I signed up for Questing Beast's Glatisant newsletter and I enjoy the vertical slice of the TTRPG blogosphere window it opens, though I find a lot of the actual articles spotlighted fairly boring. That's got me wondering, what blogs or other online publications do yall keep up with? I'm hoping to do a better job of walking the walk when it comes to my beliefs of a decentralized internet.
I make the rounds and find interesting articles in many places. Recently my blog views have jumped up to a surprising number, which makes me think that someone else is copying files to make a book of and sell quietly somewhere, again. I need to get this beast printed.
A few
https://fluerdemal.wordpress.com/ (https://fluerdemal.wordpress.com/)
http://thalianmusings.blogspot.com/ (http://thalianmusings.blogspot.com/)
https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/ (https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/)
https://bxblackrazor.blogspot.com/ (https://bxblackrazor.blogspot.com/)
https://diyanddragons.blogspot.com/ (https://diyanddragons.blogspot.com/)
https://killitwithfirerpg.blogspot.com/ (https://killitwithfirerpg.blogspot.com/)
Quote from: bat on January 30, 2025, 10:49:36 PMA few
https://fluerdemal.wordpress.com/ (https://fluerdemal.wordpress.com/)
http://thalianmusings.blogspot.com/ (http://thalianmusings.blogspot.com/)
https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/ (https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/)
https://bxblackrazor.blogspot.com/ (https://bxblackrazor.blogspot.com/)
https://diyanddragons.blogspot.com/ (https://diyanddragons.blogspot.com/)
https://killitwithfirerpg.blogspot.com/ (https://killitwithfirerpg.blogspot.com/)
Thx for the recs, although out of them, yours is the one I'll get the most use out of. Those magic items are exactly the kind of thing I need for my westmarches.
One thing, the link in your signature is broken, it points to
http://"http//ancientvaults.wordpress.com/%22 which doesn't work, I had to copy-paste the domain to get there.
Thank you very much for that kind comment. I am cursed as I have tried to end the blog, yet the ideas (and I know that some are not my A-game) don't stop. Take them and have fun with the madness.
edit: I am on the link right now, thank you!
Quote from: bat on January 31, 2025, 11:01:06 AMThank you very much for that kind comment. I am cursed as I have tried to end the blog, yet the ideas (and I know that some are not my A-game) don't stop. Take them and have fun with the madness.
edit: I am on the link right now, thank you!
NP, thx for the ideas. I think I'm going to adapt that magical die idea for my setting. There's 12 major deities, so rolling a d12 and getting a spell efect themed depending on which one you get would be super interesting. I also like the idea of the die being the epicenter of the effect, so you can throw it like a grenade, and have to recover it after the fact.
Also, your link works now.
I mostly go to the Old School RPG Planet (https://campaignwiki.org/osr/).
It's a compiler that chunks together hundreds of blogs so you can pick and choose articles based on the title of the blog entry.
Quote from: Zenoguy3NP, thx for the ideas. I think I'm going to adapt that magical die idea for my setting. There's 12 major deities, so rolling a d12 and getting a spell efect themed depending on which one you get would be super interesting. I also like the idea of the die being the epicenter of the effect, so you can throw it like a grenade, and have to recover it after the fact.
Also, your link works now.
That is the idea of my blog-take an item and make a spell out of it or vice versa, just have fun with it. Good to know the link works too.
https://dungeonfantastic.blogspot.com/p/my-df-campaign.html This is awesome.
Quote from: Ruprecht on January 31, 2025, 12:41:05 PMI mostly go to the Old School RPG Planet (https://campaignwiki.org/osr/).
It's a compiler that chunks together hundreds of blogs so you can pick and choose articles based on the title of the blog entry.
Cool! Thanks for that link.
https://jaspersrantings.blogspot.com/ (https://jaspersrantings.blogspot.com/)
I'd like to add Socratic DMs blog: https://socraticdungeon.com/ in the mix here.
Also, I highly recommend subscribing to these blogs via RSS feed. If you're using an email client with an RSS feature, like Thunderbird or the aptly named Betterbird, it's painless to get set up, and makes getting every new article in these blogs rediculously frictionless, and most websites automatically set up RSS feeds without the site owner having to lift a finger.
For most sites, it's as simple as finding a link that's called RSS or Feed. For blogspot sites, use the link towards the bottom labeled "Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)" and for wordpress sites, just add /feed/ to the url.
I go back to this one from time to time, even though it doesn't get updated, just because I like to read the story:
https://twilight-later-days.blogspot.com/
I haven't read blogs in years. I just can't be arsed. I listen to Youtube videos now.
My two favorites:
Age of Dusk: https://princeofnothingblogs.wordpress.com/
Save vs Total Party Kill: https://save.vs.totalpartykill.ca/
Quote from: yosemitemike on March 19, 2025, 07:52:28 PMI haven't read blogs in years. I just can't be arsed. I listen to Youtube videos now.
I'm the opposite--I have more patience to read through something than to watch videos. That said, I still haven't found any blogs that interest me.
Here is my, FWIW.
https://methodsetmadness.blogspot.com/
Check my blog roll to see my favorites, but I always mention Delta's, it is probably my favorite in the recent years.
https://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/
Quote from: HappyDaze on March 20, 2025, 01:22:13 PMQuote from: yosemitemike on March 19, 2025, 07:52:28 PMI haven't read blogs in years. I just can't be arsed. I listen to Youtube videos now.
I'm the opposite--I have more patience to read through something than to watch videos. That said, I still haven't found any blogs that interest me.
No kidding, I thought the same, most YouTube rpg videos are excruciating to me. The 'can't be arsed' bit was hilarious though, such a weird statement, it's your free time, nobody is forcing you to read blogs.