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## [Making Changes in Light of (Helpful) Negative Reviews](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/making-changes-in-light-of-helpful-negative-reviews/3404)

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**Author:** [@Hilander](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Hilander)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/making-changes-in-light-of-helpful-negative-reviews/3404 "2026-01-11T20:09:21Z")

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So… I recently read Ten Foot Pole’s… less than flattering review of Harwood.​ This adventure is one that I’ve long considered my best work, and so it was a bit rough reading through what he had to say. The thing is,…

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## [The Future - 2026](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/the-future-2026/3393)

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**Author:** [@yochaigal](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/yochaigal)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/the-future-2026/3393 "2026-03-31T13:39:13Z")

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@GusL talks about the past and the future of the “OSR.”

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## [Let's Build a d100 Table of Magic Rings for Cairn](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/lets-build-a-d100-table-of-magic-rings-for-cairn/3401)

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**Author:** [@GreatBigTable](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/GreatBigTable)\
**Replies:** 62\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/lets-build-a-d100-table-of-magic-rings-for-cairn/3401 "2026-09-16T04:27:26Z")

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I thought it would be fun to kick off the New Year by working together to create one hundred magic rings for the Cairn RPG. After all, the fifth day of Christmas and it’s gift of five golden rings was only a few days ago…

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## [We need more puzzle dungeons!](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/we-need-more-puzzle-dungeons/3301)

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**Author:** [@directsun](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/directsun)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/we-need-more-puzzle-dungeons/3301 "2026-01-23T17:58:06Z")

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My siren call for puzzle dungeons.

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## [Writing RPG Adventures: Read Aloud Text](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/writing-rpg-adventures-read-aloud-text/3334)

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**Author:** [@The\_Huzza\_Porpoise](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/The_Huzza_Porpoise)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/writing-rpg-adventures-read-aloud-text/3334 "2025-12-25T16:29:15Z")

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Interesting video from Joseph R. Lewis. I’m in agreement that good read aloud text makes things easier for me as a GM. Although, I would have liked to hear more about how to craft it. Especially in regards…

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## [RPG Cauldron Secret Santicorn 2025](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/rpg-cauldron-secret-santicorn-2025/3365)

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**Author:** [@Errant](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Errant)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/rpg-cauldron-secret-santicorn-2025/3365 "2026-03-07T20:11:13Z")

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For fun and to foster community creations on the RPG Cauldron Discourse Forums, I am hosting a “Secret Santa” of sorts. I’m shamelessly stealing the concept from the OSR community. The Idea in Brief: You submit a topi…

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## [Who's going to Between Two Cons?](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/whos-going-to-between-two-cons/3422)

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**Author:** [@JustinH](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/JustinH)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/whos-going-to-between-two-cons/3422 "2026-01-24T13:52:36Z")

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I will be going there and running a very-typical-of-me session of OD&D early medieval folk horror stuff. Anyone else planning on attending, or thinking about it?

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## [Settlement Oriented Sandboxes](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/settlement-oriented-sandboxes/3504)

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**Author:** [@eldritchmouse](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/eldritchmouse)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/settlement-oriented-sandboxes/3504 "2026-03-14T00:21:39Z")

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I wrote a little post about how I put together my latest sandbox. One of the main features of this game (a naval ship campaign) is that the PCs should be returning to the same locations over and over again. I wanted some…

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## [Blog book club #24: On System](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-24-on-system/3435)

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**Author:** [@Barnum](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Barnum)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-24-on-system/3435 "2026-02-02T22:45:06Z")

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Hello, Cauldronites, welcome to this week’s blog club. I’d like to start things off by thanking Martin who founded the club and has done a fantastic job facilitating discussions over the last 5 months. The torch has now …

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## [Numbering Dungeon Rooms](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/numbering-dungeon-rooms/3494)

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**Author:** [@insurgentinchworm](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/insurgentinchworm)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/numbering-dungeon-rooms/3494 "2026-03-05T21:08:56Z")

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How do y’all go about numbering your dungeon rooms for your keys? I’m not talking about the 5-room basements, I meant the standard 30+ room dungeons? Do you number left to right, top to bottom? Just pick an entrance/path…

