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Wednesday 28 December 2022

Making a D&D/RPG Setting

 Talking about what you need to do to make a good campaign setting, for your group or to publish.

#dnd       #ttrpg   #osr   






Sunday 18 December 2022

Inappropriate Characters Tonight!

 TONIGHT! 7:30pm Central, it's Inappropriate Characters. Guest starring Griffith Morgan (Secrets of Blackmoor, Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg), where we'll be talking about the absolute state of D&D, and what's real Old School!  Don't miss it!

#dnd #dnd5e #osr #ttrpg #onednd #blackmoor 





Saturday 17 December 2022

Wednesday 14 December 2022

Game Designers Don't Control D&D Anymore

 For the first time in a very long while, the people in charge of D&D are not game designers. And they don't think of D&D as an RPG.


#dnd5e #onednd
#dnd #ttrpg #osr





Wednesday 7 December 2022

Review: 6x6x6

 A review of "6x6x6: The Mayhemic Missile Method", an OSR sourcebook for Lamentations of the Flame Princess.

#lotfp 

#dnd      #ttrpg  #osr  






Wednesday 30 November 2022

Making a Purpose-Filled RPG World

 Whatever type of authentic setting you're creating, especially if it is based on a non-modern society, it's very important that the metaphysics of the setting are such that what the PCs do MATTERS.

#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg #osr





Sunday 20 November 2022

Inappropriate Characters Tonight!

 Tonight, 7:30PM Central! It's Inappropriate Characters! Join me, Jobe, and Venger LIVE as we talk about the latest news and controversy in the #dnd #ttrpg and #OSR world!

Don't miss it! 






Friday 18 November 2022

Wizards: D&D Will Have Three Woke Watchdogs Per Game Designer

 WoTC promises every single word in every #dnd5e book will now need to be approved by "Diversity Reader" political commissars. Every game designer will be watched by multiple diversity hires in a massive Woke make-work scheme.

#ttrpg #dnd #OneDnD #OSR





Thursday 10 November 2022

Dragonlance Preview Shows Woke Hypocrisy

 The new first chapter preview of the new WotC dragonlance book shows what they plan to do to that setting and its themes. It also shows their ongoing hypocrisy about "diversity".

#dnd #ttrpg #osr #dnd5e #onednd





Saturday 5 November 2022

Review: The Book of Antitheses

 I review The Book of Antitheses, one of the weirdest RPG products ever made. But is it actually good for anything?

#dnd #ttrpg #osr





Sunday 30 October 2022

RPGPundit 6000-subscriber Halloween Horror Special

 Tonight! 8pm Central! I talk about the nature of horror RPG gaming, and the horrors of our postmodern world! Join my 6000-subscriber Livestream!

#dnd #ttrpg #osr #dnd5e





Wednesday 26 October 2022

Woke D&D is Starting To Go Broke

 The latest data sure indicates that I've been right all along about the speeding up of D&D sales decline the more woke their garbage products become...

#dnd #ttrpg #osr #dnd5e




Saturday 22 October 2022

Three Modern Occult Campaigns That Aren't Just Cthulhu

 Looking at three different levels of occult modern play in The Invisible College: Local, Agents, and Global Conspiracy.

#ttrpg #OSR #dnd #Cthulhu 





Friday 7 October 2022

RPGPundit Reviews: No Rest for the Wicked

 A review of the LotFP adventure, No Rest For the Wicked. Has Lamentations painted itself into a corner?

#dnd #ttrpg #osr




Wednesday 28 September 2022

Wokists Demand All D&D Races Be Grey Goo

 After doing everything the Wokists demanded, WoTC is told #dnd is still Racist because it doesn't allow flying halflings.

#dnd5e #OneDnD #OSR #ttrpg






Wednesday 21 September 2022

Kobold Press Surrenders to Malignant Narcissist

 Kobold Press and Wolfgang Baur bend the knee to a race-obsessed fanatic for no good reason.

#dnd #ttrpg #osr 





Friday 16 September 2022

Don't let Your Homebrew Setting Suck Like "Rings of Power"

 Talking about how to make sure your RPG Homebrew world is not crap like Rings of Power. In the process I point out something about WHY RoP sucks that I haven't seen anyone else notice yet!

#dnd #ttrpg #OSR #ringsofpower #HouseOfTheDragon






Tuesday 6 September 2022

How to Start Playing OSR D&D

 If you're a #dnd5e gamer who's sick of the Wokeness, or is just ready for a better experience, the OSR is very easy to get into!

