#rpgaday2025 — Public Fediverse posts
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In #RPGaDay2025 Day 4, I responded to "Message" by talking about how difficult it is to communicate long-distance without telephones. This is an update after a reader reminded me of semaphore and other signals at a distance.
https://melestrua.net/2025/12/31/message-rpgaday-2025-day-4-update/
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My after-action report for the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge. I did a lot of talking about various #TTRPG topics. I felt good about my #RPGaDAY entries.
RPGaDAY2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
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My after-action report for the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge. I did a lot of talking about various #TTRPG topics. I felt good about my #RPGaDAY entries.
RPGaDAY2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/09/02/rpgaday2025-after-action-report/ -
My after-action report for the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge. I did a lot of talking about various #TTRPG topics. I felt good about my #RPGaDAY entries.
RPGaDAY2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/09/02/rpgaday2025-after-action-report/ -
My after-action report for the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge. I did a lot of talking about various #TTRPG topics. I felt good about my #RPGaDAY entries.
RPGaDAY2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/09/02/rpgaday2025-after-action-report/ -
The action-packed finale! Well, not so much packed with action, but this compilation post does have extra commentary!
#blog #rpgaday #rpgaday2025 #ttrpg #ttrpgs
https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2025/09/rpgaday-2025-final-week-roundup.html
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The action-packed finale! Well, not so much packed with action, but this compilation post does have extra commentary!
#blog #rpgaday #rpgaday2025 #ttrpg #ttrpgs
https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2025/09/rpgaday-2025-final-week-roundup.html
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The action-packed finale! Well, not so much packed with action, but this compilation post does have extra commentary!
#blog #rpgaday #rpgaday2025 #ttrpg #ttrpgs
https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2025/09/rpgaday-2025-final-week-roundup.html
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The action-packed finale! Well, not so much packed with action, but this compilation post does have extra commentary!
#blog #rpgaday #rpgaday2025 #ttrpg #ttrpgs
https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2025/09/rpgaday-2025-final-week-roundup.html
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#rpgaday2025 Thanks to everyone who participated in #RPGaDay this year. I've enjoyed reading your posts, even as I've found the prompts difficult myself. You've all inspired me to keep going if nothing else.
Thank you, autocratik.com & castingshadowsblog.com . The summer wouldn't be the same without you.
A special thank you to @Sophie who's amazing and enjoyable dice rolling #app helped me out with randomised stimuli when I got stuck.
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#rpgaday2025 Thanks to everyone who participated in #RPGaDay this year. I've enjoyed reading your posts, even as I've found the prompts difficult myself. You've all inspired me to keep going if nothing else.
Thank you, autocratik.com & castingshadowsblog.com . The summer wouldn't be the same without you.
A special thank you to @Sophie who's amazing and enjoyable dice rolling #app helped me out with randomised stimuli when I got stuck.
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#rpgaday2025 Thanks to everyone who participated in #RPGaDay this year. I've enjoyed reading your posts, even as I've found the prompts difficult myself. You've all inspired me to keep going if nothing else.
Thank you, autocratik.com & castingshadowsblog.com . The summer wouldn't be the same without you.
A special thank you to @Sophie who's amazing and enjoyable dice rolling #app helped me out with randomised stimuli when I got stuck.
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#RPGaDay Day 30/31: Experience/Reward
After skipping a day, I'm wrapping up #RPGaDay2025 with a look back and a look ahead.
http://behindthewallgames.com/2025/08/31/rpgaday-day-30-31-experience-reward/
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#RPGaDay Day 30/31: Experience/Reward
After skipping a day, I'm wrapping up #RPGaDay2025 with a look back and a look ahead.
http://behindthewallgames.com/2025/08/31/rpgaday-day-30-31-experience-reward/
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RPGaDAY2025 – Day 30 – Experience – XP in the OSR
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here.
Day 30 – Experience
I’ve recently started running an OSR West Marches game using the Basic Fantasy rules. It’s going pretty well so far, but I think I’m having issues with awarding Experience Points (XP)
Basic Fantasy is mostly a retro-clone of B/X. Here’s how the current (4th) edition explains how to reward XP.
Experience points are given for monsters defeated, and for other challenges as the GM sees fit.
Every monster has an XP value, and some extra points are given if players use their class abilities.
Here’s the problem I’m having. Since I’m running a West Marches game, and I don’t have the same players each session, XP gains are very slow. I’ve run five sessions and none of my players are anywhere close to getting to level two.
The issue for me, as GM, is that since the players are staying at 1st level, it’s limiting what adventures I can run. I can’t give them any higher-level adversaries without risking a TPK. Which can be fun once, but I can’t have it happening every session.
So I’ve been looking at some of the other methods of awarding XP that other OSR games have tries, and worked out which might be best for my game.
XP Methods
Treasure: A pretty common one. I don’t care for it. It forces a GM to have to plan treasure hoards a little too carefully to avoid
Individual Feats: Giving XP every time a player does something cool. I think this would work well in a ongoing campaign with a set roster of players. I’m running a West Marches, and many of the players are entirely new to me, so this seems a little unfair. I don’t want to be perceived as favoring or disfavoring anyone in particular.