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## [Blog book club #10: Shields Shall be Splintered!](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-10-shields-shall-be-splintered/3313)

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**Author:** [@martin](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/martin)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-10-shields-shall-be-splintered/3313 "2025-10-20T19:02:09Z")

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Welcome to this week’s blog club. This week we are looking at “Shields Shall be Splintered!” from 2008 by Trollsmyth. Next week we’ll discuss “Three Clue Rule” from 2008 by Justin Alexander (The Alexandrian). You can se…

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## [The Borderlands, Unsettled](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/the-borderlands-unsettled/3468)

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**Author:** [@ClimateController](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/ClimateController)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/the-borderlands-unsettled/3468 "2026-02-24T18:42:01Z")

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The author discusses the colonialist setting of Keep on the Borderlands and some of the changes they made to present the political backdrop of the setting as a set of moral choices instead of a ‘given’. Some time ago …

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## [Demidirge - Fanged Funnel](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/demidirge-fanged-funnel/3395)

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**Author:** [@LazyLitch](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/LazyLitch)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/demidirge-fanged-funnel/3395 "2026-02-03T14:00:20Z")

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Starting this thread to show the development of a funnel adventure I am working on The basic premise:

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## [Blog Book Club #29 Into the Land of 1,000 Towers](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-29-into-the-land-of-1-000-towers/3500)

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**Author:** [@Barnum](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Barnum)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-29-into-the-land-of-1-000-towers/3500 "2026-03-10T18:29:44Z")

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Welcome to this week’s blog club. Time marches ahead as we enter our last post from 2010, Patrick Wetmore’s “Session recap, 9/8/2010” from the blog Henchman Abuse. Next week, we’ll tackle “Opening your Game Table,” by J…

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## [Blog Book Club #42: A 16 HP Dragon](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-42-a-16-hp-dragon/3580)

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**Author:** [@Barnum](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Barnum)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-42-a-16-hp-dragon/3580 "2026-06-15T20:48:02Z")

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Welcome to this week’s blog book club. This week we are discussing A 16 HP Dragon by Sage LaTorra. Edit: I was wrong Hosted by Sage LaTorra. Post by Stras Acimovic. Next week we’ll be reading XP for Loot in D&D from R…

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## [Dedicated play-by-post application](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/dedicated-play-by-post-application/3527)

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**Author:** [@jared](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/jared)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/dedicated-play-by-post-application/3527 "2026-03-31T19:12:51Z")

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I have been working on a dedicated play-by-post application. It’s at the point where I have all the features that I want, but no where near something that I can realistically share with others (it is still quite buggy a…

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## [Diceless Resolution](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/diceless-resolution/3525)

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**Author:** [@yochaigal](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/yochaigal)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/diceless-resolution/3525 "2026-07-13T17:16:30Z")

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I wrote up a diceless resolution system that uses only your hands! It is useful for RPGs played as you tromp through the woods with your kid.

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## [Calling call Cairn creators!](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/calling-call-cairn-creators/3407)

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**Author:** [@yochaigal](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/yochaigal)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/calling-call-cairn-creators/3407 "2026-02-12T07:17:44Z")

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Next month I will launch Cairn Press. As part of that I tried to make a publishing agreement that is fair, free, and mutually beneficial. Once the lawyer approves the final contract I’ll release it as CC-BY-SA, if possib…

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## [Blog Book Club #40: Making Encumbrance Work!](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-40-making-encumbrance-work/3571)

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**Author:** [@Barnum](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Barnum)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-40-making-encumbrance-work/3571 "2026-06-03T17:18:33Z")

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Welcome to this week’s blog book club. This week we are discussing Making Encumbrance Work by Nick L.S. of Papers & Pencils. Next week we’ll be reading a post from Johann Out for Blood: My Trinity of Old School Gaming …

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## [Discord Face Verification Coming - Can We Make Forums More Appealing?](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/discord-face-verification-coming-can-we-make-forums-more-appealing/3452)

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**Author:** [@JustinH](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/JustinH)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/discord-face-verification-coming-can-we-make-forums-more-appealing/3452 "2026-02-11T15:50:57Z")

