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Markdown conventions for Cairn modules

This is a style-guide for drafting adventure modules in a similar style to the Cairn Adventure Series which itself is a simplified flavor of the OSE "bullet dungeon" mixed with general Into the Odd and other OSR conventions. Loot the Room's Form... more →

Breaking down Trophy Gold combat outcomes

The method: I simulated millions of Trophy Gold combat encounters with different numbers of participants and enemy endurance levels. Then I recorded the ruin experienced by each character and made some graphs. You can read the Trophy Gold combat rules in... more →

Using Google to find public domain images from Project Gutenberg books

I set out to look for some fun public domain illustrations on Project Gutenberg after being inspired by this Idraluna Archives post but got bored. That post has a great collection of example books with illustrations but even just browsing those is a bit of... more →

Hacking Tunnel Goons for corporate security training

The Itch.io download is linked at the bottom if you just want to see the game. Every year I run a cybersecurity tabletop excercise (TTX) at my workplace for our SOC2 certification. I give a scenario and my coworkers game-out how they would repond. These... more →