Last Call at the Dungeon World Tavern

For almost 5 years, from January 2014 through Spring of 2019, the Dungeon World Tavern was basically my home on the Internet. I love this game, and this community was, for me, always the best part of Google+. The people of the Tavern were creative, and helpful, and positive, and for the most part, polite and kind. I asked Sage and Adam once how much moderation they did, and they said something like “not much at all… I think we’re just kind of lucky.”

By the time you’re reading this, Google+ will probably be gone. The people of the Dungeon World Tavern will have scattered to different digital shores. But here is its archive, along with archives of the communities I most closely associated it with: Jason Lute’s Lamblack & Brimstone, Cameron Burn’s Worlds of Adventure, and my own collection of Stonetop posts.

I created this archive using Friends+Me‘s Google+ Exporter, imported into WordPress. I did my best to preserve attribution to the original authors, both in posts and in comments. I did a cleanup of my own posts, but I’m sure that stuff–particularly links to documents, blog posts, and other G+ posts–has been lost. Overall, I’m remarkably pleased with how it’s turned out. Thanks for everyone who helped me figure this stuff out, or who just gave me encouragement to do it.

Thanks, too, to everyone who made the Dungeon World Tavern the special place on the internet that it was. And thanks to Adam “skinnyghost” Koebel and Sage LaTorra for giving us something fun to play with and talk about. (I still #blamesage.)

If you still want to talk about Dungeon World, these are the places I know of:

You can find me talking about Dungeon World, Stonetop, and related topics at https://spoutinglore.blogspot.com, and the Syllabus (maintained by Yochai Gal) will hopefully remain a trove of wisdom.

So ask yourself:

  • Did we learn something new and important about the world?
  • Did we overcome a notable monster or enemy?
  • Did we loot memorable treasure?

I sure think we did. Everyone, mark XP.

As we head off to new lands… here, take some content with you.

As we head off to new lands… here, take some content with you.

As we head off to new lands… here, take some content with you.

42 magic swords

We did some brainstorming on the DW Discord a little while back. 30 magic swords, no more than two sentences each. We came up with 30 in just under an hour. Then folks kept going. Enjoy. A singing sword, floating in the darkness for ages, guarding this now-empty ruin from intruders yet so, so lonely.

Yay! Stonetop was featured (positively, even!) on the Discern Realities podcast.

Yay! Stonetop was featured (positively, even!) on the Discern Realities podcast.

Yay! Stonetop was featured (positively, even!) on the Discern Realities podcast.

Thanks for kind words and coverage, David Perry and Jason Cordova! And I’m glad you enjoyed our sessions at Gauntlet Con, David. Y’all were a joy to play with.

Originally shared by Jason Cordova

The newest episode of Discern Realities is here! In this one, David LaFreniere and I discuss Stonetop, Ancient Worlds: Atisi, how to “stick the landing,” and some classic magic items from the Dungeon World Tavern. We also continue our actual play of the story of St. Evelyn the White.

Enjoy!

https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/discern-realities/episode-60

From the archives! (before the heat death of the platform)

From the archives! (before the heat death of the platform)

From the archives! (before the heat death of the platform)

Deal Damage is a Crap GM Move

I posted this essay on the G+ back in June of 2017. I still feel this way, and in Stonetop and Homebrew world, have replaced the GM move “Deal damage” with “Hurt them.” It’s not much of a difference, but I find that it better matches how I play.

Has anyone successfully exported the Dungeon World Tavern stream?

Has anyone successfully exported the Dungeon World Tavern stream?

Has anyone successfully exported the Dungeon World Tavern stream?

I tried yesterday using Google+ Exporter, but it only captured ~1200 messages… and nothing between 2013 and 2018. And now the G+ Exporter is no longer working, like, at all, because Google inserted a captcha check for mass downloads.

If you’ve successfully exported the full contents of the Tavern, please let me know. I’d like to be involved in putting an archive in place.

Adam Koebel Sage LaTorra

WHO LIKES INVENTORY SYSTEMS?

WHO LIKES INVENTORY SYSTEMS?

WHO LIKES INVENTORY SYSTEMS?

New Inventory System for Stonetop

I’ve spent the last few weeks updating Stonetop to use a new inventory system. Here’s the new system at a glance: And here’s the detailed explanation. When you prepare for an expedition , decide if you’re carrying a light, normal, or heavy load-this tells you how many slots you have available.

30 minor magical items, ranger edition

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30 minor magical items, ranger edition

30 Minor Magical Items, Ranger Edition

Over on the DW Discord, Yochai Gal asked for a brainstorm of minor magical items that might be relevant to a ranger. I had just had a few cups of coffee so I spammed him with answers. Here you go. (Most of these are mine; attribution given to those by others.)

Homebrew World v1.3

Homebrew World v1.3

Homebrew World v1.3

> Updated with my rewrite of Defend

> Some tweaks to the Barbarian

>> Replaced “What Are You Waiting For” with “Formidable”

>> Went back to “The Upper Hand” instead of “Hello, Old Friend”

>> Dropped “Armored”

> Two versions of Fighter

>> One with Signature Weapon (& Situation Awareness instead of BB/LG)

>> One with Weapons Specializations (& BB/LG)

> Minor fixes & adjustments throughout

Not familiar with Homebrew World? https://spoutinglore.blogspot.com/2018/07/homebrew-world.html

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oLQ6QUT9LgOZuzoB_YqUaCjfPGYEOlud