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Discord has recently started that they’ll be limiting everyone to restrictions they impose on teen users unless face verification is provided: Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally Quite a lot of folks are …

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## [Why the same attack matrix for melee and missile?](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/why-the-same-attack-matrix-for-melee-and-missile/3387)

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**Author:** [@pladohsghost](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/pladohsghost)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/why-the-same-attack-matrix-for-melee-and-missile/3387 "2026-01-05T22:37:44Z")

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Was letting my mind wander while thinking on system design issues and up came bubbling this question. In AD&D, as primary example, we use the same attack matrices for melee weapons as we do for missile weapons. Now that…

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## [Cairn in 2026](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/cairn-in-2026/3386)

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**Author:** [@yochaigal](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/yochaigal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/cairn-in-2026/3386 "2025-12-27T21:20:41Z")

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## [The Bloggies 2026 Nominees](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/the-bloggies-2026-nominees/3451)

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**Author:** [@Clayton](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Clayton)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/the-bloggies-2026-nominees/3451 "2026-02-25T18:26:00Z")

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The nominees and brackets are live. Voting starts in one week. There are some familiar names in this year’s crop. Announcement post: Official webpage: (I am the host.)

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## [Blog Book Club #30 Opening Your Gaming Table](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-30-opening-your-gaming-table/3510)

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**Author:** [@Barnum](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Barnum)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-30-opening-your-gaming-table/3510 "2026-03-17T15:55:35Z")

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Welcome to this week’s blog club. We are discussing “Opening Your Game Table,” by Justin Alexander of the Alexandrian. Next week is Fantasy F\*ckin’ Vietnam by Chris Kutalik You can see a list of previous blog club post…

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## [Rootring is live!](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/rootring-is-live/3522)

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**Author:** [@cobb.land](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/cobb.land)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/rootring-is-live/3522 "2026-04-01T20:21:01Z")

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In case anyone else has been living under a rock like me–i.e. deleted their discord and bluesky–this webring is a thing now. (There are also three other TTRGP webrings that I know of.)

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## [The Town is the Adventure](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/the-town-is-the-adventure/3403)

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**Author:** [@Errant](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Errant)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/the-town-is-the-adventure/3403 "2026-01-11T20:00:27Z")

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As part of our RPG Cauldron Secret Santicorn 2025, I am delivering to @SullyTames a response blog The town/settlement as an adventure site in itself. What if you never had to leave the tavern to go on an adventure? …

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## [What Fantasy Gets Wrong About Sacred Groves](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/what-fantasy-gets-wrong-about-sacred-groves/3436)

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**Author:** [@yochaigal](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/yochaigal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/what-fantasy-gets-wrong-about-sacred-groves/3436 "2026-02-02T15:55:23Z")

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## [Blog Book Club #37: The Pointcrawl](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-37-the-pointcrawl/3554)

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**Author:** [@Barnum](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Barnum)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-37-the-pointcrawl/3554 "2026-05-18T14:12:10Z")

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Welcome to this week’s blog book club. This week we are discussing Crawling Without Hexes: the Pointcrawl by Chris Kutalik of the Hill Cantons Blog. Next week we’ll be reading Why D&D Has Lots of Rules for Combat by Nat…

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## [Sword&, Issue #1: Legends](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/sword-issue-1-legends/3408)

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**Author:** [@flyrefi](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/flyrefi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/sword-issue-1-legends/3408 "2026-01-19T02:49:51Z")

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The long-awaited first issue of our NSR Cauldron Discord community zine, Sword&, is now published! Our first issue contains one short dungeon, one short bestiary, two legend generators (one sci-fi and one fantasy), and t…

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## [What is the State of the OSR in 2026?](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/what-is-the-state-of-the-osr-in-2026/3561)

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**Author:** [@yochaigal](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/yochaigal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/what-is-the-state-of-the-osr-in-2026/3561 "2026-05-07T18:38:22Z")

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## [Mapping the Blogosphere](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/mapping-the-blogosphere/3352)

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**Author:** [@elmcat](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/elmcat)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/mapping-the-blogosphere/3352 "2025-12-18T09:21:24Z")

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Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere into an interactive edge graph. More than 1000 blogs based on who links to whom. To check out the graph directly follow this link: https://graph.elmc.at/