#dnd     #ttrpg #osr





Thursday 1 September 2022

D&D Wokists Design Racist Races

 It shouldn't be any surprise that people who think nonhuman characters in fantasy are just stand-ins for racial groups would produce racist caricatures when left in charge of #dnd products.

#dnd5e #Spelljammer #onednd #ttrpg #osr




Sunday 28 August 2022

Inappropriate Characters Tonight!

 TONIGHT! Inappropriate Characters. Get all the news about #onednd and other topics in #ttrpg news and controversy.

#dnd #OSR








Friday 26 August 2022

The Earliest D&D Dungeons

 I take a look at Tonisborg, an amazing historical artefact of very early D&D. The book is amazing but has only one big problem with it...

#dnd #ttrpg #osr #blackmoor 





Saturday 20 August 2022

The OneDnD Agenda

 With the new "revised edition" it's #OneDnD to rule them all, and in the wokeness bind them....

#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg #osr




Monday 15 August 2022

Woke/Broke Game Designer: You're Racist If You Don't Buy My Game

 The guy who spent months making it clear that "this game is not for you" to white gamers is now broke, and says you're racist if you don't buy his game.

#dnd #ttrpg #osr 




Friday 12 August 2022

Social Encounters Along the Silk Road

 NEW! Social Encounters: Along the Silk Road, my new expanded reaction roll rules for social RP! Usable in any system or setting!

Just $3.99!

#OSR #ttrpg #dnd




Wednesday 10 August 2022

RPGPundit Reviews: Staffortonshire Trading Company of Works

 I review another new #lotfp book, which is technically not an RPG product at all... check it out!

#ttrpg #osr #dnd 






Wednesday 3 August 2022

D&D "Safety Tools": The Quiet Tantrum

 Woke "Safety Tools" like the X-Card claim to be to help traumatized people be able to play D&D, but are actually based on the idea that you are unspeakably toxic and evil, and need to be controlled, as part of their attack on normal society. 

   #dnd      #ttrpg  #osr  








Sunday 31 July 2022

Inappropriate Characters Tonight!

 Tonight! 7:30pm Central! It's Inappropriate Characters!

Join me, Venger and Jobe, along with our special guest star The Basic Expert, where we'll talk about him and about the state of the gaming hobby.
#dnd #ttrpg #osr #dnd5e





Thursday 28 July 2022

RPGPundit Reviews: Warriors of the Red Planet

 My review of Night Owl Workshop's OSR game, Warriors of the Red Planet. Guest starring Meatball!

#dnd #ttrpg #osr 






Saturday 23 July 2022

Radiant Citadel - Things WotC Doesn't Want Normal D&D Gamers To Know

 For some reason (what could it be?) WoTC is not really pushing these four things about Radiant Citadel in how they sell it to regular gamers...

#dnd5e #dnd #ttrpg #osr





Monday 18 July 2022

WoTC's Regulations for DMs Playing Non-White NPCs

 How generous of WoTC that it gives us DMs permission to still portray NPCs of other cultures, for now. But they have conditions! And those conditions give away how much their wokist ideology is incompatible with RPGs.

#dnd #ttrpg #osr #dnd5e




Wednesday 13 July 2022

Real vs Fake OSR

 The people in the Fake-OSR are utterly confused as to why people in the Real OSR (especially me) get so much attention.

#OSR #dnd #ttrpg 





Friday 8 July 2022

Sword & Caravan Full Review

 A section-by-section review of my new Sword & Caravan campaign guide!

#dnd #ttrpg #osr 




Monday 4 July 2022

What WoTC's Demographic Data Reveals About D&D 5e

 WoTC's data on the demographics of who plays dnd5e is very interesting, but what's even more interesting is the way they are trying to frame that data.

#dnd #dnd5e #wotc #ttrpg #OSR





Wednesday 29 June 2022

Wokist Wizards Employees Revolt for Hasbro Saying Nothing on Abortion

 Wizards of the Coast employees are threatening their own company, because Hasbro didn't make any kind of statement in support of abortion.

#dnd #ttrpg #osr #dnd5e 





Friday 24 June 2022

RPGPundit Reviews: The Punchline

 My review of the #lotfp adventure "The Punchline", with its Renaissance-style insane clown posse and a deadly plague. But does it manage to overcome its clichés?

#dnd #osr #ttrpg





Friday 17 June 2022

First Look at Sword & Caravan!

 A first look at my bestselling new setting book: Sword & Caravan!

#OSR #ttrpg #dnd




Saturday 11 June 2022

Wokist OSR-Haters Keep Thwarting Themselves

 The Wokist SJWs keep alternating between trying to destroy the #OSR (or declare it "dead") and trying to infiltrate/subvert it. But the structure of the OSR is a model for how to resist Wokism. Their latest efforts are getting desperate, and just preaching to a diminishing choir.

