In Adirondark...
The Dark Preacher was welcomed at one of the great camps and through the power of his preaching ended up "hewing" the owners and guests.
Their spirits were clove from their bodies, leaving a terrible swath of foreboding and melancholy.
The Dark Preacher was welcomed at one of the great camps and through the power of his preaching ended up "hewing" the owners and guests.
Their spirits were clove from their bodies, leaving a terrible swath of foreboding and melancholy.
July 27, 2026 at 12:39 PM
In Adirondark...
The Dark Preacher was welcomed at one of the great camps and through the power of his preaching ended up "hewing" the owners and guests.
Their spirits were clove from their bodies, leaving a terrible swath of foreboding and melancholy.
The Dark Preacher was welcomed at one of the great camps and through the power of his preaching ended up "hewing" the owners and guests.
Their spirits were clove from their bodies, leaving a terrible swath of foreboding and melancholy.
Adirondark is based in 1890s New York State. People are looking to live in the woods without much government intervention while robber barons are looking to exploit the resources.
July 16, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Adirondark is based in 1890s New York State. People are looking to live in the woods without much government intervention while robber barons are looking to exploit the resources.
I put together a simple one-pager (front and back) of the basic rules of the TTRPG system I've been toying with for Adirondark. It is meant to be relatively quick, easy, and only use paper, pencil, d6 dice and a standard deck of cards. Check it out!
#FlamingBrainGames
#Whist
#TTRPGDesign
#FlamingBrainGames
#Whist
#TTRPGDesign
July 1, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I put together a simple one-pager (front and back) of the basic rules of the TTRPG system I've been toying with for Adirondark. It is meant to be relatively quick, easy, and only use paper, pencil, d6 dice and a standard deck of cards. Check it out!
#FlamingBrainGames
#Whist
#TTRPGDesign
#FlamingBrainGames
#Whist
#TTRPGDesign
I've got a villain I've been stewing with for a while in Adirondark who is a traveling preacher of sorts, tainted by the Dark. He goes from lumber camp to lumber camp... changing folk.
June 25, 2026 at 12:52 PM
I've got a villain I've been stewing with for a while in Adirondark who is a traveling preacher of sorts, tainted by the Dark. He goes from lumber camp to lumber camp... changing folk.
Alright... summer break has started, and I am reading, writing, enjoying the outdoors... time to get motivated to get back into creating weird wilderness horror content for Adirondark...
#FlamingBrainGames
#Adirondark
#TTRPGCreation
#FlamingBrainGames
#Adirondark
#TTRPGCreation
June 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Alright... summer break has started, and I am reading, writing, enjoying the outdoors... time to get motivated to get back into creating weird wilderness horror content for Adirondark...
#FlamingBrainGames
#Adirondark
#TTRPGCreation
#FlamingBrainGames
#Adirondark
#TTRPGCreation
In Adirondark, there have been blowdowns where acres and acres of forest have been knocked over due to powerful winds. These are extremely difficult to traverse and also expose things long forgotten by humanity...
February 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
In Adirondark, there have been blowdowns where acres and acres of forest have been knocked over due to powerful winds. These are extremely difficult to traverse and also expose things long forgotten by humanity...
Weather is a great way to challenge PCs, set the mood, add to the narrative...
In Adirondark, there have been blowdowns where acres and acres of forest have been knocked over due to powerful winds. These are extremely difficult to traverse and also expose things long forgotten by humanity...
In Adirondark, there have been blowdowns where acres and acres of forest have been knocked over due to powerful winds. These are extremely difficult to traverse and also expose things long forgotten by humanity...
#Qotd: I'm looking at all the snow/ice outside and it got me thinking:
What's the most impactful weather event you've had in one of your games?
How did it change the game or environment?
#dnd #ttrpg #gaming #DungeonsAndDragons
What's the most impactful weather event you've had in one of your games?
How did it change the game or environment?
#dnd #ttrpg #gaming #DungeonsAndDragons
February 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Weather is a great way to challenge PCs, set the mood, add to the narrative...
In Adirondark, there have been blowdowns where acres and acres of forest have been knocked over due to powerful winds. These are extremely difficult to traverse and also expose things long forgotten by humanity...
