His Majesty the Worm

Devlog

• Worm Jam - September 1-30
  August 30, 2024 by Rise Up Comus

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  What is the Worm Jam? The Worm Jam is a time to make content compatible with His Majesty the Worm and release third-party material for the game. It runs from September 1 to September 30. My goal with... Continue reading

  
• Creator's Kit
  August 26, 2024 by Rise Up Comus

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  Creator’s Kit now available His Majesty the Worm was designed to be accessible and easily hackable. As such, it has a very permissive open license , letting anybody make content for the game, for fr... Continue reading

  
• Community-run Discord
  August 23, 2024 by Rise Up Comus

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  Got questions about the game? Looking for inspiration for your Underworld, or want to share you’ve made? Looking for an online group? If so, come join the community-run His Majesty the Worm Discord... Continue reading
• Deep Dive - Adventurer's Sheet
  November 17, 2023 by Rise Up Comus

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  His Majesty the Worm is a new-school game with old-school sensibilities: the classic megadungeon experience given fresh life through a focus on the mundanities and small moments of daily life inside t... Continue reading
• Deep Dive - Characters
  November 08, 2023 by Rise Up Comus

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  His Majesty the Worm is a new-school game with old-school sensibilities: the classic megadungeon experience given fresh life through a focus on the mundanities and small moments of daily life inside t... Continue reading
• Deep Dive - Tarot
  October 14, 2023 by Rise Up Comus

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  His Majesty the Worm is a new-school game with old-school sensibilities: the classic megadungeon experience given fresh life through a focus on the mundanities and small moments of daily life inside t... Continue reading
• Into the Megadungeon! with Ben
  October 08, 2023 by Rise Up Comus

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  I had an absolute blast talking shop about megadungeons and His Majesty the Worm with Ben, author of Through Ultan’s Door . Listen to me on Into the Megadungeon on Spotify here. Listen to me on Into... Continue reading
• Deep Dive - Speedbumps, Fame, and Morale
  August 16, 2023 by Rise Up Comus

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  Every time I make an announcement about His Majesty the Worm , I declare we are getting close. Then a year goes by. Then I make another announcement. Then another year. But this time I mean it. **We a... Continue reading
• Actual Play with Plus One EXP!
  August 14, 2023 by Rise Up Comus

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  #actual play

  A while back, I got to play His Majesty the Worm with Tony Vasinda at Plus One EXP. You can watch our stream here. Plus One EXP is one of my favorite channels because they’re hyper-welcoming, always... Continue reading
• Listen to me talk about HIS MAJESTY THE WORM on Wobblies & Wizards
  January 16, 2023 by Rise Up Comus

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  Logar the Barbarian was nice enough to have me on Wobblies & Wizards. We chat a lot about His Majesty the Worm , blogging, and the OSR scene in general. Check it out here!... Continue reading
• 2023 Update
  December 31, 2022 by Rise Up Comus

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  On January 1st, 2022, I tweeted this twit: This proved to be somewhat ambitious. So let’s talk about what happened in 2022 and what’s happening now! What is His Majesty the Worm? First, a little c... Continue reading

  
• The Future of His Majesty the Worm
  January 01, 2022 by Rise Up Comus

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  Wherein I discuss… Next steps for the tabletop roleplaying game HIS MAJESTY THE WORM Reflections of the game designer Itchfunding, its successes and failures Kickstarter alternatives Digital edition... Continue reading

  
• Alchemy in His Majesty the Worm
  September 23, 2021 by Rise Up Comus

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  Text for [Name This Alchemical Book!] is finalized, short of final copy editing, and is about to head towards layout. Wanted to take the time to give a retrospective of the alchemy system in His Majes... Continue reading

  
• Name this Alchemical Book
  August 15, 2021 by Rise Up Comus

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  My next project for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM is the alchemical system. It will be a product roughly equivalent to the Sorcery is a Sword Without a Hilt. I have not and will not name this project. You will... Continue reading

  
• His Majesty the Worm Progress and Itchfunding
  July 12, 2021 by Rise Up Comus

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  As you know, I’m writing an RPG called His Majesty the Worm . Well, actually I wrote it a few years ago. The text is done. It needs an editor. It is sitting in a Word document. Getting the game out... Continue reading
• Hey, uh, what's up with the name?
  June 01, 2021 by Rise Up Comus

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  I find naming projects incredibly challenging. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, I have the idea for the concept of the project before I have any idea of what to name it. When trying to name HIS MAJ... Continue reading

  
• Dungeon Seeds
  April 04, 2021 by Rise Up Comus

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  Currently working on the next Appendix release of His Majesty the Worm . This is the companion piece to Omphalos . The working title is Dungeon Seeds . The procedures described therein use the major a... Continue reading

  
• The Ethos of Sorcery in His Majesty the Worm
  March 15, 2021 by Rise Up Comus

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  The magic system in His Majesty the Worm is probably the subsystem that underwent the most dramatic changes during playtesting. Four completely different systems were written, playtested, and rejected... Continue reading

  
• Form-fillable Character Sheet
  March 05, 2021 by Rise Up Comus

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  It was unexpectedly time consuming to create make the HIS MAJESTY THE WORM character sheet form fillable. However, this isn't something you want to get wrong. If you're staring at something as a playe... Continue reading

  
• Manifestos in His Majesty the Worm
  March 04, 2021 by Rise Up Comus

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  Don't tell the FBI, but I love a good manifesto. When setting out to create His Majesty the Worm , I wanted to clearly articulate 1) what the game was about, 2) what the players do, and 3) what the GM... Continue reading