Beneath Foreign Planets
@foreignplanets.bsky.social
OSR blogger. A ponderous and stolid fellow.
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I'm wondering if anyone has made an RPG that uses the pigs from Pass the Pigs.
September 16, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I'm wondering if anyone has made an RPG that uses the pigs from Pass the Pigs.
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this week on the blog: hags vents some feelings about anthropocentrism. enjoy
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hags.bearblog.dev/hillfolk/
September 7, 2026 at 11:13 AM
this week on the blog: hags vents some feelings about anthropocentrism. enjoy
hags.bearblog.dev/hillfolk/
hags.bearblog.dev/hillfolk/
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On writing terse hex keys for Antarctica Jam
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Three-sentence Hexes
Editing the Antarctic Adventure Anthology has precipitated many ideas about how to steer the future of the project.
Earlier this year, I wrote a mild pol...
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September 5, 2026 at 6:40 AM
On writing terse hex keys for Antarctica Jam
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Weird Knights.
Crude but fun sculpts from the now sadly defunct Irregular Miniatures. Maybe I'll use them for Mythic Bastionland.
#miniatures
Crude but fun sculpts from the now sadly defunct Irregular Miniatures. Maybe I'll use them for Mythic Bastionland.
#miniatures
August 27, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Weird Knights.
Crude but fun sculpts from the now sadly defunct Irregular Miniatures. Maybe I'll use them for Mythic Bastionland.
#miniatures
Crude but fun sculpts from the now sadly defunct Irregular Miniatures. Maybe I'll use them for Mythic Bastionland.
#miniatures
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Working on Knock again! #6
August 21, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Working on Knock again! #6
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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
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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...
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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...
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- Extreme Dinosaurs
- Skeleton Warriors
- Noggin the Nog
- Noah's Island
- The Animals of Farthing Wood
- Transformers: Beast Wars
- Xcalibur
All bangers.
- Skeleton Warriors
- Noggin the Nog
- Noah's Island
- The Animals of Farthing Wood
- Transformers: Beast Wars
- Xcalibur
All bangers.
Okay. You have unfortunately been hit with the curse that makes you adapt a work you liked as a kid into a ttrpg.
What thing are you adapting?
What thing are you adapting?
August 18, 2026 at 6:17 AM
- Extreme Dinosaurs
- Skeleton Warriors
- Noggin the Nog
- Noah's Island
- The Animals of Farthing Wood
- Transformers: Beast Wars
- Xcalibur
All bangers.
- Skeleton Warriors
- Noggin the Nog
- Noah's Island
- The Animals of Farthing Wood
- Transformers: Beast Wars
- Xcalibur
All bangers.
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64. The Bridge at the End of the World by @foreignplanets.bsky.social
A system-neutral science-fantasy hexcrawl through a subterranean spaceship 🦐
20+ hexes through a diversity of artsy biomes in an O'Neill Cylinder, based on Tumithak, a forgotten 1930's pulp serial. Wildly big brained move!
A system-neutral science-fantasy hexcrawl through a subterranean spaceship 🦐
20+ hexes through a diversity of artsy biomes in an O'Neill Cylinder, based on Tumithak, a forgotten 1930's pulp serial. Wildly big brained move!
The Bridge at the End of the World by Beneath Foreign Planets
Minimalist Science-Fantasy Campaign Setting, Hexcrawl and Dungeon
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August 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
64. The Bridge at the End of the World by @foreignplanets.bsky.social
A system-neutral science-fantasy hexcrawl through a subterranean spaceship 🦐
20+ hexes through a diversity of artsy biomes in an O'Neill Cylinder, based on Tumithak, a forgotten 1930's pulp serial. Wildly big brained move!
A system-neutral science-fantasy hexcrawl through a subterranean spaceship 🦐
20+ hexes through a diversity of artsy biomes in an O'Neill Cylinder, based on Tumithak, a forgotten 1930's pulp serial. Wildly big brained move!
What's stopping you from putting televisions in your setting? Nothing. Think about it.
