it is good to be alive!!!!!!

Don't know who needs to hear this, but Unclench your jaw Let your shoulders drop Liquefy all your connective tissue for the nutrients Slither bonelessly off your chair Wick yourself up the walls through capillary action Envelop the room Become a new god Become a new god

Because... Please sign and remember to confirm your email address. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

oh it's going to be a Recession recession

The website is live and tickets are now available for Jubensha Con 2026, the world's first convention about English-language jubensha! London, 8-9 May, just £15! Co-organised with the amazing @arlohoward.bsky.social @chronicinsanity.bsky.social, and Suspense Studio (KMS Games)

For goodness' sake, @failbettergames.com, have you no decency? ...I have to admit, I sort of admire that one.

As Pratchett said:

Wilmington Giant (1939) by Eric Ravilious

Having an exciting Saturday evening of languishing in bed, having given myself food poisoning with scrambled eggs or something equally ridiculous. 😑 At least I have some enjoyable works of fiction on hand to distract me from my agonies.

The 2025 @goonhammer.com Book Awards! Who will win Best Black Library Debutant? Nominees are: > @andiewington.bsky.social > Avalon Irons > @tomrpike.bsky.social > @mikevincent-author.bsky.social > R S Wilt > Rusty Zimmerman VOTE NOW! www.goonhammer.com/the-2025-goo... #Warhammer

I assume they’re all narrated by Brian Blessed.

🪸🐠🐙 Glass Coral Gardens & Clay Critters ✨⭐ #ArtYear #Art #CoralReef #ArtGallery #MarineLife #Invertebrates #JanuArty #BlueSkyArtShow 🦑🐡

ay boss i noticed a lotta climbable security gaps in the facility, but don't worry, ive painted them all in yellow so we can easily find them to fix

I just tested this and can confirm – I'm no audiophile but even I can hear the difference! 😮

I'd read that Tidal is similar to Spotify in terms of functionality and catalogue but pays artists better, so I've decided to give it a go. It took less than ten minutes to switch over, and I was able to transfer all of my playlists across for less than £5. Remarkably easy.

This is a really interesting write-up on how Syd has adapted TERMINUS for Cthulhu Hack. Thanks for sharing it! (Note: it's naturally heavy on spoilers for the scenario.)

the entire population of England in 1086 will return in... Avengers Domesday

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Want to make your own #TTRPG art for #ZineQuest or #ZineMonth but all you’ve got are photos? Have no fear, follow these ██ steps and you, too, can have some cool art without having to go anywhere near slop. youtu.be/gFMYiNA2bMk?... Many thanks to @chaoclypse.bsky.social for his previous tutorial!

I am (in general) concerned that storytellers in my cluster are taking old, relatively idealistic stories and reframing them as tarnished and nasty under the impression that makes them more meaningful, when impossible dreams have never been more precious in my lifetime.

I just bought @patchworkfez.bsky.social Terminus game, it’s a system neutral table top game. I’ve never played a table top D&D game. What system or books would suit a beginner?

Sure. AI companies have ALWAYS been training their models on Wikipedia content, which under the free and open access model is available to anyone — including AI companies. Agreements like these require AI companies to limit and offset the strain they place on Wikimedia infrastructure.

Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’ “A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles” BELGIAN WHISTLES

If you see federal agents pulling into your driveway, reporters, power down your electronic devices ASAP. That's the advice from @runasand.bsky.social, via @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/news/hannah-...

typical ai use case

Having the sort of day where, despite my best efforts, I've not totally succeeded at anything I've tried to do. 😒 Which is how I've come to be huddled under a shop awning in the pouring rain, trying to keep a heavy cardboard box dry, hoping the postie arrives soon and agrees to take it off me.

Fig. 1. Just look at this stuff! Fig. 2. In its new home. And ready to play! Fig. 3. Detail. @irny.bsky.social

As briefly mentioned in yesterday's newsletter, I'm fiddling with the design for a lightweight TTRPG system. It's set me wondering – what are folks' favourite TTRPG systems, and what do you like most about them? Is it particular mechanics? Layout? Supporting elements? Setting? Something else?

The lovely Mable applied some alchemy to my hair over the weekend and now it is GLORIOUSLY vibrant. 🎆

Advert buyouts often used to get performers their deposit on their first home. This one covers a fraction of one month’s rent. It’s called a buyout because it’s supposed to buy you out of being in competitors’ adverts for ~3 years. So this is valuing the performer at just under £7/month.

CANDLE is a reverse dungeon crawl for Mörk Borg. You start at the bottom and fight your way out. It's a very bad time for everyone. https://loottheroom.itch.io/candle

I found out that you can reuse a decades old calendar if its year’s dates line up with the current year’s, so this year I got a lovely 1998 Xena: Warrior Princess calendar. The way they added show events into it is cracking me up.

I'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up! Come and join us! www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

Warhammer Owner Games Workshop Bans Its Creative Staff From Using GenAI.

Oh look, it's one of my very intermittent newsletter posts: buttondown.com/PatchworkFez...

Thanks to the Detective sale, I've been reminded of a game that brought me more delight than most. store.steampowered.com/app/373390/C... @thewizardlockwood.bsky.social still does the odd impression from it.

Reminder that Her Story is a whodunnit, howdunnit and whydunnit all in one game!* And is in the sale! *This is the correct order in terms of historical arrival of the genres and also escalating sophistication.

It's always nice to see these things safely reaching their recipients. ☺️ The hardback and paperback editions TERMINUS are now both available on my web shop, by the way: shop.patchworkfez.games I have some of the Kickstarter postcards left, and might pop them in with the next few orders...

Limited numbers of the Hob's Barrow super deluxe physical Switch edition, soundtrack vinyl and art print are still available to pre-order via Lost in Cult! Not long now until they become a physical reality 👀 www.lostincult.co.uk/shop/hobs-ba...

I didn't believe this, so I went to my Inbox to check the regular updates I'm sent from the Electoral Commission to debunk it. I'm astonished to find that it is actually real. They have submitted this.

Have you joined the Company yet? It’s not too late, you can still enlist in the #BlackCompanyTTRPG playtest! ⚔️🎲 Don’t get left behind...your feedback can help shape where the game goes next. Fall in, soldier. #ArcDream

The first ever public playtest of MAGIC OF INVENTORYING (the game formerly known as Paris Gondo) took place on February 11th, 2020 Bad Moon Café as part of the LDN RPG Community. On January 27th, our Kickstarter for a retail-worthy edition is launching. 😯 www.kickstarter.com/projects/rol... #ttrpg

I will reiterate that if you are an independent journo/hobbyist I will happily set up your ghost install and host it for a few quid above cost price. You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue. And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.

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A Fool’s Errand — our latest game for @play.date — is out now! Get it now: play.date/games/a-fool... Learn more: www.iorama.studio/afoolserrand

someone in the replies asked, and now I also want to know—is this Hugo eligible?

playing Wipeout Pulse and saying hell yeah at every new screen it shows me

enclose.horse Day 14 💎 PERFECT! 💎 100% 🥳

Morrison’s car park is so vast and unlit it could have a place in any modern horror. Just watched someone enter a shadowy trolley tunnel to get their £1 back, presumably never to be seen again