In Adirondark, there have been blowdowns where acres and acres of forest have been knocked over due to powerful winds. These are extremely difficult to traverse and also expose things long forgotten by humanity...
In Adirondark I'm putting an Expedition together where the Explorers come upon a Great Camp (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_C...) where a terrible tragedy has taken place.
A wandering preacher, who unbeknownst to the family who welcomed him, has ties to the Dark.
A wandering preacher, who unbeknownst to the family who welcomed him, has ties to the Dark.
Great Camps - Wikipedia
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January 31, 2026 at 5:09 PM
In Adirondark I'm putting an Expedition together where the Explorers come upon a Great Camp (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_C...) where a terrible tragedy has taken place.
A wandering preacher, who unbeknownst to the family who welcomed him, has ties to the Dark.
A wandering preacher, who unbeknownst to the family who welcomed him, has ties to the Dark.
These birds might need to show up in Adirondark...
According to Flemish folktales, bloodthirsty birds flew through the cold air during winter. In one story, someone whistled at one of these birds and the animal shouted: I will torture you until the last drop of blood in your heart has disappeared.
🎨Maud Earl
#FolkyFriday
🎨Maud Earl
#FolkyFriday
December 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
These birds might need to show up in Adirondark...
Adirondark: The Powers are immortal, and some of their critters are tough as hell. But the one that nobody has ever been able to kill? The Dark Preacher.
Dressed in black with a loon's head and wings on his wide-brimmed hat he is a prophet of The Dark.
He preaches a way to end your melancholy...
Dressed in black with a loon's head and wings on his wide-brimmed hat he is a prophet of The Dark.
He preaches a way to end your melancholy...
December 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Adirondark: The Powers are immortal, and some of their critters are tough as hell. But the one that nobody has ever been able to kill? The Dark Preacher.
Dressed in black with a loon's head and wings on his wide-brimmed hat he is a prophet of The Dark.
He preaches a way to end your melancholy...
Dressed in black with a loon's head and wings on his wide-brimmed hat he is a prophet of The Dark.
He preaches a way to end your melancholy...
I've a new "Behind the Trees" post up on my Patreon about how to use a deck of cards in Adirondark. I'm excited about how they can be incorporated and used a few ways by both players and GMs during gameplay. Check it out!
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
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#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
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Behind the Trees: Cracked the Cards! | Flaming Brain Games
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November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I've a new "Behind the Trees" post up on my Patreon about how to use a deck of cards in Adirondark. I'm excited about how they can be incorporated and used a few ways by both players and GMs during gameplay. Check it out!
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
www.patreon.com/posts/behind...
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
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Put together a new "Behind the Trees" post on Patreon regarding the progress on drafting the Adirondark guidebooks. Almost done with a complete first draft of the Explorers' Guidebook (players) and halfway done on the Superintendents' (GMs).
www.patreon.com/posts/143644...
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
www.patreon.com/posts/143644...
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
Behind the Trees: Guidebook drafts | Flaming Brain Games
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November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Put together a new "Behind the Trees" post on Patreon regarding the progress on drafting the Adirondark guidebooks. Almost done with a complete first draft of the Explorers' Guidebook (players) and halfway done on the Superintendents' (GMs).
www.patreon.com/posts/143644...
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
www.patreon.com/posts/143644...
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
Scott offers wonderful advice here!
And timely for me too as I'm putting the final touches on my chapter for how to design Dangers and Encounters in Adirondark's Superintendents' Guidebook. And in a wilderness survival horror game... it may be wise to avoid combat.
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
And timely for me too as I'm putting the final touches on my chapter for how to design Dangers and Encounters in Adirondark's Superintendents' Guidebook. And in a wilderness survival horror game... it may be wise to avoid combat.
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
FRPG GM Tip: Conflict is what drives story much of the time, but conflict in a fantasy game doesn’t always have to mean combat. Conducting a strategy session in which the players and characters come up with a plan to avoid an encounter can be just as much fun as fighting.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Scott offers wonderful advice here!
And timely for me too as I'm putting the final touches on my chapter for how to design Dangers and Encounters in Adirondark's Superintendents' Guidebook. And in a wilderness survival horror game... it may be wise to avoid combat.
