Moth Trap

Players Robert - Level One Dwarf  Dave - Level One Bard- Marcus Cian - Level One Dwarf- Naugrim Renen - Level One Fighter - Perseus VI  Denny -- Level One Fighter - Essek Sergey - Level One Barbarian  Still reeling from the outstanding weekend of gaming at Grellcon, we continued a session of our open table OSE game in Tower Bridge. It was great to have a full table of faces old and new at our little booth beneath the Tower. Date: 28th of Mordred On a humid, summer morn the party set off for Stonehell with their numbers bolstered by a couple of hirelings: a nameless porter and two men at arms: Dave and ... Sigma  The party sped for the dungeon and quickly descended it's grand spiral staircase. Then they traveled north up a corridor decorated with gaping ogre mouths archways and grinning imp murals. At a crossing they encountered some weary Kobolds. Naugrim the dwarf parlayed with the creatures in t barks and growls. The Kobolds spoke of their home called The Korners...

    Stonehell Play  Report - Session Five - The Lady of The Black Pit This week we continued our open table   Mega dungeon Campaign into Stonehell using OSE advanced. We returned to our favorite venue the recently reopened Tower Bridge Arms and had one of the best sessions our group has enjoyed to date. Back in the cave! Real World Date Date: 23/06/2026  Game Time: 21st Mordred 1023  The Party:   Brandon - Level One Halfling Bard (Sergey)  RIP Mithrandir   Level One  -   Human   Mage (Cian)  RIP  Perseus VI  - Level One   - Human Fighter (Renan)    Naugrim -  Level One - Dwarf Fighter (Cian)     This week we met an entirely new party of daring delvers,  desperate for the gold and glory to be found in Stonehell. The bard, the mage and the fighter became fast friends the previous evening in the Nag's Head after sinking many pints of stout. They picked up some men-at-arms: Car...

  This week our open table Stonehell campaign resumed play after a month or so hiatus drifting listlessly and game-less between various pubs in London (more on that odyssey in another blog post) Real World Date Date: 23/06/2026  Game Time: 16th Mordred 1023  The Party: Nido - Level One   Drow Knight (Sergey)  RIP Marcus -Level One   Human Bard (Dave) Raskolnikov  -  Level One     Human Paladin (Cian)  RIP Perseus V  - Level One   Human Knight (Renan)   RIP    System: OSE Advanced  Last session the party traversed a switchback trail adjoining Stonehell home to a band of Brigands. The week before saw them striking a blow to the gang in slightly unhinged combat involving bolting horses, torch throwing and brave Nidor almost single-handedly holding off an army of rowdy bandits. There the party managed to rescue Nathaniel, a merchant waylaid by the crooks on the road. The bandits had kept him host...

     Last week I played a brilliant session of Hammers run by Andrew Walter at Melsonia’s Iglootree store as a part of the many open RPG sessions they are running for members of the public. After the session I reflected a bit on how little time i’ve actually spent as a player, in comparison to my many, many hours behind the screen. This led me to reflect on some of my habits as a referee and the things that I could improve on, these play reports are expressions of that will to get better! Once a fortnight I’ve been running an in-person Troika campaign in the basement of the welcoming Tower Bridge Arms with an ballooning cast of players with varying experiences - one or two are experienced in OSR style games, whilst for a couple, Troika is their very first TTRPG experience. This was our fifth session of play with this group. I approached this week’s session slightly differently in two ways Giving players a time restraint during dangerous tense encounters. Puttin...

D66 Misadventures on the Demon Sea Whether your players found a portal at the top of a wizards tower, stumbled through a sinkhole or made a disastrous wrong turn on a Golden Barge is unimportant. They are here now. Here where the very shoreline is constituted of unending treasure: where numberless historical artifacts are carelessly strewn amidst priceless rare gemstones and diamonds. The promise of this endless abundance compels many to devote their lives to seeking an entrance to the Sea  and claiming the spoils for themselves. The many fiends who holiday on the sea take pleasure in punishing such hubris. Many of the precious coins scattered around the coast are minted with the laughing face of a devil. He is called Baxtreacle. He presides over the Demon Sea from The Counting Chalet, a large rickety beach hut . He clashes bitterly with the demon Clawneck who runs The Mint . The pair engage in pointless back-biting and sabotage, both vying to get ahold of The Ledger, a scroll which...