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The 8 Best TTRPG Sandbox Campaigns Ever Written

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The 8 Best TTRPG Sandbox Campaigns Ever Written It may help to read my previous piece, The 8 Best Guided Campaigns Ever for context. In my last post I focused on the best guided, prewritten campaigns. This is my companion piece, the best TTRPG sandbox campaigns ever written. Sandbox campaigns are the hardest to design … Read more

The 8 Best TTRPG Campaigns Ever Written

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The 8 Best TTRPG Campaigns Ever Written If you prefer sandboxes, read The 8 Best TTRPG Sandbox Campaigns Ever for my companion piece. Over the past year I’ve shared posts on lots of TTRPG topics, but I haven’t really focused on campaigns. I decided to find the best prewritten campaigns ever made and put them … Read more

TTRPG Social Enmeshment Games

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Social Enmeshment TTRPGs: You Think Social Mechanics Are Flavor. They Aren’t. This is part of my ongoing series on system structure and pressure models—see also: Consequence Routing: When Getting Stronger Doesn’t Make You Safer.) You think social RPGs are just flavor layered on top of the real game. So if a social mechanics TTRPG has … Read more

TTRPG Consequence Routing: The Real Test

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Consequence Routing TTRPGs: When Getting Stronger Doesn’t Make You Safer This is part of my ongoing series on system structure and pressure models—see also: Horror TTRPGs: The Rules Are the Monster) This post isn’t about what deadly games look like, it’s about how TTRPG risk and reward design works at the system level. When people … Read more