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2026

D100 Medieval surnames that are now extinct or critically endangered for your (N)PCoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2026
Flooding Dungeon Complex | Surprise Easter dungeon play reportoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2026
Write like the Minotaur is realoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2026
DIY Lego Solar System – kids / school projectoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2026
For those that observe, it’s that anniversary | G➕🪦 (2011-2019)original ↗
2 Apr 2026
Random Spell Name Spark Tableoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2026
Sicherman Dice | 2D6 in the mixoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2026
Broken Monster Manual | Second Life in Colouroriginal ↗
1 Feb 2026
Can we de-quantize D&D? | … did Heisenberg’s Hobgoblin just enter the chat?original ↗
20 Jan 2026
Podcast Taught Me What? | #6 Dungeons & Dreamboats (what else is a Dungeon?)original ↗
20 Jan 2026
Solo Analogue A I for Commanding Armies in Warhammer type Battles – Hex Floweroriginal ↗
12 Jan 2026
Inversion of the standard 2d6 probability peak | “Why Mathematicians Hate This Simple Two-Dice Hack”original ↗
9 Jan 2026
Hac-Man Hex Flower| a homage to Pac-Manoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2026
Podcast Taught Me What? | #5 Make Drawings & Descriptions Additiveoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2026

2025

Podcast Taught Me What? | #4 Taking the Pith (keep it short)original ↗
23 Dec 2025
Podcast Taught Me What? | #3 Narrative Abhors a Vacuumoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2025
Podcast Taught Me What? | #2 Thoughtful Randomnessoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2025
Podcast Taught Me What? | #1 Fixed Random Encountersoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2025
Kids play AD&D 1e | Ever been chased through a maze by a Minotaur?original ↗
24 Nov 2025
Taking the Pith | Comment on keeping it shortoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2025
Pre-rolled Random Tables | so you don’t have tooriginal ↗
7 Oct 2025
YouTube – some actual plays | Mausritter & AD&D 1eoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2025
MatheMat-HEX | Hex Maze Runners – a Hex Flower mini-game for learning your Times Tablesoriginal ↗
27 May 2025
D&D like stats | a different way that no one will ever use …original ↗
21 Apr 2025
Forget polyhedrals – Cubism is in !!original ↗
13 Apr 2025
Did the Bloggies make me Blog more? | You?original ↗
19 Feb 2025
Permission to eat the PC’s horses?original ↗
12 Feb 2025
Can you Push it? | … are pushed rolls a thing in D&D?original ↗
11 Feb 2025
Dynamic Random Tables | Controlling Access with Rule “Windows”original ↗
7 Feb 2025
Faction Action – Burning the Candle towards both ends | An approach to Random Encounter Table designoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2025
Random Encounter Tables – When the Boss Monster comes out swingingoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2025
Usage Dice – there can be only one (left)original ↗
2 Feb 2025
D&D type Stats – all 1s are 2soriginal ↗
30 Jan 2025
Word Play – Old monster New monsteroriginal ↗
5 Jan 2025
Simple Monster Hack | Generic creature + PC spelloriginal ↗
2 Jan 2025

2024

Simple Card-Based Duo (and Solo) RPG -YES/NO- Oracleoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2024
Relationship Mind Map | visualizing NPC relationshipsoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2024
Lego block HP tracker | at the table widgetoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2024
Cards with a Memory (sort of) | Card Based Oracleoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2024
Mass Combat Victory Tracker – Hex Floweroriginal ↗
29 Aug 2024
In the Heart of the Unknown – Platinum metal best seller on DriveThruRPG original ↗
8 Jul 2024
Hex Flower – D&D Type STAT Generatororiginal ↗
17 Jun 2024
Dice with a memory | … sort of [Markov dice?]original ↗
18 Mar 2024
Artist Marcin s needs some helporiginal ↗
2 Mar 2024

2023

Advent(ure) Calendar | 24 Days of Festive Dungeoneering :: 2023original ↗
1 Dec 2023
NPC Personality Profiles – at a glance (also includes 2000 NPC names and 2000 traits)original ↗
18 Nov 2023
a MAZE ing | mazes in RPGs; cracking the code ?original ↗
13 Oct 2023
Who knew adding/subtracting dice does not change the probability profile (well not me I guess)original ↗
26 Jul 2023
Personality Profile Cards – NPCs at a glance?original ↗
2 Jun 2023
Metal badges + Community Copiesoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2023
6 Day Example | ‘In the Heart of the Unknown’ Hex Crawloriginal ↗
12 Apr 2023
(NEW) Print on Demand x 4 | .. add them to your physical library ?original ↗
22 Mar 2023
Perception-like checks too transparent? | add an ‘uncertainty/opacity die’ ?original ↗
7 Mar 2023
Kickstarter | Carapace -&- In the Heart of Ozoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2023