Goalposts: Set XP reward for accomplishing certain things in a setting. This is the one I’ll probably go with. It seems to make the most sense in a West Marches.
Here’s my initial ideas for general goalposts. I’ll also have specific goalposts for each scenario. The point totals are per player, and aren’t set in stone. They’re just my first estimates for good values.
- Exploring a new place – 200 XP
- Saving an innocent life – 100 XP
- Discovering a new bit of lore – 150 XP
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RPGaDAY2025 – Day 30 – Experience – XP in the OSR
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here.
Day 30 – Experience
I’ve recently started running an OSR West Marches game using the Basic Fantasy rules. It’s going pretty well so far, but I think I’m having issues with awarding Experience Points (XP)
Basic Fantasy is mostly a retro-clone of B/X. Here’s how the current (4th) edition explains how to reward XP.
Experience points are given for monsters defeated, and for other challenges as the GM sees fit.
Every monster has an XP value, and some extra points are given if players use their class abilities.
Here’s the problem I’m having. Since I’m running a West Marches game, and I don’t have the same players each session, XP gains are very slow. I’ve run five sessions and none of my players are anywhere close to getting to level two.
The issue for me, as GM, is that since the players are staying at 1st level, it’s limiting what adventures I can run. I can’t give them any higher-level adversaries without risking a TPK. Which can be fun once, but I can’t have it happening every session.
So I’ve been looking at some of the other methods of awarding XP that other OSR games have tries, and worked out which might be best for my game.
XP Methods
Treasure: A pretty common one. I don’t care for it. It forces a GM to have to plan treasure hoards a little too carefully to avoid
Individual Feats: Giving XP every time a player does something cool. I think this would work well in a ongoing campaign with a set roster of players. I’m running a West Marches, and many of the players are entirely new to me, so this seems a little unfair. I don’t want to be perceived as favoring or disfavoring anyone in particular.
Goalposts: Set XP reward for accomplishing certain things in a setting. This is the one I’ll probably go with. It seems to make the most sense in a West Marches.
Here’s my initial ideas for general goalposts. I’ll also have specific goalposts for each scenario. The point totals are per player, and aren’t set in stone. They’re just my first estimates for good values.
- Exploring a new place – 200 XP
- Saving an innocent life – 100 XP
- Discovering a new bit of lore – 150 XP
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Day 31 of the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge, and we made it. Today, I blog about the rewards of #TTRPG and how they help us. #RPGaDAY
RPGaDAY2025 Day 31: Reward – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/08/31/rpgaday2025-day-31-reward/ -
Day 31 of the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge, and we made it. Today, I blog about the rewards of #TTRPG and how they help us. #RPGaDAY
RPGaDAY2025 Day 31: Reward – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/08/31/rpgaday2025-day-31-reward/ -
Day 31 of the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge, and we made it. Today, I blog about the rewards of #TTRPG and how they help us. #RPGaDAY
RPGaDAY2025 Day 31: Reward – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/08/31/rpgaday2025-day-31-reward/ -
Day 31 of the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge, and we made it. Today, I blog about the rewards of #TTRPG and how they help us. #RPGaDAY
RPGaDAY2025 Day 31: Reward – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
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#RPGaDay2025 Day 31: Reward
The true reward is the friends we made along the way. And the tales we get to share. Plus the loot our characters found. And the levels they gained. But mostly the friendship thing. And the stories.
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#RPGaDay2025 Day 31: Reward
The true reward is the friends we made along the way. And the tales we get to share. Plus the loot our characters found. And the levels they gained. But mostly the friendship thing. And the stories.
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#RPGaDay2025 Day 31: Reward
The true reward is the friends we made along the way. And the tales we get to share. Plus the loot our characters found. And the levels they gained. But mostly the friendship thing. And the stories.
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#RPGaDay2025 Day 31: Reward
The true reward is the friends we made along the way. And the tales we get to share. Plus the loot our characters found. And the levels they gained. But mostly the friendship thing. And the stories.
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#rpgaday2025 DAY 31 REWARD. There are many forms of reward for PCs, but only two reliably work for players. Fun and friendship.
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#rpgaday2025 DAY 31 REWARD. There are many forms of reward for PCs, but only two reliably work for players. Fun and friendship.
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#RPGaDay2025 Day 31 - Reward
I see talk about "GM Rewards" sometimes, with clubs or conventions seeking ways to incentivise GM attendance, but the truth is, I'd run games without the rewards. I do it because its the only way to be sure there are games I like available and over time, I've become better at being a GM than a PC. As long as it's not made harder to be a GM than a player, I'll show up and run games. #ttrpg -
I’ve been offline for most of August, but here’s my whirlwind tour of #RPGaDAY2025 prompts 11–30: flavour, path, mystery, darkness, destiny, suspense, and more. From Moldvay nostalgia to imposter syndrome, and why Dolmenwood feels fated.
https://onemanandhisdice.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/catching-up-rpgaday-2025-days-11-30/
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#rpgaday2025 DAY 30 EXPERIENCE. Early #TTRPG experience systems were points based, but even then, GMs were dealing with multiple forms of it. The PCs experience pts, each PC's experience of the campaign, and the experience of everyone at the table. It turns out we were never just doin' it for the XP.