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
And timely for me too as I'm putting the final touches on my chapter for how to design Dangers and Encounters in Adirondark's Superintendents' Guidebook. And in a wilderness survival horror game... it may be wise to avoid combat.
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
Great advice from @dicefunctional.bsky.social ! Be descriptive! Engage all the senses!
From the Adirondark Superintendents' Guidebook:
"Consider what the Explorers will sense first in every scene. Sight is a primary sense but in the wilderness there are so many other possibilities.
From the Adirondark Superintendents' Guidebook:
"Consider what the Explorers will sense first in every scene. Sight is a primary sense but in the wilderness there are so many other possibilities.
Tip for the GMs, writers, and worldbuilders out there;
Describe beyond just sight.
Yes, it's important to describe what is seen*, but there are so many more senses to use and toy with when setting a scene.
*or isn't, depending on the situation
#TTRPG
Describe beyond just sight.
Yes, it's important to describe what is seen*, but there are so many more senses to use and toy with when setting a scene.
*or isn't, depending on the situation
#TTRPG
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Great advice from @dicefunctional.bsky.social ! Be descriptive! Engage all the senses!
From the Adirondark Superintendents' Guidebook:
"Consider what the Explorers will sense first in every scene. Sight is a primary sense but in the wilderness there are so many other possibilities.
From the Adirondark Superintendents' Guidebook:
"Consider what the Explorers will sense first in every scene. Sight is a primary sense but in the wilderness there are so many other possibilities.
Love this!
In Adirondark it's The Red, The Green, The Gray, and... The Dark. And you definitely don't want to return to The Dark. Unless.. you do.
In Adirondark it's The Red, The Green, The Gray, and... The Dark. And you definitely don't want to return to The Dark. Unless.. you do.
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Love this!
In Adirondark it's The Red, The Green, The Gray, and... The Dark. And you definitely don't want to return to The Dark. Unless.. you do.
In Adirondark it's The Red, The Green, The Gray, and... The Dark. And you definitely don't want to return to The Dark. Unless.. you do.
As it started snowing at my home today, and sticking... it got me thinking about The Gray, the Power of stone, weather, and particularly the cold. Here is a throwback to my Omens of the Gray table found on my Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/114814...
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
www.patreon.com/posts/114814...
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As it started snowing at my home today, and sticking... it got me thinking about The Gray, the Power of stone, weather, and particularly the cold. Here is a throwback to my Omens of the Gray table found on my Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/114814...
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
www.patreon.com/posts/114814...
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
Snowing outside changes things a bit...
Outside in my backyard smoking a pipe, thinking, writing, creating... inspired to think about The Gray.
The Power of wind, weather, stone, and cold — the inanimate parts of nature.
What scares you about The Gray?
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
Outside in my backyard smoking a pipe, thinking, writing, creating... inspired to think about The Gray.
The Power of wind, weather, stone, and cold — the inanimate parts of nature.
What scares you about The Gray?
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Snowing outside changes things a bit...
Outside in my backyard smoking a pipe, thinking, writing, creating... inspired to think about The Gray.
The Power of wind, weather, stone, and cold — the inanimate parts of nature.
What scares you about The Gray?
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
Outside in my backyard smoking a pipe, thinking, writing, creating... inspired to think about The Gray.
The Power of wind, weather, stone, and cold — the inanimate parts of nature.
What scares you about The Gray?
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
As I get close to publishing a beta of a PHB for my wilderness horror game, "The Adirondark Explorer's Guidebook" I am debating how to organize the order of the various chapters. I am curious how other TTRPG players believe a PHB should be organized.
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
As I get close to publishing a beta of a PHB for my wilderness horror game, "The Adirondark Explorer's Guidebook" I am debating how to organize the order of the various chapters. I am curious how other TTRPG players believe a PHB should be organized.
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPGDesign
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
This can inspire some awful imagery for Adirondark... when The Dark corrupts, it *absolutely* corrupts.
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPGInspiration
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPGInspiration
Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
November 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This can inspire some awful imagery for Adirondark... when The Dark corrupts, it *absolutely* corrupts.
