What is this?

This is my blog about tabletop based RPGs (mostly fantasy).

Here I want to write about my findings in the TTRPG sphere, offer my thoughts from videos I’ve recently watched, sessions that I played in or problems that I faced when playing or preparing a TTRPG session.

I’m also heavily inspired by the OSR blogosphere and want to improve my imagination and come up with helpful things for my games and maybe yours too.

Who is Marl?

That’s me. I am an almost 30 years old person from Germany that loves to immerse himself in fantasy worlds by playing TTRPG. I started playing about 10 years ago and prefer narrative focused game systems like PbtA or FitD games. Since I’ve started I played over 30 systems and game mastered about 100 sessions in one shots or short campaigns. (longest campaign was 22 sessions in Tomb of Annihilation)

What is your favorite system?

Hard to choose and depends on the genre. It is easier to say that it is not 5e, 5.5e or Pathfinder. Some games that I enjoyed in the past:

  • Shadow of the Demon Lord
  • Blades in the Dark
  • Dungeon World
  • Call of Cthulhu

But lately I look more to rules-lite OSR systems like Shadowdark, Knave or DCC.

What is your favorite class?

Cleric or Paladin. Druid and Monk are also fine.

Elves or Dwarves?

Always Dwarves.

Wizard celebrates