Mirke The Meek

Welcome to my daily Advent Adventure, where I flesh out details for use in my RPG sessions. First up is the Sheaver: Sheep-Beaver.

But seriously, send in an entry to the Jason contest:

Info Here: https://nerdsrpgvarietycastblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/end-of-2025-contest.html

Podcast Episode: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/jason376/episodes/S2E41-New-Contest--The-Dungeon-Plunger--and-Listener-Feedback-e3b0oqv

Dungeon Plunger: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDungeonPlunger

A call-in from Anthony Runeslinger sends me on a retrospective rambling.

People/Things Mentioned:

• The Casting Shadows Podcast (https://castingshadowsblog.com/2025/11/09/i-have-seen-the-king-and-he-has-six-strings)
• Nerds RPG Variety Cast - Six-String Samurai (https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/jason376/episodes/S2-Six-String-Samurai-the-RPG-with-Runeslinger-Bonus-52-e3a2p0r)
• Keep Off the Borderlands (https://freethrall.substack.com/podcast)
• Anchorite APA (https://sites.google.com/view/anchorite/home)

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The Alexandre Dumas podcast I listened to was from the BBC's, You're Dead to Me: https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0m89vct

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I do some Well, Duh-ning Krueger about Appendix N authors, answer some calls from Jason and Joe before reading out the beginning of what I am calling a Sage and Swordery story.

Quote Scott of Friends of Jackson Elias: https://blasphemoustomes.com/2013/11/26/episode-20-good-friends-chew-plasterboard/

YouTube video of Conan the Barbarian as an Archetype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okat0n0Ughw

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I answer a call-in from Barry, Of Dice and Shadows, on my DiegeticQuest RPG.

Then I also talk about my next attempt to combine RPGs with exercise.

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Would Lovecraft have grown more pro-social if he lived longer? And is his art bad because of his beliefs?

I read excerpts from and discuss H.P. Lovecraft’s Radical Political Evolution

• Blog: https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/2021/10/18/h-p-lovecrafts-1931-radical-political-transformation/
• Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/42-h-p-lovecrafts-radical-political-evolution/id1474408172?i=1000539357086
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1cAU2dYwQw

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Mirke muses on integrating physical activity with playing RPGs. Instead of rolling dice to resolve challenges, quantify your daily activities, and use those quantities as your resolution results.

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Critical Role just announced their newest campaign will be West Marches. I do some quick pondering if you’re interested.

I've got hopes for RPG-a-Day this year, and last year inspired my Puzzle Adventure: https://mirkethemeek.itch.io/account-of-the-animating-geyser 

Also mentioned:

- RPGaDay (https://nerdsrpgvarietycastblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/rpgaday2025.html)

- Location Prompts (https://mirkethemeek.itch.io/urban-location-prompts)

- Ladder Table Terrain (https://mirkethemeek.itch.io/ladder-table-terrain-generation)

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Email: mirke [dot] the [dot] meek [at] gmail [dot] com⁠

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