Curses are the foulest of arts. Curses are speeches against life, a winter breath coming from the cold, dark night of the soul. In some worlds, a sorcerous practice, studied by only a few alienated…| Roll to Doubt
Take your fantasy world draft. Cut two zeroes from the timeline. If something happened 3000 years ago, it happened 30 years ago. If it was 300 years, it was actually 3. If it doesn’t make sen…| Roll to Doubt
Be confident. If your prep or ideas feel incomplete or uninteresting, run it anyway and let play complete them. Let them speculate, then use their speculations with your twist. If they catch you sh…| Roll to Doubt
(Old notes I’ve found of years prior, back when running a freeform thing. Typed up unaltered for Glaugust HPless combat prompt) Damage takes two forms: Wound and Doom. Assume: A character can…| Roll to Doubt
Desde un rincón el viejo gaucho estático, en el que Dahlmann vio una cifra del Sur (del Sur que era suyo), le tiró una daga desnuda que vino a caer a sus pies. Era como si el Sur hubiera resuelto q…| Roll to Doubt
So I’m a player in Havoc’s Delta Green campaign, until either my schedule makes it impossible, the campaign fizzles out as it goes or his showcase as a Handler sucks so hard I ragequit.…| Roll to Doubt
This is part of a “blog challenge” I decided to kickstart after discussion on Discord. It would be interesting to hear about how referees prep their games. Prep is the material I need t…| Roll to Doubt
(I feel like I can’t be bothered with naming post drafts as anything but “Notes on…” recently)I’m currently moderator for a Discord server until they decide to depose …| Roll to Doubt
The 8th edition of Tunnels & Trolls (T&T) was announced. While skeptical at first, seeing Chris Bisette and Scott Malthouse as lead writers gave me some interest. The announcement led to an…| Roll to Doubt
Organizing my Conduct of Play section on a campaign document, I realized I’ve never talked here about it. Players are often advised to Ask Questions, Play Their Characters Well, Take Notes and Be C…| Roll to Doubt
I’m a puppetry fan, and considered more than once taking up the art. The key quality of the puppet, much like the doll, is its vital, tactile consciousness. It carries an anima of inanimate quality…| Roll to Doubt
Looking at my backlog, it strikes me: many of the posts are just bad. They have been better recently, but the backlog is mostly terrible. What it means to have a bad blogpost? Can a blogpost even b…| Roll to Doubt
Writing is a continuous process, not segmented into easily contained steps but a molecule that takes pride in amorphous shapes as new connections emerge. One of the ways we keep pace with that mole…| Roll to Doubt
There’s not a single cowboy novel in AD&D’s Appendix N (Boot Hill appendix notwithstanding) nor in B/X’s Recommended Reading, and yet attentive reading of old D&D reveals …| Roll to Doubt
This is directed to newbies who are interested in GMing an OSR game. I won’t assume previous experience with TTRPGs at large, although I can imagine that they’re GMs who come from play cultures and…| Roll to Doubt
Posts about adventure gaming written by Weird Writer| Roll to Doubt
Posts about Thoughts on Horror Roleplaying written by Weird Writer| Roll to Doubt
Continuing from this post. Character Creation Character creation is the most important part of the play process.| Roll to Doubt
So, this blew up. The positive responses humbled me and I’m thankful for the critical ones regarding writing so I can do better. This is a follow-up with more practical thoughts on how to set up an…| Roll to Doubt
The genre of supernatural horror is a privileged site in which this paradoxical thought of the unthinkable takes place. What an earlier era would have described through the language of darkness mys…| Roll to Doubt
I trashed a draft about OSR Maxims and Misconceptions after being informed of Gus’ post. Only one aspect remained of interest in my draft, which was about “OSR doesn’t develop characters.” Before I…| Roll to Doubt
EDIT: This post now serves as a Megapost collecting all my posts on FKR in a link tree for simple reference, updated as new articles are written: Complementing my FKR Analysis: About responses to t…| Roll to Doubt
What an unassuming volume it is, tastefully leather-bound, marked by a passion-scarlet ribbon. Its title, gold and bold, stands right above the fading image of the author’s beloved Rose, alre…| Roll to Doubt
1 – The Swan: an automata torso bound by a corset, somehow moves as if had legs. Wears a large birdcage as a royal gown. Noble in her own manner, the Swan has an affinity with avian creatures…| Roll to Doubt
Demiplanes and Dread (D&D) Ravenloft is D&D. Ravenloft is a crystallization of the gothic film influence in early D&D, bringing too some influence from gothic literature (if apparently …| Roll to Doubt
I love duet gaming. At some point I realized it was my favorite play configuration. I enjoy a group – usually 3 total, 4 if really pushing – but duet games work on a different manner with their own…| Roll to Doubt
Futile to say those won’t fit all, because Play-by-Post is so extensive. I believe, however, that some principles here may apply to many different campaigns. I’ll use Discord as my reference …| Roll to Doubt
As I come back to nail down the setting of my next campaign, there’s a need for a consistent approach to create playable elements, instead of accumulating lore that is not actionable. Only th…| Roll to Doubt
Live text is written roleplaying during an assigned time slot. Synchronous play-by-post is another way of putting it, and I suggest reading my previous post on PbP for further considerations on wha…| Roll to Doubt
