Downtime, stress, XP, and… astrology? This week I’m musing on Flying Circus, Mythic Bastionland, and what happens if your stats are Sun/Moon/Mars instead of STR/DEX/INT. Would you roll your Sun sign for initiative? 🌙🔥 Good Monday, Gamers! #TTRPG

Almost 90% funded! Will we beat the time limit bell today?

Over the halfway mark already, and closing in on 100 backers today - amazing! Thanks so much, friends and fans. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndp...

Mythic Bastionland downtime. An entire session at the Highlord’s palace! Appendix MJ. I lay out the media that shapes my games: Glen Cook’s Dread Empire, House of X/Powers of X, Farscape, Ars Magica, and more! Good Monday Gamers!! Monday Musings #117 🤬 open.substack.com/pub/playfear... #ttrpg

We're LIVE!!!!

Such a joy talking about this TTRPG system with Lowell!

Good Monday Gamers!! This week on Monday Musings: Reclaiming space & the rituals that fuel creativity + Mythic Bastionland’s “adult moment” fighting mythic wolves. Sometimes the real gold at the table isn’t the dice rolls—it’s the conversations after. open.substack.com/pub/playfear... #ttrpg

Today's game for the young knights errant...

We're live, with coffee this morning! Join us! www.twitch.tv/actualplay

Sunday. Sunday! SUNDAY! Mythic Bastionland with Rascal, @newmadras.bsky.social and Fearless, @madjay.bsky.social Seers will be honored! Myths will be sought! Realm, protected! Playlist for this series: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

There’s more than the eye first can see, When scouting the best of KC. From cocktails and wine, To rock shows divine, Stay sharp — get the drop, SecretKC. ✨ New SecretKC edition on Thursday! Get on the List! #kansascity

Out today SecretKC Weekend: EDM, Reggae & Black Keys - Weekend Adventure Sept 4-6 Discover KC's epic Labor Day weekend: EDM under stars, reggae on the river, street art, and Black Keys concert - your ultimate guide to unmissable city adventures! www.secretkc.com

sorry to be a downer but coming off of my worst sales summer in years, now would be a great time to pick up something from my catalogue! spooky season's coming up, so I'd recommend: 😈 Imp of the Perverse - monster-hunting American horror! 🥀 Annalise - GMless Vampire horror! www.ndpdesign.com/store

Cyberpunk gaming isn’t mission-of-the-week. It’s baggage: the debts you owe, the obligations you can’t outrun. This week, I explore how to run cyberpunk the way Twilight: 2000 runs war: as backdrop, not plot. The sprawl is the sandbox. The story is survival. open.substack.com/pub/playfear...

Just wondering who will be the 4th follower from this moment. For reasons. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum... #ttrpg #ApocalypseWorld #PBTA

It's Andy K's fault really... I just backed Wares Blade on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bas...

Also @secretkc.bsky.social has its own page! So if you're into curated KC nightlife + culture drop, and you're in Kansas City, you know what to do! #kansascity #kcmo

This One Coffee Hack.... I’m Coffee-Boxing this morning, because time boxing is for chumps. I am working on Lifted: Indomitable RPG. It’s SUPER late. #ttrpgs AMA —before my coffee runs out. (400g) www.kickstarter.com/projects/mad...

#kansascity Santa-Cali-Gon, RenFest and Irish Fest—KC’s finishing August strong💪🏾 Here’s my weekend rundown! www.secretkc.com/p/secret-kc-...

Daddy's got a Brand new Bag! I can't wait to run this jammie right here!

Monday Musings #114 🤬 “The role of the GM is to ask questions, not answer them.”— Anton Chekhov, Bard. Musings on subscriptions, pilots, and knight swagger. Good Monday, Gamers! #ttrpg open.substack.com/pub/playfear...

LMAO! Such a TOTALLY Awesome vibe!!

👀 KC, the weekend’s about to pop. We’ve got wine + jazz in Lee’s Summit, ladies night in Midtown, soulful sets at VOO, Parkville Days across the river, and even Alabama Shakes on Sunday. Full rundown drops in this week’s SecretKC. 🎉 👉 Get on the List! #KansasCity #KCevents www.secretkc.com

“Wake up! Wake up! C’mon, first day of school!” ― Nemo Monday Musings #113 🤬 open.substack.com/pub/playfear...

"Don't let them take the Fight outta you" -Ben Harper

You know what's really fun and cool? Fandom. You know what can be super weird and gross? Fandom. I've been thinking about a potential way of taking the idea of fandom and combining it with a Stars & Wishes-style end of session thing Thread 1/5

816 Day Takeover - Street Food, Music & City Vibes! Discover KC's 816 Day takeover: Free street food, local music, pop-up events, and community vibes celebrating the city's heartbeat across neighborhoods this weekend! And we have a winner for our SeretKC x Monarch Bar Giveaway! #kansascity

Myths sooo good, we gotta run it back! Catch us in two Sundays!

