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No lie, professional & hobby commitments have kept

No lie, professional & hobby commitments have kept me from doing much more with Hexingtide (my in-development TTRPG of Minimalist Monstrous Roleplaying) lately beyond my twice-monthly home game.

But having been contacted by an interested playtester, I'm working on getting Playtest 4 into a playable, sharable state.

Here's how some work tonight is looking. No edits beyond the initial draft.

#ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpgdesign #indierpg #worldofdarkness #vampirethemasquerade #hellboy #mignolaverse #gamedesign #rpgdesign #universalmonsters

When a friend says he wants to have a gaming focus

When a friend says he wants to have a gaming focused bachelor party with Frostgrave, you gotta say hell yeah.

#frostgrave #wargames #skirmishgames #skirmish #28mmminiatures #mordheim #miniatures

Every TTRPG designer has their take on the fantasy

Every TTRPG designer has their take on the fantasy genre, and I'm no exception. Over the last few years, I've designed a few attempts at a minimalist, rules light approach. They all were playable, but none of them really felt right.

Here's the latest attempt.

No HP (inspired by 2400), simple stats, abstract inventory, open-ended magic (ala Whitehack or Ars Magica), class-based but no levels: XP is spent on individual skills and stats.

The 5.5" x 8.5" character sheet will serve as the cover for the 8 page zine which should cover all the rules for play (I really wanted just four pages, but that looks like it isn't going to fit).

I think I'll let it marinate for a bit, but eventually run a proof of concept game to see how it feels in play.

#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #2400 #24xx #ttrpg #rpgdesign #indiegame #indierpg #gamedesign #charactersheet #tabletopgames #morkborg #intotheodd #pathfinderrpg

Wee bit of Frostgrave before the Super Bowl. #fro

Wee bit of Frostgrave before the Super Bowl.

#frostgrave #wargames #skirmishgames #tabletopgames #tabletop #mordheim

A fallen angel disguised as a nun, a mad scientist

A fallen angel disguised as a nun, a mad scientist, the ghostly specter of a dead soldier, a clockwork zombie monster hunter, and a teenage witch use a cryptic riddle to discover a hidden cave turned crypt. They descend to find the ancient tomb of a dead vampire's lover...

I'm not really a good GM, comparatively, but last night's session of Hexingtide went pretty well. Some monsters-fighting-monsters action paired with some pretty deep RP beats.

Big props to my home group for being up for being my gaming Guinea pig.

https://willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide

Some photos of the completed dice trays I made for

Third layer of AK Interactive puddle water effects

Third layer of AK Interactive puddle water effects applied. We'll see how this comes out in about 24hrs!

#dnd #dice #dicegoblin #dicetray #tabletoprpg #worldofdarkness #halloweendecor #halloweencrafts #hellboy #mikemignola #diydnd #dndcrafting #dndterrain #cthulhu #callofcthulhu #achtungcthulhu #wargameterrain #creepy #fishmonster #hexingtide

I'm designing and playtesting an RPG called Hexing

I'm designing and playtesting an RPG called Hexingtide* inspired by Hellboy, the World of Darkness, etc. In it, the player selects a die size for their PC, and they only ever roll that single die.

Since I run a pretty minimalist table without minis or terrain, I thought a set of Halloween-themed dice trays may be cool!

Do tabletop arts and crafts, they said.
It will be fun, easy, and fast, they said.

I'm reaching the eff this, perfect is the enemy is good stage of getting these dice trays done, but wanted to share how things are turning out now that the painting is done. Not great, not even that good, but... done is done!
Now to throw some basing bits and bobs of static grass, dead plants, and the like on them.

* Itch link here, if anyone's curious:
https://willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide

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#dnd #dice #dicegoblin #dicetray #tabletoprpg #worldofdarkness #halloweendecor #halloweencrafts #hellboy #mikemignola #diydnd #dndcrafting #dndterrain #wargameterrain #hexingtide

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About this Blog

Like many elder Millennials, Will started tabletop gaming with AD&D 2nd Edition and Nineties-era Games Workshop. He's been playing ever since. This blog is an ad hoc log of his tabletop projects.

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