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#rpgaday2025 DAY 30 EXPERIENCE. Early #TTRPG experience systems were points based, but even then, GMs were dealing with multiple forms of it. The PCs experience pts, each PC's experience of the campaign, and the experience of everyone at the table. It turns out we were never just doin' it for the XP.
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We get to 'experience' Day 30 of the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge and how it has helped me grow with my #TTRPG blog. #RPGaDAY
RPGaDAY2025 Day 30: Experience – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/08/30/rpgaday2025-day-30-experience/ -
We get to 'experience' Day 30 of the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge and how it has helped me grow with my #TTRPG blog. #RPGaDAY
RPGaDAY2025 Day 30: Experience – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/08/30/rpgaday2025-day-30-experience/ -
We get to 'experience' Day 30 of the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge and how it has helped me grow with my #TTRPG blog. #RPGaDAY
RPGaDAY2025 Day 30: Experience – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/08/30/rpgaday2025-day-30-experience/ -
We get to 'experience' Day 30 of the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge and how it has helped me grow with my #TTRPG blog. #RPGaDAY
RPGaDAY2025 Day 30: Experience – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
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#RPGaDay2025 Day 30: Experience
My first TTRPG experience involved a GM who carried his gaming stuff around in a hand-me-down white Samsonite hard shell briefcase. His D&D/AD&D campaign featured a Learjet and a red convertible. I think it was a Cadillac.
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#RPGaDay2025 Day 30: Experience
My first TTRPG experience involved a GM who carried his gaming stuff around in a hand-me-down white Samsonite hard shell briefcase. His D&D/AD&D campaign featured a Learjet and a red convertible. I think it was a Cadillac.
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#RPGaDay2025 Day 30: Experience
My first TTRPG experience involved a GM who carried his gaming stuff around in a hand-me-down white Samsonite hard shell briefcase. His D&D/AD&D campaign featured a Learjet and a red convertible. I think it was a Cadillac.
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#RPGaDay2025 Day 30 - Experience
I'm leaning more towards games without experience, or with standard level-up stages across the board for all characters; there's still something to be said for that feeling of getting a new advance in PbtA games, but for story games in general, the experience is the story. 1/2 #ttrpg -
Day 29 of the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge and we make the #TTRPG connection for today's topic. #RPGaDAY
RPGaDAY2025 Day 29: Connect – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/08/29/rpgaday2025-day-29-connect/ -
Day 29 of the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge and we make the #TTRPG connection for today's topic. #RPGaDAY
RPGaDAY2025 Day 29: Connect – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/08/29/rpgaday2025-day-29-connect/ -
Day 29 of the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge and we make the #TTRPG connection for today's topic. #RPGaDAY
RPGaDAY2025 Day 29: Connect – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/08/29/rpgaday2025-day-29-connect/ -
Day 29 of the #RPGaDAY2025 Challenge and we make the #TTRPG connection for today's topic. #RPGaDAY
RPGaDAY2025 Day 29: Connect – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
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#RPGaDay2025 Day 29: Connect
More of this hobby takes place over internet connections than ever. My introverted self welcomes it. On the other hand, TTRPGs are an activity where I'm actually willing to come into close proximity to other people. I'm conflicted.
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#RPGaDay2025 Day 29: Connect
More of this hobby takes place over internet connections than ever. My introverted self welcomes it. On the other hand, TTRPGs are an activity where I'm actually willing to come into close proximity to other people. I'm conflicted.
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#RPGaDay2025 Day 29: Connect
More of this hobby takes place over internet connections than ever. My introverted self welcomes it. On the other hand, TTRPGs are an activity where I'm actually willing to come into close proximity to other people. I'm conflicted.
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#RPGaDay2025 DAY 29 CONNECT. Something I've found helpful when I'm stumped for a scenario is to make a list (of NPCs, places, #TTRPG books on my shelf, etc.) and try and connect 3-6 of them. It almost always shakes something loose.
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#RPGaDay2025 DAY 29 CONNECT. Something I've found helpful when I'm stumped for a scenario is to make a list (of NPCs, places, #TTRPG books on my shelf, etc.) and try and connect 3-6 of them. It almost always shakes something loose.
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#RPGaDay2025 DAY 28 SUSPENSE. As with so much in life, suspense in #TTRPG s is about delaying gratification, but not for so long that it becomes frustrating.
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#RPGaDay2025 DAY 28 SUSPENSE. As with so much in life, suspense in #TTRPG s is about delaying gratification, but not for so long that it becomes frustrating.
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#RPGaDay2025 DAY 28 SUSPENSE. As with so much in life, suspense in #TTRPG s is about delaying gratification, but not for so long that it becomes frustrating.