August 16, 2026 at 4:57 AM
What's stopping you from putting televisions in your setting? Nothing. Think about it.
The mooks in my next dungeon will be called Chuckleheads.
August 16, 2026 at 2:24 AM
The mooks in my next dungeon will be called Chuckleheads.
Lizardfolk should just be dudes covered with lizards.
August 16, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Lizardfolk should just be dudes covered with lizards.
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In this episode ill be eating everything i find under my couch. Glory to god the creator. Without Him we are nothing. Alright lets get this couch lifted up. LOTTA cat hair wow. Ok lets get started
August 2, 2026 at 4:33 AM
In this episode ill be eating everything i find under my couch. Glory to god the creator. Without Him we are nothing. Alright lets get this couch lifted up. LOTTA cat hair wow. Ok lets get started
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A blog post brave enough to answer the question on everyone's lips: "what if the classic D&D ceiling monster (that's not the cloaker, lurker, or piercer) was actually a psychedelic nightmare squid that imprints its eggs in your subconscious?" traipse.hexarcana.com/2026/07/dark...
Darkmantles
Chthonic squid monsters floating soundlessly through the Inverted Palace . Conical indigo bodies ringed with crimson eyes; dense membrane we...
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July 22, 2026 at 5:47 PM
A blog post brave enough to answer the question on everyone's lips: "what if the classic D&D ceiling monster (that's not the cloaker, lurker, or piercer) was actually a psychedelic nightmare squid that imprints its eggs in your subconscious?" traipse.hexarcana.com/2026/07/dark...
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New monkey fancam
July 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
New monkey fancam
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New day, new reminder you can die horribly inside a giant slug in my new adventure
Appendix N Jam submission is up.
Push your way through multiple sphincters to pull lost treasures from an interdimensional, treasure-eating, giant slug.
#TTRPG #OSR
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Push your way through multiple sphincters to pull lost treasures from an interdimensional, treasure-eating, giant slug.
#TTRPG #OSR
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Crypt Crawlers of Mictlan by Cats Have No Lord
An Interdimensional Slugcrawl for Old School Adventure Games
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July 14, 2026 at 12:10 PM
New day, new reminder you can die horribly inside a giant slug in my new adventure
More Lost Books of Appendix N
I did this for you.
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July 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
My entry to last year's #AppxNJam, and winner of the 'spirit, themes and vibe of the Appendix N' category 😏. I really wrestled the title, early on it was actually a Conan tale set in a dried up ocean.
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Low Tidings by Beneath Foreign Planets
Defend a crumbling coastal fort from a sea-witch and her army of blood-thirsty pirates!
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July 2, 2026 at 7:34 PM
My entry to last year's #AppxNJam, and winner of the 'spirit, themes and vibe of the Appendix N' category 😏. I really wrestled the title, early on it was actually a Conan tale set in a dried up ocean.
beneath-foreign-planets.itch.io/low-tidings
beneath-foreign-planets.itch.io/low-tidings
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Does your hexcrawl need pseudo-realistic fire ecology? Look no fur- What? Where are you going? I just want to talk!
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Wildfires in A Hexcrawl
This post on reddit, asks how to rule a forest fire started by player characters.
My day job involves running long-term forest growth and wildfire simula...
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June 27, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Does your hexcrawl need pseudo-realistic fire ecology? Look no fur- What? Where are you going? I just want to talk!
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There were a whopping 80 blog posts for the latest Random Blogwagon! I round them all up into a rollable table here:
#osr #ttrpg #blogwagon
#osr #ttrpg #blogwagon
Random Blogwagon Roundup — Prismatic Wasteland
In 20ish days, the blogosphere produced 80 blog posts about randomness. I present them all in a roll table. Roll a d80 and read a blog post!
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June 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
There were a whopping 80 blog posts for the latest Random Blogwagon! I round them all up into a rollable table here:
#osr #ttrpg #blogwagon
#osr #ttrpg #blogwagon