Step 1 - Be in Josh's room full of cool-ass wizard stuff
@samseer
Designed THE VAMPIRE! (1950s hidden role game), HAIKU (solo game with Japanese woodcut art), and THE IRON COFFIN (Mothership pamphlet). Working on PLANET PULP (pulp adventure for Mothership). Let's collab!! https://sam-seer.com/
Step 1 - Be in Josh's room full of cool-ass wizard stuff
How I feel getting paired against @jdragsky.bsky.social in the first round of The Bloggies:
π My kids' box of kinetic sand now lives on top of the refrigerator. I think they've finally forgotten it exists.
π I've made so many design drafts that are like, "The game is a conversation. The Referee describes a situation and the Players respond. They may roll dice." But where's the game??
I think Mythic Bastionland is onto something where the game = the setting = the content + lots of Ref guidance.
Been thinking about @explorersdesign.bsky.social's recent post ("Against Dominant Mechanics") and what we can strip away to maximize the RPG experience.
Yes, there's a backhoe in this.
The BLOGWAGON is rolling! New post by Anb! anblog.bearblog.dev/anbs-rule-of...
This stuff is INCREDIBLE
@prismaticwasteland.com O Ostrich Lord, you inspired another Blogwagon. Let's see your Rule of Three.
The new Bastionland Podcast series is so good. I was daydreaming about my own "rule of three" and thought: why not make a blogpost about it? And why not make it thing?
Join the blogwagon! What's your Rule of Three?
sam-seer.blogspot.com/2025/12/blog...
Haiku: Revised & Available in Print! - Haiku: A Journey Through Old Japan
sam-seer.itch.io/haiku/devlog...
Thanks for saying so. A Pattern Language is one of my favorite booksβ this vision of what life can be. I couldnβt believe it when I saw it in my OSR feed. Such a great idea.
Please do! It might be obvious, but the patterns I reference at the bottom donβt exist yet. Something for me or others to write.
You've started something, you mad wizard. My contribution is below.
[An OSR Pattern] One, Two, or Three Exits
sam-seer.blogspot.com/2025/08/an-o...
@sean.tuesdayknightgames.com Iβm starting a small business (non-RPG) and your early blog posts are rattling in my head (βDonβt wake up fuckedβ). Also just read Good to Great, which talks about finding your golden metric - βprofit per Xβ. Can be anything. What might X be for a tabletop publisher?
@dgchapman.bsky.social Hey DG! I emailed you a work inquiry. Not sure if it went to spam. Came from yourseveredhand@gmail.com. I'm also on Discord @Sam_Seer.