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His Majesty the Worm
Mythic Bastionland
Wolves Upon the Coast


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Music Rotation:
Hexvessel
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  • Game Mechanics are an Artform Markus M, 29 Mar 2026
    Art Mechanics Rules Theory
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    On the role of mechanics in describing games as art.

  • Prepping PbP Diary 0: Knowing when to stop is knowing when to start Markus M, 9 Mar 2026
    Diary Hexcrawl OSR Play-by-Post Prep Wolves Upon the Coast
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    Preparing for a Wolves Upon the Coast play-by-post game.

  • Defending Diegetic Tags Markus M, 28 Feb 2026
    Diegesis Rules Tags Theory
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    On the role of tags and descriptions.

  • Translating Wolves Upon the Coast Markus M, 22 Feb 2026
    Advice Hexcrawl OSR Prep Review? Theory Wolves Upon the Coast
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    On reading and interpreting Luke Gearing's big hexcrawl.

  • Human Centric Game Design: A Manifesto Markus M, 14 Feb 2026
    Design Manifesto Theory
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    Exploring how we make games designed for humans to play with humans.

  • Zine Zone: Kingdoms Markus M, 29 Jan 2026
    Horror Kingdoms OSR Review? Zine Zone
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    A reading informed review of Kingdoms.

  • Crowdfunding and The Death of the Media Markus M, 5 Jan 2026
    Crowdfunding Industry Meta Writing
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    Reflecting on how the lack of a games press affects how games are funded.

  • A year has passed, a year begins: 2026 Markus M, 4 Jan 2026
    Blogging Meta Retrospective Writing
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    Looking back on 2025, looking forward to 2026.

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