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GameHole Con

Last week, I attended Gamehole Con in Madison, Wisconsin. This was my second time attending, and like the first, it was an absolute blast. Although GameHole bills itself as "one of the largest tabletop gaming conventions there is," large in this context means something over six thousand attendees,

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What does it mean to say something is "well written"?

I've been thinking a lot lately about what it means to say something is well written. This is actually a topic that has been on my mind for years. When I was an editor in science fiction and fantasy publishing, I grimaced as my profession was constantly denigrated

"Two World-Hopping Adventures" Covers of Storm King's Thunder and Empire of the Ghouls. Bald man looking excited to talk.

Structure: Two World-Hopping Adventures (Video Version)

Storm King's Thunder (WotC) and Empire of the Ghouls (Kobold Press) are both globe-hopping epic adventures, though one employs some slightly directed sandboxes and the other is more linear. Both rely on divine intervention to rein in the party at key points. I analyzed the structure of

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Dungeons & Dragons

Structure: The Scaffolding of TTRPG Design (video version)

Recently, I wrote a post here called "Structure: The Scaffoling of TTRPG Design." I decided in this reading-adverse modern world I'd record it as a video as well, so for those who want to see my pretty mug and hear me yapping (or who want

Adventurers confront an angry ball of red fur

Some Things Have to Be Seen to Be Believed

Yesterday we played on the biggest map I've ever used. We're running The Secrets of the Dragon Empire in my home game, which is the amazing campaign adventure book that comes in the Dragonbane Starter Set. The set is amazing because it comes with the full

"Star Trek 60" over a colorful scene of outer space.

One Life Lived in Trek

My absolute first memory is standing in front of my grandparent's television and pointing at a grainy grey image. Beside me, my mother says, "Louis, that's a man on the moon." So maybe it's understandable the part that science fiction, and Star

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Structure: Two World-Hopping Campaigns

Recently, I wrote a post about TTRPG design called "Structure: The Saffolding of TTRPG Design" in which I looked at the shape of The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Baldur's Gate 3, and Fury of the Forsaken. As a follow up to that piece, I want to

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Sneaky Peaky: Lands of Katernia

Lands of Katernia is the next big project from Lazy Wolf Studios. A three-book expansion to the world of Thrones & Bones, it will feature: 1. Creatures of Katernia—a monster book 2. Chronicles of Katernia—a book of adventures 3. Countries of Katernia—a guide to the entire

A gnome, an elf, and a mousefolk confront a fuzzy red fur ball.

Structure: The Scaffolding of TTRPG Design

Recently, a friend asked if he could pick my brain about structuring book-length tabletop roleplaying game adventure content. I said, "yes, of course," but afterwards I began to think. A lot of what I do, I do internally. It's not so much "going with

Four heroes (one of whom is a mouse) confront a variety of monsters, including vicious birds, a giant centipede, and tatzelwurm, and some red furballs with wide mouths and sharp fangs.

Introducing: Lands of Katernia

Last night, we unveiled the Pre-launch page for the new Kickstarter, Lands of Katernia. Lands of Katernia is an ambitious, three-book project that will greatly broaden and enrich the Thrones & Bones setting of Dungeons & Dragons and Tales of the Valiant adventure games. Up until now, we&

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Guest Post: Where No Man Has Gone Before

Science Fiction & Fantasy author Chris Willrich takes over Lazy Wolves today. Chris did something I never expected. He merged one of my Thrones & Bones adventures with a fan-made Star Trek game, sending Starfleet up against the draugar. Here's his breakdown of this wild mashup. “The

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GenCon 2026

Last weekend was GenCon in Indianapolis, Indiana. Attendance was reported to be around 72,000 folks, and Yours Truly was one of them. Last year was my first time at this show as a gamer, and I hope to be there every year going forward. I absolutely love the show,

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Nothing Confusing...

Robyn Hitchcock's latest album, The Confuser, is out today. I've been listening to Hitchcock since 1989 and going to his shows since about 1992. I've got everything that's gottenable and some things which aren't. I've probably seen him

Concerning (Brown) Hobbits

Andy Serkis, who was brilliant as the motion capture/voice actor for Gollum in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films, is in a bit of hot water. He's directing The Hunt for Gollum, a film I was already disinterested in because it

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Tabletop Roleplaying Games

Bundle of Holding Offer

Hi all, great news! Today we are live with a Bundle of Holding offer. If you need to fill out your Thrones & Bones collection, or start it, now is your chance to get a huge number of PDF titles at a deep discount. Choose between the setting collection, which

Lazy Wolves: Thrones & Bones Newsletter. Draugr on a longship.

New Show, New Store

Last night was the premiere of our new stream, The Wyddcallum Curse. We are playing through the adventure of the same name from Kobold Press. Written by veteran designer Steve Winter, our adventures were hired by Thane Wyddcallum, whose family has been banished from their lands for four generations by

Nordic heroes facing off against wolf monsters in a cave.

New Streaming Show

I'm back from two weeks in China (with a short trip to Seattle at the end) and back in the chair. And I've got some exciting news. Next week, Wednesday at 5:30 PST / 8:30 EST, we are launching a new streaming show. We'

Wow! Look at This Amazing Custom Playmat I Got (and See a Sneak Peak too)!

Hey all, I just got something in the mail today I've been waiting on anxiously. So, I have Tablezilla from Legacy Game Tables. I love their tables because they have an 11 inch lip around them that is the perfect size for RPG manuals and character sheets. But

Dungeons & Dragons

Everybody Dies!

This past Wednesday, my online group was down two players, so we pulled in a new face and we ran a one-shot from Beadle & Grimm's Faster, Purple Worm! Everybody Dies, Vol 1. If you aren't familiar with it, this is a book of short

Players around a table, playing Dragonbane.

Dragonbane

Hi all, I've been running a home game of Dragonbane using the materials in their amazing boxed set. Free League makes wonderful products, and the box set is something else. It's not just a starter set with a Quickstart. You get the full Dragonbane rulebook, in

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Paris taught me our fantasy weapons aren't crazy enough

I just got back from Paris. The last time I was there was 36 years ago. I didn't much like the city then, but we've both changed a lot in the nearly four decades. It was a wonderful time, full of great food, friendly people, exploration,

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We're Back...

This past Wednesday night, we returned to our actual play, Norrøngard Unscripted, after a hiatus of a couple months. We stopped to go away and finally finish our Empire of the Ghouls campaign (a great, book-length adventure from Kobold Press). We didn't want to stream the last

Star Trek: A Voyager Comes Home

I was maybe seven or eight. At my grandparent's house. It was the 1970s. My uncle was still a teenager. He was watching an episode of Star Trek. The USS Enterprise had been knocked back in time to 1960s Earth. A plane is dispatched to intercept, and they

Me, in 2014, standing in front of a giant picture of Bowie from the exhibit David Bowie Is

David Bowie & the Problem of Puzzles

David Bowie died 10 years ago today. He would have been 79. Yesterday was his birthday and the 10 year anniversary of his final album, Blackstar. With the blessing of time, I can look back and say that's truly one of my favorite albums of his and consequently

A female hulldra (woman with a fox tail) offers a laurel to a young boy who hides flowers behind his back. Party goers in the background in this outdoor scene.

Happy New Year 2026

2025 is out the door, and 2026 is just getting started. Thank you to everyone who spent some of your time here and/or adventuring in the land of Norrøngard. It's too early to know exactly what is in store for Thrones & Bones in the coming year,