Circa 1830 – The Likely setting for #Dungeon23 – English map, so would you trust it?
The Great Australian Inland Sea
Matrix Spiel
https://mraston.itch.io/matrix-spiel-solo
As described “A framework for the solo player to generate events in another world through the power of matrix automatons! “
Blake’s 7 Script Search
OSR Rules Families
Where Marcia has done some cluster analysis of 38? different DnD/OSR and adjacent rulesets https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com/2022/12/osr-rules-families.html?sc=1672107121255#c653162380926675610
Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things: Three Decades of Survival in the Desert of Social Media
A brilliant excoriating essay by Cat Valente talking about corporate treatement of internet community. With antibonus Russian spies in the case of livejournal.
https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start
I am older than her, so remember further back but exactly how I felt about the loss of Google+ particularly.
Go read.
The Google+ Last Stand
So thanks to you all, gentlemen.
Those were the days, my friends, to quote a song.
Also, James has a Ko-Fi Tip Jar if this makes you burn with anger. https://ko-fi.com/jvwest
Alteregomania
This looks very interesting – saw it mentioned thanks to finally being able to read the various Old School Planet and other feeds – at least the last months’ worth, anyway.
Blades of the Jhereg
Many moons ago I backed the Blades In the Dark Kickstarter – one of the stretch goals was a supplement based on Steven Brust’s Jhereg series.
I kept checking, then things got way too busy post Google+ death and I hadn’t checked if it actually came into existence.
So, it does! I basically thought to check again because the last book of the Jhereg novel series comes out early next year – a long time reading things one of my all time favourites.
Some commentary just before that is here by the looks :- https://community.bladesinthedark.com/t/blades-of-the-jhereg-statement-of-intent/697/18
Hopefully will delve into this during the holidays.
An all-time favourite cover, too – would love a 3D version.
AI Monster Manual
Here’s a cool use of ChatGPT
https://aeonsnaugauries.blogspot.com/2022/12/ai-assistance-in-campaign-creation.html
Where asking for 6 monsters for a particular campaign started with:-
Sure! Here are six unique monster entries for a campaign called “The Menace of the Flowered Towers,” inspired by the style of the AD&D Monster Manual:
Monster Name: Floral Horror
Armor Class: 2
Movement: 60′ (20′)
Hit Dice: 8+8
No. of Attacks: 2
Damage/Attack: 1-6/1-6
So very good, really!
Five Parsecs From Home
This is a science fiction adventure miniatures game. Traveller meets a Warhammer Battle is the short version.
A fun video series of a campaign.