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Alright, this one might get me into trouble. When I started OSR Rocks!, I explicitly wrote that I didn’t want to get into definition disputes, and still don’t. But over the past months, I’ve read and played quite a few games outside what I would usually consider my OSR bubble.

 And that made me think about what I actually love about games, what I want to take from other styles of play, and what all of that means for future Golem Productions designs.

So, hear me ramble of where I think we might go and tell me what you like about our niche.

golemproductions.substack.com
u/AlexJiZel — 10 days ago

We're getting ready for our first-ever Golem Productions booth! We'll be at DreieichCon (November 14–15), Germany's biggest TTRPG-only convention.

Honestly, we're both excited and a little nervous. Hope to see some of you there!

u/AlexJiZel — 23 days ago

We're getting ready for our first-ever Golem Productions booth! We'll be at DreieichCon (November 14–15), Germany's biggest TTRPG-only convention.

Honestly, we're both excited and a little nervous. Hope to see some of you there!

u/AlexJiZel — 23 days ago
▲ 69 r/NSRRPG+3 crossposts

Interview with Luiz Recon, creator of the new Nautical Horror Panic Engine Game Dreadnauts

The ocean scares the shit out of me. Which might explain why I keep writing adventures for nautical RPGs. And here comes a new Panic Engine games designed for that very purpose: Dreadnauts. We talked about what makes Nautical Horror different, adapting Mothership's Panic Engine to the Age of Sail, how he treats ships as characters, or his way of structuring adventures for this kind of horror. Enjoy!

golemproductions.substack.com
u/AlexJiZel — 1 month ago

What are you playing this Halloween? We’re announcing DON’T SPEAK!, a horror one-shot rescue mission for PIRATE BORG, where the noise and silence of both your player characters and the players themselves can determine whether you make it out alive.

This experimental adventure will land on DriveThruRPG and itch.io in just a few weeks.
If you’re up for hosting a Halloween Actual Play, send me a DM. I’d be happy to arrange a preview copy in time.

u/AlexJiZel — 1 month ago

What are you playing this Halloween? We’re announcing DON’T SPEAK!, a horror one-shot rescue mission for PIRATE BORG, where the noise and silence of both your player characters and the players themselves can determine whether you make it out alive.

This experimental adventure will land on DriveThruRPG and itch. io in just a few weeks.
If you’re up for hosting a Halloween Actual Play, send me a DM. I’d be happy to arrange a preview copy in time.

u/AlexJiZel — 1 month ago

New Soundtracks

News from our friend Thomas Zitzkevitz! As with @Ravaged by Storms last year, he has created soundtracks for our adventures The Way of the Worm and The Scarlet Coral Citadel, releasing on September 25th. Pre-orders for his Bandcamp are up now, and they'll be out on streaming and everywhere else next month, too.

https://thomaszitkevitz.bandcamp.com

u/AlexJiZel — 2 months ago
▲ 47 r/NSRRPG+3 crossposts

Stuck in the Sandbox - And How to Break Free

Haven't been blogging much lately, but today I looked at something I noticed with at least some of my players: Although we love the idea of open sandboxes, sometimes players get stuck on that freedom. So, I think about that and share my ramblings on how to overcome this issue, also pointing about five modules that I think did very well in what I recommend here. Enjoy and let me know what you think

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u/AlexJiZel — 2 months ago
▲ 263 r/mothershiprpg+1 crossposts

Take a (FIRST) look at Dreadnauts - available July, 27th

Just wanted to share some pictures of the printed book.

It will be available on the Plus One Experience online store in both print and digital format on July, 27th.

You can also catch it at Gencon - Hall K - booth #449 - Plus One Experience / Indie Press Revolution.

sign up for more info at ttrpg.link/jointhecrew

u/AlexJiZel — 3 months ago
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Pieces of Eight releases today

An illustrated collection of eight cursed NPCs for PIRATE BORG. (Links below)

There were nine of them when the Bella Donna sailed across THE DARK CARIBBEAN*. Under the iron eye of Doña Catalina Pelcarez III, they pursued the horrors lurking beneath its surface, and above all, the leviathan demon known as The Drowned Evangel. Then the Bella Donna vanished beneath the waves, taking Doña Catalina with it. The eight survivors scattered. But their oath and a curse still binds them.

Pieces of Eight is a 15-page, full-color NPC zine by Golem Productions, designed for PIRATE BORG. It features:

  • Eight fully developed NPCs, each with a distinctive personality, desires, history, abilities, and ready-to-use encounter
  • A strange assortment of pirates, monsters, occultists, killers, and castaways, from an undead navigator and a Deep One sorcerer to a crocodile noble with ambitions of conquest
  • A shared background that can become the foundation of a larger campaign
  • Original character art and striking full-color layouts by Sabrina Jatscha

Use them individually as encounters throughout your campaign or gather the Pieces of Eight and discover what truly happened beneath the waves.

Pieces of Eight is the first of few publications connected to the tragedy of Doña Catalina. Please note that if you were among the original backers of Ravaged by Storms, you might receive this supplement as a stretch goal. Check you BackerKit Pledge Manager!

https://ajz-golem-productions.itch.io/pieces-of-eight

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/de/product/575206/pieces-of-eight-eight-broken-heirs-to-a-drowned-oath-for-pirate-borg

u/AlexJiZel — 3 months ago
▲ 8 r/TTRPG

Pieces of Eight releases today

An illustrated collection of eight cursed NPCs for PIRATE BORG. (Links below)

There were nine of them when the Bella Donna sailed across THE DARK CARIBBEAN*. Under the iron eye of Doña Catalina Pelcarez III, they pursued the horrors lurking beneath its surface, and above all, the leviathan demon known as The Drowned Evangel. Then the Bella Donna vanished beneath the waves, taking Doña Catalina with it. The eight survivors scattered. But their oath and a curse still binds them.

