sun, it's just DnD wearing it's skin like a suit.
so how much do you reckon the mcdm guy paid to have that OSR video made, eh?
August 21, 2026 at 7:29 PM
so how much do you reckon the mcdm guy paid to have that OSR video made, eh?