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPGInspiration
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPGInspiration
What happens when The Green, that which connects and powers all plants and fungi, rises up to battle the unnatural Dark? Your Explorer notices something that catches their eye or turns their nose...
Another free .pdf!
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPG
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Another free .pdf!
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPG
www.patreon.com/posts/114375...
Table Tuesday #3: Omens of the Green | Flaming Brain Games
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November 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
What happens when The Green, that which connects and powers all plants and fungi, rises up to battle the unnatural Dark? Your Explorer notices something that catches their eye or turns their nose...
Another free .pdf!
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPG
www.patreon.com/posts/114375...
Another free .pdf!
#Adirondark
#FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPG
www.patreon.com/posts/114375...
I've decided that I'm going to start putting a costume together for next Halloween. It will also be something I can wear when GMing my turn-of-the-20th-century wilderness survival horror game.
1890s American mountain frontier meets Lovecraft.
#Adirondark
##FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPG
#costume
1890s American mountain frontier meets Lovecraft.
#Adirondark
##FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPG
#costume
November 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I've decided that I'm going to start putting a costume together for next Halloween. It will also be something I can wear when GMing my turn-of-the-20th-century wilderness survival horror game.
1890s American mountain frontier meets Lovecraft.
#Adirondark
##FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPG
#costume
1890s American mountain frontier meets Lovecraft.
#Adirondark
##FlamingBrainGames
#TTRPG
#costume
What is the strange thing your Explorer notices that lets them know all is not right in the Great Northern Forest?
Take a look at this throwback from last year, which includes my Omen of the Red table, free on Patreon.
#Adirondark
#TTRPG
#FlamingBrainGames
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Take a look at this throwback from last year, which includes my Omen of the Red table, free on Patreon.
#Adirondark
#TTRPG
#FlamingBrainGames
www.patreon.com/posts/113990...
Table Tuesday #2: Omens of the Red | Flaming Brain Games
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November 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
What is the strange thing your Explorer notices that lets them know all is not right in the Great Northern Forest?
Take a look at this throwback from last year, which includes my Omen of the Red table, free on Patreon.
#Adirondark
#TTRPG
#FlamingBrainGames
www.patreon.com/posts/113990...
Take a look at this throwback from last year, which includes my Omen of the Red table, free on Patreon.
#Adirondark
#TTRPG
#FlamingBrainGames
www.patreon.com/posts/113990...
Vulture capitalism, power-hungry, irresponsible capitalism...
Adirondark takes place during the Gilded Age. When robber barons are trying to get all the timber, coal, and resources for themselves. Going deeper and deeper into the Great Forest of NY puts people into contact with these Powers...
Adirondark takes place during the Gilded Age. When robber barons are trying to get all the timber, coal, and resources for themselves. Going deeper and deeper into the Great Forest of NY puts people into contact with these Powers...
October 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Vulture capitalism, power-hungry, irresponsible capitalism...
Adirondark takes place during the Gilded Age. When robber barons are trying to get all the timber, coal, and resources for themselves. Going deeper and deeper into the Great Forest of NY puts people into contact with these Powers...
Adirondark takes place during the Gilded Age. When robber barons are trying to get all the timber, coal, and resources for themselves. Going deeper and deeper into the Great Forest of NY puts people into contact with these Powers...
October so here's the Omen of the Green table for Adirondark, a turn-of-the-20th-century wilderness horror survival game in development.
People enter the wilderness for mundane reasons. But then something catches their eye, something... not quite right.
#TTRPGDesign
#FlamingBrainGames
#Adirondark
People enter the wilderness for mundane reasons. But then something catches their eye, something... not quite right.
#TTRPGDesign
#FlamingBrainGames
#Adirondark
October 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
October so here's the Omen of the Green table for Adirondark, a turn-of-the-20th-century wilderness horror survival game in development.
People enter the wilderness for mundane reasons. But then something catches their eye, something... not quite right.
#TTRPGDesign
#FlamingBrainGames
#Adirondark
People enter the wilderness for mundane reasons. But then something catches their eye, something... not quite right.
#TTRPGDesign
#FlamingBrainGames
#Adirondark
This has Adirondark vibes.
October 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This has Adirondark vibes.