Monday Musings #112 🤬 Check out my new post, musings on Indolence, and Sunday Morning Knights! Good Monday, Gamers! open.substack.com/pub/playfear...

KANSAS CITY WEEKENDS 4EVAR! 🤘🏾 🦋 First Flight Giveaway We’re celebrating our first 100 subscribers with a luxe cocktail night at The Monarch Bar — $100 tab, reserved seats, and a signed cocktail book. Want in? Get on the List! there are few spots left before we hit 100!!

Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History: Ep. 3 Underground @madjay.bsky.social & Lowell look at Underground (1993), Mayfair's reworking of DC Heroes w/ a dystopian, cyberpunk supers world. Content warning: cannibalism, PTSD, transphobia, regressive treatment of disabilities & mental illness. #ttrpg

🦋 Something Very Kansas City Is Taking Flight… SecretKC is about to hit our first 100 subscribers — and to celebrate, we’re giving one lucky local a luxe night out at one of the city’s finest cocktail bars: The Monarch Bar.

☀️ This week’s Monday Musing is all about summer games bucket lists, and the magic of regular Sunday games. My son’s hunting his first job, I’m chasing last-chance summer plays, and Lifted musings. Good Monday, Gamers! #ttrpg open.substack.com/pub/playfear...

For my Kansas City Peoples! This week’s Secret KC is out! If you’re into moody jazz sets, pop-up cocktails, art walks, and soul shows — we’ve got your weekend planned: www.secretkc.com #kansascity

Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder. Here’s how to use RSS. www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...

Musings on spouting lore, dropping bombs and stuff you missed! Good Monday, Gamers! open.substack.com/pub/playfear...

Game #2 of Sunday - Flying Circus RPG. Gotta rescue some pilots, but feels like we mighta got sold out?! #ttrpg

We're live this morning, session II: The Harvest Season. MYTHIC BASTIONLAND @juddthelibrarian.bsky.social @newmadras.bsky.social and me!! www.twitch.tv/actualplay

One more, the final words of the Tome Knight and the Key Knight's guilt... @madjay.bsky.social and @newmadras.bsky.social just brought it... Another clip, less than a minute... youtube.com/clip/UgkxEDN...

"You say you have Delsonde's memories but do you have his honor?" The Key Knight, Hex, drops weaponized wisdom on a Spectre who refuses to give up their living claims to the holding. Can't to see @newmadras.bsky.social and @madjay.bsky.social tomorrow morning. Clip: youtube.com/clip/UgkxxwE...

Hey MOM!! Mad-Dice.com is on TV!! Rewatching @newmadras.bsky.social, @juddthelibrarian.bsky.social and I play Mythic Bastionland as hype for our next run Sunday I'm a big fan of Into The Odd, and I love what @bastionland.bsky.social is cooking up in this iteration. www.twitch.tv/videos/25175...

I'm on a podcast!! With some awesome gamer folks! aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/episodes/ope...

Musings on the Rise and Fall of the Tome Knight. Good Monday, Gamer! open.substack.com/pub/playfear...

Coffee made, found a nice PDF character sheet, a cool online dice roller app... This Knight is AMPED!!

One pilot. One Titan. One impossible rescue. We’re fusing Titanfall’s high-speed pilot warfare with Mekton Zeta’s crunchy mecha drama in a one-player TTRPG mini-series. A cargo pilot with a family secret. An enemy who wants her dead. Mission: rescue a blacklisted ghost pilot before it’s too late.

🎉 Discover Kansas City's hidden gems with SecretKC! From Roxie & The Moon King to Earth, Wind & Fire, your weekend awaits!! 🎶 Dive into the full lineup later this morning: www.secretkc.com/p/secret-kc-... #KansasCity #IYKYK

Coffee is a Demon. What's your telltale. (Stolen from a friend) I only sleep 4.5 hours at a time. #SorcererRpg

It's still Monday, right?! Good Monday, Gamers!!! Monday Musings #108 🤬 open.substack.com/pub/playfear...

Ex Tenebris has a prelaunch page up on Kickstarter! Go and sign up to be notified when the campaign launches. Ex Ten is a gothic space investigation game. You're a ragtag team hunting down undead, demons and dark technology in a star-spanning setting. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History: Ep. 2 Villains & Vigilantes In this podcast ep, @madjay.bsky.social and Lowell Francis look at Villains & Vigilantes, the superhero rpg that broke the genre open. We we touch on pitch, gaming history, comics media context & then a general discussion. #ttrpg