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TheCrazyGM.com - your source for Open Gaming Content!

We Built a Tabletop RPG Reference Site for 26+ years of "Open Source" Gaming Content! Hey Hive! Our team has been quietly building something over the past

The OGL/ORC Puzzle: Why We're Using a 25-Year-Old License on Purpose

If you’ve been following the tabletop publishing space since the "OGL Crisis" of 2023, you probably have a mental model that looks like this: OGL is the

Silas Swiftfoot - Level 1 Cleric of Desna

Silas headed east along the river, walking swiftly toward Falcon's Hollow, a small ferry town now growing on the horizon even as the sun began to set behind him.

Session Zero Report: The Solo Pathfinder Experiment Begins!

Hey everyone, We’re doing a Solo Adventure. One GM. One Player. No meat-shields, no dedicated healer bot, no wizard to sleep the encounter while everyone else beats

I am streaming gaming content, such as "maxrip" pack openings

Recently I have been doing a lot of farming, in both the physical and digital worlds. As part of that, I operate Region 41 of Praetoria, Pandon Reach. Alongside

The Road to Falcon’s Hollow: Setting the Stage for Adventure

Hey Everyone, Every adventure has its beginning. While I often champion in media res to kick things off with a bang, I have opted for a classic, "in the

Putting the GM Hat Back On (After a Soul-Sucking Grocery Run)

Hey everyone, Happy lazy... whatever today is. Wednesday? Really? I intended to post yesterday, but a supply run derailed my plans. The grocery stores were barren.

Image contest - UPDATE! The elusive GorillaBear

Its been awhile since I wrote a post, focusing on other things in my life - including a very nice visit to my Mom. As I look back on my blog I see that I have a

The Boogeyman - The Lurker in the Dark

Hey everyone, We've traveled the world for our spooky season "Boogeymen" series, from the jungles of Colombia with La Patasola to the ancient forests of

Hombre del Saco - The Sack Man

Hey everyone, Our spooky season monster manual continues! We are making a 180-degree turn and going with a low-level monster after the queen that is Baba Yaga. We're

Baba Yaga - The Primal Force

Hey everyone, We're continuing our spooky season monster manual by traveling to the vast, primeval forests of Slavic folklore. This isn't just a simple creature

La Patasola, the One-Legged Woman

Hey everyone, Unless everyone is enjoying these, and wants to see more, this will probably be the last one for a while. My friend @ecoinstant lives in Colombia and

El Coco - The Boogeyman with a Thousand Faces

Hey everyone, We were without power for most of yesterday, which meant no coding, no server work, and no internet. Instead of being a total loss, it turned into

El Silbón - the Whistler

Hey everyone, With Halloween just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to get into the spooky spirit by creating some monster manual entries for the real

Can Decentralized Social Media Truly Replace Traditional Platforms? Let’s Be Honest.

In recent years, decentralized social platforms like Ecency have become more than an experiment — they’re evolving into real communities powered by shared ownership

From Typo to Inspiration

Hey everyone, Today, while working on a project, I made a typo. It was one of those annoying mistakes that required me to dump a whole database because it just wasn't

The Painted Guardian: How to Explore AI Ethics in Tabletop Gaming - ART CONTEST

Read to the end to hear about our 100 HIVE image contest for creating a viable image of the painted Serenity Trompe! When tabletop RPGs explore the future of artificial

The Hero of Their Own Story: Making Your Villain Unforgettable

Hey everyone, Today I want to move beyond my usual "Lazy GM" tips and talk about something that lies at the heart of any great TTRPG campaign: a compelling

Brain Drain Friday: Steal from the Characters

Hey everyone, Today’s tip is for all the Game Masters out there who, like me, sometimes draw a complete blank when trying to come up with the next challenge for

Lazy Sunday GM Advice: What's in Their Pockets?

Happy Lazy Sunday, everyone. Today's GM advice is an improv technique I call "What's in Their Pockets?" It’s a simple, zero-prep tool for making your world