RANDOM BLOGWAGON
Alea iacta est. It’s a [rolls dice] pleasure to meet you. Be it to dice or cards, I love ceding some of my decision-making to chance. I’ve played plenty of games without any meaningful randomizing elements, and while I enjoyed them to various degrees, there is still an itch left unscratched for yours truly. Anyway, enough prologue. The point is that I hereby formally declare a new Blogwagon pursuant to the bylaws of the blogger’s creed. Subject thereto, your participation is compulsory. I do not make the rules, nor does anyone enforce them. When is the last time anyone paid their Joesky tax?
The topic of the blogwagon is Randomness. Potential jumping off prompts include: Why randomize, what to randomize, how to randomize, how does randomization facilitate the goals of player agency or verisimilitude, or here is some randomized shit. Is randomness even good ever? Does it suck? Will you let random chance decide whether or not you are pro- or anti-randomization? Go fucking crazy with it, honestly.
Initially, I was going to say that we all post on the same exact day, but that isn’t very random, even if I randomly decide the day. Instead, there will be a range, but I ask that each of you roll randomly for when you will post. Roll 1d20 for when you are REQUIRED to post on your blog about randomness. Will you fudge your roll? That is between you and your AA-approved higher power(s).
| d20 | Assigned Posting Window |
|---|---|
| 1 | Critical Fail! You need to post as soon as you can, get writing right now and post it immediately, no fancy pants proofing |
| 2 | June 2, 2026 |
| 3 | June 3, 2026 |
| 4 | June 4, 2026 |
| 5 | June 5, 2026 |
| 6 | June 6, 2026 |
| 7 | June 7, 2026 |
| 8 | June 8, 2026 |
| 9 | June 9, 2026 |
| 10 | June 10, 2026 |
| 11 | June 11, 2026 |
| 12 | June 12, 2026 |
| 13 | June 13, 2026 |
| 14 | June 14, 2026 |
| 15 | June 15, 2026 |
| 16 | June 16, 2026 |
| 17 | June 17, 2026 |
| 18 | June 18, 2026 |
| 19 | June 19, 2026 |
| 20 | Critical Success! Work at your own speed, sweetie. Post it anytime between June 1 and June 20, whatever day works best for your schedule. Take your time and make it a real special post, or don’t |
Feel the overwhelming urge to further randomize your post? Here are a couple of additional roll tables for those that want to cede as much of their authority as possible to the dice.
| 2d6 | Length of Post |
|---|---|
| 2 | A single, beautiful sentence |
| 3-4 | One plain paragraph, no bolding, no bullets, no nonsense |
| 5-6 | 2d6 paragraphs. That’s right, this is an extra random roll embedded within a random roll |
| 7-9 | As short or long as you desire |
| 10 | 2,000 words, no more, no less |
| 11 | Embarras Knight at the Opera himself with how thorough your post is |
| 12 | 95 paragraphs and nail it to someone’s door |
| Card | Include a Reference & Link to a Blog Post from… |
|---|---|
| Ace of Clubs | The Nothic's Eye |
| 2 of Clubs | Numbers Aren't Real |
| 3 of Clubs | Whose Measure God Could Not Take |
| 4 of Clubs | Cavegirl's Game Stuff |
| 5 of Clubs | DIY ＆ Dragons |
| 6 of Clubs | Last Gasp Grimoire |
| 7 of Clubs | Against The Wicked City |
| 8 of Clubs | Throne of Salt |
| 9 of Clubs | Dungeon of Signs |
| 10 of Clubs | Monster Manual Sewn From Pants |
| Jack of Clubs | Coins and Scrolls |
| Queen of Clubs | False Machine |
| King of Clubs | Goblin Punch |
| Ace of Diamonds | Traverse Fantasy |
| 2 of Diamonds | Explorer’s Design |
| 3 of Diamonds | Rise Up Comus |
| 4 of Diamonds | Sam Sorenson |
| 5 of Diamonds | The Retired Adventurer |
| 6 of Diamonds | A Knight at the Opera |
| 7 of Diamonds | Mazirian's Garden |
| 8 of Diamonds | All Dead Generations |
| 9 of Diamonds | Save vs. Total Party Kill |
| 10 of Diamonds | Papers ＆ Pencils |
| Jack of Diamonds | Luke Gearing |
| Queen of Diamonds | Prismatic Wasteland |
| King of Diamonds | BASTIONLAND |
| Ace of Hearts | From the Sorcerer's Skull |
| 2 of Hearts | Gothridge Manor |
| 3 of Hearts | PLANET ALGOL |
| 4 of Hearts | The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope |
| 5 of Hearts | B/X BLACKRAZOR |
| 6 of Hearts | Trollsmyth |
| 7 of Hearts | tenfootpole |
| 8 of Hearts | Hill Cantons |
| 9 of Hearts | Bat in the Attic |
| 10 of Hearts | Monsters and Manuals |
| Jack of Hearts | Necropraxis |
| Queen of Hearts | Benign Brown Beast |
| King of Hearts | GROGNARDIA |
| Ace of Spades | Blog of Holding |
| 2 of Spades | Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque |
| 3 of Spades | ZENOPUS ARCHIVES |
| 4 of Spades | Playing at the World |
| 5 of Spades | Roleplaying Tips |
| 6 of Spades | Sly Flourish |
| 7 of Spades | Gnome Stew |
| 8 of Spades | Buried Without Ceremony |
| 9 of Spades | Dyson's Dodecahedron |
| 10 of Spades | Delta's D&D Hotspot |
| Jack of Spades | Mindstorm Press |
| Queen of Spades | Critical Hits |
| King of Spades | ars ludi |
If you are not a dirty no-good fudger, you may even include photos of your dice rolls and card pulls in your post. As always, I will do my upmost best to collect all participants and include them in a big roundup of all the posts. Get to blogging, [rolls dice] my dearly beloved friend.