2022

2022 | endoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2022
Puzzle Design – is it possible to try to make a (semi) rigorous system?original ↗
22 Dec 2022
Did I invent the Depth Crawl (first)?original ↗
10 Dec 2022
” R ” is for Religion [[ OSR ]]original ↗
5 Dec 2022
Advent(ure) Calendar | 24 Days of Festive Dungeoneeringoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2022
Face Folio | Deck of Cardsoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2022
Onion-, Zone-, Layer-, Shell-, Down-, Pancake, Gobstopper … Crawloriginal ↗
28 Oct 2022
Do you even OSR ? | Response to Oct-OSRoriginal ↗
23 Oct 2022
Functional Entries in Random Tables | more scope but comes with more user loadoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2022
Solo RPG idea | Sticky labels with QR codesoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2022
Collaboration: ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ (+) ‘When Sea Is Calling’original ↗
7 Sept 2022
[FUNDED] Face Folio | for Zine Quest 4original ↗
9 Aug 2022
Re-Kicking Face Folio | for Zine Quest 4original ↗
3 Aug 2022
Field Guide to Random Table Design in RPGs | Video walk throughoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2022
Field Guide to Random Table Design in RPGsoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2022
Monster Doodles | 1988 Dungeonoriginal ↗
30 May 2022
Ramp, Flat Ramp, Hill & Lone Mountain Type Random Table Formatsoriginal ↗
26 May 2022
Quantum Ogre meet Schrödinger’s Troglodyte | Chekhov’s Gun – adventure design vs playoriginal ↗
20 May 2022
DxDy dice mechanic | … e.g. D4D6original ↗
11 May 2022
Portuguese Translation – Hex Flower Cookbookoriginal ↗
7 May 2022
Two new Hex Flowers | Forest & Death Star attackoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2022
Face Folio | Ukraine Appealoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2022
Face Folio | PDF rollout to KS backersoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2022
G- day | … have we moved on?original ↗
2 Apr 2022
In the Heart of Oz | Ukraine Codeoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2022
Wolfram’s 4 colour theorem | Relationship mapping?original ↗
5 Mar 2022
Thinking outside the Hex | ‘Hex Flower’ theory stufforiginal ↗
14 Feb 2022
Questing Beast review | Planar Compass 2original ↗
1 Feb 2022
Hex Ed | Hex Flower online talkoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2022

2021

Analogue ‘Fog of War’ hack … | Jigsaw over maporiginal ↗
30 Dec 2021
Grimbo Grotto | Christmas Farcical Horror Oneshotoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2021
In the Heart of Oz | Hex Flower based system-neutral procedural sandbox settingoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2021
Making Hex Flower Game Engines? Tell me about them?original ↗
7 Oct 2021
D6(6)6 table | … D66 table with probability gradientoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2021
100,000 views | I suppose it is a landmark of kindsoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2021
Story Synth | making online customizable Hex Flowersoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2021
Hex Flower update | Weather Hex Flower -&- ItHotS goes Electrumoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2021
20 x Unexpected Rooms | Some puzzles and hopefully interesting room encountersoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2021
I sense a puzzle trap in this … | ‘Missing Area Paradox’ puzzlesoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2021
Grimbo Grotto – 2021 One Page Dungeon Contest | a Christmas Farcical Horror Adventureoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2021
Hit Points replaced with ‘Usage Dice’ ?original ↗
14 Jul 2021
QR kidding me ( ’tish-boom’ ) | QR code random room encounter table (… add your own?)original ↗
11 Jul 2021
QR Codes – Random (OSE) Monster Table | Another oddball idea for you …original ↗
6 Jul 2021
Hex Flower Demo | ‘Trial by Jury’ mini-gameoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2021
Hex Flower Demos | YouTube Actual Playsoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2021
Musedusa | a gorgon type related to Medusaoriginal ↗
18 May 2021
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