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Campaign of the Month September 2026: City of Shadows
Welcome to colonial Singapore in the year 1870, a bustling metropolis filled with abundance and vitality. But behind the façade of prosperity lies a city rife with terror and mystery. Unfold the adventure with GM Nicesociety and company in this Campaign of The Month: City of Shadows! 1. Tell us about the person behind the GM screen. Where are you from, what do you do outside of gaming, and where can we find or interact with you online? First off, thank you for the recognition — I'm ho
Update Post - July 20, 2026
Hail, Portal People! The season clock has chimed again, so it's time for another reckoning. See below for all of the new features and bug fixes that were added to OP since the previous Update Post. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, feel free to post them in the Community Forums, or email support directly at [email protected]. List of Site Updates Fixed SEO errors. Fixed bug where it was html encoding the single quotes around the url path for the Campai
Campaign of the Month July 2026: Planejammer: Crisis on Infinite Oerths
"Behold, Planar Travelers of the Multiverse! July's Campaign of the Month has appeared from the cosmic rifts of space and time, revealing "Planejammer: Crisis on Infinite Oerths" and her captain, the multi-award winning Dungeon_Master_Loki. As the intrepid crew of veteran players psychically sail through a culmination of campaigns -- over 46 years of games built by a master of the artform -- they traverse tales of adventure that go all the way back to the beginning of roleplaying games as we kn
Campaign of the Month June 2026: Dungeons of the Multiverse
Come with us and GM Nogame as we explore the lore of the forgotten What Was from the fallen realm of Terra Viss in this month's Campaign of the Month: Dungeons of the Multiverse Taking place in Justonia, Dungeons of the Multiverse has been an ongoing campaign for the last year and a half that features long lost technology, perilous puzzles, Bearcrabs, and plants made of meat! Where are you from? Our group entirely is from Milwaukee WI, playing locally

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Feb

Obsidian Portal – Thursday Feature – Plotting a Mystery

While quest-based (or, “kill it and take its treasure”) games are the norm, mystery-based games are subtly different:

Quest-Based	Mystery-Based
A McGuffin** is required	No McGuffin is required
Action oriented	Information oriented
Traditionally epic	Traditionally not epic
Mostly combat	Mostly skill challenges
Linear plot	Clues/Key scenes

** mcguffin (n): an object or device in a movie or a book that serves merely as a trigger for the plot.

February 25, 2016 3 Comments ketherian, Obsidian Portal, obsidianportal, Thursday Feature Kallak Thursday Feature

Feb

Obsidian Portal – Thursday Feature – A Chat with TableSmith’s Bruce Gulke

Author: Kallak

Hello everyone, and welcome to another Words in the Dark Thursday Feature. For this week, I had the opportunity to sit down with the creator of probably my favorite program related to tabletop gaming: TableSmith’s own Bruce Gulke.

February 18, 2016 2 Comments Obsidian Portal, obsidianportal, Thursday Feature Kallak Thursday Feature

Feb

Obsidian Portal – Thursday Feature – You Got Gaming In My Anime

Author: ChainsawXIV

Aside from being things that normals put in the “kids’ stuff” category, tabletop RPGs and anime don’t appear to have a lot in common, so right about now you may be asking yourself, “Self, why is there a blog post about anime on Obsidian Portal?”

February 11, 2016 3 Comments anime, ChainsawXIV, Obsidian Portal, obsidianportal, Thursday Feature Kallak Thursday Feature

Feb

Obsidian Portal Campaign of the Month Feb 2016 – Rise of the Durnskald

Today we are joined by GM Abersade to discuss Rise of the Durnskald – the first epic chapter of his Wrath of the Fallen Goddess story arc – and February’s Campaign of the Month! So come along as we interview the “Resident DM” and explore the world of Ahn-Azzex.

February 1, 2016 5 Comments cotm, dnd, Obsidian Portal, obsidianportal Campaign of the Month

Nov

Update on Issues – Nov. 9

Hey everyone, stopping here to check in with you all. We have had some updates and new issues that I need to address with everyone, so buckle in quick while I give you the once over on what has been going on. We have some moderately good items, some bad items, and some weird items to address today.

November 9, 2015 11 Comments Admin News & Announcements, Tech

Oct

Delayed Status Update

Hey there everyone! Terribly sorry for the delay on getting a post up here. We have some news for you, so I don’t want to take up time with pleasantries – so, we will jump right on in since I think most will find this to be a great news day.

October 27, 2015 7 Comments Admin News & Announcements, Tech

Campaign of the Month September 2026: City of Shadows

Update Post - July 20, 2026

Campaign of the Month July 2026: Planejammer: Crisis on Infinite Oerths

Campaign of the Month June 2026: Dungeons of the Multiverse