The Blog Swamp
The Prismatic Wasteland Vaults
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March 2025
2
- Mar 26, 2025 Playing Card Initiative Mar 26, 2025
- Mar 11, 2025 A Game to Generate the World History for Your Campaign Mar 11, 2025
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February 2025
3
- Feb 25, 2025 Steal This Idea: Cardinal Sins Feb 25, 2025
- Feb 18, 2025 You Don’t Need a Game System Before You Play: The Calvinball Experiment Feb 18, 2025
- Feb 7, 2025 Control Weather Should Not Be a Spell Feb 7, 2025
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January 2025
3
- Jan 28, 2025 Sharing the Spotlight is Insufficient Jan 28, 2025
- Jan 14, 2025 Monster, Maiden, Madonna, Medusa Jan 14, 2025
- Jan 2, 2025 2025 Is the Year of the Beta Jan 2, 2025
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December 2024
2
- Dec 17, 2024 Pedantic Wasteland: Lighthouse at Shipbreaker Shoals Dec 17, 2024
- Dec 10, 2024 1849 California Gold Slush Dec 10, 2024
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November 2024
4
- Nov 29, 2024 It’s the Barter Economy, Stupid Nov 29, 2024
- Nov 19, 2024 D20 Tabletop Roleplaying Game Gift Ideas that Aren’t Just More TTRPGs (or Dice) Nov 19, 2024
- Nov 14, 2024 They’re Eating the Blogs Nov 14, 2024
- Nov 5, 2024 You Got Democracy in My Medieval Fantasy! Nov 5, 2024
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October 2024
5
- Oct 30, 2024 Horror Prologue Gameplay Oct 30, 2024
- Oct 26, 2024 Being a Vampire Doesn't Suck Oct 26, 2024
- Oct 22, 2024 Playing as a Ghost Oct 22, 2024
- Oct 15, 2024 Familiars: A Witch’s Best Friend Oct 15, 2024
- Oct 8, 2024 So Many Free Taverns for Your Games: Barkeep Jam Retrospective Oct 8, 2024
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August 2024
3
- Aug 20, 2024 Which Sacred Cow Doth I Kill? Aug 20, 2024
- Aug 8, 2024 Is GenCon Worth It? Aug 8, 2024
- Aug 2, 2024 GenCon: This IS My First Rodeo Aug 2, 2024
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July 2024
1
- Jul 2, 2024 A LEGO Jam Retrospective: Trouble in Paradisa Jul 2, 2024
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June 2024
1
- Jun 25, 2024 Endangered in Dungeons Jun 25, 2024
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May 2024
3
- May 30, 2024 The TTRPG Cooking Minigame May 30, 2024
- May 14, 2024 Between Two Jams May 14, 2024
- May 8, 2024 Wizard Diss Tracks May 8, 2024
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April 2024
4
- Apr 25, 2024 We Live Again Apr 25, 2024
- Apr 23, 2024 Do Fear the Reaper Apr 23, 2024
- Apr 11, 2024 Rehabilitating the To-Hit Roll Apr 11, 2024
- Apr 2, 2024 Overloading the Random Encounter Table Apr 2, 2024
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March 2024
1
- Mar 11, 2024 Toybox Creativity: The Genius of Dragon Ball Mar 11, 2024
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February 2024
2
- Feb 27, 2024 Wizards Playing Telephone Feb 27, 2024
- Feb 13, 2024 Potion Clues Feb 13, 2024
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January 2024
3
- Jan 24, 2024 Pedantic Wasteland - Vampire Cruise Jan 24, 2024
- Jan 16, 2024 Schrödinger’s Chat 2: Amended & Restated Quantum Language Rules Jan 16, 2024
- Jan 2, 2024 Blog Challenge: New (Year’s) Resolution Mechanic Jan 2, 2024
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December 2023
1
- Dec 27, 2023 My Weird Wizard Show Dec 27, 2023
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November 2023
1