Pieces of Eight is a 15-page, full-color NPC zine by Golem Productions, designed for PIRATE BORG. It features:

  • Eight fully developed NPCs, each with a distinctive personality, desires, history, abilities, and ready-to-use encounter
  • A strange assortment of pirates, monsters, occultists, killers, and castaways, from an undead navigator and a Deep One sorcerer to a crocodile noble with ambitions of conquest
  • A shared background that can become the foundation of a larger campaign
  • Original character art and striking full-color layouts by Sabrina Jatscha

Use them individually as encounters throughout your campaign or gather the Pieces of Eight and discover what truly happened beneath the waves.

Pieces of Eight is the first of few publications connected to the tragedy of Doña Catalina. Please note that if you were among the original backers of Ravaged by Storms, you might receive this supplement as a stretch goal. Check you BackerKit Pledge Manager!

https://ajz-golem-productions.itch.io/pieces-of-eight

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/de/product/575206/pieces-of-eight-eight-broken-heirs-to-a-drowned-oath-for-pirate-borg

u/AlexJiZel — 3 months ago

Pieces of Eight releases today

An illustrated collection of eight cursed NPCs for PIRATE BORG. (Links below)

There were nine of them when the Bella Donna sailed across THE DARK CARIBBEAN*. Under the iron eye of Doña Catalina Pelcarez III, they pursued the horrors lurking beneath its surface, and above all, the leviathan demon known as The Drowned Evangel. Then the Bella Donna vanished beneath the waves, taking Doña Catalina with it. The eight survivors scattered. But their oath and a curse still binds them.

Pieces of Eight is a 15-page, full-color NPC zine by Golem Productions, designed for PIRATE BORG. It features:

  • Eight fully developed NPCs, each with a distinctive personality, desires, history, abilities, and ready-to-use encounter
  • A strange assortment of pirates, monsters, occultists, killers, and castaways, from an undead navigator and a Deep One sorcerer to a crocodile noble with ambitions of conquest
  • A shared background that can become the foundation of a larger campaign
  • Original character art and striking full-color layouts by Sabrina Jatscha

Use them individually as encounters throughout your campaign or gather the Pieces of Eight and discover what truly happened beneath the waves.

Pieces of Eight is the first of few publications connected to the tragedy of Doña Catalina. Please note that if you were among the original backers of Ravaged by Storms, you might receive this supplement as a stretch goal. Check you BackerKit Pledge Manager!

https://ajz-golem-productions.itch.io/pieces-of-eight

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/de/product/575206/pieces-of-eight-eight-broken-heirs-to-a-drowned-oath-for-pirate-borg

u/AlexJiZel — 3 months ago

Pieces of Eight released!

An illustrated collection of eight cursed NPCs for PIRATE BORG. (Links below)

There were nine of them when the Bella Donna sailed across THE DARK CARIBBEAN*. Under the iron eye of Doña Catalina Pelcarez III, they pursued the horrors lurking beneath its surface, and above all, the leviathan demon known as The Drowned Evangel. Then the Bella Donna vanished beneath the waves, taking Doña Catalina with it. The eight survivors scattered. But their oath and a curse still binds them.

Pieces of Eight is a 15-page, full-color NPC zine by Golem Productions, designed for PIRATE BORG. It features:

  • Eight fully developed NPCs, each with a distinctive personality, desires, history, abilities, and ready-to-use encounter
  • A strange assortment of pirates, monsters, occultists, killers, and castaways, from an undead navigator and a Deep One sorcerer to a crocodile noble with ambitions of conquest
  • A shared background that can become the foundation of a larger campaign
  • Original character art and striking full-color layouts by Sabrina Jatscha

Use them individually as encounters throughout your campaign or gather the Pieces of Eight and discover what truly happened beneath the waves.

Pieces of Eight is the first of few publications connected to the tragedy of Doña Catalina. Please note that if you were among the original backers of Ravaged by Storms, you might receive this supplement as a stretch goal. Check you BackerKit Pledge Manager!

https://ajz-golem-productions.itch.io/pieces-of-eight

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/de/product/575206/pieces-of-eight-eight-broken-heirs-to-a-drowned-oath-for-pirate-borg

u/AlexJiZel — 3 months ago
▲ 93 r/MorkBorg+1 crossposts

Pieces of Eight, our next digital zine after Ravaged by Storms, releases next week.

A wicked little treasure chest of ready-to-drop PIRATE BORG material for your table, perfect between all the great crowdfunding projects happening right now. 😎

u/AlexJiZel — 3 months ago
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The Dice Are Your Friends

I rolled for Prismatic Wasteland’s Randomness blogwagon, loudly announced I would join, missed the deadline, and then wrote the article anyway. Which honestly fits the topic.

Randomness is wonderful. Randomness is useful. Randomness also gets in the way sometimes. So the post became about dice: The Dice Are Your Friends.

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u/AlexJiZel — 4 months ago
▲ 42 r/MorkBorg+1 crossposts

If you missed Ravaged by Storms or The Scarlet Coral Citadel, you can now get them through Limithron's official third-party store and subsequently other retailers.

rascal.news
u/AlexJiZel — 4 months ago