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Day 1 : Patron

This is an idea I want to develop more in a longer blog post:

Treat every magic as a patron. Give magic a personality, a different one depending on the PC’s culture or school of magic. Give me spells that whisper in my PC’s mind to use them.

Magic doesn’t even need phrases. Give me feelings and sensation, give me fire trying to say my character’s name,

The RPG a Day of this year is here. 1 prompt per day.

Day 1 : First RPG bought this year

And already i can't say one name cause i was a full cart...

RPGaDAY Day 9: Inspire!

#RPGaDay2025 - 9 Inspire

What inspires me? What do I use to inspire others? Anything can be inspiration in a TTRPG. TV shows, movies, novels, comics, songs, things encountered in the real world, other players, even other TTRPGs. I really don’t think anything should be off-limits when it comes to inspiration, but I know that some people find certain topics or certain narratives to be distasteful or problematic for a variety of reasons. I accept that there are certain techniques that will avoid bringing these types of topics into play, but also believe that not talking about certain topics will only lead some ideas to fester and get worse. Like the whole monologue about not discussing religion or politics because they’re not civilised topics to discuss in the open (look at how they world’s gone in recent years and you’ll probably understand what I’m getting at with this point). I get inspired by things, I know things can be awkward, but I like to dig into the awkwardness to find out what’s causing the problems rather than simply sweeping them under the carpet.

RPG a day thread! I will probably forget to do this after a week like I did last year but what the hell! First RPG bought this year is almost impossible to say. I bought Odd Gobs by Madness Heart Games as a gift for my friend and I think that was for their birthday, and if so, that would have been it. I actually am pretty reserved with my game purchases, especially since I already have so many games I haven't played, so I think I've only bought a handful of games this year, most of them from bundles.

Most recently played: Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast by Possum Creek Games! I played a chapter with Mike a couple of weeks ago when my physical copy arrived. We played the chapter The Longest Night of the Year and had so much fun. I'm hoping to play it more soon! Normally I would have played a few other things more recently but I have been recovering from covid so I canceled a few games.

It's almost midnight so what the hell, I'll do day three right now, too. An RPG with great art: Justicar from @dinoberrypress! I love how varied and expressive the character art is in the book. It does a good job of showing the variety of characters you can play in the courtroom setting, and also pays homage to the character designs from Phoenix Wright, which is clearly a big influence on the book. I love this lady and her dog. The art is heightened by the great layout and use of fonts for the game. It's a lot of fun to flip through (and a lot of fun to play).

Day 2 of the RPGaDAY prompts on day 4!

RPGaDay 2024 - Catch up post! (Days #1-6)

1 - First RPG bought this year

I bought the Solo But Not Alone 4 Bundle on Feb 20th, which as best as I can see technically contains/is my first TTRPG of the year!

2 - Most recently played

Root: The RPG my beloved Root! I just did session 0 of the campaign I'm running not too long ago, and we're playing again next week and I'm so incredibly hyped! ALSO, did folks see the new supplement book coming out? One of my players is the playbook where they seek out ruins so I'm gonna be all over that book!

3 - Most often played RPG

Alas, it's still DND 5e. It's the game I have the easiest access to, as I know multiple people running games who've invited me, and it's still an enjoyable time! I do wish I got to play other ttrpgs more regularly though. Or perhaps my game 'these little delusions', though it's an RPG in the loosest sense of the word, and it's not a willing playing.

4 - RPG with great art

Project ECCO has phenomenal art and layout, and combines those things so well. The use of colour and big blocks of it is incredible, and everything in the book is so so evocative in creating the feeling that the game desires to create.

5 - RPG with great writing

I know I'm not going to be the only one who says this, far from it, but I have to shout out Wanderhome for this. I mean, those picklists, c'moooon with it, ugh so incredible to read. Every word in the book is a joy to read, and has so much emotion in it. Nothing in Wanderhome misses. Ever. (Except maybe the swamp nature, I'm sorry Jay Dragon, I just love swamps too much to see them as anything except a source of joy and fun)

6 - RPG that is easy to use