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History is Fragmented
Day 5 of #RPGaDay is Ancient. This triggered thoughts I had about fictional ancient history and cults/religions vs reality. So often in stories and TTRPGs the history of an ancient…
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Modern Meetups for Horror Games
#RPGaDay prompt for Day 3 is Tavern. The thing is, while I do play Dungeons and Dragons and fantasy games from time to time, my love is in modern (or…
Contemplating the Cozy subgenre
Recently, Rev Casey wrote a particularly thought provoking blog post about how TTRPGs that want to emulate Studio Ghibli need to remember that said studio creates more than cozy imagery…
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Spectral Tides — the best Call of Cthulhu One Shot for New Players
I recently ran the Call of Cthulhu one shot, Spectral Tides: The Goblin-Thing by J.C. Conners, for a charity stream on Corsairs Cove. I hadn’t run Call of Cthulhu in a year…
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Graveyards of Arkham AP review
As a fan of Bookshops of Arkham and Call of Cthulhu in general, I was stoked to see that Chaosium would be releasing another actual play show with Mark Meer,…
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Don’t Play This Game demo play Pt 4
Here is the 4th and final installment of my Don't Play This Game demo playthrough. If you have not yet read Parts 1-3 for this playthrough, please start here. Event…
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Don’t Play This Game demo play Pt 3
Thank you for joining me as my character, Harlow, falls deeper into despair, cursed occurrences, and madness. If you haven't be sure to start from the beginning by clicking here.…
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Don’t Play This Game demo play Pt 2
If you are reading this, you're cursed too. But also, make sure you go and read part 1 where I explain how I found this game and the intro writing…
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Don’t Play This Game demo play Pt 1
I was introduced to Don't Play This Game via an ad in The Indie RPG Newsletter. A solo horror game inspired by found footage movies? (sings "These are a few…
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Year 2: Tangled Blessings Playthrough
Let's return to Brackroot Academy after a summer vacation. If you haven't yet read my playthrough of Year 1, you can do so here. Highly recommend so that you know…