Lars // Dice Goblin Games

I made a short video walking through DANGER CLOSE in 5 minutes - how it works, what makes it tick, and what makes it fun! youtu.be/UPMYKGmLeps

Because Bloodborne is out - a rule for Block, Dodge, Parry (which can also be used in Cairn):

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There are those that said this day would never come. What have they to say now?

We made it y'all 🥹

Block, Dodge, Parry by @dicegoblin.blog Levelless, classless fantasy adventures where characters grow by training, studying, and surviving. Your weapon and armor decide whether you can block or dodge a blow, and whether it tires you out. #TTRPG #ttrpgwiki #tabletop #rpg #indie

I've made such a cool thing for [BIG SECRET PROJECT THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON AND FEATURES SO MANY AWESOME CREATORS] and I can't wait for it to be revealed

I wrote an essentially system-neutral freelancing/notoriety/faction system for my next project, and I think it's nifty enough to be highlighted separately: dicegoblin.blog/freelancing-...

I was thinking about the (power) fantasy of playing as a Jedi, and ended up with an ‘application of force/violence’ dial: choose the degree of violence you want to apply, and whether you'd rather risk undershooting or overshooting! dicegoblin.blog/restraint-st...

The flavor sheet for playing DANGER CLOSE as a freelancing crew is out now! It is attached as a free addition to the game files. This one is essentially system-agnostic; it works with DC, but it is also a standalone faction attention and reputation system. dicegoblingames.itch.io/danger-close...

The flavor sheet for playing DANGER CLOSE as a freelancing crew is out now! It is attached as a free addition to the game files. This one is essentially system-agnostic; it works with DC, but it is also a standalone faction attention and reputation system. dicegoblingames.itch.io/danger-close...

A modern day ttrpg set in our world except there's Stands from JoJo, and the Stands are classic fantasy rpg archetypes, ran in a fantasy system of choice. So your character doesn't know magic, but your Stand, a level 14 wizard, does.

Having so much fun preparing things for the rebooted discord play-by-post DANGER CLOSE campaign

I have a bunch of notes on what could be a cyberpunk rpg. I might write a blog post on it soon. First order of business is: it doesn't need a combat system just for the sake of it - it needs to recognize that it's a spectrum.

I have a bunch of notes on what could be a cyberpunk rpg. I might write a blog post on it soon. First order of business is: it doesn't need a combat system just for the sake of it - it needs to recognize that it's a spectrum.

Badad War Veterans -

My trick-of-the-day: Wanted to make a map (for the DANGER CLOSE discord campaign), but didn't feel like using hexes. So I took a Voronoi cell generator (www.themexpert.com/tools/svg-pa...), put that in Photoshop, and started painting the cells I wanted. Finally, I painted the rest of the owl.

DANGER CLOSE had me thinking about space travel in TTRPGs, and how to give it some JUICE dicegoblin.blog/safe-transit...

My first TTRPG character ever was an Aarakocra paladin, and a question in my discord had me thinking about flight in TTRPGs again. Back then I played 5e, which I don't think had any interesting answers to "you can fly".

It turns out, DANGER CLOSE is really quite versatile.

Resident Evil (2026) is fucking awesome.

And it's out: 6 free 'flavor packs' for DANGER CLOSE, that help you to run battles in a galaxy far, far away, the grimdark future, in a giant fucking mech, the cockpit from a starfighter, and more! dicegoblingames.itch.io/danger-close...

And it's out: 6 free 'flavor packs' for DANGER CLOSE, that help you to run battles in a galaxy far, far away, the grimdark future, in a giant fucking mech, the cockpit from a starfighter, and more! dicegoblingames.itch.io/danger-close...

It turns out, DANGER CLOSE is really quite versatile.

Reading the FIST Supply Drop for more optional rules. I've done this curse of pattern recognition to myself, I suppose.

Conservation of Ninjutsu: Group of Enemies, 6 HP, 1d6 damage. Acts as one entity. Each HP represents one enemy. When rolling damage, cannot do more damage than current HP. This way, at lower HP, the dimished group will deal less max damage, but higher average damage.

DANGER CLOSE is now also available on @rpgtrader.bsky.social ! Just like on Itch: Buy once, get all future updates forever! rpg-trader.com/products/927...

DANGER CLOSE is a system for theatre-of-the-mind tactical military skirmishes, yes, but it also contains a robust system agnostic campaign framework, in which you can pick-and-choose the elements you want in your campaign. I took it for a rest run! dicegoblin.blog/one-smuggler...

The Contact Roll in DANGER CLOSE is like your standard Surprise/Distance roll in classic OSR RPGs, except make it TACTICAL and EXPLOSIVE and TENSE. Read all about it in my new post: dicegoblin.blog/contact-how-...

The Contact Roll in DANGER CLOSE is like your standard Surprise/Distance roll in classic OSR RPGs, except make it TACTICAL and EXPLOSIVE and TENSE. Read all about it in my new post: dicegoblin.blog/contact-how-...

I just learned about Pineland, Ariana, Atropia, Donovia, Gorgas, and Limaria, and I'm fascinated by its degree of worldbuilding

Completed Act 2 of Metal Gear Solid 4. What a glorious mess. I still find a lot of the aesthetics as cool as back when it came out, but the difference in fidelity of cutscenes and character models compared to level- and game design is so jarring.

DANGER CLOSE is a system for theatre-of-the-mind tactical military skirmishes, yes, but it also contains a robust system agnostic campaign framework, in which you can pick-and-choose the elements you want in your campaign. I took it for a rest run! dicegoblin.blog/one-smuggler...

we don't know how to do marketing really so if you're in the know about FIST stuff you're super cool. like you know about the sort of obscure sleeper shit most don't know about. you're ahead of the curve

War-Torn Ice Moon, the TTRPG book whose development teasers spawned all the Europa Ice War posts in 2025, is finally out to backers digitally! It looks SO good with all the art & layout, but the text itself is really substantial too - and makes me want to run a FIST campaign *so bad*!

War Forever