Transient Thoughts on Roleplaying Games
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A blog on TTRPG design and running the game.

Hey! Still kinda nervous about putting this kinda stuff out there, but I figured I’d contribute to the scene and put out some content. I thought about posting it in the PF2e General Discussion, but was afraid it wasn’t PF2-related enough… If you think it fits there, you’re more than welcome to crosspost it.

I’ve started a minimalist blog where I generally post about TTRPG design and how I run my games which I’ve linked on this post. Its focus is Pathfinder 2e-adjacent as that is my mainstay system, but stuff I write on prep and stuff is general enough to apply to other systems as well I should think.

I only really have one article thus far, which is about designing battlemaps and how every little choice influences the encounters that occur within them, which you can read here. I hope it’s of some use, or at least sparks some fun discussion.

If you have any questions or feedback, by all means go ahead and comment - I’m still grappling with adding accessibility features and such. If you need any details about the blog, there’s an ‘About This Blog’ article pinned at the top of the page.

  • MoshBit@pathfinder.socialEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Just wanted to comment that its a long hard road to having a successful blog. Don’t give up! I dig what you’re written so far, so keep it up :)

    • Hunter Hog@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Thanks! I’m not too worried about having success, it’s self-hosted and all, so I’m not really doing it for ad revenue or views. I just find myself bubbling up these thoughts in my head and I figured, if other people might find it worth listening to, why not put it out there? I don’t intend on posting super often, but I do intend on being thorough whenever I do.

      I’m an enthusiast through and through, and if I can offer the occasional good read to other enthusiasts, or people looking to get into it further, I think that’s good enough for me. Anything else is a plus ^^

      And maybe that’s also the key to not burning out. Just going through my own paces come what may, having fun with it, and maybe having fun discussions about those topics with other people. That’s the part that appealed to me starting it the most, I’d say.