Le joyeux scribe

My pen & paper RPG blog. Focused on games of the simple, accessible, adventure-rich variety. Features old-school, OSR, FKR and indie sensibilities. English-French bilingual blog.

Mon blog de JDR papier ! Centré sur le jeu simple, accessible, et riche en aventure. Contient des sensibilités old-school, OSR, FKR et indé. Blog bilingue français-anglais.

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Monday, September 15, 2025

Stat them up ! — a game & exercise to play everywhere

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Hi all, Just had a fun idea for a small game or exercise you can play everywhere. It goes like this : when you see something interesting in ...

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Dungeons all the way down – preview

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I have a big post brewing about dungeons . It will probably be in two or more parts, and needs illustrations. Here is a TL;DR preview so I c...

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Death at 0 HP – a simple adjustment

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On matters of survival, older rules are harsh : out of HP, you're dead. It's quick and makes sense : the character can't take hi...

Monday, May 6, 2024

Dream journals

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If you don't do it, I incite you to keep a dream journal, in whatever form you desire. It's both a useful tool to get to know your p...

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Actually acceptable adversaries

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A random table for villains that are acceptable to destroy and crush, either allowing for kid-friendly violence (eugh, what an awful associa...

Monday, January 9, 2023

Quickly tailoring NPCs : 1d20 distinctive features

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It's a relatively common tip for game masters : if you want to make an NPC memorable, give them one distinctive feature. Your players ...

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Le joyeux scribe: Le joyeux scribe (« the happy scribe ») writes freely about pen-and-paper role-playing games, especially those belonging to the spheres of the simple, the accessible, the adventure, the old school / OSR / FKR, the interesting. Other miscellaneous things might find a way in.

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