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## [Dolmenwood with Cairn](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/dolmenwood-with-cairn/3357)

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**Author:** [@rolledlow](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/rolledlow)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/dolmenwood-with-cairn/3357 "2025-12-21T02:08:08Z")

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TL;DR Cairn PCs are conceptualized around humans. What are some approaches to playing the various Kindreds in Dolmenwood? My group has just finished their first RPG adventure in the Crystal Frontier which was a ton of f…

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## [Crown of Salt - A mini - campaign postmortem](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/crown-of-salt-a-mini-campaign-postmortem/3529)

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**Author:** [@SullyTames](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/SullyTames)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/crown-of-salt-a-mini-campaign-postmortem/3529 "2026-04-01T00:20:30Z")

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Some thoughts on running Crown of Salt for a short campaign. TLDR this is what I would call a flawed masterpiece of modern OSR adventure design.

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## [Blog Book Club #31: Fantasy F\*cking Vietnam](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-31-fantasy-f-cking-vietnam/3520)

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**Author:** [@Barnum](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Barnum)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-31-fantasy-f-cking-vietnam/3520 "2026-05-30T21:20:39Z")

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Welcome to this week’s blog club.The post we are discussing is Fantasy F\*ckin’ Vietnam by Chris Kutalik of the Hill Canton blog. Next week, we’ll explore the origins of usage dice with “Cascading Dice: A House Rule for …

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## [Turning the Dial](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/turning-the-dial/3414)

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**Author:** [@yochaigal](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/yochaigal)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/turning-the-dial/3414 "2026-01-17T20:31:42Z")

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I wrote a theory post. Don’t worry, I paid my tax!

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## [Teaching Cairn to Kids](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/teaching-cairn-to-kids/3516)

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**Author:** [@derekb](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/derekb)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/teaching-cairn-to-kids/3516 "2026-03-19T12:35:07Z")

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## [Blog book club #12: The Death of the Wandering Monster](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-12-the-death-of-the-wandering-monster/3326)

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**Author:** [@martin](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/martin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-12-the-death-of-the-wandering-monster/3326 "2025-11-03T09:19:54Z")

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Welcome to this week’s blog club. This week we are looking at “The Death of the Wandering Monster” from 2008 by Justin Alexander (The Alexandrian). Next week we’ll discuss “Playing with Death and Dismemberment” from 200…

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## [Puzzle Dungeon Design: Themes & Gimmicks](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/puzzle-dungeon-design-themes-gimmicks/3296)

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**Author:** [@directsun](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/directsun)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/puzzle-dungeon-design-themes-gimmicks/3296 "2025-10-06T17:36:22Z")

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## [Blog book club #15: Gygaxian Naturalism](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-15-gygaxian-naturalism/3348)

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**Author:** [@martin](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/martin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-15-gygaxian-naturalism/3348 "2025-11-23T11:52:57Z")

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Welcome to this week’s blog club. This week we are looking at “Gygaxian Naturalism” from 2008 by James Maliszewski (Grognardia). Next week we’ll discuss “Gygax and the old school” from 2008 by Wayne Rossi (Semper Initia…

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## [Play Report - The Sunbathers](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/play-report-the-sunbathers/3306)

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**Author:** [@xaran](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/xaran)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 4:09am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/play-report-the-sunbathers/3306 "2025-10-16T04:09:58Z")

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TL;DR, I had a blast running Brad Kerr’s The Sunbathers from Old School Essentials Adventure Anthology 1 at a convention. It’s not quite your traditional dungeon crawl; there’s plenty of space for hijinx on the little is…

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## [Enter the Matrix (by way of the OSR/NSR)](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/enter-the-matrix-by-way-of-the-osr-nsr/3377)

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**Author:** [@SullyTames](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/SullyTames)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/enter-the-matrix-by-way-of-the-osr-nsr/3377 "2025-12-26T15:52:59Z")

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My Secret Santicorn blog for @Florik who requested: OSR/NSR modules and Matrix Game scenarios: similarities, differences and ways to adapt, possibly even convert them

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## [Blog book club: Progress update Oct 2025](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-progress-update-oct-2025/3314)

