Brovenloft: The Pope’s Tale
The straight dope from the Bro Pope, the (second) man who brought the Rat King to heel. I’ve made a few minor edits for clarity and readability. Otherwise, these words are his own. Introduction (h/t ThreadReaderApp) Ok, time to resume this thread about #BROvenloft When the #BROvenloft concept was...
Dark Elves
Splintered Light is such a good miniature wargame company. Clean scuplts with just the right amount of detail, tons of character, and so many options. Today I’m bragging about my Dark Elf army for Dragon Rampant. Some time ago, I ordered the guys on the left. Only painted six...
BROSR Principles: A Primer
Over the last couple of years, the lads in the #BROSR have reinvigorated the ossified field of tabletop RPGs by incorporating the solid design principles laid down by the giants of the pre-1980s collapse. We’ve spilled a lot of ink – and I’ve published a number of videos –...
Eddie’s Brovenloft
The man, the myth, the legend behind the lich, the myth, the legend posted his experience running Eddie But In Hieroglyphics through the Brovenloft meatgrinder. The bad news is he posted it over on Twitter. That site is so ephemeral and this thread so amazing, it seemed a shame...
Brovenloft: Lessons Learned
There’s a natural ebb and flow to conflict games, and D&D played right is no exception. The first BROSR campaign, Trollopulous, kicked off on a very slow note due to the lack of information available to all players. Strict adherence to 1:1 timekeeping meant that messages crawled around a...
Fluid’s Brovenloft
Straight from the DM’s mouth, what it looks like to send the players at your D&D table into the teeth of a Braunstein, patron-play campaign. This is how you bridge the gap between powerful patrons and the more street-level D&D with which most people are familiar. The man who...
The Rat King’s Tale Continues
Greetings, Rat Friends! When last we met, the Rat King had been taken under the angelic wings of angelic beings and whisked away to the gilded cage that is the sewers beneath Rome. But let’s take a look at Annette’s little adventure in the meantime. The Mad Doctor Baron...
The Rat King’s Tale
Herewith: the secret history of The Rat King. When the guys in the BROSR started kicking around ideas for factions they might play in the BROvenloft extravaganza, I decided to finally throw my crown in the ring. Instead of a military power like that of Kangsta Wrapper the mummy...
Beyond Formalhaut
Rarely does one encounter such clarity and depth in the blogosphere that revolves around D&D: When something takes off and becomes successful, you will invariably get a lot of interest, and a lot of people who will want to get involved. Success is infectious. The people who got involved...
Refuge-5e’s
A message to those of you who play old school versions of D&D: When the freemium version of D&D hits, don’t expect a flood of 5e refugees to hit your favorite edition and start stinking up the place. Let’s look at a few reasons why. Most modern D&D players...