What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 21 - Unexpected For this prompt I'm going to talk about a RPG I unexpectedly liked. The Cthulhu Hack I'm generally a fan of OSR games. I like trying out the different versions, comparing the various rules, seeing what each system emphasizes. One of my favorite of … Continue reading RPGaDAY2025 – Day 21 – Unexpected – A RPG I unexpectedly loved
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 10 - Origin In Call of Cthulhu (and all of the Lovecraft RPGs) one of my favorite beings is a god called Ubbo-Sathla. It's not one of Lovecraft's creations, it comes from Clark Ashton Smith, specifically his short story Ubbo-Sathla. There, in the grey beginning of Earth, … Continue reading RPGaDAY2025 – Day 10 – Origin – Ubbo-Sathla, the Unbegotten Source
Michael Brown publishes a prodigious amount of stuff for the Cepheus Engine, mostly a lot of one page adventures. My favorite works of his are his one-page setting guides, mostly based on somewhat obscure sci-fi and fantasy properties. I've posted quite a bit about my appreciation of his Omega 99 setting, based on the 1970s … Continue reading Diabolox – Urban Horror for the Cepheus Engine (with character sheet)
I just finished up a one-shot of Liminal Horror, a modern horror RPG from Goblin Archives. It's a simple system, heavily inspired by Yochai Gal's Cairn. Characters have three stats: Strength, Dexterity, and Control. Players roll a D20, and try to get equal to or below their stat to succeed at tasks. In combat, there … Continue reading Liminal Horror: A fillable, custom character sheet for the Horror RPG
Polyhedral Nonsense 