- Nov 28, 2023 In Defense of Ability Scores Nov 28, 2023
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October 2023
1
- Oct 12, 2023 The One-Shot Pubcrawl Oct 12, 2023
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September 2023
1
- Sep 7, 2023 Pedantic Wasteland - A Rasp of Sand Sep 7, 2023
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August 2023
2
- Aug 14, 2023 Social Monsters Aug 14, 2023
- Aug 8, 2023 Barkeep on the Borderlands Wins an Ennie Aug 8, 2023
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July 2023
3
- Jul 20, 2023 D&D Initiative & The McDonald’s Problem Jul 20, 2023
- Jul 18, 2023 Shopping in D&D is Garbage, And How to Fix It Jul 18, 2023
- Jul 14, 2023 Humpty Dumpty Should Die: Fixing Falling Damage Jul 14, 2023
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June 2023
2
- Jun 20, 2023 Posters, Posers and POSR(s) Jun 20, 2023
- Jun 8, 2023 Family Feuds Jun 8, 2023
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May 2023
1
- May 25, 2023 How Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Proves Me Right May 25, 2023
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April 2023
1
- Apr 1, 2023 Of Mysteries, Monsters and Mosquitillos Apr 1, 2023
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February 2023
2
- Feb 9, 2023 Barkeep on the Borderlands: Pub Previews Feb 9, 2023
- Feb 7, 2023 Names on the Borderlands Feb 7, 2023
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January 2023
3
- Jan 31, 2023 Lore! What Is It Good For? Jan 31, 2023
- Jan 10, 2023 The Winners of the 2022 Bloggies Jan 10, 2023
- Jan 3, 2023 Bloggies 2022: Voting Begins Jan 3, 2023
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December 2022
2
- Dec 28, 2022 Here Be No Product Identity Monsters Dec 28, 2022
- Dec 15, 2022 Hexcrawl Checklist: Part Two Dec 15, 2022
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October 2022
1
- Oct 17, 2022 Hexcrawl Checklist: Part One Oct 17, 2022
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September 2022
1
- Sep 19, 2022 Doppelgänger Dos & Don’ts Sep 19, 2022
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August 2022
2
- Aug 15, 2022 Shopping, Listing, Picking and Gambling Aug 15, 2022
- Aug 4, 2022 Hey, You Got Commercialization In My Hobby (also ZineQuest 4) Aug 4, 2022
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July 2022
1
- Jul 12, 2022 Encounter Checklist Jul 12, 2022
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June 2022
2
- Jun 21, 2022 What Even Is a “Procedure”? Jun 21, 2022
- Jun 9, 2022 Tempus, Fudge It Jun 9, 2022
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May 2022
1
- May 10, 2022 Quicker Combat for Boot Hill May 10, 2022
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April 2022
2
- Apr 26, 2022 Worldbuilding as a Team Sport Apr 26, 2022
- Apr 18, 2022 Universal, System-Neutral Stats Apr 18, 2022
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March 2022
2
- Mar 24, 2022 I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again Mar 24, 2022
- Mar 15, 2022 Level Up Everyone and Everything Mar 15, 2022
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February 2022
6
- Feb 25, 2022 Calendars, Not Just Maps Feb 25, 2022
- Feb 22, 2022 Conspiracy in the Borderlands Feb 22, 2022
- Feb 18, 2022 Your Taverns Need a Procedure Feb 18, 2022
- Feb 15, 2022 Luka Rejec Joins the Pubcrawl Feb 15, 2022
- Feb 10, 2022 Barkeep on the Borderlands is Funded (And Then Some!) Feb 10, 2022
- Feb 8, 2022 It’s Alive! My Kickstarter Feb 8, 2022
