Reaction roles are the soul of OSR encounters.
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Reaction roles are the soul of OSR encounters.
Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I review What Lies Within the Pools Which Lie Upon the Shoreline? by @manarampmatt.bsky.social and discuss how do modern OSR games handle handle a vacuum after PC death.
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In a bonus episode of Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I talk about the tools we use to make stuff! All are linked in the post. This is only for patrons for now, but will appear in the public feed some time in the future.
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Drew a character for my patrons!
Apparently all of my adventures on DriveThruRPG are 25% off right now, so... have at them!
#osr #ttrpg #Shadowdark
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Does anyone know of a paid version of the When We Were Wizards podcast?
These ads are not a good experience. They appear in the middle of people talking without warning and ruin the experience.
If they setup a web shop with a single season payment I would be so happy.
17 hours and $38 to go to double the goal and unlock a free OSE PDF conversion for all backers!
If you havent jumped in with the Valley of Lune yet, why not now?
Feel free to ask me anything about the project!
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#Cairn2e #ZineQuest #OSR #Indie #Zine
You can link to the terms page. Or the Google doc itself.
Work in progress of the cover of my next OSE adventure "He Who Claimed the Sun"
Oh look! There's the cover (more or less final) for my next Old-School Essentials adventure: "He Who Claimed the Sun"! Coming soon(ish).
#OSE #OSR #TTRPG
Sunday 6:30pmET on WESU 88.1fm I welcome Anthony Merida and his upcoming OSR CON to the show. We'll talk OSR, #ttrpg, #gaming, and even publishing. Tune in! wesufm.org streamed worldwide or your fav radio app. #OSR #games #indieradio
36 Hours to go on the Valley of Lune, a complete wilderness region for Cairn 2e!
Here's a peek at the smallest dungeon in the area, The Vault of the Dreamless.
#OSR #Cairn #TTRPG #ZineQuest
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I've released the text of the Cairn Press Creator Agreement as CC-BY-SA 4.0. Obviously you should do what I did and pay a lawyer before using it! But I hope it helps others.
Find it here:
cairnpress.ink#terms
I have been toying around with this concept for YEARS. Glad someone finally beat me to it:
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I've launched 4 (very) successful TTRPG crowdfunding campaigns in as many years. One like = one no-nonsense take on indie TTRPG crowdfunding.
Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I review DA2: Temple of the Frog by Dave Arneson and David J. Ritchie, and answer a mootsack question (and then some!).
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Did you know theres only 15 tickets left to our live show at Garycon? Where we review THE VAULT OF THE DROW?? Go grab 'em while you can tabletop.events/conventions/...
Thanks for the review! For the credits, @shvlman.bsky.social did the shtetl map, @sheydgarden.bsky.social and Shari Ross did the monsters, NPCs, and location spots.
The cover and Angelic artwork was done Ezra and Shari did the dungeon maps.
I should have listed these. For the reprint, I will.
Beyond the Pale (2024)
An exploration of fantasy drawing from Jewish folklore. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2026/02/beyond-the-pale-2024/ #TTRPG
4 Days remain to back The Valley of Lune!
We reached our initial goal incredibly quickly, and we are *almost* to the only stretch goal of an official OSE conversion, included as a free PDF for all backers.
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#OSR #Cairn #Kickstarter #Zine #Indie
Inkvein, our nightmare caving crawl megadungeon for @morkborg.com, published by @spacepenguinink.bsky.social is approaching 1500 followers! Sign up so you don’t miss the inky goodness!
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New link for this (in case anyone comes across it in the future):
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I love Jan Pienkowski!
My specific prompt to Amanda was: "It should be reminiscent of Cairn 1e's cover (by Wilhem Jordan) but in the style of The Adventures of Prince Ahmed by Lotte Reiniger."
Nice review of Trouble in Twin Lakes by Bread Wizard:
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Cairn: Barebones Edition is available in Hardback, Perfect Bound, Stapled, and Coilbound from Lulu!
And they all look great!
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Weekly review!
It's Swamp World from @bradkerr.net !
I go on a bit about how much one should try to fit in a pamphlet, but this thing really is great to read, and I expect I'll bring it to the table later this year.
#TTRPG #OSR
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I now sell perfect-bound copies of Cairn: Barebones Edition on the Cairn Store!
These are slightly-higher quality than the Lulu prints, but otherwise identical.
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Shipwrecked on a desolate shore. Surrounded by undead horrors at every turn. Can you brave the lost caverns and solve the curse of the Barghest?
Howl is a 44-page, black and red #TTRPG adventure for #Cairn, inspired by English folklore and Ravenloft.
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Adventure I did for Cairn that I originally wrote for Bastards.
I hope you like deathtraps and magic swords.
#OSR #ttrpg #cairnrpg
I wrote a short piece on how I narrate scars in #CairnRPG. In case you weren't interested, feel free to skip to the d6 table of curious-looking bottles 😉 #ttrpg
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