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  • Bathtub Review: Titans of the Verdant Maw

    Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module design. They’re stream of consciousness and unedited critiques. I’m writing them on my phone in the bath. Continue reading

  • Bathtub Review: Planet Vesta (Expansion)

    Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module design. They’re stream of consciousness and unedited critiques. I’m writing them on my phone in the bath. Continue reading

  • Zungeon Zunday: Tavurchower

    In 2025 I’m reviewing zungeon zines. They’re stream of consciousness and unedited critiques, just like Bathtub Reviews, but they’ll be a little briefer. The goal here is a little different: I want to spotlight what a craft-based, just-do-it approach to module writing can do. Tavurchower is a 6 page zungeon for Cairn by Rambling Ink. Continue reading

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  • Bathtub Review: The Curious Creeps in Crimson Creek

    Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module design. They’re stream of consciousness and unedited critiques. I’m writing them on my phone in the bath. Continue reading

  • Zungeon Zunday: Bloodhoney

    In 2025 I’m reviewing zungeon zines. They’re stream of consciousness and unedited critiques, just like Bathtub Reviews, but they’ll be a little briefer. The goal here is a little different: I want to spotlight what a craft-based, just-do-it approach to module writing can do. Bloodhoney is a 10 page zungeon for Cairn by Ari-Matti Toivonen. Continue reading

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  • Five Not-Boring Elementals

    Elements are dead boring. Most of them, at least. The four elements I think are boring are earth, air, fire and water, and the passingly similar five phases known as fire, water, wood, air and metal. It’s worth noting, though, that there are some more interesting variations. There’s a fifth western element, aether, that is Continue reading

  • Bathtub Review: Absolute Wurst

    Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module design. They’re stream of consciousness and unedited critiques. I’m writing them on my phone in the bath. Continue reading

  • Bathtub Review: Owe My Soul to the Company Store

    Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module design. They’re stream of consciousness and unedited critiques. I’m writing them on my phone in the bath. Continue reading

  • Sharky! Now crowdfunding!

    My new module Sharky is funding for Zinequest right now! Please, support it! Sharky is a fantasy roleplaying adventure module written for Old School Essentials or other, similar, fantasy roleplaying games for low-level adventurers. In it, your heroes (or rogues) will travel into an undersea cave complex, to investigate a beast that is wreaking havok Continue reading

  • Zungeon Zunday: The Desecration

    In 2025 I’m reviewing zungeon zines. They’re stream of consciousness and unedited critiques, just like Bathtub Reviews, but they’ll be a little briefer. The goal here is a little different: I want to spotlight what a craft-based, just-do-it approach to module writing can do. The Desecration by Jonathan Loy is a 6 page, 6 room Continue reading

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Threshold of Evil – Dungeon Regular

Dungeon Regular is a show about modules, adventures and dungeons. I’m Nova, also known as Idle Cartulary and I’m reading through Dungeon magazine, one module at a time, picking a few favourite things in that adventure module, and talking about them. On this episode I talk about Threshold of Evil, in Issue #10, March 1988! You can find my famous Bathtub Reviews at my blog, https://playfulvoid.game.blog/, you can buy my supplements for elfgames and Mothership at https://idlecartulary.itch.io/, check out my game Advanced Fantasy Dungeons at https://idlecartulary.itch.io/advanced-fantasy-dungeons and you can support Dungeon Regular on Ko-fi at https://ko-fi.com/idlecartulary.
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