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January 2022
3
- Jan 25, 2022 Barkeep on the Borderlands Preview: The Birdcage Jan 25, 2022
- Jan 18, 2022 Drinking Problems: The Trouble with Booze Rules in Games Jan 18, 2022
- Jan 11, 2022 The Secret to Realism in Games Jan 11, 2022
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December 2021
3
- Dec 31, 2021 Dicember: Parting Thoughts Dec 31, 2021
- Dec 21, 2021 Dicember Blogstew Dec 21, 2021
- Dec 7, 2021 New Kid on the Blogck: My Path to the OSR Dec 7, 2021
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November 2021
2
- Nov 18, 2021 The XP Bowl and XP Bubbles Nov 18, 2021
- Nov 1, 2021 The Basic Procedure of the OSR Nov 1, 2021
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October 2021
2
- Oct 22, 2021 Do the Monster Mashup Oct 22, 2021
- Oct 4, 2021 The Mansion Under the Ghost Lake Oct 4, 2021
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September 2021
3
- Sep 20, 2021 The Keep on the Borderlands is Full of Lies Sep 20, 2021
- Sep 9, 2021 Apolitical RPGs Do Not Exist Sep 9, 2021
- Sep 1, 2021 Rating the Deck of Many Things Sep 1, 2021
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August 2021
3
- Aug 19, 2021 When to Hold ‘em, When to Roll ‘em Aug 19, 2021
- Aug 12, 2021 Hostile Negotiations: A Framework for Social Combat Aug 12, 2021
- Aug 6, 2021 Overloading the Damage Die Aug 6, 2021
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July 2021
2
- Jul 27, 2021 Design Commentary: Big Rock Candy Hexcrawl Jul 27, 2021
- Jul 8, 2021 How to NOT Run You Got a Job on the Garbage Barge Jul 8, 2021
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June 2021
2
- Jun 24, 2021 A Better Approach to Deadly Games Jun 24, 2021
- Jun 4, 2021 Spell Lists Are Not Magical Jun 4, 2021
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May 2021
3
- May 26, 2021 Ashcan Rule: XP for Coal May 26, 2021
- May 22, 2021 Failure, Diegesis & Ability Score Increases May 22, 2021
- May 13, 2021 Spelling Errors: A Magic Miscast Alternative May 13, 2021
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April 2021
5
- Apr 27, 2021 A Preview of Coming Attractions Apr 27, 2021
- Apr 22, 2021 The Motorcyclops! Lone Biker of the Apocalypse Apr 22, 2021
- Apr 15, 2021 Hacking Lockpicking to Unlock Hacking Apr 15, 2021
- Apr 8, 2021 Megadungeon Malls & Collaborative Caverns Apr 8, 2021
- Apr 1, 2021 Bury Your Gold: On Abstract Wealth Apr 1, 2021
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March 2021
3
- Mar 24, 2021 Exploding the Encounter Die Mar 24, 2021
- Mar 13, 2021 Maybe Split the Party Mar 13, 2021
- Mar 5, 2021 Druidic Depravity Mar 5, 2021
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February 2021
3
- Feb 23, 2021 My Favorite Trap Feb 23, 2021
- Feb 13, 2021 Review: Mausritter Boxed Set Feb 13, 2021
- Feb 5, 2021 In Defense of 3d6 Feb 5, 2021
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January 2021
4
- Jan 30, 2021 Anti Canon Ancestry II: There Be Goblins! Jan 30, 2021
- Jan 26, 2021 Anti Canon Ancestry Jan 26, 2021
- Jan 18, 2021 How to Run a Mystery in TTRPGs Jan 18, 2021
- Jan 4, 2021 Don’t List Out Gear Jan 4, 2021
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December 2020
4
- Dec 30, 2020 Schrödinger’s Chat: Improving Language Rules in RPGs Dec 30, 2020
- Dec 19, 2020 Parenthood among the Porcelain Palaces Dec 19, 2020
- Dec 11, 2020 Troikafeld! A Review and Starting Adventure Dec 11, 2020
- Dec 7, 2020 Previously on UVG… Dec 7, 2020