Oh god, Horse Armor is within the Ask Historians 20 year rule for historical content 💀

I always go back to Big Lebowski, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves or Princess Bride.

I didn’t know this, did you? Amazing!

First play of the solo board game “Witchcraft!” today and I had a lot of fun. Just about the right length, and a good balance of randomness vs strategising with your witches. It feels very replayable with how it’s setup and the 9-mission campaign looks like a lot of fun and will mix things up a bit.

Late pledges are still open for Amarath, but will close soon. Check it out before it's too late! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob... #ttrpg #dragonbane #drakarochdemoner #amarath

Juniors support by working on clearly defined tasks with help. Mid-levels apply their skills and can get stuff done in their field. Seniors guide others and multiply output - by teaching, improving processes, leading by example. Principals innovate and make improvements that last for years

Some friends and I gave the Blades '68 RPG a whirl yesterday. I went into it a little dubious because it feels like a wild setting, but we had a GROOVY time! It was really easy to lean into the setting and it was super fun. A lovely new side of Blades in the Dark.

We have been working on our Unity game for around a year now and I feel like the architecture is pretty solid overall. We have nice 'visual coding light' triggers and effects system so everyone on the project can add in game effects and the like. But then I open `PlayerController.cs`...

Played “Wraith and the Giants” the other day. A solo board game where you leap around a giant God of War style trying to take it down before it reaches your village. Had fun after 2 learning games - some nice puzzle solving and easy to learn. Looking forward to evaluating the more advanced modes.

It's always these bullshit reasons like 'it's hard to track and we don't want to risk missing someone' or 'they were only on the project for 6 months' when it always equates to 'my ego is childishly fragile and I don't want to share credit with more people because I feel I deserve it more'.

Had an amazing time playing the first act of Arcs: The Blighted Reach today. The core game is pretty good (8/10 maybe) but this is even better. Love the wider decision space, the “NPC” units and each player having their own objectives. The campaign element seems smart for “emergent stories” too.

En liten recension av Drakar och Demoner. open.substack.com/pub/rollspel...

This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen

Never realised that the main challenge writers faced today was that not enough words have been written to fill in all the books people want to buy! But if you can generate a book in a day with Claude, I guess readers should just use Claude to generate their own mediocre slop instead of buying yours?

Did quite a bit of board gaming this year - by my standards at least! Feel like I got to enjoy a wide variety of games this year. Heat, Kingdom Legacy, Elder Scrolls, Arcs, Origin Story and Dragon Eclipse are some standouts for sure. #BGStats

Love this. Generally, when my players are fighting any intelligent/humanoid species and they realise their chance of winning is now very low - I nearly always take this option. Not all survive, but the ones that do become interesting NPCs or memorable stories in the future!

Food, snow, a long walk, presents, music, Die Hard and a bit of gaming… What a lovely and relaxing day. Now to finish XMas by spending an hour writing a bit more of the solo adventure I’m creating to flesh out the TTRPG world (and system) I’m writing! Poifect! #TTRPGDesign

Just backed this myself to get the PDFs of issues 1-3. Excited to read these during future travel of some sort on my iPad!

This is a day late for my Swedish friends already, but MERRY CHRISTMAS to all my nerdy BlueSky buddies (and non-nerds of course).

Hadn’t heard of ‘Secret Passages’ before but this is cool! Sure, the internet is full of endless writing about everything - but there is something special about sitting down and having a proper “start to finish” magazine experience that I feel is more focussed and relaxing.

Might be missing some, but happy with the variety of #TTRPG games I played in 2025! - Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay - Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound - D&D 5E - Star Wars: Edge of the Empire - Coriolis - Arkham Horror - Sentinel Comics - Delta Green - Marvel Multiverse - In the Ashes (Solo)

Sabaton were absolutely amazing this evening - what a show! So much energy. The Legendary Orchestra leading into the show were awesome too.

This reveals such a profound difference in values between [most] artists and [most] "AI" enthusiasts. Walk with me. 🧵

These things are always just terrible - 50 clips each 2 seconds long because that’s the longest you can get anything to look good or stable using AI video. I dislike the use of Gen AI generally, but for a company this big to save a few bucks this way. Eurgh.

