The Dododecahedron
A woefully incomplete list of my favorite blog posts, updated frequently.
Conceptual Density
On Romantic Fantasy and OSR D&D
Prodecuralism
Mapping the Blogosphere
Sandbox Settlements
How to Set Up and Use Faction Turns
The ICI Doctrine
The Rest of the F#@king Owlbear
There Are More Gardens
1d20 Dungeon Merchants
Delegation, Dismemberment, & Disability
Four Types of Dungeon Design
Landmark, Hidden, Secret
Dungeon Room Index
Depthcrawl Design
Awards Debrief
Into the Odd (Layout Exhibit)
What Is an OSR?
Dungeon Checklist
1d124 OSR-Style Challenges
What Is Interesting About Basic Dungeoneering
Unity Vs. Division
Enough Dweeb Adventures
Capsule Games
Into the Mouth of Madness
Reputation Tables
Pleasures of the OSR
Pocket-Sized Powder Kegs
Nested Monster Hit Dice
An Empty Africa
An OSR Aesthetics of Ruinewal?
Let’s Make a Forest
Basic OSR Principles
Close & Distant Playstyles
Diegetic Advancement and Inventory
The Expressionist Games Manifesto
Systems of Relation
Rules Are a Cage
Does Super Mario Bros. (1985) Have Rules?
Encounter Checklist
Hexcrawl Checklist
Toybox Creativity
The Basic Procedure of the OSR
Designing Dungeons
A Campaign Where There Is One of Anything
A Hexmap for Middle-Earth
Dungeons & Deconstruction
In Praise of Legwork
What Does a Work Not Need?
A Mask That Eats Into Your Face
Game Mastering Like a Park Ranger
The 10 Types of Special Rooms
OSR Rules Families
Actualizing Violence in D&D
A Nest of Vipers
On People-Centered Adventure Design
Opposed Themes and Natural Tension
Roleplay Is Folk Art
Natural Language Roleplaying Games
Who Gets to Be a Person?