#ttrpg #dnd 






Monday 6 June 2022

Guardians RPG review

 Is an OSR game actually able to emulate a straight Marvel/DC type superhero genre effectively? I review the Guardians RPG to find out! 

#dnd #ttrpg #OSR 





Wednesday 1 June 2022

RPGPundit's 5K Subs Livestream

 Tonight! 7:30pm Central! Check out my 5000 subs Livestream!

I'll be telling you all about my new Sword & Caravan setting book, asking whether we're finally turning the corner on Wokism, and answering YOUR questions!
Don't miss it!
#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg #osr




Thursday 26 May 2022

The Secrets of Making Good History/Lore for Your D&D Campaign

 There are good and bad ways to write history for your D&D setting or world-book. And some secrets for how to make your historical lore useful and authentic.

#ttrpg #OSR #dnd





Monday 23 May 2022

Aaron the Pedantic Wusses out at Person Who Called Him a Nazi; PLUS More Invisible College Magick

 Aaron the Pedantic is being a wuss at failing to call out the people who call him a Nazi. 

Also, I talk about the new #OSR magical systems in The Invisible College!

#ttrpg #dnd





Thursday 19 May 2022

D&D Wokists Cried Wolf, Now Accuse Disbelievers of Being Wolves Too

 It sure looks like the guy supposedly making "Star Frontiers" for New-TSR is a huge racist/anti-Semite.

But after #dnd Wokists spent years calling everyone they dislike "Nazis", it's unsurprising that #ttrpg gamers are finding it hard to believe.
#osr




Saturday 14 May 2022

Venger Satanis Book Faces Censorship, Again

 So Venger Satanis has had his latest book suspended because of "offensive" political content. But meanwhile, the other side's content on the exact same issue is allowed!

#ttrpg #dnd #osr





Sunday 8 May 2022

Inappropriate Characters Tonight!

 Tonight! 7:30pm Central! It's Inappropriate Characters!

With our very special guest star, James from Neckbeardia!
Don't miss me, Venger and Jobe interview James and talk about the latest controveries and news in gaming.
#dnd #ttrpg #OSR




Saturday 7 May 2022

Moral Black-Hole Thinks You're Bad for Playing D&D

 D&D wokist with no moral compass thinks everyone playing D&D "justifies violence". 

#dnd #ttrpg #osr 






Monday 2 May 2022

RPGPundit Reviews: Wight Power

 I review a ridiculously named, hilariously offensive #LotFP adventure. But is it anything more than a title designed for trolling? Check it out!

#osr #ttrpg #dnd





Thursday 28 April 2022

RPGPundit on Unsafe Space

 Tomorrow, 2pm Eastern, I'll be a guest star on the Unsafe Space channel, talking about RPGs of course! Check out Beverly at Token Minority Report on that channel for the interview.

#dnd #ttrpg #osr 






Tuesday 26 April 2022

WoTC Trying Hard to Ruin Dragonlance, Spelljammer

 WotC's upcoming #dragonlance and #spelljammer books were made without any consultation from the original designers. It's easy to guess how they plan to ruin Dragonlance for its fans, but can they even ruin Spelljammer?

#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg #OSR





Friday 15 April 2022

The Weirdest Parts of the Last Sun

 Taking a look at my Last Sun #OSR gonzo setting, and the craziest things in it. 


#dnd #ttrpg 





Monday 11 April 2022

Ridiculous D&D Wokists Want To Ban This RPG Word

 The #dnd SJWs are trying to have a certain common #ttrpg word abolished. Here's my guesses to what they'll try to replace it with.

#osr 




Friday 1 April 2022

Academic Study Destroys D&D Wokist Claims

 A published study that polled gamers and non-gamers of different ethnicities revealed what I already suspected about the level of public support for RPG Wokist claims.

#dnd #ttrpg #osr 





Tuesday 29 March 2022

RPGPundit Reviews: Raiders of the Lost Artifacts

 I review an #OSR #ttrpg inspired by Indiana Jones. Is it any good? Check out the video!

#dnd




Tuesday 22 March 2022

New D&D Book Promises: No Conflict! (Or Caucasians)

 The new #dnd5e #RadiantCitadel book promises no intrigues, no lurking monsters, no gritty crime-ridden streets, and "Diversity"! Which means lazy utopian stereotypes and no Caucasian game designers.