This is very cool. It’s great to read an explicit page about the sort of projects they back, and the level the project should be at when you reach out. Also - huge respect for “if we don’t get back to you in 90 days - please ping us again” instead world of “silence means no” this is wonderful.

Got a lot of board gaming time in during the dreary and dark Swedish November! Heat: Pedal to the Metal is probably going to be my “most pleasant board game surprise” this year!

New Quinns Quest review is a boxed RPG special! 📦✨ I dunno folks, I think running RPGs out of 400 page hardback books might be dumb and bad

Made green tea today at 70C and just left the bag in for 2 minutes. Turns out, it's quite nice when it's not incredibly bitter from being over-brewed!

Today’s random side project was building little 3D printable holders for stacks of cards for board games.

The new Steam Machine and Steam Frame look pretty interesting. I’m constantly amazed however that it looks like the whole MacMini is smaller than the heat sink on the Steam Machine. I’m hoping for a 32GB RAM version to use as a home server and Unity build and test agent.

Getting to that stage of our Unity project where weird engine bugs stop by to say hello. Who would have thought that a “screen space” UI canvas just decides to go haywire… if you have HDR enabled and a non-full screen viewport (like split screen or similar)! That took some time to understand.

Heat: Pedal to the Metal was an unexpected hit on the board gaming weekend. It was easy to pick up with some tense races. Maybe a little random, but really fun. I could imagine a Mario Kart version with “specials” instead of “sponsor upgrades”. Overall, a lot of great games played this weekend!

What better way to spend the journey home from a board gaming weekend m than an hour scribbling down some new content for my Dragonbane (and D&D 5e) Solo Adventure I’m writing to flesh out the world for the Tabletop RPG I’m making?

Enjoying a board gaming weekend with some friends in the north. Now we are onto Heat: Pedal to the Metal…

100 times a day, someone will have to write “I don’t think this is a bug” and the AI will say “oh, you are absolutely correct - I’m sorry that I posted that!”.

Huh, would you look at that - someone replaced the OneDrive system tray icon with a croissant!

Excited to see Europa Universalis V releasing in a couple of days. After leaving Paradox I was Grand Strategy'd out for a while, but I think I'm ready to jump back in and give this one a whirl. It looks fantastic. store.steampowered.com/app/3450310/...

I guess someone in management decided “we’d rather pay 30 people’s wrongful termination packages than have a union. It’s only gonna be a fine right, no prison time, so who cares.” What lovely people.

Mediatonic founder launches new group of studios under the banner Skeleton Crew

Things that cost nothing - but is a HUGE help for any and all indie devs: Wishlisting - it gives games data to show publishers there is interest. Leave a Review - ESPECIALLY if you liked the game. Reviews on steam lead to the algo serving you up to others. Reposting - it's an attention economy.

We’re changing game engine.

Once again, make a hit game loved by many... and you still get hit by a truck. The industry is pretty sick right now.

Looks like Xbox Game Pass is going the way of many of my other subscriptions “just subscribe for a few months, then take a break for a few months while the content builds up”. Will be unsubscribing when Anno 117 comes out for sure!

We are starting to share a first playable version of our game with a select few people over the coming days. Both exciting to see how far it’s come but also somewhat intimidating. Either way, stoked to hear how people get on with it!

Been playing pool with a friend every fortnight for maybe 3.5 years now and we still end nearly every night just one or two games apart (even though we play 30-40+ matches). Love that pool has a built-in catch-up mechanic and surprised that it's still so fun after all these years!

Had a really busy month, but things are starting to clear up now and I'm excited to get back to creative side-line projects such as the RPG and the solo card game I was prototyping before. Always a bit of a hurdle getting back into it though - but can't wait to get into the flow again!

Not sure I like the huge Fisher Price rounded corners on my windows and much taller app menu bar eating into my screen real estate, but other than that macOS26 seems to be treating me well.

Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction

Super early look at Kenney Creator, my new modeling software for indies. It'll feature many blocks and tools to create any sort of model - aiming for a Q1 2026 release! ✨

I always share this every time I see it in the wild.