Dungeon Merlin

Hey! I'm Jonas-Merlin, and these are my thoughts on being a dungeon master, game master, keeper, storyteller, MC, referee, etc.

"We Need to Talk About Goodman Games" vs. "Eating the Book" - Why not both?

January 12, 2026

What We Shouldn't Learn From 5e

October 04, 2025

A New Pattern & Pattern Language Garden

August 17, 2025

A Pattern Language for (OSR) Adventure Design

August 10, 2025

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Towards a Framework for Authoring Adventures

July 30, 2025

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A Few First Thoughts About a New Hex Kit (and Some on the One After That)

July 27, 2025

Turning The Met Collection Into a Set of Hex Tiles

July 19, 2025

A few things I got out of forcing myself to write a bad, short blogpost on a deadline and publish it last-minute

July 13, 2025

Mobile Lair Generator

July 04, 2025

The Taste Gap, or: On the weirdness of learning how to be a better Dungeon Master

June 25, 2025