... Well, actually, almost none.
#dnd #ttrpg






Friday 18 March 2022

Are Hit Points Dumb?

A lot of people over the years have suggested that hit points are a bad mechanic. But from the point of view of game design, most of their reasons are dumb, as long as hit points are applied in the right way.
#osr #ttrpg #dnd




Wednesday 16 March 2022

Today: RPGPundit Meets the T-Shirted Historian

 Today! Live at 7pm Central, I'll be guest starring on the T-Shirted Historian's YouTube show! We'll probably be discussing the gaming hobby, and whether academics should really be wearing T-shirts.

#dnd #ttrpg #osr





Sunday 13 March 2022

Inappropriate Characters: Everybody Hates Venger

 Tonight, 7:30pm Central, it's Inappropriate Characters! Everybody Hates Venger edition.

#dnd #ttrpg #osr




Wednesday 9 March 2022

The Great D&D Magic Debate

 Low Powered vs High? Common vs Rare? Talking about the use of magic, magic power levels, and magic items in #dnd / #osr games as well as in the Invisible College RPG. 

#ttrpg 






Friday 4 March 2022

Shockingly, WokeOSR Hate the OSR Itch.io Game Jam

 The WokeSR are furious that regular OSR game designers are making money and getting attention by making exciting supplements in the Itchio Game Jam. What a surprise...

#dnd #ttrpg #osr #gamejam 






Saturday 26 February 2022

Opportunity for Novice RPG Designers; also, check out my Extraplanar Adventures

 Are you a #ttrpg game designer looking for more opportunities to get recognized? Join the Game Jam and produce a supplement for a known #OSR product!

Also, check out my book of extraplanar adventure scenarios!
#dnd





Sunday 20 February 2022

RPGPundit Reviews: Green Messiah

 RPGPundit reviews "Green Messiah", an #osr adventure for #lotfp

With an epic Big Chungus cameo.
#dnd #ttrpg




Saturday 12 February 2022

Sunday: Inappropriate Characters! With Taylor Lane

 Tomorrow, 7:30pm Central, it's Inappropriate Characters!

Join me, Venger and Jobe along with special guest star Taylor Lane. We'll be talking about them, their OSR products, their fight against the Woke Indie RPG mob, and lots of other topics including the latest Critical Role controversy!
#dnd #ttrpg #osr #criticalrole




No, the TTRPG Hobby is NOT Your "Family"

 The #ttrpgfamily hashtag on Twitter is trying to sell a fantasy to lonely gamers, as a means of strengthening wokist control.

#ttrpg #dnd #osr




Saturday 5 February 2022

Old School Companion 2: Medieval Authentic Adventures

 Check out the details of my latest book: RPGPundit's Old School Companion 2: Medieval Authentic Adventures!

#ttrpg #dnd #OSR




Wednesday 26 January 2022

RPGPundit Reviews: Terror in the Streets

 I review LotFP's Terror in the Streets, an investigative #OSR adventure set in Paris in 1630. But how historically accurate is it? More importantly, how good is it? Check it out!

#ttrpg #dnd #lotfp 





Wednesday 19 January 2022

My Short: The Weird Thing About Waterdeep's Pride Parades

 Talking about #dnd Waterdeep pride parades with my cat. My first (and maybe only) #YouTubeShorts





Sunday 16 January 2022

Inappropriate Characters Tonight!

 Tonight! 7:30pm Central! It's Inappropriate Characters!

Join Jobe, Venger, and the RPGPundit as we talk about the latest #dnd #osr and #ttrpg related controversies and news, including the new #dnd5e intentionally horrible art, and a new awful kickstarter.


https://youtu.be/a1yqpBgbGwg




Saturday 15 January 2022

OSR Magical Practices

 Where I talk about magical practices from The Invisible College and how to incorporate them into #OSR play.

#ttrpg #dnd





 Today: 4pm Central! How did I end up on a panel about Gender in #ttrpg gaming?!

Check out Dollipop's channel tomorrow for the most unlikely show in the whole #OSR ! It's probably going to offend everyone!

#dnd


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRdAKihrn88




Monday 10 January 2022

New D&D "Adventure" Makes You a Seattle Starbucks Employee

 I have been saying for ages that the Wokist agenda for #dnd5e is to turn every setting into 2021 Seattle culture.

Now there's proof positive: the newest #dnd adventure is where you work as baristas at fantasy-Starbucks.



Tuesday 4 January 2022

My New Book is Out Now! Also, How to Make Cursed Items Cool

 My new book is out NOW!


Also, I talk about cursed items and some other stuff I've done, in my first video of the year.
#dnd #ttrpg #osr