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Here is my after-action report for the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge where I created #TTRPG characters for #StarTrek #StarWars #DoctorWho #DungeonsAndDragons #LOTR #Terminator #KickStarter games and more.

2026 Character Creation Challenge After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/02/03/2026-character-creation-challenge-after-action-report/

Here is my after-action report for the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge where I created #TTRPG characters for #StarTrek #StarWars #DoctorWho #DungeonsAndDragons #LOTR #Terminator #KickStarter games and more.

2026 Character Creation Challenge After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/02/03/2026-character-creation-challenge-after-action-report/

Here is a bonus entry in the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge where I made a Starfleet engineer using a fan-made #StarTrek #TTRPG inspired by the FASA system.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Bonus Day: Jack Photon’s Fan Made Star Trek RPG – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/02/02/2026-character-creation-challenge-bonus-day-jack-photons-fan-made-star-trek-rpg/

Here is a bonus entry in the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge where I made a Starfleet engineer using a fan-made #StarTrek #TTRPG inspired by the FASA system.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Bonus Day: Jack Photon’s Fan Made Star Trek RPG – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/02/02/2026-character-creation-challenge-bonus-day-jack-photons-fan-made-star-trek-rpg/

Entries for January 13-18, less than two weeks behind! If one 3rd level NPC party for OSE Fantasy Advanced is helpful, a second must be twice as helpful.

At this rate, I should be wrapping up the challenge sometime during the first week of February,

#blog #ttrpg #charactercreationchallenge

https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026-character-creation-challenge-speed_31.html

Entries for January 13-18, less than two weeks behind! If one 3rd level NPC party for OSE Fantasy Advanced is helpful, a second must be twice as helpful.

At this rate, I should be wrapping up the challenge sometime during the first week of February,

#blog #ttrpg #charactercreationchallenge

https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026-character-creation-challenge-speed_31.html

And now you can hear Jeremy Clarkson proclaiming "And he's across the line" as I completed 31 characters in 31 days for the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge. I used the #StarTrek Adventures #TTRPG with the 23rd Century Campaign Guide to make a Free Trader.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 31: Star Trek Adventures 2E with 23rd Century Campaign Guide – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/31/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-31-star-trek-adventures-2e-with-23rd-century-campaign-guide/

And now you can hear Jeremy Clarkson proclaiming "And he's across the line" as I completed 31 characters in 31 days for the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge. I used the #StarTrek Adventures #TTRPG with the 23rd Century Campaign Guide to make a Free Trader.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 31: Star Trek Adventures 2E with 23rd Century Campaign Guide – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/31/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-31-star-trek-adventures-2e-with-23rd-century-campaign-guide/

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #AlienRPG

Closing out *Character Creation Challenge 2026* with one of the best game releases of the year. It's *Alien: The RPG - Evolved Edition*. Corporate scientists have all the fun.

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/31+-+Alien+the+RPG+Evolved+Edition

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #AlienRPG

Closing out *Character Creation Challenge 2026* with one of the best game releases of the year. It's *Alien: The RPG - Evolved Edition*. Corporate scientists have all the fun.

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/31+-+Alien+the+RPG+Evolved+Edition

Entries for January 7-12, only weeks behind! A ready made 3rd level NPC adventuring party to spring on the PCs.

#blog #ttrpg #charactercreationchallenge #oldschoolessentials

https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026-character-creation-challenge-speed_0727033344.html

Entries for January 7-12, only weeks behind! A ready made 3rd level NPC adventuring party to spring on the PCs.

#blog #ttrpg #charactercreationchallenge #oldschoolessentials

https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026-character-creation-challenge-speed_0727033344.html

I materialize into Day 30 of the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge by making a character for the #DoctorWho #TTRPG 2nd edition by Cubicle 7 Entertainment.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 30: Doctor Who 2nd Edition – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/30/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-30-doctor-who-2nd-edition/

I materialize into Day 30 of the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge by making a character for the #DoctorWho #TTRPG 2nd edition by Cubicle 7 Entertainment.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 30: Doctor Who 2nd Edition – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/30/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-30-doctor-who-2nd-edition/

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #ChoirOfFlesh

A little bit solo, a little bit group, a little bit Cronenberg nightmare body horror, a little bit alternate historical, 1000 AD France. Choir of Flesh has a lot of things going on.

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/30+-+Choir+of+Flesh

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #ChoirOfFlesh

A little bit solo, a little bit group, a little bit Cronenberg nightmare body horror, a little bit alternate historical, 1000 AD France. Choir of Flesh has a lot of things going on.

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/30+-+Choir+of+Flesh

I made a mutant character for the post-apocalyptic #TTRPG Other Dust for my Day 29 entry for the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 29: Other Dust – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/29/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-29-other-dust/

I made a mutant character for the post-apocalyptic #TTRPG Other Dust for my Day 29 entry for the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 29: Other Dust – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/29/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-29-other-dust/

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #MysteryFleshPit

Probably one of the most fun, modern, satirical settings I've had the pleasure of reading, but mechanically, I'm of two minds. Join me in the Mystery Flesh Pit.

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/29+-+Mystery+Flesh+Pit+National+Park+-+The+RPG

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #MysteryFleshPit

Probably one of the most fun, modern, satirical settings I've had the pleasure of reading, but mechanically, I'm of two minds. Join me in the Mystery Flesh Pit.

