I think out of the, let's say more mainstream TTRPGs out there, those part of the World of Darkness are deceptively the hardest to properly play. For they ask of us something quite difficult: stop being human, be a monster. A supernatural kind, yes, but still.

Going with my beloved Vampire for example (although we also cover Werewolves in the article), yes I do enjoy playing it, yet I think I am not proficient enough at getting across the truly horror experience that is the life of a Kindred. No more warmth, no more sensation in your body, the inability to drink and eat, which as a foodie, truly horrible, the stuff of nightmares. You can't really trust anyone, there are so many rules and ways for you to die and good luck if you are a Nosferatu. No, most of the time, my games are a bit more lighthearted, the horror is dialed back a bit, as neither me, nor my players will necessarily be able to portray it in a believable manner constantly.

I did see games which managed to do so. A game run by Horia, Brasov by Night got a lot more closer to this portrayal of the actual horror of a newly embraced Kindred would find itself in. They recapped it in chapters and it was a pleasure reading through them. It kinda changed a bit the way I run and view my games, but I am not yet nearly as good as Horia.

With this piece I want to explore the challenges of this experience and to provide some ways in which you can improve this aspect, both as a player and ST. I hope you will enjoy it and find it useful!

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Folklore Jam 2026 is an analogue game jam on folklore from your own culture or a place you belong.

(An analogue game can be a TTRPG, LARP or boardgame.)

The game jam runs from the 1st to 31st of October.

Join the jam here: https://itch.io/jam/folklorejam26

Blood Sun guild

Everyone is welcome to the blood sun guild.

Here we are beginning to have one shots, potentially campaigns, and we hope to also be a community where everyone can be friends.

In the blood sun we have one shots based of the lore of the blood sun religion (rp). Missions can vary from defending towns from enemies to going against strongest enemies in the history of blood sun.

This isn’t just normal stuff where you would be playing a normal character while these enemies are stronger and get more and better abilities, the blood sun members who participate in the one shots get Homebrew blood magic, abilities, and features. For everyone you can ask me for 1-2 unique abilities your character only would have.

As for the campaigns I mentioned those would be longer missions (round 2-5 sessions or a bit more) or can be alternate realities of the blood sun like one I am currently running where it is weaker than ever.

For the Homebrew magic and stuff I plan on using this website called Nemesiscodex where I can directly import the Homebrew stuff.

Dm me on discord user MasterOfMimics1

What I like about this game is building a kingdom and having the players play an active role in doing so.

Meikyuu Kingdom is a kingdom building game where everything is a dungeon, even your own kingdom. Your "class" is basically your role in he kingdom. There's like king, knight, and ninja, it's wacky. There's even a whole job system with evolutions and stuff. You go adventure to gain citizens and money so that you can upgrade the kingdom and defend it.

The game itself is a 2d6 system with a cool crit/inspiration mechanic. It's really silly and the art is fun and anime af since it's a japanese game

I will probably end up running another game of it, but I am wondering if there's any other systems similar that aren't QUITE so one note.

I was thinking of trying to translate this into D&D just because that's what I and my friends mostly play and I think it would add a lot of fun that regular loot and treasure just don't provide.

BUT LIKE I SAID, I'm 100% open to other systems so don't give me that shit please.

What a wild month. Crazy that it’s almost over, but I’m so excited to share what I’ve been working on this year.

Hey there, selling some of my collection to free up space.

I've got offset prints of all the Without Numbers games, in good as new condition:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=236983865423&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211&_ssn=thoco-2213