the other matt's rpg blog

Somehow made it through this week! I haven't been keeping up with my session reports, and it seems like doing that would be a much better use of my time, lol, but my "school" filled with (checks notes) "roach goblins, bees, and robots" is chugging along. This week, I pretend the school has a robust technical program and space for some arts.  Every school I've worked at has had a daycare run by students learning child development so that is here too. I still think of this as a more post apocalyptic gonzo thing, something I wouldn't necessarily run with d-n-d, but with something that has mutations, psychic powers, and also magic. I've taken my own advice and decided that these "seven room regions" will now be occupied primarily by one type of entity, which if I was running the game would appear on a 1-3 on the encounter die, and on a 4-5 a creature from a neighboring area would show up, and on a 6 something from the next level down would show...

I made it to a second week!  Victory to me is simple: do this whole thing! I have found that in my "extra" moments throughout my days I drift towards planning, and my mind starts listing types of rooms.  Later, when seated and writing, the list comes back and I can pick my favorite room and then riff off it. I am not paying any attention to number of traps, treasure, tricks, or monsters.  If I ever actually use this thing then I can fill those in as part of my prep for a given session.  I am trying to really not worry about using this at all though: it makes it much easier to just scribble down my thoughts or ideas without worrying too hard. I didn't add much to my "trophy" or "graffiti" list, which is something I should think back on as I expand, although those can of course just be a part of that "actual prep that would happen if I was really running this thing..." It is fun to imagine I'd use it though! this week, the school heads outs...

I decided to do dungeon23! The only possible way I could make it work would be to follow the very simplest version of it: 30 seconds to one minute writing.  at the end of the week, upload. I already "bullet journal" so I didn't want to carry around a second fancy notebook, and I didn't want to combine my bujo with my dungeon23 notebook, so I ended up printing out these lovely monthly pamphlets from shouting crow My principles are simple: - it is for me; I don't need stats or lots of details.  ideally I'd use this at some point, I just need ideas to riff off of an a skeleton to hang things off of. - I'm not drawing a proper map.  it is a skill I like and something I'd probably actually enjoy, but that would take lots of time, and the whole thing with this is just trying to carve out a tiny 5 minute window each day to write these little snippets. - make it to December 31st 2023 At the end of each week I am going to post here my weekly spread. My "th...