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**Author:** [@martin](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/martin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-progress-update-oct-2025/3314 "2025-10-19T07:45:52Z")

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We are now ten weeks into blog book club. If you missed the original post the goal is to read through and discuss blog posts that have been influential in the OSR movement, principally using Marcia B’s keystone readings …

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## [Writing Modules For Cairn](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/writing-modules-for-cairn/3548)

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**Author:** [@yochaigal](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/yochaigal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/writing-modules-for-cairn/3548 "2026-04-16T01:03:25Z")

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As a follow-up to last week’s post about writing modules, I wrote another post on writing adventures for Cairn, and how that might be different than other OSR systems.

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## [Advice for Running a Hexcrawl, A Decade Too Late](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/advice-for-running-a-hexcrawl-a-decade-too-late/3385)

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**Author:** [@Funkaoshi](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Funkaoshi)\
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**Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/advice-for-running-a-hexcrawl-a-decade-too-late/3385 "2025-12-26T18:20:50Z")

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I had planned to write this many years ago, but it never happened. Posting all the session recaps for my Carcosa game had me thinking about hexcrawls all over again. So, here is my Advice for Running a Hexcrawl, A Decade…

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## [I'm seeking great puzzles from modules, because mine is clearly broken](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/im-seeking-great-puzzles-from-modules-because-mine-is-clearly-broken/3498)

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**Author:** [@The\_Scablander](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/The_Scablander)\
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**Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/im-seeking-great-puzzles-from-modules-because-mine-is-clearly-broken/3498 "2026-03-10T12:31:20Z")

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I’m starting to write-up my latest game module. It works well enough, when the PCs don’t get eaten by a giant bird. But there’s a bit I haven’t been able to crack. I’ve got a panel of electronic switches on the wall in t…

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## [Taking a Postcolonial Approach to a Classic Traveller Adventure](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/taking-a-postcolonial-approach-to-a-classic-traveller-adventure/3388)

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**Author:** [@Weeping\_Stag](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Weeping_Stag)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/taking-a-postcolonial-approach-to-a-classic-traveller-adventure/3388 "2026-01-01T00:14:55Z")

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Also I am pretty sure I have a convincing argument that Legend of the Sky Raiders is based on King Solomon’s Mines

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## [THESE SORCEROUS LANDS - Play Report](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/these-sorcerous-lands-play-report/3686)

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**Author:** [@tonytranrpg](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/tonytranrpg)\
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**Last updated:** [September 26, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/these-sorcerous-lands-play-report/3686 "2026-09-26T12:12:56Z")

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Welcome! This for my Play By Post with Brad Kerrs patreon setting These Sorcerous Lands. Did a bluesky posts on this - though I think putting it into forum posts would be cool. + it’s my bucket list to return here with …

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## [The very first Cairn Press Double Feature is Live! \[Self Promo\]](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/the-very-first-cairn-press-double-feature-is-live-self-promo/3594)

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**Author:** [@yochaigal](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/yochaigal)\
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**Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/the-very-first-cairn-press-double-feature-is-live-self-promo/3594 "2026-06-09T22:02:32Z")

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Cairn Press is proud to announce its first Adventure Double Feature with The Drops of St. Jerome and What Haunts the Harwood. Both of these adventures have been designed from the ground-up with heavy developmental and ed…

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## [Blog Book Club #32: Usage Dice](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-32-usage-dice/3524)

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**Author:** [@Barnum](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Barnum)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/blog-book-club-32-usage-dice/3524 "2026-08-25T05:17:03Z")

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Welcome to this week’s blog club. This week we are discussing “Cascading Dice: A House Rule for Tracking Ammunition” by Charlie White of Intwischa. Next week we’ll be reading The Sandbox Triangle by John Arendt. You ca…

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## [Resources for In Person Play](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/resources-for-in-person-play/3653)

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**Author:** [@Nate](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Nate)\
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**Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/resources-for-in-person-play/3653 "2026-07-22T15:03:37Z")

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I’ve been looking for a gaming resource and surprised that it doesn’t seem to exist. I like in person play - games are how I like to meet people. Also, since I have neither a) nostalgia for these games from childhood b)…

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