Points of Interest in the Capital Region
Adventure locations and potential placements of mini-settings and megadungeons in the Capital of the Tyrant Lugal.
The Capital Region, Before the Flood
The state of the Great Capital Region of the Lugal, before it was struck down by civil war and violent chaos.
reCalled to Action: Don’t Overcommit, a Seize the Initiative Combat Example
Recently on the OSR Discord Server, a challenge has been posted. This is Sahh’s reCalled From Action, created with help from Havoc over on Lonely Star, which challenges GMs to take a fight scene from media and show how it would play out in their systems of choice. The excellent responses so far, from Sahh, […]
Scrollsquest: Taking the Skills Out of BRP
The birds are singing, flowers are beginning to pop out of the soil, and I have decided to spend my well-earned vacation from work and limited time on this planet engaged in one of my most favorite of hobbies: sitting on the OSR Discord and bullshitting. On this occasion, the subject of running a tabletop […]
Secret Santicorn 2023: The Computer
Merry Christmas! This year’s Santicorn post is for Abandoned Hireling, with the prompt: How and why are you in a computer? What did you find? Credit to Soma, which inspired some of the basic premise. Good game, watch the existential fear, it’ll getcha sometimes. In ancient days, people lived across the whole surface of the […]
Epistles from the Great Tree Swamp: Grendels
I write in praise of Great Lady Kasumi, Empress of Infinite Compassion, Lady of the Stars, Suzerain of all Terrestrial Kingdoms! May her Restoration be hastened by the hands of the faithful! In the year 287 of our Great Exile from the land of the Empress’ birth, calamity has fallen upon our people. Warriors of […]
Religion Under the Lugal, Plus Some Gods
Religion is one of those black holes of RPGs. Many incarnations of religion are simplistic and lacking in cultural flavor, at the benefit of being easily understood and gameable. Going too complex and adding in culture-specific or historically inspired flavor can spice things up and provide fun things to think and talk about, but too […]
The Royal Household of the Lugal
The Lugal has proclaimed himself King of All, ruler of all on land, in sea, in air, underwater, and in orbit. A full list of his titles would take seventeen and three quarters hours to recite. This is demonstrated yearly during the annual Pronouncement of Command, a festival in which specially trained scribes recite from […]
A Selection of Peoples of the Northern Hold of Camask
I’m not dead yet, just really lazy and bad at keeping up with my blog. The good news is that the game has started and is going extremely well! Worlds Without Number is a great little system, and my players have reported having a blast. If I start keeping better notes, I may start posting […]
A History of the World in Lies
In my previous post, I said that my next goal was to flesh out Old Tophet. Plans have changed a bit, both because I’d like to sketch out some higher concept background for the world to provide context and define terms, and also because I just don’t feel like working on the city yet. So […]
Too Many Swords 