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/29+-+Mystery+Flesh+Pit+National+Park+-+The+RPG

I just got the graphic from my artist honoring those who were able to create 31 characters in 31 days. It's gorgeous and I can't wait to show it off. #CharacterCreationChallenge

I just got the graphic from my artist honoring those who were able to create 31 characters in 31 days. It's gorgeous and I can't wait to show it off. #CharacterCreationChallenge

I made a Hobbit for The One Ring #TTRPG for my Day 28 entry in the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge. Dare I say... Hobbit forming?

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 28: The One Ring – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/28/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-28-the-one-ring/

I made a Hobbit for The One Ring #TTRPG for my Day 28 entry in the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge. Dare I say... Hobbit forming?

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 28: The One Ring – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/28/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-28-the-one-ring/

Since I got away with the "ship as characters" thing last year, I'm giving it a go for this year's challenge. Here are the four starships assigned to Task Force 777, a Starfleet relief expedition.

#blog #ttrpg #charactercreationchallenge #startrekadventures

https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026-character-creation-challenge-speed_0616040920.html

Since I got away with the "ship as characters" thing last year, I'm giving it a go for this year's challenge. Here are the four starships assigned to Task Force 777, a Starfleet relief expedition.

#blog #ttrpg #charactercreationchallenge #startrekadventures

https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026-character-creation-challenge-speed_0616040920.html

Is it too late to get started? Let's give it a go with two characters for Gamma World 1e - Tom "Spacewalker" Christian and Bartholomew "Bart" Allen.

#blog #ttrpg #charactercreationchallenge

https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026-character-creation-challenge-speed.html

Is it too late to get started? Let's give it a go with two characters for Gamma World 1e - Tom "Spacewalker" Christian and Bartholomew "Bart" Allen.

#blog #ttrpg #charactercreationchallenge

https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026-character-creation-challenge-speed.html

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #Exalted3e

Look, we all know how I feel about super crunchy systems, and Exalted 3e is exactly that. So let's get stuck in and put together the worst kind of bureaucrat.

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/28+-+Exalted+3e

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #Exalted3e

Look, we all know how I feel about super crunchy systems, and Exalted 3e is exactly that. So let's get stuck in and put together the worst kind of bureaucrat.

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/28+-+Exalted+3e

"There is no fate but what we make for ourselves." But we can make a character for the Terminator #TTRPG for the Day 27 entry in the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 27: The Terminator RPG – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/27/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-27-the-terminator-rpg/

"There is no fate but what we make for ourselves." But we can make a character for the Terminator #TTRPG for the Day 27 entry in the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 27: The Terminator RPG – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/27/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-27-the-terminator-rpg/

@zdl

This one is scary. I liked it.

#ttrpgs #CharacterCreationChallenge

@zdl

This one is scary. I liked it.

#ttrpgs #CharacterCreationChallenge

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #WushuForExalted

Exalted is a big, beefy, hungus monster of a setting and a game's text. But what if someone used one of the most open, freeform mechanical systems as its spine?

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/27+-+Wushu+for+Exalted

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #WushuForExalted

Exalted is a big, beefy, hungus monster of a setting and a game's text. But what if someone used one of the most open, freeform mechanical systems as its spine?

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/27+-+Wushu+for+Exalted

Day 26 of the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge and I created a Drow hacker to explore the dark web in the Modern Necessities #TTRPG that I had backed on #KickStarter.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 26: Modern Necessities – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/26/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-26-modern-necessities/

Day 26 of the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge and I created a Drow hacker to explore the dark web in the Modern Necessities #TTRPG that I had backed on #KickStarter.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 26: Modern Necessities – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/26/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-26-modern-necessities/

@zdl

Another concise and captivating description.

#ttrpgs #CharacterCreationChallenge

@zdl

Another concise and captivating description.

#ttrpgs #CharacterCreationChallenge

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #Tribe8

Return with me to post-apocalyptic Montreal, Canada, with the new Forged in the Dark version of Tribe 8.

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/26+-+Tribe+8+-+Tribes+in+the+Dark

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #Tribe8

Return with me to post-apocalyptic Montreal, Canada, with the new Forged in the Dark version of Tribe 8.

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/26+-+Tribe+8+-+Tribes+in+the+Dark

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #Tribe8

Return with me to post-apocalyptic Montreal, Canada, with the new Forged in the Dark version of Tribe 8.

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/26+-+Tribe+8+-+Tribes+in+the+Dark

#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge #Tribe8

Return with me to post-apocalyptic Montreal, Canada, with the new Forged in the Dark version of Tribe 8.

https://grimtokens.garden/Articles/Character+Creation+Challenge/2026/26+-+Tribe+8+-+Tribes+in+the+Dark

I try to survive Day 25 of the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge by making a character for The Walking Dead Universe #TTRPG by Free League Publishing.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 25: The Walking Dead Universe – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/25/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-25-the-walking-dead-universe/

I try to survive Day 25 of the 2026 #CharacterCreationChallenge by making a character for The Walking Dead Universe #TTRPG by Free League Publishing.

2026 Character Creation Challenge Day 25: The Walking Dead Universe – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/01/25/2026-character-creation-challenge-day-25-the-walking-dead-universe/