The Doug Alone

I've had a week or so off work as of today and I have spent at least some of that week trimming up stuff. I went through the past four or five months of DriveThruRPG purchases and sorting those (and sometimes renaming files so I can actually find them), I sorted by Feedly folders to have a better grasp of stuff floating up, that kind of stuff. Almost nothing that makes me more able to do this blog but a lot of stuff that will help me to have a better time doing stuff for this blog.  I have also been mentally sorting  (hey, see what I did there) some ideas/plans/concepts for 2025. That's not this post, though. We are at Janus and currently we are standing by the head looking back. Head looking forward is most likely Thursday or Friday.  A major chunk of time has been spent working out more stylings, some scripts, and a slightly different layout for the backend of the blog. Some things are pretty obvious. Other things less so. In rough order of most important to least, let'...

  One of the ideas I have had for the past several months of this blog was to take some time each month or so and try out at least one tool from the most recent Mythic Magazine . Nothing too hectic or too detailed, just play with some new toys and see how they fit. Recent Mythic Magazine material does show up, at least here or there, in my sessions (I use the horror-themed tables a lot, for instance, and have folded in the Mystery elements). The first time I recall was all the way back in the currently final arc of the Ick + Humb series, where I used The Villain Crafter from Mythic Magazine #41 to figure out what was really going on with the Warlocks. It was very helpful and essentially transformed the entire outcome of the campaign. Wordmmill games Patreon backers got issue #49 today and that includes two tools: (1) A society crafter and (2) a new-to-solo-play article. The latter is interesting for a couple of reasons but can wait for the moment. I want to get a feel of...

Original image by IdaT (Pixabay). Alterations by Doug Bolden.   "Previously on..." and Campaign Summary Part 23 Recap A Few Quick Notes The Mantle is Lost The Isles of Andrek and the Town of Valthis Entering the Sea Caves and the Hall of Murals The Hall of Pillars, the Sons' Tomb, Spiders, and Stingbats Holy Water, the Sea Wolf Skeleton, and the Tomb of the Seer Meeting some Sad Bandits, More Stingbats, and Death The Makeshift Ferry, The Haunting, the Longboat, and the Undead Sea Nymph Gathering the Treasure, Returning to the Crossbow, Tidal Surges, and Saving Bandits Doug's Commentary Actual Play Downloads Credits Previously, on The Bleak + The Pearl... The Blue Delve Boys have returned from the Everburning Forest, exhausted and recovering from injuries. Meanwhile, Gryffin Grunkheart has decided to throw his lot in fully behind Cal and has gath...

← Previous Eustace Delmont Session || Next Eustace Delmont Session → Eustace pulls up his satchel and takes something from it. A Betamax tape with the words "DELETE, DISCARD, DO NOT RE-RECORD" written on it.   {{ Hide Gamemaster Elements }} "Previously on..." and Campaign Summary A Few Quick Notes A Swap of Styles Focus Threads and Mystery Mapping Chapter 6 The Progress so Far Chapter 6, The Worst Deliveryman Ever Chapter 6, Flight into the Love Tunnel Chapter 6, The Betamax Heist and the Cosplay Plan Updates to Progress Tracks and Threads This Session Doug's Commentary Mechanical and Story Notes Credits Previously, on Eustace Delmont Hitomi and Eustace have each gone their separate adventures and misunderstandings but last time they finally met back up. Hitomi is planning to try and get information about the Rambler from pos...